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Aftermarket pinball mods,

custom 3-D printed parts,

& original game room photography

 

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Aftermarket pinball mods,

custom 3-D printed parts,

& original game room photography

 

Contact me to purchase!

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3D Coin Reject Buttons

Taking coin doors to the next dimension -- these eye-catching buttons literally pop out at you! They're 3D-printed with multiple filaments, including a translucent base which allows the coin insert light to glow through. Price is for a pair of inserts unless specified otherwise. (These are my daughter's idea -- so she gets a small commission from every sale!) Installation videos at the bottom of this page.

Color options

Any of the coin buttons on this page can be produced in your choice of translucent colors, including red, orange, yellow, green, and white/clear -- simply specify when ordering.  Want a different color not shown?  Please inquire!

Coin Slot

Complimentary matching coin slot is now included for WMS WPC-era games.  (Note: Some listings below do not picture this slot.) 

Addams Family

$35/pair

Featuring Fester's chair!

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

Attack From Mars (Pisa)

$35/pair

Featuring the Leaning Tower of Pisa (before the Martians straighten it), printed in marble filament!

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

Attack From Mars (Liberty-Gold)

$35/pair

Featuring the torch from the Statue of Liberty!  For this version, the flame is colored with gold ink (where accessible) to look more like the real landmark.

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

Attack From Mars (Liberty)

$35/pair

Featuring the torch from the Statue of Liberty!  Also available with colored flame (see next item).

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

Black Rose

$35/pair

Featuring a skull & crossbones using models scanned from actual human bones!  

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 
  • This design will also be utilized for other pirate games (e.g., PotC) once I model those style buttons. 

Bram Stoker's Dracula

$35/pair

Featuring a menacing wolf! Available in white, gray, or black.  Mix & match allowed -- just let me know when you place your order!

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

Doctor Who

$35/pair

Featuring the blue TARDIS -- with windows 'open' to light through.

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

Game of Thrones

$30/pair

Features designs representing the sigils of the four primary houses.  Targaryen sigil also offered in blue to match color scheme in the game.

  •  (Replaces button in 42-0517 assembly) 

The Getaway: High Speed 2

$35/pair

Featuring a traffic light -- a common element between the popular High Speed games.  The "lights" are printed separately and inserted afterward.  Even some light comes through the red & yellow!  (Green "light" is blocked by the pin.)  

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

GoldenEye (007)

$35/pair

Featuring the iconic gun-barrel -- complete with rifling -- aimed at the silhouette of our renowned Agent 007!  

  • (Replaces 891-1113-01 button)  

Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure

$35/pair

Featuring the famous Fertility Idol from Indy's initial quest in Raiders of the Lost Ark!

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

Judge Dredd

$35/pair

Featuring the intimidating DREDD badge, modeled to allow light through certain areas.

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

Led Zeppelin

$30/pair

Featuring "The Object" from the 'Presence' album.

  •  (Replaces button in 42-0517 assembly) 

Lord of the Rings

$30/pair

ONE BUTTON TO RULE THEM ALL!  Featuring The One Ring with the inscription subtly visible on its inner & outer surface.

  •  (Replaces button in 42-0517 assembly) 

Metallica - skull

$30/pair

Featuring a miniature human skull!  Note: can mix & match with Metallica tombstone version (e.g. one button with skull, one with tombstone)

  •  (Replaces button in 42-0517 assembly) 

Metallica - tombstone

$30/pair

Featuring a cross tombstone (in marble, as shown or in white) like the drop targets and Master of Puppets album cover!  Note: can mix & match with Metallica skull version (e.g. one button with skull, one with tombstone)

  •  (Replaces button in 42-0517 assembly) 

Medieval Madness

$35/pair

Featuring a castle tower with an internal spiral staircase visible through the window!

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

NBA Fastbreak

$35/pair

Lettering printed as a single print with button and accented with black ink.  Basketball printed separately (and then inserted) to accommodate ink accents in the grooves (without getting ink on the button).  

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

Rescue 911

$35/pair

Featuring a white ambulance accented with three miniature separately-printed pieces for the light bar & red cross.  Bumper & grille accented with silver ink.  

