Question!

I'm looking at making a trade for my MET for a Shadow, Pinbot, and cash. I'm working on figuring out the value of the Shadow based off of the info I have.

What are some things to look for when figuring things out? There's minor sanctum burn, and it looks like the Mongol and Sword figures (??) are missing in the pics. What other things are worth investigating before assessing the value?

I have made the tentative decision to trade my MET Pro for a Shadow and a Pinbot (plus a little cash). The only two things with the Shadow that aren't good? Missing one Dagger and has some Sanctum wear. How easy/hard is it to repair wear on the Sanctum area? I'm no strange to an airbrush, so I'm all for painting and mylaring over it.

Sanctum Wear.JPG

It's just the plastic Phurba. I was honestly thinking of just casting my own with the good one that's already there.

And thanks for the resto link. The wear in the pic I received from the guy looks like it was already covered with mylar. In that case, I'm tempted to get the mylar off and do a really thorough job on the repair of it.

Woo - got a Shadow!

Question about the left Phurba ramp...With the dagger set to diver the left ramp to the left, the ball tends to go up and isn't really...Uh...Smooth. It sometimes rolls UP the wireform a bit. Does that mean I need to adjust the diverter slightly? If so, is there any good "writeup" on adjusting and tinkering with them? They work fine, but that sort of DESTROYS the flow of that shot.

E: Also, the soundtrack of this game is RIDICULOUSLY good. I keep humming the main theme.

How much of a bear is this game to teardown? I am considering trying to repair the minor sanctum wear on mine. It's got mylar over it, but this game is just too good not to have in perfect condition. There is no wear on any of the scoops (which blew my mind), but even the minor Sanctum blemish is annoying me as a result!

OK - if it's not just mine, I'm not touching it. Those assemblies look scary to mess with.

Is there a way to protect the Battlefield plastic from the arm smacking into it? Mine has a buuuunch of microcracks on the top.

I thought about using Shape ways for a few parts to have extras. Never thought about it for that part...

What is the fuse in the power interface? Mine went out last night. I think it's an 8A 250V non-SB, but I want to make sure before I replace it.

What's the reason that fuse would go? Age and standard deterioration of the fuse? Seemed like such a random fuse to pop. Thought the game fried or something, ha.