Is it possible to switch a Rescue Dog playfield cell with a Popeye cell?

[The Rube]

its the same Sammy 2004 red box, but if I popped off a Rescue Dog cell, will a Popeye cell fit in it's place? Will the LCD/Audio/playfield movement be the same?

[Drunkenclam]

Most cels, the screen and animatronics plus all the sensors are built in. All the sound and video data is mounted on the cel. Then joined to the frame by a couple of leads. As long as its the same frame originally. You should be able to swap them.

[The Rube]

As everyone knows at this point, I really want a Sammy 2004 Popeye Pachinko with the popeye profile cell. So far I've seen ones with the cells in great shape but the cabinets are just trashed up. At the same time, I keep on finding Rescue Dogs (same Sammy cabinet) on ebay and craigslist for around $100. I don't know how much of a pain it would be but I might consider buying a nice Rescue Dog and a crappy Popeye (with a good cell) and just swapping the cells. I just don't know if it would be worth the time, effort, or $$$ spent.

Any Thoughts?

[luckydog]

I guess it all boils down to how bad you want it, one may show up next week or next year??

[The Rube]

Is there an instructional how-to thread listed on Pachitalk, so I can see whats involved with cell swapping?

[hanabi]

Is there an instructional how-to thread listed on Pachitalk, so I can see whats involved with cell swapping?

we do have some info on cell swapping in our Research Centre, but it is mostly for the popular Sankyo 'Lumina' frame models

so I don't know if it would be helpful for a Sammy frame?



I can also give links to a couple of Doc's videos

First one is for cell swapping a Heiwa 'Kabuto' Frame

How to cell swap in a hewia frame pachinko machien - YouTube

and this one is for the Sankyo 'Lumina' frame

Sankyo Lumina frame Cell Swop - YouTube