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Revision as of 07:57, 12 June 2017
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 Suppliers
| Retailer | Located | Int'l Shipping | Specialty | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Electronics | US | Electronics and Boards | Electronics components | ||
| APB Enterprises | US | Electronics and Boards | Various aftermarket coils with original-style wrappers. | ||
| Action Pinball | US | Yes | ROM chips, ring kits, parts, plastics, manuals | ||
| Astill Entertainment | Canada | Yes | Electronics and Boards | Wide range of programmed pinball chips including: PROMs, GALs, GALs, PIC chips, EPROMs and more. | |
| Arcade Chips | US | Yes | Electronics and Boards | Hard-to-find ICs/chips, CPUs, video processors, amps, plus a few other common ICs, RAM chips, and EPROMs | |
| BG Resto | US | ? | Restoration | Digital backglass restoration, repair and replacements. | |
| Bay Area Amusements | US | Yes | General | Major supplier of all varieties of parts for almost all games. | |
| BC's Pinball | US | Lighting | LED lighting | ||
| Big Daddy Enterprises | US | Yes | Electronics and Boards | Pinball Repair Kits and Electronics | |
| Blick | US | Restoration | Art supplies, CreateX airbrush paints. | ||
| Centsible Amusements | US | General | Playfield parts, LEDs, Rings, coils, fuses | ||
| Chime Unit | Germany | Yes | Specialty | Reproduction EM chime unit | |
| Cliffy's Pinball Protectors & Innovations | US | Yes | Restoration | Playfield hole protectors. Website does not list newest available products for additional games. Contact directly for unlisted games/products. | |
| Cointaker LEDs | US | Lighting | LED lighting | ||
| Comet Pinball | US | Yes | Lighting | LEDs, LED Kits, DMD glare eliminator | |
| Classic Playfield Reproductions | Canada | Yes | Restoration | Playfield, backglass and plastic reproductions | |
| Competitive Products | USA | Yes | Common Playfield parts, coils, switches, rings, et.al. | ||
| Decal Paper | USA | Restoration | Decal paper supplier | ||
| Digi-Key | USA | Yes | Electronics and Boards | General electronics, Semiconductors, ICs, tools, Molex connectors/pins, fuses. International next day shipping for $8. | |
| Ecflipp | France | Yes | General | Some hard-to-find parts, plastics, ramps, etc. | |
| Esslinger | USA | Restoration | Fiberglass cleaning pens/brushes; various jeweler's tools | ||
| Flipper Fidelity | USA | Yes | Mods | Speaker/Sound and light upgrades | |
| Flippp! (Pascal JANIN) | France | Yes | Electronics and Boards | Replacement board sets for Gottlieb machines | |
| Flippers.com/John's Jukes | Canada | Yes | General | Games and service info, parts sales | |
| For Amusement Only | US | Yes | Specialty | Flyers, manuals, EM & early solid state schematics, pinball books | |
| Freddy's Pinball Paradise | Germany | General | Supplies parts and is a distributor. | ||
| Fungus-Amungus Coin-Op | Canada | Yes | Specialty | Books, Flyers, Posters, Promo Plastics + More | |
| Future Electronics | Yes | Electronics | Electronic components | ||
| Great Lakes Modular | US | ? | Electronics and Boards | Various replacement pinball circuit boards | |
| Great Plains Electronics | US | Yes | Electronics and Boards | Electronics components and pinball repair kits | |
| Gatecrasher (RGP/Pinside) | US | ? | Specialty | Backglass lift channels and other metal parts. Link to product review. | |
| Homepin | Australia | Yes | Electronics and Boards | NEW, Re-engineered Pinball replacement PCBs - Built & kit form available. Pinball manufacturer. | |
| Happ Controls | Worldwide | Yes | General | General coin-op | |
| Helpline Services | England | Yes | General | Odd new and used spares, service calls and more | |
| Jameco | US | Electronics and Boards | Electronics, wire, ICs, connectors, headers, tools | ||
| John's Arcade | Australia | Yes | Electronics and Boards | Auxiliary aftermarket boards (Gottlieb, Williams, Bally, Data East). Wiliams drop target horseshoe wiper contacts. | |
| JT Amusements | US | Yes | Specialty | Some obscure and hard to find parts | |
| K's Arcade | US | Yes | Electronics and Boards | New and refurbished boards, displays, electronic parts. Board repair services. | |
| Lakeside Pinball Parts | US | General | Common pinball parts | ||
| LED OCD | US | Electronics and Boards | Lamp controller boards to user-programmable control of GI and Insert lighting for any combination of LED and incandescent lamps "without any of the consequences". | ||
| Lee's Parts | US | ? | Mods | Lighting mods for WPC games | |
| Ler Mods | US | Mods | Lighted and other mods for various machines | ||
| Lights Out Pinball | US | General | Mods, Protective Plastics, LEDs, Games, Restoration services | ||
| Little Shop of Games | US | General | Stern pinball machine distributor New and Used. Williams / Bally, Stern, Sega, and Data East Pinball parts distributor. | ||
