Getting to 100% is hard...

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It seems like getting a game to 80-90% is easy. Getting it to something that really feels like "DONE" takes forever.

For example, I just finished a 10-hour marathon session with my 1974 World Series. I fixed a bunch of stuff and put it back together...only to discover that a spring had popped off the left-most "single" target. So I pulled it apart, fixed that, and put it back together again - another 45 minutes. Now suddenly the bat is not working. Fortunately this was an easy one - the switch under the big chrome bat button was loose.

So now World Series is finally working fine...but the bleachers don't light up when hit. I spent another hour troubleshooting this, but now I'm beat. And I know that I won't want to deal with World Series for a while...so for now it sits at 95%.

If I include cap kits, stencils and other "cosmetic" things, most of my games are this way. I wish I had crazy money so I could pay someone to finish it all.
 
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By the way, I scanned all of the artwork while it was apart (one reason it took me 10 hours). Eventually I'd like like to kick off a repro project, but for now they're all just raw scans.
 
Yeah, but if you take a good break from it, you can come back and finish and feel good about it. I've been messing with a broken game for months on and off, but I know that when I finally get it going it will all be worth it.

Can you post some pics of that game for us?
 
Posting pics for gorfchampion. The cabinet restoration is interesting; the guy who sold it to me applied quartersawn oak veneer instead of repainting it. I think it's beautiful.

I've considered repainting the metal bleachers and wooden infield inside the game, but I think that would ruin its "patina". It's kind of cool to see that the ball has hit the bleachers so many times, which proves it can be done. :)

I almost lost my mind and sold this game a few years back, but my wife stopped me. It's definitely part of the permanent collection now.
 

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I was just a little kid when it came out but I remember playing that game back in the day!

As a kid I loved it! Haven't seen one since.
 
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