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Re: Creature Prototype Restoration
« Reply #120 on: February 09, 2010, 05:48:34 PM »
NOS Plastic set ready to install



Note on the package indicating the set is as 'complete as they come' - I bought this before repros hit the market.



The 3 missing plastics are 1 of the playfield signs, the left slingshot plastic, and 1 ramp cover. My true NOS ramps happen to have the covers attached, so I need 1 playfield sign and the left sing. I will see how the originals will clean up. The sling won't be a problem as a repro if needed, but I'd rather clean up the original if it's in reasonable shape.

The repro sets also weren't truly complete - they don't contain the keychain plastic, the plastic that goes on the backboard, etc. At least that's my understanding of what's in the repro sets.

Plastics are test fit. This is a good test, since sometimes the proto games have posts slightly different etc. They all fit, which is a good sign.



And now, they come off, as I need a plastic protector set from pinbits before I can really install them.

All new pop bumper parts. The originals were in poor condition.



Lamp sockets installed. Will be tied to GI



I need to figure out how to route these leads and staple them down. Since the game didn't have the pops illuminated, I have to make them nice and neat myself, and figure out which GI string to attach them to. I'm not terribly worried about load - I'm going to install LEDs in these since they would be such a pain to change out. So, I'm more interested in convenience. I have some ideas, but can't run the air stapler this late at night - the compressor would wake up the kids and I'd have hell to pay.



The little washers that go under the lane divider small screws are a bugger to find! Glad I still had both the originals!