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Offline ddstoys

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Differnces between CFTBL???
« on: June 03, 2012, 05:27:42 PM »
Hi guys just going over a CFTBL and have noticed a few differences between ones done previously.   This one has steel playfield edges instead of timber and there are pieces of a white water cabinet used inside the cabinet could this be a prototype maybe?
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Re: Differnces between CFTBL???
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2012, 05:31:32 PM »
Yep its a prototype or early production model. Watched a good papa cfbl video yesterday.
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Re: Differnces between CFTBL???
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2012, 05:33:44 PM »
I've struck that too. Also noticed some have the printed backpanel & some don't.
No idea what went on though, I'm afraid  !@#
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Re: Differnces between CFTBL???
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2012, 06:04:25 PM »
do you have any photos, would be interesting to see how it changes the look.
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Re: Differnces between CFTBL???
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2012, 06:52:18 PM »
Not the first time I have heard about steel edges
someone suggeted they used them if the playfield was not as flat as it should be
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Re: Differnces between CFTBL???
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2012, 07:02:36 PM »
Quote from: Pop Bumper Pete on June 03, 2012, 06:52:18 PM
Not the first time I have heard about steel edges
someone suggeted they used them if the playfield was not as flat as it should be


My Jap creech had steel edges...looked way way better! ^^^
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Re: Differnces between CFTBL???
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2012, 01:08:34 PM »
Not a prototype.

Metal stiffeners were used on playfields that were warped so they could use them in games.

WMS recycled pieces of cabinets in that fashion all the time. Working on a WCS 94 right now that has a back panel made out of a WCS cabinet side, also had a Congo recently with inner cabinet panels made of TOTAN reject cabinet pieces.

Prototype CFTBL pics here, from a massive restoration effort:

http://gallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/proto_cftbl
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