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- From: rls@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (richard.l.schieve)
- Subject: Re: Pinball plastics
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:58:47 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.215847.13984@cbnewsc.cb.att.com>
- Summary: Use mylar on the bottom
- References: <9212222031.AA17617@fritz.filenet.com>
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- In article <9212222031.AA17617@fritz.filenet.com>, ung@felix.filenet.com writes:
- > Well, once again, I picked up a new set of HIGH SPEED plastics from CA
- > Robinson in California. The first set I ordered from the San Francisco
- > office ($83.00), which was missing several items. The second batch I
- > ordered from the Los Angeles office ($99.95), which was only missing one
- > tiny bit of shrubbery ... I decided I'll live with it. Both arrived in
- > a clear plastic bag semi-sealed with masking tape and had '541' (the
- > game's ID#) written on it with a magic marker. Highly professional.
- >
- > Anyway, I'm kinda interested in keeping these things as new as possible.
- > I'd like to know if there are ways to keep the paint from scratching off
- > too easily. Something like Cover-Your-Glass, only for plastics. I'm
- > also interested to know more about something I heard about a long time
- > ago. Color photocopying the plastics and then perhaps getting them
- > transferred to new plastic. This was done as an attempt to revive old,
- > broken plastics, but if I've got a brand-new set, why not start there?
- > Anyways, any information would be greatly appreciated.
- >
- > BTW, still looking for an extra HIGH SPEED bumper cap. I don't suppose
- > anyone out there has one? Please?? Too bad the plastics set doesn't
- > include them :-(
- >
- > Bill Ung
- > ung@filenet.com (back on the air!)
-
-
- A relatively old trick is to simply put mylar on the bottom of the
- plastic. You often see this done to re-enforce broken or cracked
- pieces but it could be done on a good one too.
-
- Do you really think the plastics need any added protection with the
- amount of use a game gets in a home? I know my games don't but I
- do seem to spend much more time working on the new projects than
- playing the old...
-
- Rick Schieve
- rls@ihlpb.att.com
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