If you part any of what you pulled out it looks like I could use on of the 7 digit displays and some playfield parts.

If people view Pinside on a tablet and scroll up and down on the right side it is easy to accidentally up vote or down vote a post without even realizing it.

Except that it now has extra holes in the bottom from screwing on the legs that need to be filled. I wonder how much those legs cost if if they know they probably could have gotten the same or more for just the playfield as it was. Adding the legs and plastic cover reduce the value.

I'm sure someone can still use it and may end up buying it to put back in a machine. Just saying it was probably a waste to do what he did to it and would have been better to sell or offer up the playfield as it was before making it into a table.

I just don't know what to say about this other than a line was crossed that should never be crossed.

I guess if they were rollerblades it would make it easy to move the pin around...

It looks like they used wire rope lubricant. What were they not thinking?

Having a mixed up mess of any random fasteners available would bug me too. At least it should be easily fixed if you find proper fasteners for it.

If you post in the game specific thread and ask for tear down pictures I bet someone already has some details that will help. If not the next time someone shops a similar game they could note what hardware is used.

When I get my Meteor home I need to go through it too. Game plays great but a previous owner installed a mix of no matching post styles and mixed up the tall and short ones in the wrong area. Luckily someone posted great pictures so I know the right place for all of them.

Did the still have the original parts they ripped out or did they trash them. That is truly awful.

They didn’t realize they got the wrong stencil kit?

Are you rebuilding it or using it for parts? If you’re stripping parts off I’d be interested in one of the yellow plastic covers on the coin door. Preferably one without teeth marks.

At first glance it looked like paint loss on the side of the head. Now I see that it is not. Paint loss would have been better.

Missed opportunity to use one of those free harbor freight tarps. Sad, Just sad.

I was waiting for someone to say it just needs a fuse... I suppose if all the other parts were still there someone could build one with a new reproduction cabinet.

What auction house had that listed? There is no excuse not show or disclose an image of that bad side of the game. I could understand if you found an MPU trashed by battery damage or scary hacks under the playfield where they may not have opened it up to look. This is intentional not disclosing the damage to get higher bids. From the picture posted there was no way to expect that surprise. Sorry that happened.

What did the ball in the game look like??

Moving around the room with the legs on shouldn't be too much of an issue. I have a set of skates that I can put under the legs and wheel the who machine around. That is typically and easy and smooth move. The issue is more if it is loaded on a truck and bounced around while on the legs. That can get pretty violent and with all the weight up a couple feet off the ground acting as a lever that has a lot of potential for damage. Shouldn't be an issue carefully moving one within a room.

Definitely. But, if you're careful that shouldn't be a problem. Helps to have a second person and go slow. Still a lot different than having one take a trip on the legs.

Maybe it was in that arcade where the guy went crazy with an Axe and smashed all the games.

https://kotaku.com/axe-wielding-man-locked-people-inside-arcade-smashed-g-1848214957

No playfield pictures? It looks like they are purposefully avoiding pictures of that and the overall machine.

Worn out? Was there a different set of pictures? I saw pictures of a worn scoop area (which could eventually get a cliffy), some worn inserts, and games due for cleaning. Nothing with large areas of art missing or heavy planking. How did they play? That is a more important question. If those games are dialed in with strong flippers, lights that all work, and switches that all register) then that's what is about. Many locations will have dim lighting and most people may not notice some cosmetic flaws. If it works and plays well then a few blemishes aren't going to ruin the fun factor. I'd rather play games like this with a bit of wear than one that is perfect but has one of those horrid color bombed overly bright LED kits off ebay that turn every machine purple. Those I would have an issue playing and sort of ruins the fun factor playing.

Definitely overdue for cleaning and probably should have had the balls replaced much more often. That may look a bit worse than the others but on location unless it is in a well lit area many people may not focus on that or notice. How bad does it look when you are playing and not zoomed right on that area? If it plays really well and everything is functioning then many players may not notice that or focus on that.

I would expect with new lower cabinets those can and will be rebuilt. Sucks but those are worth salvaging. Last year there was bad flooding in the area near me and a few people had completely flooded basements when a pumping station failed. I looked at a Hurricane that was completely submerged. That may have been worth rebuilding but the owner after opening up the machine to let it dry out made the huge mistake of placing the playfield on the prop rod. Dried totally warped and twisted. With everything else needed that one is pretty much toast. I still need to reach back out to make sure they don’t toss it.

I hope the poster pulls that picture or it gets removed. If you don't want your picture shared it shouldn't be. It should be up to you if you eventually want it posted or not. That is truly an awful thing to happen and no one should have to go through that. It's not just the pins but everything. Hope you can save some things and recover.

They totally should have pulled it. If the person who took that picture asks for it to be deleted you just remove it. No questions asked. Doesn't mater why. Unless you took the picture yourself why do you think it's ok for you to decide if it should stay up or be shared even more?

I'm not chasing down any pictures and this really doesn't affect me. My only point was that if the person who takes a picture sees someone else posting it (who did not take the picture) and asks politely to take it down then you just remove it. Could have been a picture of their cat, etc. Doesn't matter. Really straightforward and has nothing to do with pinball. If you feel differently then you do.

Totally agree there are much worse things going on and I hope those all get better.

I'll let the thread get back on topic.

I really wish people would learn what connectors are for. Apparently the easiest way for them to remove the head was cut the wires! At least the color coding and lots of shrink tubing will help fix it.

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I think that overfusing elsewhere in the game allows too much current to go through the bridge, shorting the bridge, then the meltdown happens.

Time to strip all that off an install some eyelets for those parts. I've rebuilt several boards that looked like that.

Since that appears to be a Gameplan board it may be more appropriate if it was from a Captain Hook.