Sticker (2 variants), chassis colour (2), controller colour (2) and button colour (3) make 24 conceivable combinations. Among the 239 validated devices, only 8 of them occur (all combinations with their frequency).
These combinations form three clearly separate families. There are hardly any hybrids; the few exceptions are described on the page Rules and near-rules.
Family 1: “TV-Spiel”
130 devices carry the sticker “TV-Spiel”. On 130 of them, chassis and controllers are black. The buttons are yellow (56) or orange (74), black on 0 devices.
All devices with the “TV-Spiel” sticker in the archive
Family 2: black “RFT TV-Spiel”
52 devices have the sticker “RFT TV-Spiel” and a black chassis, 52 of them also black controllers. The buttons are yellow (36) or black (14); only 2 devices have orange buttons.
All devices of this family in the archive
Family 3: white “RFT TV-Spiel”
57 of 57 devices with a white (light grey) chassis carry the sticker “RFT TV-Spiel”. This family is the most varied:
- white controllers and yellow buttons: 27 devices
- black controllers and black buttons: 17 devices
- black controllers and yellow buttons: 13 devices
All devices with a white chassis in the archive
What does it mean?
The clear separation suggests that stickers and colours were not combined at will but changed together – for example with different production stages, suppliers or customers. The data cannot tell when each family was made, because the serial number reveals nothing about it (see The serial number).
You can build your own combinations on the Variants page.
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