From Truxton II (to) Pleiads

[Superully]

almost three years after i had finished my first arcade restoration ever, i have returned to my pleiads cab for some left-overs. i'll give you an update on that shortly, but while doing some preparation work i also revisited bruno's restoration thread and realized something which i had totally missed the first time around!

my midway logo coin door plate ...



... is missing the irecsa logo (and the writing underneath) that bruno's coin door plate has!



looks like the cab that pieter "gyruss" picked up just recently (and which has been forwarded to michael "muerto" in the meantime) also has the irecsa logo on the coin door plate. difficult to spot on the picture, but it definitely is there



@bruno: is that only a stickers on top of the original plate or is it printed on the plate together with the midway stuff? i would really really like to look my plate exactly like that, therefore my question if you could get me either a straight-on hi-res shot of that logo plate OR (even better) a scan of the entire plate. i know it's a lot asked for such a minor detail, but you should know by now how i tick ...

@all: what i still don't get: what is the connection between midway and centuri / irecsa?

[Etienne MacGyver]

i dont know, but i feel another question comming after the pic / scan is received...  

[ckong]

Wow, this is very nice, thank you so much for this great restoration. 

[gyruss]

agreed, love the art, so did you buy it Erik?

[Superully]

i wonder why erik is posting that now ...

[ckong]

Well, let's just say that I only want to see Ully's superduper restoriation skills live. Each time when I want to. 

[level42]

Yeah, right. You bought it.

[gyruss]

  great cabinet Erik, if mine didn't have the top cut off i would still have it.

[ckong]

Yeah, right. You bought it.

Hell yeah!  I couldn't resist.   it's a great game and a nice looking cabinet.  And i look at it as an investment.

Now I will have to expand the Gameroom  

[Etienne MacGyver]

Thats one of mt favorite Superully resto's, love how he fixed that bezel!

[Luigi]

Beautiful cabinet and a great game 

Have fun with it!!

[level42]

LOL, I knew it, even though I didnt know it....that was the second time yesterday CKONG

Gotta sell that motorbike now

[ckong]

LOL, I knew it, even though I didnt know it....that was the second time yesterday CKONG

Yep, you should change jobs.  Be a professional mindreader. 

[ckong]

I had a very nice EADS day yesterday, brought some stuff to Ully and collected this one:



I packed it in Ully's apartment, which was a good idea knowing how the game hat to be moved outside. Quite a story. And there was some severe damage during the transport to a cabinet, not mine fortunately! LOL

On a sidenote, I drove 960 km's yesterday, of which about 880 km's on the infamous German Autobahn! But it was no pleasure at all, I am convinced that the German Wirtschaftswunder (economical prospherity) is only caused by all the money spent on road works, keeping people at work. I have been in more then 20 road construction sites!!! With all the traffic jams with it!!! No, I am not joking, driving in Germany is no fun at all.

But thanks Ully for your hospitality and of course also for this great game. It was a pleasure meeting you.     Oh, and you should really visit that Döner shop twice a week or so, it was the best Döner kebab that I ever had. 

[level42]

Mmmm, I remember you once suggested to drive up to a town to the east of Munich for a weekend.....I suggested to fly instead.....now you know why

Great catch !

It was funny, I was in your area last weekend and you were away near my place (Nozomi, spotted you on a picture LOL) and Germany...