  • (Replaces 891-1113-01 button)  

Simpsons, The

$35/pair

(Data East version) Featuring a nuclear cooling tower!  Atomic symbol accented in black ink.  Inside of the tower is hollow when viewed from above (more of the button is visible). Tower printed in red to match those in the game, but also can be printed in gray for a more "realistic" look (reference TSPP).

  •  (Replaces 891-1113-01  button) 

Simpsons Pinball Party, The

$30/pair

(Stern version) Featuring a nuclear cooling tower!  Atomic symbol accented in black ink.  Inside of the tower is hollow when viewed from above (more of the button is visible).

  •  (Replaces button in 42-0517 assembly) 

Star Trek: The Next Generation

$35/pair

Featuring the Starfleet emblem in your choice of silver or gold.

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

Starship Troopers

$35/pair

Featuring a 3D rendition of the Federal Network logo, in a three-color contiguous print.  ...WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?

  • (Replaces 891-1113-01 button)  

Swords of Fury

$35/pair

Featuring a golden lion head in honor of LIONMAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

Tales from the Crypt

$35/pair

Featuring a tombstone inspired by the one in the game, in a three-color print (button color of your choice, tombstone in your choice of gray or marble, and white skull).  Button light shines through the RIP letters!

  • (Replaces 891-1113-01 button)  

Terminator 2

$35/pair

Featuring a silver T-800 skull and "T2" in its distinctive font protruding from the face of the button.   Also available in 'steel' -- a darker metallic filament color similar to stainless steel.

  • (Replaces  27-1037 button)

Theatre of Magic

$35/pair

Featuring -- what else? -- a rabbit coming out of a hat!  The rabbit is printed separately and inserted afterward. 

  • (Replaces  27-1037 button)

Twilight Zone

$35/pair

Featuring the ominous floating door from the show's opening credits!  Modeled so that a thin crack around the door's perimeter allows some eerie light through.

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

$30/pair

Printed with three different filaments -- the button, the chocolate bar, and the Wonka W!  The purple W is standard but  can be changed by request.

  •  (Replaces button in 42-0517 assembly) 

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory - Collector's Edition

$30/pair

Printed with three different filaments -- the button, the chocolate bar, and the Wonka W!  The W is printed in metallic red to match the exterior trim on the CE.

  •  (Replaces button in 42-0517 assembly) 

Who Dunnit

$35/pair

Featuring a magnifying glass discovering a fingerprint and a mysterious question mark!  Accented with ink.

  •  (Replaces  27-1037 button) 

X-Files

$35/pair

Featuring a creepy gray alien! The eyes are colored with black ink for a more lifelike look .

  •  (Replaces 891-1113-01 button) 


Colored Posts

3D printed plastic posts to refresh & personalize your playfield -- choose trim/accent colors to really make them pop! Rocket City Pinball has designed a custom 3D model post and refined the specific print parameters to maximize its smoothness and shine. Height note: Posts/prices shown are 1" short posts; add $0.25 each for 1-1/16" (replaces standard star posts) or 1-1/8" (tall posts). Special filaments & multi-color posts priced higher.

Golden Posts

$1.25

For games with gold art or trim; also perfectly matches old games with yellowed plastics & clearcoat! Suggestions:

  • Paragon
  • Indiana Jones
  • TOTAN
  • Mata Hari
  • Theatre of Magic
  • Lord of the Rings
  • Champion Pub

Caution Posts

$5.00

Perfect for Data East Jurassic Park or Road Show!  These posts require FIVE extra filament changes and off-angle printing used to create the caution stripe effect.  (Note: DE JP uses 1-1/16" posts)

Bowling Pin Posts

$3.00

Ideal for any bowling-themed game, using a matte white and characteristic red double-stripe to give the look of a bowling pin!  These posts require four filament changes, intentionally including white in the neck since some rubber configurations don't fully cover this area.

Galactic Posts

$ 1.25

Printed from black filament infused with glitter flakes, which makes them twinkle like the stars! These aren't just light spots, they actually reflect light and shine, looking just like a starry night sky.  Photos don't do them justice; this video helps a little (https://youtu.be/KImDDkgYMe0) but they must be seen to be believed -- they look just like the night sky!   

