Viking
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Joined the club today! It'll need a lot of love, but it'll get it, all in time. Minty backglass and the cabinet is in decent shape. Nice colors on it still, but typically scratches and gouges.
The playfield is tired, so the minute CPR does a rerun, I'll be in on one.
Anyone know where I can get a replacement drop target bracket, the little square one that has a slot in it that keeps the drop target in its track?
20210206_170400 (resized).jpgMy playfied is tilted up, but you can see the contrast here lol. I was confused at first because the blue looked so uniform!
It does have very nice colors on the cab, even though if I can get my hands on a new pf and plastics, I might as well do a cabinet restore too since there are some scratches and gouges and if theres supposed to be purple, it's more of a gray tone. Theres a bit of fade in the backbox.
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Got my hands on CPR playfield and the game is running 100%.
Cant wait to get started on this swap.
Going back to the apron, I'm starting to wonder if the apron really is supposed to be blue, since all of the images on Google show a similar color. Was going to get a Skateball apron to replace it but now I'm starting to second guess that decision and stick with the one I already have.
20210222_185557 (resized).jpgQuoted from Ballypalooza:I don’t think the apron is supposed to be blue. It should be the purple under your apron card area.
Yeah, I looked at mine again and see that there are some areas where it blends back into the purple. I haven't taken off the apron to see the underside, but I would bet that it's the same purple. Still, nearly every picture that is posted of this game shows the powder blue color.
Even if someone would make the colored decals, then at least the original aprons can be sanded, repainted, and new decals put on...
Quoted from Ballypalooza:This is what I have. It’s better than average, but needs some work to be finished.
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Looks great compared to everything else I've seen!
Quoted from Chalkey:Taylor Reese of Reese Rails needs a set for Viking to start making them. Can anybody help out?
I have my rails off of the game right now that I could send. What's the turn around time for me getting them back? Dont want to send them off to wait a month or more to get them back.
Quoted from Chosen_S:Please someone get Taylor a set, I’ll need to order a set soon, lol
I’ve decided to build a Viking from parts.
I ordered the playfield , backglass and plastics, looking for parts and a cab now...
I’m concerned about the color on the cpr backglass, have they fixed the difference? I may return it and wait for a nice one if it doesn’t look correct.
Anyone have spare parts in a box they’d like to connect me with?
I had offered to send my set, but Taylor said that he potentially had someone to get him a set already. Waited a bit longer, then decided to move forward with my swap. I would have been happy to send mine but never got any followup 
I'll be listing my Viking in the next few days for anyone that might be interested. It's got a CPR playfield in it and plays perfectly. Mint backglass and good cabinet.
The ad is posted. The cab would need a restencil but everything else is pretty nice.
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