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MMR LE received this morning - Sad story

By jimy_speedt

6 years ago


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#38 6 years ago

Although this situation is highly unfortunate, there is something to consider here.

The longer a new game sits in a box, the more chance there is age and moving damage that is undetectable, just like any game in storage.
A cardboard box is not a vacuum sealed, indestructible, climate controlled vault.
People that keep games NIB as a money investment is a pintarded gamble.
Garages and open warehouses do not save games from temperature variations.
Game distributors like to rotate their stock for a reason.

Anyone that has removed a new game that was part of old distributor warehouse knows what can happen.
Just like the term NOS (New Old Stock) does not mean undamaged.
Component damage on PCBs, water damage to the cabinet cannot be seen from the sides (even if on a proper pallet), rust on metal parts from moisture (such as the coin door, legs, side rails, and assemblies), batteries leaking, connector corrosion, switch malfunctions and failures, broken or age damaged backglasses, and all sorts of other nuances. This does not even consider than early production games never receive service bulletin update kits when things are discovered by the manufacturer.

Removing a game that has been in box for years means extra care has to be observed when setting the game up, and cross checking the game, not just installing the legs, dropping the balls in and powering up the game.

#41 6 years ago
Quoted from Otaku:

Except this game meets none of that criteria and was assembled 4 months ago...

"Just like the term NOS (New Old Stock) does not mean undamaged."

Remake parts essentially NOS old school equivalency were in storage for years.
People do not seem to understand that parts are not built the same time as a game, many times years in advance.
Most of these parts were likely made between 2-4 years ago considering the first test models were built around 2012 long before the intention reveal date at Expo 2013.
Some playfield parts perhaps longer dependent on PPS reproductions, this includes the Churchill cabinets.
First batches of remade MM parts were made in 2000s before MMr and some was subsidized for construction of these games.
It doesn't matter as technicians are still just pulling things off shelves and out of boxes.

Assembly is different than part construction.
I doubt anything on this game was made recently for this specific game.
Just more education.

Just lessons, if people want to review my post, understand industry game production, and read.

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