Do you have a pic of this? I have seen some claim JJP does this on Hobbit and i have seen the Hobbit in person as well as MMR and never saw any overlap.

I think overlap is a quick/cheap alternative to doing it the right way.

I personally do not like the looks of this method. Any time I install decals I always fill and smooth the corners of the cabinet, then I paint the corners black, then I trim the decals with an Exacto knife at the corners. I don't like the look of the overlap where you can see the end of the side decals beneath the front decal. I don't know why CGC does this, other than because it might be easier.

Are you serious? Lmao if true.

...and no, that's not the correct way to do things. Shortcut cheap way, yes.

Pretty sure my stern pins are done the same way

Not exactly sure who is the judge of what is right and what is wrong when it comes to the corners of pinball cabinets. Just because they were done this way 20 plus years ago does not mean it is the wrong way to do it now. Its how manufactures are building the games currently, so from a stand point of original, yes this is the right way to apply these decals.

Well, no one was appointed cabinet decal corner installation judging person but some things are obviously right and wrong when observed. As Chris Rock said, "you can drive your car with your feet but it doesn't make it right." I have hung miles of wall covering in my career and know a visually pleasing seam when I see one. Half assed overlapping the two panels is sloppy and lazy. Can they do it? Sure, more power to them. Still doesn't make it right.

Maybe that applies to a new Stern Title but MMR is supposed to be the same game as a Williams MM except the differences they identified:

- Display potential to display color
- LED's
- Missing Williams logos
- Upgraded floor for LE's
- Choice of trim.

Add this to the list of differences they dont advertise (excluding production defects that were corrected like slings eating into the playfield)

- display upgrades cost more
- no coin mechs.
- washed out fonts on inserts
- overlapping decals

Couldn't have said it better, Joe. If there is a cheaper way to do things and still make a profit, most manufacturers will opt to do things that way.

Ford used to say that "Quality is Job 1". Not any more, not in America. With a few exceptions, that is. Most manufacturers that adhere to the quality before quantity, quality before greed credo, are small, family-owned businesses.

Greg

Remakes are never the exact as an original. I don't even bother trying to argue with mmr owners because it's not worth it. If you want a mm buy and mm and not a remake. Pretty simple. I'm an owner of both and happy with both.