Pinball Parts Suppliers

1 Introduction

Supplies, parts, mods and tools are available from various pinball-specific businesses as well other retail/wholesale suppliers.

As always, it's best to "do you homework" before ordering from any supplier. Search Online Pinball Communities or other pinball interest groups for the reputation of sellers. Being listed below is not an endorsement by PinWiki or to be construed as a list of "good sellers".

2 Other Supplier Lists

Various sites maintain their own pinball supplier lists.

Site	Description
Pinside's Pinball Biz	Pinside's business directory lists pinball-related businesses in various categories including suppliers.

3 Suppliers

Retailer	Located	Int'l Shipping	Specialty
APB Enterprises	US		Various aftermarket coils with original-style wrappers.
Action Pinball	US	Yes	ROM chips, ring kits, parts, plastics, manuals
Astill Entertainment	Canada	Yes	Wide range of programmed pinball chips including: PROMs, GALs, GALs, PIC chips, EPROMs and more.
Arcade Chips	US	Yes	Hard-to-find ICs/chips, CPUs, video processors, amps, plus a few other common ICs, RAM chips, and EPROMs
BG Resto	US	?	Digital backglass restoration, repair and replacements.
Bay Area Amusements	US	Yes	Major supplier of all varieties of parts for almost all games.
BC's Pinball	US		LED lighting
Big Daddy Enterprises	US	Yes	Pinball Repair Kits and Electronics
Blick	US		Art supplies, CreateX airbrush paints.
Centsible Amusements	US		Playfield parts, LEDs, Rings, coils, fuses
Chime Unit	Germany	Yes	Reproduction EM chime unit
Cliffy's Pinball Protectors & Innovations	US	Yes	Playfield hole protectors. Website does not list newest available products for additional games. Contact directly for unlisted games/products.
Cointaker LEDs	US		LED lighting
Classic Playfield Reproductions	Canada	Yes	Playfield, backglass and plastic reproductions
Competitive Products	USA	Yes	Common Playfield parts, coils, switches, rings, et.al.
Decal Paper	USA		Decal paper supplier
Digi-Key	USA	Yes	General electronics, Semiconductors, ICs, tools, Molex connectors/pins, fuses. International next day shipping for $8.
Ecflipp	France	Yes	Some hard-to-find parts, plastics, ramps, etc.
Esslinger	USA		Fiberglass cleaning pens/brushes; various jeweler's tools
Flipper Fidelity		Yes	Sound and light upgrades
Flippp! (Pascal JANIN)	France	Yes	Replacement board sets for Gottlieb machines
Flippers.com/John's Jukes	Canada	Yes	Games and service info, parts sales
For Amusement Only	US	Yes	Flyers, manuals, EM & early solid state schematics, pinball books
Fungus-Amungus Coin-Op	Canada	Yes	Books, Flyers, Posters, Promo Plastics + More
Great Lakes Modular	US	?	Various replacement pinball circuit boards
Great Plains Electronics	US	Yes	Electronics components and pinball repair kits
Gatecrasher (RGP/Pinside)	US	?	Backglass lift channels and other metal parts. Link to product review.
Homepin	Australia	Yes	NEW, Re-engineered Pinball replacement PCBs - Built & kit form available
Happ Controls	Worldwide	Yes	General coin-op
Helpline Services	England	Yes	Odd new and used spares, service calls and more
Jameco	US		Electronics, wire, ICs, connectors, headers, tools
John's Arcade	Australia	Yes	Auxiliary aftermarket boards (Gottlieb, Williams, Bally, Data East). Wiliams drop target horseshoe wiper contacts.
JT Amusements	US	Yes	Some obscure and hard to find parts
K's Arcade	US	Yes	New and refurbished boards, displays, electronic parts. Board repair services.
Lakeside Pinball Parts	US		Common pinball parts
Little Shop of Games	US
Lee's Parts	US	?	Lighting mods for WPC games
Marco Specialties	US	Yes	Major supplier of all varieties of parts for almost all games. Full-time staff and 24/7 web ordering. Toll-free customer support.
Mayfair Amusements	US		Vintage and reproduction parts
McMaster Carr	US		Tool and parts retailer
Minute Man	US		Ground braid, various tools & supplies
Mouser Electronics	US		Molex connectors, semiconductors, tools
MyPinballs	UK	Yes	Aftermarket Bally sound boards & Gottlieb MPU and auxilliary boards, plus other replacement boards and mods.
Parts 4 Pinballs	Norway	Yes	Stern Game Reseller, Vintage and Reproduction parts.
Pinball Center	Germany	Yes	Pinball parts
Pinball Decals	US		Pinball decals and enhancements
Pinball Flyers + More	Canada	Yes	Pinball Flyers, as well as many other types... over 50,000 in stock and for sale
The Pinball Heaven	UK	Yes
Pinball Life	US
Pinball Magic	US	Yes	General parts and supplies
Pinball Mania	UK	Yes
Pinball Pal	US	Yes	Custom aftermarket pinball products (Note: Per the Pinball Pal website, the on-line store is temporarily closed.)
PinballPCB aka Kohout Enterprises	US	Yes	Aftermarket Williams System 3-11 boards
Pinball Pimp	US		Cabinet Stencils
Pinball Pro	US		Audio upgrades and game enhancements
The Pinball Resource	US	Yes	Major supplier of all types of parts for almost all games. Common parts listed on web site, hundreds more are unlisted. Call or e-mail for information on other parts. Order via phone or e-mail, pay by check or money order. Gottlieb Authorized.
Pinball Rescue	Australia		Reproduction Playfield Plastics, Decals. Gottlieb licensed.
Pinbits	US	Yes	Protectors, upgrades, and enhancements
PinRestore	US		Restoration tools and supplies
PinScore	US	Order from parts distributors	Aftermarket power supplies & LED displays
PinSound	France	Yes	Aftermarket sound board upgrade for DE v3, WPC-89/95/DCS, System 11C
The Pinwitch	Germany	Yes
Planetary Pinball	US	Yes	Bally & Williams current license holder
Ron & Nancy Webb	US		Reproduction Backglasses. Gottlieb licensed.
Rottendog Amusements	US		Replacement Pinball circuit boards
Starship Fantasy	US		Pinball ramps (taking over from Pinball Inc) and other parts.
Shay Arcade Group	US		Reproduction Backglasses & Playfield Plastics. Gottlieb licensed
Siegecraft	US	Yes	Diagnostic tools and specialty boards. Classic Bally/Stern LED Adapter!
Steflip	France	?	Classic Bally/Stern combination replacement board for MPUs & sound boards (NB II)
Tayda Electronics	Bankok, Thailand		Inexpensive common electronic parts (resistors, capacitors, ICs, breadboards/stripboards, etc).
That Pinball Place	US		Pinball ROM upgrades (aka John Wart Jr's ROM service)
Verical / Arrow Electronics	US,various		Electronics components in bulk
XPin	US		Aftermarket power supplies & LED score displays

4 Supplier Issues

Retailer	Located	Int'l Shipping	Specialty
Mad Amusements	US	Unreliable	Avoid; There are reports of accepting payment for international orders and not fulfilling them. Also, reports of some problems with US orders. Also, reports of non-payment for inventory from international suppliers.
Twisted Pins	US		Avoid. Cabinet stencils; Reports of stencil registration issues and poor material quality. There are reports of unfulfilled orders and lack of communication. Multiple customers have posted publicly that they have gone through the credit card charge-back process. De-listed from Planetary Pinball's reseller page in early 2016.