Questions about Gottlieb Capt. Card

Xerico

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Hi.

I've had a blast playing Capt. Card over my Christmas/New Year's Vacation.

At first, 5 ball Capt. Card was a bit easy and I did not understand the incredible love this game gets.

But once I changed it from 5 ball to 3 ball, a whole new world opened up before my eyes.

I have yet to wax my game, but that will happen tomorrow. I did give the playfield a very good ME/Simple Green cleaning when I first set it up a few weeks back. And even now the ball moves quick and deadly. I am going to have some real fun trying to control the ball with a fresh wax job.

I now completely understand the love and admiration attributed to Capt. Card.

So, now that I have decided to keep it, I have some questions for Capt. Card Owners (or anyone else with a good knowledge of the game and gameplay).

01. Should the pop bumper light turn off when the bonus points are being added? Every time I make the ball capture, the bonus points properly add up, but my pop bumper lights go dead until the bonus addition is completed. Is this normal?

02. Occasionally, I will make a drop target and the ball will rebound directly into an outlane. Even though the bonus should score, it occasionally does not. When it does not score the bonus, typically the 500 points from the target has not finished before the ball passes the outlane rollover switch. Is this simply an issue of the rollover switch failing to trigger since the scoring reals are still running?

03. Are the drop targets available anywhere? I've search PBR, but I could not find the drop targets. Anyone know of a resource for new drop targets?

04. Anyone happen to have a NOS or very nice Capt. Card Backglass for sale? Anyone know if there are plans to reproduce one? If you have a very nice version on your wall as art, I'd be happy to trade you my backglass plus some cash for your nice version.

05. Anyone happen to have a NOS or very nice Capt. Card playfield for sale?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

Happy New Year everyone!

Marcus
 
Drop targets...

I'm convinced that drop targets are the bane of my life as far as pinball goes. I don't know what that machine uses, but pretty much if they're not the cheapy thin plastic hot-stamped kind, all I can say is good luck. Looking at the pictures on IPDB, looks like they're unique to that machine...not good.

I've been looking for System 9 drop targets for 6 months...found one batch of 3 NOS rollover drop targets, missed one ebay auction for a lot of used regular drop targets, and nobody has repro'ed them. >=(
 
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