Hi all, I'm new here. I have always had love for pinball and my wife just bought me my first machine, a DE Simpsons in pretty good condition, 100% working order.

While trying to read up on background of the game last night, I noticed that the plastics on this machine are all blue and numbered, except for the topper. What gives? Is this a prototype blue?

I don't know the history of the machine, except that it was picked up from a local video game reseller.

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Ken, I thought maybe there was some sort of film on them also, but the blue appears to be on the underside of the plastics. I could be mistaken, and there could be a film on the top of these pieces, but printing line-work on top of protective film also seems a little unnecessary?

I'll pull the glass to take a closer look and post some better pictures.

Thanks for the responses, everyone. I saw the prototype plastics on ebay, but being new to the community, I wasn't sure if they were a sought after item or cheap reproductions. Sounds like they are the latter.

After some searching, I realized that a full set of plastics for DE Simpsons will be hard to come by and pricey. But the clean work on these blue ones will give me a good starting point to make my own in the future.