Looking for black cardboard bezel for Mario Bros. Widebody

[RetroGamer888]

I'm trying to find a repro of the two black cardboard bezel parts for Mario Bros. Widebody cab. They're listed in the manual as:

TMAU-13-12 Blind Cardboard (337W)
TMAU-13-11 044 Black Cardboard Bezel

Does anyone here know where I could purchase these? I tried Mike's Arcade, but he doesn't seem to be selling the widebody version.

 

[antbanks]

I am looking for the exact same thing! I searched around today and didn't find a lot online. However, there is a guy, joeycuda, here on KLOV that makes cardboard bezels for some games and I messaged him about Mario WB. I will let you know when I hear back. Please let me know if you find anything as well.

 

[mecha]

worst case scenario get some black construction paper and some little velcro squares. the tinted plexi bezel you'll never really see what that looks like, but you can see the whole monitor without it. I get that.

I strongly endorse the Braze HSS for Mario Bros., it saves free play in addition to being a single rom mod and saving scores obviously, if you're into that. runs about $80 though if I recall.

 

[antbanks]

Thanks mecha, going to keep looking for a bit before giving up. Will definitely try the HSS Kit, thanks for the recommendation.

Heard back from @joeycuda and he said he can make this cardboard bezel, but that he needs an original to make a template. He said it can even be a crappy one. Does anyone have one they are willing to loan him, or one that they can make a template of to send him?

Any help on this is greatly appreciated. Once he can make a template, he can make this piece moving forward for other members of the community. Thanks a lot!

 

[Phetishboy]

Yeah this is a tougher one as I recall. The black construction paper actually wraps around the front of the monitor and the corners are mitred and folded origami-style.

 

[antbanks]

If anyone is willing to ship theirs out to joeycuda, I would be willing to cover shipping costs and a new replacement cardboard bezel made by him. Let me know if you are willing to do this. Thanks

 

[RetroGamer888]

Hey thanks for picking this up, antbanks. Hopefully it goes somewhere.
I do happen to have the high score save kit, mecha. It's super awesome.

 

[splattergatz]

really good art stores sell wonderful thick black cardboard/paper that you can invent bezels with and no one will ever know the difference
cost like 10 bucks each and can get 2/3/4 bezels out of one piece depending on size
trick is to measure the right side from edge of monitor to inside cabinet edge and from top to bottom and cut
then the other side so you have 2 long rectangles and install with staples and/or hot glue little angle pieces/holders to reinforce the holding in place of the rectangle edges if im making sense
then measure the top of screen to marquee bottom, add an inch on each side so you can hot glue the 2 sides to the rectangles and you have a top
measure from the bottom of screen to below and measure side to side and add an inch to both sides and hot glue sides to the rectangles and you have a bottom
if you dont slop the glue all over it will look like a million dollars and no one will even care itsa not original. good luck