We are thinking about doing a run of Armor for 90s era Data East machines. One of our customers told us our current head cover is about 2 inches too short for his Hook. If I'm going to do a run, I would like to make sure it fits the most DE machines as possible. Are all DE back boxes the same dimensions? How about Sega machines... Similar size?

Thanks for the help!

Darren
Pinball Armor

First off, thanks for the responses. Looks like this is going to be tougher to solve than I thought. I'll keep doing my homework.

Second, Christopher, thank you for the feedback. We have a solution that I hope addresses some of your suggestions. We have designed a bag that specifically holds the legs, bolts, Keys and locking tool. While we thought about incorporating it into the cover, we thought keeping it separate was cleaner. I will e-mail you a couple pictures of the prototype (we are entering production as we speak).

We do like the handle idea and we have heard this one a couple times now. Because people transport the games different ways, we have been hesitant to add anything that might get caught up (for example, if we have a handle on the back, it might get caught if someone goes vertical with the machine. But we are actively exploring a smart way to incorporate a front and back handle that won't inhibit transport.

The cover you used on the WOZ was one of our new "Generation 2" models. It has slits up the legs with Velcro closure and a third strip of Velcro down the side so the cover will accommodate standard and wide body machines. Our hope is that this cover will accommodate the vast majority of machines out there. Heads are the big variants. Ideally, we would like customers to be able to buy a couple of different head covers and use one body cover and they are set for their collection.

Lastly, while the material on the outside is canvas backed by PVC, which means it is technically water resistant, we don't like to make any claims about water because our covers have Velcro closures and we cannot guarantee water won't get through. The best solution I have thought about would be to get some thicker plastic manufactured, large enough to go over the armor like a condom. If you knew you were going to transport during questionable weather you could first put the machine in the armor and then slide the plastic sleeve over the machine and secure it with a tie strap or shrinkwrap or something. If I could get the economics cheap enough it could be something you could use once or twice and then throw away if it got a hole.

Again, thanks for the responses and feedback. We really want to make our products the best they can be for the pinball community!

Best,

Darren