Pinball Parts Suppliers
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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 | |
| 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. |