Phetishboy
Well-known member
This thread is in no way meant to bash any repro guys out there. This thread is to finally exalt all the original factory CPO's that may be cracked at the bend, but in otherwise good shape. Most (overly anal) guys that restore these machines seem to just have to replace the original CPO's with a repro CPO even if the only damage on the original is the infamous bend crack. I have never understood this. In fact, on a few machines I have restored, I just left the original CPO's on, even with the bend cracks. Moon Patrol and Asteroids Deluxe come to mind. My factory Satan's Hollow CPO has the same issue. Perfect CPO otherwise, but cracked at the bend. I bought a repro, but could never bring myself to install it.
I just wanted to let you know that now that I have lived with some of my restored machines (and their screened repro CPOs) for a few years (no where near 30), I have recently begun to notice that some of them are already starting to crack at the bend (some in less than 3). Maybe some of those factory CPO's weren't that bad after all and many of those original CPOs that you were thinking about replacing in the near future should be given a second chance. It seems the crack is inevitable. My repro CPO's already starting to crack:
Mario Bros
Q*bert
If you have any nice repro CPO's starting to crack, feel free to add to the list. Please just list the game cpo, don't bash any companies, I really don't think it's their fault. I really think it's just the nature of the beast.
I just wanted to let you know that now that I have lived with some of my restored machines (and their screened repro CPOs) for a few years (no where near 30), I have recently begun to notice that some of them are already starting to crack at the bend (some in less than 3). Maybe some of those factory CPO's weren't that bad after all and many of those original CPOs that you were thinking about replacing in the near future should be given a second chance. It seems the crack is inevitable. My repro CPO's already starting to crack:
Mario Bros
Q*bert
If you have any nice repro CPO's starting to crack, feel free to add to the list. Please just list the game cpo, don't bash any companies, I really don't think it's their fault. I really think it's just the nature of the beast.



