Ok so the damage isn't severe by this game's standards but a NOS assembly not available either. Prior to putting on my NOS new decal, any recommendations for the right edge?

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Ended up sanding down the wear and wouldn't you know, the replacement decal was slightly thinner and, when positioned centered, isn't sitting on top of the wear (where it would naturally re-warp!)

Might not be brand new again- but much better

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Cool idea, but I don't have the tools to re-rivet it, and think I achieved my main goal by filing down the damage and getting the decal to fully rest outside the scope of the damage. This way, ball hits wont re-deform the new decal where it did before, on the primary vulnerable impact zone.

Also, if I flipped it, I would expect over time the damage susceptibility spot would wear in yet again to where it is right now. If I had a few spares, that would be just fine, but here to flip would just be buying some time till the same wear returned.

Most crypt tombstones look this way or worse today, without spares being common/reproduced, and with decal damage too..

I appreciate your candor. Ended up buying the Marco decal set and returning the decal above to it's original seller, as I did notice too, perhaps just before you mentioned it, that some of the artwork was missing from this reprint.

I also looked more closely at the tombstone assembly and the riveted piece. Just didn't seem worth a risk to remove, macguyver a flip, rivet removal and attempt a screw/nut workaround.

If an accident occurred and I somehow irreversibly damaged something, the game would be functionally crippled, a really bad result and in Pinball the usual likely outcome for perfection hunting. Especially bad possibility, since the assembly is unobtanium.

Sanded down the wear and put on new decal from Marco. May not stay perfect over the years, but it is home use now as you said so thicker decal and wear already done, hope it should be more or less fine.

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