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Necro:
Received it today.
Here's the breakdown. Now, my original plate was the same as the one above, but it was silver. NO one has a silver one...even though that's really what I want. (The gold color is actually silver and is the metal of the plate).
* Plate is metal of some kind, feels like aluminum (very light). I did a continuity test (:)) and can get continuity if I touch the two probes two the side. touching the paint (any paint) does nothing.
* About two times the thickness of the original plate I have
* The gold color is printed on, it's not shiney brushed metal like the silver is on my original plate.[/i]
* I'm not sure if all plates look exactly alike with the same errors, but the printing is slightly diff. on each plate. Not major.[/i]
* I think the paint is actual a label of some sort.
* It flexes fairly easily...a bit more than the original.
It looks...ok. It doesn't look like the original plate...so...bit upset by that. Should look decent on the coin door...
orion:
Thanks for the info :applaud: Sounds like the product I received though I could have sworn it was plastic, but the paint being a label would make it seem so I suppose.
Level42:
I stand by my opinion that AS's version is NOT metal. It may have a metal layer but the thing itself is not metal. A metal thing, you can bend and it stays in that position. The AS version does not.
I've actually started the whole thing about this particular plate with my Galaxian restoration:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=62784.msg656196#msg656196
At some point, Rich jumped in and said he could make the plates on real metal. I think that may also have started with the manufacturer's plate on the back.
He was able to recreate the other midway plates, but this one never finished. I think he mailed/PMed me about it that it had to do with not being able to get the right base material.
Anyway, the AS is at least looking better than the badly scratched original that I had. I also found a reasonable way to re-install the original rivets to make it look more original.
The Galaxian has been in storage for a long time now but I'd sure like to still add that plate, and I also need to kick-art but Rich is out of stock on that and no way I'm going to pay almost twice on it from Quarterarcade.
Necro:
How did you bend it? Because the original does flex and then go back to normal. I never said I bent it in half - testing this isn't worth the $15 to buy another one.
The edges are definitely metal, there's no question about that. There's no way a conductivity test is going to work on plastic. Without scrapping/destroying my plate, I can't tell exactly what it is.
Level42:
A conductivity test will work fine on a metal layer.
The base is not metal.
I bent it with my hands, how else ?
Look: AS on top, original on the bottom.
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