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Offline spacejam0

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Can you spot the difference ??
« on: April 03, 2013, 06:42:59 PM »
I have been chasing a new set of BK2000 sling shot plastics for about 18 months now. I have tried everywhere but seems no one is making them at the moment. Last week whilst doing my regular goggle search for them I finally hit the jackpot and found a pair of "NOS" plastics in the States. I promptly paid including express post and have been waiting by the letter box since. Well today they arrived and I'm not sure what to think. I'm happy that I finally have a set on unbroken plastics but not too sure about the match. What do you think?

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Re: Can you spot the difference ??
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2013, 07:01:00 PM »
Hmmm  had similar T2 complete plastics set once
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Re: Can you spot the difference ??
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2013, 07:43:21 PM »
There is actually 2 different versions of the BK2000 plastics, incl slingshot plastics.

The original prototype plastics went on the first run of the BK2000 games, and then about a quarter of the way along, they changed plastics to a more lighter/modern colour theme/style. Some plastics stayed the same, and about a third of them changed completely/alot.

What u have got is fine, its not wrong, just a set of each by the looks of it. If i saw the rest of your machine, I would know which full set u had, but either way, or either set is fine.  ^^^
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Re: Can you spot the difference ??
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2013, 08:00:18 PM »
you can buy a full set from CPR

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Re: Can you spot the difference ??
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2013, 09:00:07 PM »
always a good feeling when you find something that you have been hunting for a while

make sure you scan them just as a backup just in case
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Re: Can you spot the difference ??
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2013, 07:40:56 AM »
I doubt they are NOS, as when BK2K was made, you bought plastics as a complete set. Slings weren't available separately, and you didn't get 2 sets in a plastic set.

Having said that, I guess there *is* a chance someone bought a NOS set, and used everything but the slings.. a small chance. Would you believe nearly zero chance? :)

A guy named Alan Meyer made repro slings for BK2K and plenty of other games for awhile. His plastics were second to none, the quality was amazing.

As mentioned, there were 2 different sets of BK2K plastics used, depending on where in the run your game was, and I would guess the originals are probably faded, which is why the reds are lighter on the originals than the new ones.

Change them both, and they will look fine :)


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Re: Can you spot the difference ??
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2013, 10:29:22 AM »
I doubt they are NOS, as when BK2K was made, you bought plastics as a complete set. Slings weren't available separately, and you didn't get 2 sets in a plastic set.

Having said that, I guess there *is* a chance someone bought a NOS set, and used everything but the slings.. a small chance. Would you believe nearly zero chance? :)

A guy named Alan Meyer made repro slings for BK2K and plenty of other games for awhile. His plastics were second to none, the quality was amazing.

As mentioned, there were 2 different sets of BK2K plastics used, depending on where in the run your game was, and I would guess the originals are probably faded, which is why the reds are lighter on the originals than the new ones.

Change them both, and they will look fine :)

Funny you should say this as the advertisment did state that they were "NOS" left over from a full that they didn't use the slingshots from so this could be right.



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Re: Can you spot the difference ??
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2013, 12:27:58 PM »
I'm thinking-
NOS  Not Original Stock.......  in this case


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