Suggestions:

  • Any space-themed game!

Rainbow Posts

$5.00

Because if I'm going to change filaments five times during a print, why not make the rainbow?? (1-1/16" height shown)

Suggestions:

  • Wizard of Oz (note: larger footprint than OEM skinny posts, but this type of replacement is often used to cover/resolve chipped clearcoat/pain issues.)

Steel Posts

$ 1.25

For games with silver/chrome accents or artwork, metal parts, or lots of habitrails!    A darker, more steely color than the Silver posts also offered here.   Not actual steel!  Suggestions:

  • Terminator 2
  • Pinbot
  • Bride of Pinbot
  • Xenon
  • Star Trek: TNG
  • Demolition Man
  • Silverball Mania
  • Space Invaders

Patriot Posts

$2.50

Created with American-themed games in mind, the printing process involves three filament changes (blue/white/red) to create the multicolor effect.

Suggestions:

  • Spirit of 76 / Pioneer
  • Freedom / Liberty Bell
  • Evel Knievel
  • Bobby Orr's Power Play
  • Freedom

Fire Posts

$5.00

Created with Black Knight 2000 in mind, with its layered stripes.  Likely other uses too with these common colors.  

 (1-1/16" height shown) 

Want a different color combination? Inquire within!

Tricolor Posts

$2.50

Get creative and make your own custom combination, using any colors you see on this page.

Stoplight Posts

$2.50

Created with High Speed and The Getaway in mind, with their red/yellow/green traffic lights & targets.  The printing process involves three filament changes to create the multicolor effect.

Wooden Posts

$ 1.25

Printed from plastic filament imbued with sawdust, for a look and feel of wood.  You can even sand and stain them to match your specific game!  Perfect for woodrails (particulary if stained to match) or games with wood included in the artwork.

Suggestions:

  • Woodrails!
  • Champion Pub
  • Fish Tales
  • Popeye Saves the Earth
  • Black Rose
  • Buccaneer / Ship Ahoy / High Seas

Post Earrings!

$20

Let's not forget the Belles!  Customize your own Colored Post Earrings:

  • French Hook or Lever Back
  • Colored Posts of your choice
  • Top & bottom ornamental piece of your choice
  • Optional rubber; white or black

Details coming soon! 

Copper Posts

$ 1.25

For games with bronze/copper art or trim.  Suggestions:

  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
  • Junkyard
  • Fire!
  • NBA Fastbreak
  • Fireball Classic
  • Orbitor 1
  • Mars Trek

Silver Posts

$ 1.25

For games with silver/chrome accents or artwork.   A lighter, brighter silver color than the Steel posts also offered here.   Suggestions:

  • Pinbot
  • Bride of Pinbot
  • Xenon
  • Star Trek: TNG
  • Terminator 2
  • Demolition Man
  • Silverball Mania
  • Space Invaders

Marble Posts

$ 1.25

Cool-white plastic with black flakes, to give the appearance of marble once printed.  Suggestions: ancient civilization themes like

  • Aquarius
  • Flying Chariots
  • Atlantis
  • Time Machine

Black Posts

$1.00

Perfectly complements card game themes, space themes, and more!

  • Joker Poker
  • Royal Flush / Card Whiz
  • Drop-a-Card / Pop-a-Card
  • Jacks Open
  • Meteor
  • Galaxy
  • Black Hole
  • Orbit / Outer Space

Bright Green Posts

$ 1.00

Suggestions:

  • Attack from Mars
  • Revenge from Mars
  • Elvira and the Party Monsters
  • Elvira: Scared Stiff
  • X-Files
  • TMNT (DE)
  • Ghostbusters

Dark Green Posts

$ 1.00

Suggestions:

  • Volley
  • more ideas coming soon!