| Langelius | US | Yes | Mods | Translucent stand-up targets. | |
| Lighted Pinball Speaker Panels | US | Mods | Lighted speaker panels | ||
| Marco Specialties | US | Yes | General | Major supplier of all varieties of parts for almost all games. Full-time staff and 24/7 web ordering. Toll-free customer support. Distributor | |
| Marlin P. Jones & Assoc. | US | Electronics and Boards | Electronics components | ||
| Mayfair Amusements | US | Specialty | Vintage and reproduction parts | ||
| MCM Electronics | US | Electronics | Electronics components | ||
| McMaster Carr | US | Restoration | Tool and parts retailer | ||
| Mezel Mods | US | Yes | Mods | Various mods and other swag, distributor for various other mod creators | |
| Minute Man | US | Restoration | Ground braid, various tools & supplies | ||
| Mouser Electronics | US | Electronics and Boards | Molex connectors, semiconductors, tools | ||
| MyPinballs | UK | Yes | Electronics and Boards | Aftermarket Bally sound boards & Gottlieb MPU and auxilliary boards, plus other replacement boards and mods. | |
| Nifty Led | US | Yes | Lighting | LEDs, LED Kits, pinballs, rubbers, tools | |
| Parts 4 Pinballs | Norway | Yes | General | Stern Game Reseller, Vintage and Reproduction parts. | |
| Parts Express | US | Electronics | Electronics components, cement resistors, speakers, speaker components, nylon cable clamps | ||
| Pinball Center | Germany | Some; Not USA | General | Pinball parts | |
| Pinball Decals | US | Mods | Pinball decals and enhancements | ||
| Pinball Flyers + More | Canada | Yes | Specialty | Pinball Flyers, as well as many other types... over 50,000 in stock and for sale | |
| The Pinball Heaven | UK | Yes | General | Distributor | |
| Pinball Life | US | General | Major pinball parts supplier | ||
| Pinball Magic | US | Yes | General | General parts and supplies | |
| Pinball Mania | UK | Yes | General | ||
| PinballPCB aka Kohout Enterprises | US | Yes | Electronics and Boards | Aftermarket Williams System 3-11 boards | |
| Pinball Pimp | US | Restoration | High quality cabinet stencils and restoration services | ||
| Pinball Pro | US | Electronics and Boards | Speaker/sound upgrades and game enhancements | ||
| The Pinball Resource | US | Yes | General | 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 | General | Reproduction Playfield Plastics, Decals. Gottlieb licensed. | ||
| Pinbits | US | Yes | Specialty | Protectors, upgrades, and enhancements | |
| PinGraphix | US | Mods | Sideboard, backboard, apron and speaker grill decals; apron wraps, mirrored sideboard blades, magnetic graphics, shooter rods, etc. | ||
| PinRestore | US | Restoration | Restoration tools and supplies | ||
| PinScore | US | * | Electronics and Boards | Aftermarket power supplies & LED displays *Order from distributors | |
| PinSound | France | Yes | Electronics and Boards | Aftermarket sound board upgrade for DE v3, WPC-89/95/DCS, System 11C | |
| The Pinwitch | Germany | Yes | General | Pinball Parts | |
| Planetary Pinball | US | Yes | General | Distributor, Bally & Williams current license holder | |
| Retro Refurbs | UK | Yes | Restoration | Reproduction cabinet decals and translites | |
| Ron & Nancy Webb | US | No | Restoration | Reproduction Backglasses. Gottlieb licensed. | |
| Rottendog Amusements | US | Electronics and Boards | Replacement Pinball circuit boards | ||
| Starship Fantasy | US | Specialty | Pinball ramps (taking over from Pinball Inc) and other parts. | ||
| Shay Arcade Group | US | Restoration | Reproduction Backglasses & Playfield Plastics. Gottlieb licensed | ||
| Siegecraft | US | Yes | Electronics and Boards | Diagnostic tools and specialty boards. Classic Bally/Stern LED Adapter! | |
| Steflip | France | Electronics and Boards | Classic Bally/Stern combination replacement board for MPUs & sound boards (NB II) | ||
| Tayda Electronics | Bankok, Thailand | Yes | Electronics and Boards | Inexpensive common electronic parts (resistors, capacitors, ICs, breadboards/stripboards, etc). | |
| That Pinball Place | US | Specialty | Pinball ROM upgrades (aka John Wart Jr's ROM service) | ||
| Tilt Graphics | US | Mods | Sideboard, backboard, apron decals; mirrored sideboard blades, shooter rods, misc. mods and HydroPrinting | ||
| Verical / Arrow Electronics | US,various | Electronics and Boards | Electronics components in bulk | ||
| XPin | US | Electronics and Boards | Aftermarket power supplies & LED score displays |
3 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. |
| Pinside Shops | Aftermarket parts & mods from various sellers. |
4 Apparel & Swag
| Retailer | Located | Int'l Shipping | Specialty | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double Danger Pinball | US | Apparel and Swag | ||
| TiltHammer | US | Apparel and Swag | Pinball Patches, pins, stickers, hats, prints, t-shirts, hoodies, koozies, tokens, bottle openers, etc. | |
| The Two Fools | US | Apparel and Swag | Pinball-themed t-shirts |