Not as exciting as most of the stuff posted, but my TZ -
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My game was a very early sample, and the spiral insert, when shipped from the factory, said 'GUMBALL'. A tech was sent down to scrape the insert clean and place a 'SPIRAL' decal on it. However, after scraping off the old decal, the tech realized he forgot to bring the 'SPIRAL' with him. He explained to me he'll mail it to the store.

I never got it, so to this day my PF's been with a blank insert. When HEP restores the field soon, I'll have him leave it blank, for nostalgia.

The 'black' ball you posted reminded me -

I have one of the 'prototype' blue powerballs; got it from Ted Estes when testing the 9.4H ROM for him. I know of another in existance down in Georgia (not sure if he's on Pinside here). Next to it is a very dark grey pinball I had made custom, many years ago. It's ceramic, like a powerball, but about half the weight. It's actually almost *too* light to put into a game, as some switch's springs are too strong and will catch the ball. (Like the left ramp switch..) I had 5 of these made, and gave a couple of them out to other collectors.

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Hah! $1.99 for 4 rolls of them at Costco! Not really that collectible.

But if you REALLY want one, let me know!

It's neat to have and display, but absolutely completely useless in the game.

It's completely invisible during gameplay, and being lighter (like the regular powerball), super fast.

I'll only put it into my game to let visiting players freak out and try to play with it - usually will last a game before they accept defeat.

My dark grey one is easier to see (oddly), but is much, much faster than a regular powerball. You can literally shoot it around the left spiral, and it will be out the other end of the spiral before the game can open the gumball diverter.

Yes, that's a sample.
No 'SPIN', and your center 'Defeat Ringmasters' insert is a decal - underneath of it says 'Visit Ring 3'. The 'SPIN' marvel insert says 'CRANK'. The small Ringmaster heads between the RM multiball inserts are also decals.

That. Is. Amazing!

An update -
Since my WCS playfield came in today, got a few images of the differences. You'll notice that a couple of the inserts have lifted - once I get my TZ put back together, this playfield will go out to get touched up and clearcoated, to (eventually) be put into a WCS machine.

A closeup of the 'Build Lock' inserts and the 'Lock' inserts. The 'Build Lock' has 'Lock' missing, and the bottom panel of the soccerball is clear, letting the light shine through:
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"GOAL" is green, not yellow:
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The missing fourth STRIKER target. As far as I can tell (not confirmed), the samples/proto machines that had a hole here had the target removed and the hole filled up. When the playfield is installed in my machine, I will have a target there, just because..:
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And, what 'Ultra-Goalie' used to be:
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KLOV? Is that a radio station?

Really neat! How's it play?

..And fix that plastic!

Me too.. maybe we can have a field trip. ..A very EXPENSIVE field trip.

That's fantastic. I was laughing as I watched the video. I'd probably suck at playing it, but it does look challenging!

Interesting.. I honestly have not heard of 'Peyper' before this!

Because I don't wanna see this thread die..

When CV was in design stage, I went to the arcade show in Atlanta. Met Cameron Silver, and they had flyers out for CV. Picked up a couple, as I had played the game and enjoyed it. Once the game was released, and real flyers were out, I got one of my early flyers framed with the 'production' one -
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Where'd you get yours? I have one as well. Got it signed, I think. (I'll have to pull it out and check.) Mine, however, is a little nicked up around the uncut clear areas from storage.

Nice!

Honestly? For me, it's a combination of how much money I got in my 'fun' account, and how much I like the artwork. Has nothing to do with anyone else and what they may like/dislike. Sometimes I'll come across something really friggin' cheap, and have to get it. (A few years ago, came across a *set* of Animaniacs production cels, the seller wanted under $50 for all 5 of them. I jumped on it...)

Back in the mid-late 90's, I had one. Was located at Tokens, in NW GA, Acworth GA to be exact. Have no idea what happened to it after I went out to Colorado.

I forgot I had this.. This came out of a sample Dr. Dude. Interesting that it was 'Playfield #1'.

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When you get a chance, send me a PM, want to verify / compare some stuff on your game with mine.

Why does anything need to 'be done' with it? Keep it as a great little game, and a prototype of it's model.

I'm not even sure why you posted this into this thread.. this doesn't have anything to do with Rare or Proto parts to show off.

Vid has a freakin' HUGE thread about this exact thing. Go post this there, please.

Please tell you have a dollar coin mech in there, too.

I forgot I had this. I don't remember where I got it from. (An Expo? AMOA conference?) And not sure if it's worth anything 'cuz of JPoop... But I always loved Linda Deal's artwork in this game.

A side of the cabinet, with JPoop's and Cameron's signature.

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Love the art. Would love to have this and display it in a frame, but.. I'm sure someone else needs this for an actual game.

So, now that I have been able to light up the inserts, let me show off my new acquisition. Twilight Zone has always been 'my' game - I own the very same game that got me my first arcade job, and it has been in my personal care since 1996 when I secretly swapped another TZ out in its place. (Long, unrelated story.) When 9.4H was in betatest, check_switch_26 offered one of his Prototype TZ's up for sale. I really wanted it, but I was JUST out of college, and had too much debt, so my 'bid' was beat out by another tester. Recently, someone here on Pinside posted that they had an 'unsual' playfield that they wanted to restore and put into their game. I saw the pictures, and... couldn't let them do that.

Pictured below is - for lack of a better term - a pre-prototype Twilight Zone playfield. (maybe 'Marketing Sample' fits better?)
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As I understand it, in doing research over the last 25+ years, at the start of the design phase the team needed to get artwork done for the playfield so that the marketing images (flyers, PR releases, etc) could be taken and sent to the publisher. The team wasn't ready yet, so some things were thrown together and art was sent to the PF manufacturer. I believe 2 or 3 of these were made. One had prototype toys installed (clock, gumball, etc) and put into a cabinet for the flyer. That one had the 'Clock Millions' insert hand-drilled in. (You can see it in the flyer, it has NO artwork/text on it.) Either another, or the same, playfield was used for the PR photos.

This one had nothing installed on it, ever. So this was ordered and put into storage.

While it IS neat to look at, there is no point in looking at things (like the "Player Piano" award) and going, "I wonder what that did?", since at this stage, the game wasn't yet a game.

More pics and closeups can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/mZ2qmYB
Plan on getting the art touched up as best as possible, and getting the field clearcoated to save and protect this little piece of history.

Awesome. $20 says he didn't actually draw this, though.

Do you.. maybe want to give some information on what it is? I mean, it means nothing to me..!

This is a "rare or prototype" thread.
It is obviously from a game, but what makes this so special? They made 100 of them - is this backglass a prototype? An extra? Sample? Art proof? I have a Nudge-It and Bell Ringer, which are MORE rare in number of games. I could post images here, but if I did? I'd explain them a little, so that other folks (like me and your post, in this example) know what makes it special, like a story on how you got it, or the story behind the glass.. Just.. a picture. Woop.

This. Thanks for explaining it a way I apparently couldn't.

It's a wide-body game.