I bought a heavy project Judge Dredd and I've decided to document my attempt at finding all of the parts and repairing it. The preferred end result is a clean, complete and great playing game. I don't plan on a full restore, if it ends up there, something has gone terribly wrong. I wanted to show some of the things that can (and will) go wrong, and how these types of projects can quickly turn into a money pit and a huge time drain. As long as no major hard to find assembles are missing I should be ok. If I end up with $3k into it and 100 hours, I'll be pissed, but I'll still be able to feed my kids. I'd be psyched if I can keep it around 2k and 40 hours. It will probably be somewhere in the middle. This will likely take me a couple months, there is one game ahead of it in the repair queue, I needed to move it out of storage so why not set it on its legs and assess the damage.
Day 1: Side art looks ok, the head is a little beat. The game was transported with no head hinges. Hopefully nothing was pulled or damaged. I don't think there are any boards in the head so it should be fine. The game did come with legs and hinges, i just need to remember where I put them.....
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