Light Blue Posts

$ 1.00

Suggestions:

  • Orbit / Outer Space
  • Centigrade 37
  • Abra Ca Dabra
  • Meteor
  • Swords of Fury

Purple Posts

$ 1.00

Suggestions:

  • X-Files
  • Elvira and the Party Monsters
  • Elvira: Scared Stiff
  • Ghostbusters
  • Circus Voltaire
  • Rick & Morty
  • Royal Flush / Card Whiz

Orange Posts

$ 1.00

Suggestions:

  • Centigrade 37
  • Big Guns
  • FunHouse
  • Whirlwind
  • High Speed
  • Black Knight (1981)
  • Black Knight 2000


Dark Gray Posts

$1.00

Suggestions:

  • Black Knight (1981)
  • High Speed

Yellow Posts

$1.00

Suggestions:

  • Surfer / Surf Champ
  • Sky Kings
  • Volley
  • Centigrade 37
  • Practically every game from the 60s - 70s!

Red Posts

$ 1.00

Suggestions:

  • Practically any game ever!

Blue Posts

$1.00

Suggestions:

  • Volley
  • Surfer / Surf Champ
  • Pioneer / Spirit of 76 
  • Many more!

White Posts

$1.00

Sure, opaque white posts are still readily available -- but if you're going for a multiple-color mashup which includes white, you'll want these just so all your posts match in shape/style.

Conjoined "Siamese" Double Posts

$5.00

Replaces the hard-to-find Gottlieb C-17492 ... available in any color shown on this page, including white!  Add $1.50 for Premium colors (metallics, wood, marble).

Teal Posts

$1.00

Suggestions:

  • Surfer / Surf Champ
  • Old Chicago

Jade Posts

$1.25

Printed from a shiny metallic deep green filament.

Suggestions:

  • Coming soon!


Game Room Art by TurboFox Photography

Unique pinball & game room photography! First three items below display print type & pricing structure; subsequent items show available photos!

Metal

Printed on 1/16" aluminum sheet using dye-sublimation, for a glossy, crisp image bursting with rich color. 

Includes bonded float mount for easy hanging and contemporary style.

  • 8x12 - $95
  • 12x18 - $145
  • 16x24 - $195
  • 20x30 - $275

Canvas

Image printed on warp-resistant canvas, stretched over a wood frame with tightly folder corners.  Ready to hang with included sawtooth hanger; no framing required. 

  • 12x18 - $65
  • 14x20 - $95
  • 16x24 - $125
  • 20x30 - $165

Matted Print

$25

Image printed on archival-quality photo paper at a professional lab; hand-matted by the artist onto pH neutral, acid-free mounting board.  Mat is a standard size for inexpensive & easy DIY framing (frame not included).

  • Print size: 8x12
  • Mat size: 11x14

"That's No Moon..."

Rick & Morty

Game of Thrones

"Greatest Escape"

Houdini

"Appetite"

GnR

"Unhappy Trees"

Wizard of Oz

Centigrade 37

(left)

Meteor

"Friday Night Lights"

Slick Chick

"Maximum Effort!"

Deadpool

House of Horrors

Elvira

"I Am Groot"

GotG

Black Knight 2000

The Hobbit

"You Shall Not Post-Pass!"

Lord of the Rings

Dodge City

Space Shuttle

Ship-Mates

"You'll Never Catch Me, Copper!"

Police Force

Joker Poker

"Target Practice"

Target Alpha

Centigrade 37

(center)

"This is Madness!"

Medieval Madness

Devil's Dare

"Freakin' Sweet!"

Family Guy

Indiana Jones

Terminator 2

Big Guns

Star Trek

Grand Prix

Abra Ca Dabra

"Orbital Velocity"

Orbit / Outer Space

Mata Hari


Miscellaneous Products

The Object mod for Led Zeppelin

$35

Notably missing from the Led Zeppelin playfield is 'The Object' from the 'Presence' album. Not anymore! 

This 3D printed version stands 4.5" tall, designed with a custom snap-fit mounting system built into its base and the included translucent pop bumper cover. To install: remove old cap, install new cap/mount, snap The Object onto the mount & rotate about its center axis to your preferred orientation. 

Translucent bumper cover/mount available in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or clear/white.

