So-
I bought Mr mikeman's monster bash and removed one of the head decals (I intend replacing them) and underneath the MB artwork the cabinet has prototype Cactus canyon artwork.
Should I be attempting to save this?
Or- was this a regular occurence and there are lots of them out there?
Does anyone know anything about this?
Tim

pictures please!

Damn!!  An ultra-rare priceless treasure..  I should have asked for more money!!

Mike

Interesting.
I don't understand how a MB (July 199 could have been placed on top of CC (October 199 game.  Possibly a one time thing of a CC head that was not needed.  I figure they would have stripped the old decal first.
Do you think the body has CC decals also?

You should post on rec.games.pinball to see what they know....

Quoted from Mrhide

pictures please!

Yeah pics would be great. How are you thinking you could preserve it?

I wonder if it would be worth offering as a trade to someone with a CC? Get their head and a new set of MB decals for your nice CC head? Just a thought...

Duane

Read this post, Andy mention something similar but with a CP decal... its an old post from 2005.

Read the whole thread and you'll find out that it is not very uncommon.

http://groups.google.ca/group/.....ash#e22cf92a33095165

Here is a picture for you.

While there is probably little to be gained by retaining the original (and the fact you need a head for your MB), it might be worth scanning it with a flatbed in high res just for future reference purposes. Are there any CC's out there with this artwork on them?

Kind of reminds me of many arcade games I have had that were built from probable leftovers of other games. You would see the graphics of the original games on certain panels on the inside of the new game. I had a Xenophobe cab that had some parts from a generic Midway cab used on Zwackery. It could have been pre-painted panels that were never used, and recycled.

Same as this... Williams recycled proto-CC heads and used them on MB. No added value, but I do agree with Glen... scan it!

Compared to the pic of the CC artwork at ipdb.org, it doesn't look like anything worth scanning. It looks like the typical artwork, but worn down in some spots.

Why not challenge yourself instead. You could build a CC out of it starting with one side of the head. The trick is to be finished before Wayne.

It appears to be painted right on the backbox, but seems to have been sanded? or maybe had solvent used on it.
Probably before they put the MB decals on.
I don't think I would want that head on a CC.
I don't think I'm going to try and find another head just to save the artwork.
Does anyone with a spare head want this one?
By the way I checked the cabinet and it is just plain white.
Tim

I wonder if that was silked screen on.
For a CC that's rare to begin with.
Seeying that they where all decals.
I wonder if this is just the head like this or the complete cab.
I dont recomend you find out unless would weant to change the side art.

Quoted from necro_nemesis

The trick is to be finished before Wayne.

roflmao

I'm with you, Tim, I'd just put the MB decals on and forget about it.