I've never bought anything from them, but it seems they have a few products not up to scratch and are getting a history of poor attention to detail. I'd beware.
Sorry, I cannot agree with your assessment of CPR's products.
Care to list the products "not up to scratch" ? Here's what I can recall ;
FLASH Backglass - The repro was a little bigger than the factory backglass and presented an issue whereby the repro did not fit in the headbox. This occurred on a very low number of machines. The issue was not reported until a handful of people that had the smaller sized headbox found the problem. Refunds were provided.
Hang Glider Plastics set - Ball arch plastic was 60% larger than it should have been. Again - full refund and they are in the "bargain Basement" section of their website.
Gorgar Plastics - color was not exactly a perfect match.
Haunted house - Slight misregistration of the credit window
Fathom Backglass - There is no purple in the original, yet present in the repro.
What about the 95% of their other reproductions ? BTW - I bought ALL of these products and I'm 100% impressed with their attention to detail and faithful reproduction.
Playboy Playfield - Stunning - saved a machine from being parted out
Fathom Playfield - Stunning - saved a machine from being parted out
EDB Playfield - Stunning - saved a machine from being parted out
Xenon Playfield - Stunning - saved a machine from being parted out
Flight 2000 backglass - Stunning - saved a machine from being parted out
Haunted House - Slight misregistration of the credit window, bit still saved a machine from being parted out
Force II - The guys GAVE me a spare backglass as I didn't have one at the time.
Ditto for all the plastic sets for the above titles that compliment the playfields.
I have purchased their seconds Playfields - Eight Ball with a hole drilled in the wrong location - but that was hidden under the apron.
I have purchased their seconds plastics sets - Better than their competitor's "firsts".
I am currently committed to
Medusa Playfield
Flight 2000 Playfield - Will save the machine from being parted out
Flash Gordon playfield - Will save the machine from being parted out
I have no requirement for a Fathom backglass, so I didn't pay too much attention to the progress of the repro. I was aware that the gallery would be posted and l always check the gallery of any purchase, so if I'm not happy, I would simply not purchase. If I owned a Fathom without a backlgass, I would still buy the backglass - purple or no purple. I don't agree with their response regarding the purple color, but who else is actively SAVING these classics by producing repro products ?
CPR are a bunch of hobbyists that have tooled up to provide a service based from their own basements. Their track record of providing high quality products is unmatched in the repro industry. They made a mistake, but that's hardly "a history of poor attention to detail". Compared with other ventures producing classic playfields and backglass for these titles - hang on - there aren't any..
Bottom line - if it were not for these guys, there would be more machines being parted out. They have saved more games than produced a "bad" product. Based on my personal experience with the team at CPR, I would not hesitate buying their products and would recommend their products to other collectors and restorers.
Anyone who doubt's my assessment is more than welcome to personally view any of the above mentioned repros and check for themselves.
