Quoted from MattElder:Finally getting around to posting a pic as you requested. I picked up my BR from the local NAVL sub the other afternoon. Thankfully it arrived safely!
The cabinet had been re-decaled as described in the FS ad, and is beautiful, but not much else rang true. It was supposedly shopped out, but this thing has layers of crud everywhere on it. It hasn’t even seen a quick wipe down in many years. Many plastics broken, some missing parts, the playfield is broken between the ball trough and shooter lane, some homemade parts, several VERY raised and worn inserts, etc. Looking back at the ad it is comical how misleading it was. Oh well, I bought it mostly because of the nice cabinet, so I guess I can’t be too upset at the deception. The pics were fuzzy and I should have asked for better ones (and more).
Anyway, I have a boatload of parts coming for it now, and it’ll get stripped down, cleaned up and fixed soon enough. In the end it’ll be a pretty nice game.
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That’s frustrating. I’ve been there also. Will you let it go and make the best of it? That’s what I usually do. Not worth the time or stress. I usually send pics of the “true” condition the couple times I’ve been duped. I just let them know they aren’t honest members of this community, and to please not do that to any other people again. I can handle the setback by restoring the game, but many people would be devastated, especially if they are new to pinball.
Will you try to do a playfield swap? Looks and sounds like you found a nice cabinet. I know one or two members on here are selling new BR ramps. Maybe you can restore yours. I got lucky with mine, except it sustained minor cab damage during shipping due to minimal prep. I will restore the cab.
Mine still has the original lights. I’m considering converting to LEDs. How do people like the game after changing to LEDs? I do have pinstadium lights, which definitely helps.
Good luck with your BR!
Williamston, MI
