I cold not stand the painted red / pink plain backboard any longer......

I looked for a suitable backboard decal or an arcade machine side art I could cut a section out of to use. Since I came up with nothing and I am in the process of shopping my Monopoly I needed to do something before putting it back together.

I used a PDF file for monopoly money and printed a couple sheets on fancy paper stock. I used the 3M clear ramp decal tape / adhesive to apply a couple sheets to the backboard. I am heading to Lowe's tomorrow to get a thin piece of acrylic cut to put over it. It will not win any beauty contests but better than the ugly paint wood slab IMHO. A reasonably priced and looking decal would be my 1st choice but the color laser printer and a couple beers works well, sometimes.

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...as long as I put it on the correct side.

Nope, just kidding ( its on the right side ).

I did not find any good Monopoly graphics / images to use off the net and I am getting Photoshop lazy and simply printed something to cover the board. A real graphic montage would look much better.

Hey, some doctors remove the wrong kidney so working on a pin and maybe making an "oops" is OK.

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In place with a piece of acrylic sheet over it.
Total cost was $10 for the acrylic sheet and I have two more pieces to use on something else.

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I like the cheap & easy mods.

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I will definitely keep that in mind for future stuff and thank you.

Monopoly is not a mainstream title ( low numbers and desirability) so I did not think anyone would tool up for it. Since you already have an art file for the side rails it would be pretty simply for you to crop or resize it for the backboard.

What it looks like back together.....

One thing I will add is the hole in the backboard seems to be for clearance for the switch / wire gate when the ramp is installed.
Mine did not line up very close and I should have left my applied graphics & acrylic sheet that covers the backboard without the added hole.

I simply bent ( slightly) the switch angle towards the front of the machine and it swings freely without contact. Remove it from the plastic ramp before bending.

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I used the Comet Pinball LED's and are pretty happy with them. I put them in the monopoly board inserts , sign's and a few random places. Ramps might appear "tough" but I would never bend a switch attached to one. WAY to easy to crack or break it.