Quoted from Dayhuff:I've owned mine since 1997. Found a prototype translight for it about 10 years ago.
John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, Mi.
269-979-3836
Definitely one of my all-time favorite pins. I played this at the UF student arcade when it was first released, and it was my first major purchase after I graduated. Purchased mine in 97 as a re-boxed demo unit from a distributor, topper was still in plastic inside, had new-pin smell, etc. I have the upgraded Rev 3 shooter lane installed.
Prototype translite is cool because it's different and a proto, but it has continuity problems and no doubt why it was rejected and scrapped. You've got Axl, Duff and Slash in the middle from a 1988 photo, with a Gilby and Matt photo-bomb who joined years later! Also, you've got a depiction of the 1991 Ritz warm-up show, with Izzy!!! in it, who had been out of the band for years when the pin was being made. The graphic artist who mocked that up didn't do their homework and was wasting their effort, as it would never have been approved at that time (the final legs of the 93 tour was the period where Axl took a minimum of 10 minutes every show to just trash Izzy from the stage, usually as an intro to Double Talkin Jive).
It's just a fantastic pin with great features, great shots, art, sound and a very well-rounded ruleset.
Not to mention, along with SFTD, this was the last official studio effort of Axl/Slash, with the Ain't Going Down new recording of an old demo. I love the Orin Day stories about Axl and all the things he refused to say during the custom speech and soundtrack recording sessions!