Wow, I didn't realize I ghosted this thread for...8 months.
I feel like once you get your grail...you just move on to the next one. For me, I always had Tron/Metallica/WCS as "grails" but I never would have even imagined being able to buy one modern, let alone multiples. I guess trading around 30 pins in 2 years helped me to get there because I ended up getting both Tron/Met along with WCS and somehow landed a Black Knight Sword of Rage (getting traded this weekend for a LOTR) as well. For the constrained budget I have, I'm pleased with that.
So, back to WCS.. Mine is super gross dirty and at least one of my center skillshot stickers is..chipped. I feel kinda guilty about how dirty it is, but stripping WCS just looks...awful. How bad is it, really? I'm currently in the middle of a Bad Cats (topside already torn down, I'm just going slow because my shop is cold AF right now) and two Mata Hari hardtops, plus the Eight Ball Deluxe project from hell (but hopefully I'm almost through). Anyway, lots on the plate right now but I should do SOME kind of cleaning on WCS because dirt is really getting ground into this thing. Is it even remotely possible to do much cleaning without stripping the entire topside? If I can do at least some of it, I can wait until I wrap up some of this other stuff. That's my goal.
https://www.pinball.center/en/shop/pinball-parts-by-game/world-cup-soccer/9379/insert-decal-set-for-world-cup-soccer
Are these available anywhere else...like, anywhere that ships to USA? I've looked around but can't seem to find anything. I assume I'm going to need one of those at some point. My thought is that if I can wait to fully strip this thing down I can buff it, touch it up, put new stickers down (where necessary), and then clear..results will be better than if I just strip it, clean it, and reassemble. I dunno. I still have about $800 in parts to brass (wireforms, skillshot, hinges, trim, etc) as well. Then I need to clean up the parts I did install (siderails, lock bar, legs) because they're a bit....mucky now. So, I can certainly occupy plenty of time doing other things while this is torn down in order to clearcoat a playfield. Just makes the most sense to me to do it all *once* if WCS is a real nightmare to tear down, like it appears to be.
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