Matchbox Jeep & Explorer Mounts (for DE Jurassic Park)

$15+

Custom 3D printed mounts for Matchbox Jurassic Park Ford Explorer tour vehicles & Jeeps -- perfectly sized to "drive" along the ramp!  Custom mount for each vehicle at each location:
"Upper" mount -- where plastic ramp converts into habitrail. Mount slides/clips onto the end of the plastic ramp, no drilling required!
"Lower" mount -- end of ramp at the left inlane. Mount attaches at the two existing screws holding the ramp protector.

Explorer: $15 each

Jeep: $10 each

Mounts: $15 each

White Wolf mod (for Game of Thrones or Bram Stoker's Dracula)

$25

Hand-painted details transform this pre-manufactured resin model into a white wolf for BSD, or Jon Snow's dire wolf, Ghost, for GoT! BSD: mount over ramps in front of the cemetery, or in back right corner. GoT Pro: mounts perfectly in back right corner, watching over your game. Screw mount on front right foot included (see photo); can be removed/reconfigured for other mounting methods/locations.

Measures ~3.5"L x 2.25"T x 1.5"W. 

GoT note: intended for GoT Pro; Prem/LE owners can mount elsewhere.

LightShields for Inserts

10 for $10

Errant light spilling into inserts from nearby bulbs can be annoying & distracting.  3D printed LightShields mounted under the playfield can reduce this effect -- install at a nearby screw under the playfield. Base includes two holes for flexibility in positioning, and shield itself is thin enough to trim material from its ends to provide clearance if necessary.  Sold in packs of 10 for $10.

Scoop Bulb Covers (for DE Jurassic Park)

$25/set

3D printed from translucent filament which light up beautifully with whatever color bulb you choose. The raised designs representing the Bunker/Visitor Center, Control Room, and Power Shed are colored/painted black to contrast with the light. The covers are designed to fit snugly over a Comet non-ghosting 1SMD wedge bulb (included; can be omitted by request).  Specify bulb color(s) when ordering: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or natural white.

Colored Post Earrings!

$20

Let's not forget the Belles!  Customize your own Colored Post Earrings:

  • French Hook or Lever Back
  • Colored Posts of your choice
  • Top & bottom ornamental piece of your choice
  • Optional rubber; white or black

Videos & Installation Instructions

2020 Pinball Expo: Rocket City Pinball segment, as broadcast

This video is straight from the Pinball Expo 2020 broadcast, and includes:

  • Segment intro by Rob Berk & David Fix 
  • Rocket City Pinball presentation, including biography / personal pinball history, genesis of the Custom Colored Post idea, and variations/examples
  • Post-segment discussion with Rob Berk & David Fix

Duration: 23 minutes

2020 Pinball Expo: Abbreviated & Updated Presentation

This video is shortened to include only the genesis of the Custom Colored Posts idea and the assorted variations / examples, with updated images to show the latest design & new available colors.

(Produced October 2020, many new colors / types made available since then!)

Duration: 15 minutes


Coin Button Installation: Modern games (Stern, JJP, Spooky, etc.)

Installation instructions for my 3D Coin Reject Buttons for modern Stern (and other) games, replacing Suzo-Happ buttons in 42-0517 assembly. 

Duration: 2 minutes (it's that easy)


Coin Button Installation: Williams/Bally WPC-era

Installation instructions for my 3D Coin Reject Buttons for Williams/Bally WPC-era games, replacing  27-1037 button. 

Duration: 4 minutes


Coin Button Installation: Sega / Data East / Premier (Gottlieb)

Installation instructions for my 3D Coin Reject Buttons for Sega / Data East / Premier (Gottlieb) games, replacing  891-1113-01 button. 

Duration: 3 minutes


Contact Me

Purchase inquiry, product request, or general feedback!

Rocket City Pinball

Titusville, Florida

About Me

Andy Sokol

Aerospace engineer. 

Accomplished photographer.

  Enthusiastic pinballer.

Andy’s career and creativity converge in the world of the silverball, where he utilizes his engineering side to refurbish pinball machines, his artistic side to photograph them, and both sides to add a personal touch with tasteful modifications and creative repairs.  

Copyright © 2020 Rocket City Pinball & TurboFox Photography - All Rights Reserved.

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