One of the Australian pinball parts sellers told me that parts come from the same place so it doesn't matter where I buy them. I think it's important that people new to the hobby (like me) are aware that there can be a discernible difference in the quality.
I'm trained in law & economics so I'm no tech drawer but I've attached a pic of the top-view of the leg bracket from RTBB - this bolts straight onto my demo man without any modification. For reference the width of this bracket is approximately 70mm.
And just noting that the other seller did give me a full refund on my purchase as well as a few extra dollars for postage so that business has looked after me in that regards. However I won't be purchasing from that seller again.
Some parts are, but this is not always correct. What some parts sellers do is send an original part that does not have a patent to a local manufacturer who copies them. Usually, you can spot these a mile away - like in this example. Does not matter where they came from, they are not made from original tooling. Even worse, they are nowhere near accurate copies.
I recently looked at a game for a disgruntled customer with a fake cliffy installed. Put the fake next to an original and they are nothing like the genuine product. In fact, the fake cliffy lasted 100 games before it basically disintegrated while removing it to replace it with an original.
As I wear two hats these days, I was aware of the rubbish sold off as "original", but I can definitely say that ANY game repaired, reconditioned or restored by APR would only use genuine parts.
I'll highlight this on an Addams I will be documenting. The copied ramp simply cannot be installed. It looks like the holes were drilled by a child.
