I guess your question confuses me a bit. I will move the wires as the dead last step. All the wires that are connected to each other hold a sort of shape, and I'll have a few friends lift fromm the one playfield to the other. Then, start plugging everything in and solder things back on. I opted to cut the coils and just label them, as they are very heavy, and there's a lot to them (poppers, the whole goalie unit, kickers, pop bumpers). So, I cut those, unplugged the lamp boards (the ONE good thing with games of J Pop's that use 555s), and then do all the targets and what not.
The whole 555 thing is why you can see some lamps in already, because they simply unplug. MUCH easier than doing one 44 at a time. That would take a lot longer to do.