Simpsons control panel vs TMNT

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Are the TMNT control panels and Simpson control panels any different? Looking for a height and width of a Simpsons. I have a TMNT at home.

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Brian
 
Aside from half the games having 2 speakers and the other having only 1, all 4 player Konami cabinets are identical. Tmnt, simpsons, moo mesa, vendetta, crime fighters, SR, etc.
 
I'm not a Konami expert, so take this with a grain of salt, but I believe most of the Konami cabs have pockets routed out on the underside the CP, to allow them to use 3.5" sticks (as most wood CP's typically require 4" sticks, due to the extra thickness.)

However for at least X-Men (not sure about others), some of the CPs do not have the pockets routed out, so they require 4" sticks (or you need to rout the pockets yourself).

Just one thing to be aware of. I'm not sure how widespread or game-exclusive the non-routed CPs are, but I know they do exist.
 
Thanks everyone.... greatly appreciated. Szabo also reached out and confirmed the control panels are the same as well.

As for Toypop, no slight intended.... but not all Konami cabinets are the same. I have a comparison on the website below but the depths and the angles are not the same. The result is that the TMNT art may not cover a Simpsons cabinet and if you apply Simpsons art to a TMNT cabinet, Maggie's head is slightly cut off. The heights of the control panel boxes are also different.

I learned this the hard way with 4 Simpsons cabinets I cut for a customer and shipped to Michigan (from VA) while using the TMNT plans.... and learned that my assumption of the Konami cabinets all being the same was incorrect. I got a local donor Simpsons cabinet to confirm. As far as the customer, I made things right and cut 4 correct Simpsons cabinets..... but took a massive loss on materials and time for re-cutting the cabinets for free. I used the same control panel believing that I had confirmed they were the same previously..... but I recently had someone challenge me on it and I wanted to confirm.

Thank you everyone
Brian
 
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Thanks everyone.... greatly appreciated. Szabo also reached out and confirmed the control panels are the same as well.

As for Toypop, no slight intended.... but not all Konami cabinets are the same. I have a comparison on the website below but the depths and the angles are not the same. The result is that the TMNT art may not cover a Simpsons cabinet and if you apply Simpsons art to a TMNT cabinet, Maggie's head is slightly cut off. The heights of the control panel boxes are also different.

I learned this the hard way with 4 Simpsons cabinets I cut for a customer and shipped to Michigan (from VA) while using the TMNT plans.... and learned that my assumption of the Konami cabinets all being the same was incorrect. I got a local donor Simpsons cabinet to confirm. As far as the customer, I made things right and cut 4 correct Simpsons cabinets..... but took a massive loss on materials and time for re-cutting the cabinets for free. I used the same control panel believing that I had confirmed they were the same previously..... but I recently had someone challenge me on it and I wanted to confirm.

Thank you everyone
Brian

Well damn, I was convinced they were the same, my bad! Thanks for the info
 
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