Will Paragon ever get a reproduction backglass?

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I have been waiting on a reproduction backglass for years, literally. My machine came to me with a "better-than-nothing" translight reproduction that is a bit faded.

Ebay auctions have gone...way past...through the roof for used backglasses. I found a used one from a nice member here, but he would not ship it, which is understandable. Do I have any options? At this point I would not mind a crisp translight with nice bright colors and pure blacks.

Sorry if this sounds like a rant. Thanks for any posts to this thread!
 
There is a rumor that CPR will be doing both a backglass and a playfield sometime in the near future. However, that rumor has been floating for some time. I have a paragon too that I would like replace both parts on.

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I wouldn't be surprised to see the backglass reproduced. I bet they could sell some good numbers. Hard to say if we will ever see the playfield done. I know CPR said that they were out of the widebody business after Flight 2000 but who knows...
 
I have been waiting on a reproduction backglass for years, literally. My machine came to me with a "better-than-nothing" translight reproduction that is a bit faded.

Ebay auctions have gone...way past...through the roof for used backglasses. I found a used one from a nice member here, but he would not ship it, which is understandable. Do I have any options? At this point I would not mind a crisp translight with nice bright colors and pure blacks.

Sorry if this sounds like a rant. Thanks for any posts to this thread!

CPR has many projects 'in the near future' - it might be years before it's done. I thought if the plastic sets were done that other parts for the same title may come along shortly, but that's just not the case.

I was lucky when I got my first pin (Paragon) that it had a near-perfect backglass - with a playfield swap a couple of years ago it looks really sweet now. Someday I may repaint the cab but I'm happy for now. While I was looking for pretty much all information on Paragon I came across this site, and it goes into how to create a translight repo of the backglass, has the file available, and even details the size and resolution to have it printed in - I thought about having one printed just to hang on the wall. Hope it helps until the day that CPR may get to putting out more Paragon stuff (just as long as it's after High Speed playfields!)

http://tuukan.fliput.net/bglass_en.html
 
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