Flash Gordon is Finally Finished!

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As you might have seen, we’ve been working on this Flash Gordon for a while. It wasn’t a complete restoration–we saved as much as we could. The playfield was actually in decent shape, but the cabinet had a long way to go. Here are the final pictures. Look for the full album soon.

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Bally came out with Flash Gordon in 1980, coinciding with the release of the movie based on the comic strip character.
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There were about 10,000 of these games produced, according to the IPDB.
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We did a full teardown on the playfield, then touched up the paint in a few areas and clearcoated the whole thing. A few well-placed LEDs made it shine.
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Backglass was in great shape already, showing off Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, and the esteemed Max von Sydow as Emperor Ming.
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The cabinet was in pretty good shape, but the red had faded badly. We repainted the red and black completely, but left the original gold.
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New Bally sticker, of course!