Jurassic Park / Data East Pinball Questions

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So I finally broke down and put a deposit on a Jurassic park pin, but will be a few weeks before delivered and in front of me. So I had a few questions if anyone can help.

When asking why it seemed to have an odd 3 slot coin door and not the typical door I had always seen with 2 slots and a bill validator punch out, I found this one was actually the German model imported back to US, and the 3 slots were actually 1DM 2DM 5DM slots, not for quarters. Seems the instruction cards, and warning stickers are German, but, everything else looks be the same per the seller. Seems like easy fix of coin mechs and price settings and pretty cool to me.

1) Personally, I don't care that it's not US, as this is my childhood favorite game, but does this affect value either good or bad? Make it rarer? or less desirable?

2) I am selling an Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 machine in a MK2 Cab that happens to have a bill changer installed in the Midway coin door, and people probably don't care about that. This may be sold before the pin gets here, to compare side by side, but I am curious if this would be possible to direct swap the same door and/or bill changer (I see one on ebay cheap already missing the validator blank and most guts). In the MK2 cab/mk3 harness, the bill changer is a direct plug in to the factory harness, would this be the same connector on the pinball? or would this be a no go as I don't want to hack the factory harness. I know data east and midway are two different beasts, but i know bill validators and coin doors are sort of universal to an extent when comparing the same style.

3) Where can I get a set of the speaker grills? Never seen one that was plain black and not the yellow ones with the dinos. Anyone make them or do I have to find a donor?

4) How hard is it to replace the playfield and back box with a flat screen TV and what would it do to the value in ord....Just kidding but I bet it's been asked before.

Thanks
Matt
 
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So I finally broke down and put a deposit on a Jurassic park pin, but will be a few weeks before delivered and in front of me. So I had a few questions if anyone can help.

When asking why it seemed to have an odd 3 slot coin door and not the typical door I had always seen with 2 slots and a bill validator punch out, I found this one was actually the German model imported back to US, and the 3 slots were actually 1DM 2DM 5DM slots, not for quarters. Seems the instruction cards, and warning stickers are German, but, everything else looks be the same per the seller. Seems like easy fix of coin mechs and price settings and pretty cool to me.

1) Personally, I don't care that it's not US, as this is my childhood favorite game, but does this affect value either good or bad? Make it rarer? or less desirable?

2) I am selling an Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 machine in a MK2 Cab that happens to have a bill changer installed in the Midway coin door, and people probably don't care about that. This may be sold before the pin gets here, to compare side by side, but I am curious if this would be possible to direct swap the same door and/or bill changer (I see one on ebay cheap already missing the validator blank and most guts). In the MK2 cab/mk3 harness, the bill changer is a direct plug in to the factory harness, would this be the same connector on the pinball? or would this be a no go as I don't want to hack the factory harness. I know data east and midway are two different beasts, but i know bill validators and coin doors are sort of universal to an extent when comparing the same style.

3) How hard is it to replace the playfield and back box with a flat screen TV and what would it do to the value in ord....Just kidding but I bet it's been asked before.

Thanks
Matt

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