Bronze Age bezels preservation.

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I am on a bit of a mission to preserve what seams to be lost in time the bezels and control panels that operators could purchase for there midway and taito space invaders cabinets because there was so many of them in the early 80s.
Invaders revenge is a classic example that was mainly in the United kingdom.
I have attached photos to give you a example of what I am looking for.
I don't care if it's in poor condition, if shipping costs is high or if someone can point to a scan or even get a scan done.. you will be well and truly compensated.
Preservation is important and it is part of the space invaders legacy.
Please reach out if you know of anyone that can contribute.
And before you ask... Yes... I will make scans and reproduction available.
 

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Just so you know....people are reading your thread.

I can only wish I had those bezels. They are all great. I'm sure someone, someplace, does have them. The question is are they loose or installed in a game? And are they willing to risk damage, even to take them out and scan them locally. And it's hard for most of us to get good photographs. So the lack of a quick response is understandable. Just keep bumping the thread and eventually someone will chime in with good information.

Good hunting to you sir!
 
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May you stumble upon a massive stash of these. Incredible. They've got to be wicked rare here. For all the weird boots I've come across over the years, I've never seen any of those in the offline world. I would think the production numbers of the boots were fairly small but I have no idea.
 
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I just have the Invader's Revenge machine you posted in your pics, lol.

That bezel for Invader's Revenge is scanned by the way. It's on that Mr. Do's Arcade Artwork website.
 
I will soon have some very very good news... its going to take time.. alot of effort.
I have been in contact with people literally all over the globe.
a pattern is about to emerge , a concept and the only concept thats going to work.
If you are after something and begging for a sale or scan , its never going to work.. however.. if you have something to trade , people pay attention and very quickly.
Oh i have something to offer , in effect which will get me many of these rare bezels.
It starts with one bezel which is being created.. i will then trade a physical bezel for a scan of another bezel.. now i have two rare bezels to trade.. which will get me another , and another.
I have a bezel being made that is so fucking rare it makes taito red cab part 2 look like nothing in comparison.
Only 2 of these bezels are known to exist.
Ignore the game in the cab in the photos.. its the wrong game obviously.

who would ever have thought hidden and lost in time that taito of japan grab hold of midways space invaders 2 head to head and wacked it into one of there cabs.
5 of these will be produced and made available to get super earth invasion , galaxy wars.. and we will see where this leads to.
I have someone helping me to get this bezel brought back into existence.
 

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I just have the Invader's Revenge machine you posted in your pics, lol.

That bezel for Invader's Revenge is scanned by the way. It's on that Mr. Do's Arcade Artwork website.
i hope you have the matching control panel ?
If not , i shall help you get one.
Do you have the orange blue version or the red yellow version ?
There was 4 versions made , 2 for taito on each cab blue and red , and 2 for midway on each cab blue and red.
 
Just so you know....people are reading your thread.

I can only wish I had those bezels. They are all great. I'm sure someone, someplace, does have them. The question is are they loose or installed in a game? And are they willing to risk damage, even to take them out and scan them locally. And it's hard for most of us to get good photographs. So the lack of a quick response is understandable. Just keep bumping the thread and eventually someone will chime in with good information.

Good hunting to you sir!
I have had some good break through's , its a working progress.
 
i hope you have the matching control panel ?
If not , i shall help you get one.
Do you have the orange blue version or the red yellow version ?
There was 4 versions made , 2 for taito on each cab blue and red , and 2 for midway on each cab blue and red.
I have a metal panel of the orange version I can scan.
Also, the red version in your photos, but that one is acrylic
 
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I have a metal panel of the orange version I can scan.
Also, the red version in your photos, but that one is acrylic
Oh that would be lovely.
It sounds like you have the miday space invaders orange version metal plate , and the taito acrylic for the part 2 red cab !!!

Let me know if you would like the orange acrylic set , i know a lovely gentleman in the uk who has it.
 
Its interesting to note that some of taitos flyers you can actually see the bezels , wondering if its possible to use AI to enlarge them and sharpen the imagine before attempting to vectorize for printing into a bezel ?
 

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