CPR *WAVE FIVE OUT* - PLASTICS &amp; GLASSES Releases

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Quoted from KevinCPR:
STAR TREK (proto)

Awesome I best start saving now!

#89 5 years ago

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I’d love to see Data East Batman plastics and backglasses along with new playfields, can’t wait to see what things come from this.

#95 5 years ago

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Quoted from vid1900:
99.999999% of Pinside is over 60 and over weight.
Patience will only show them their wife selling their games after the funeral.

Speak for yourself vid, 32 here you old timer

#119 5 years ago

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Quoted from 85vett:
I've always wondered if I was the only one that has a list for my wife with the "just get them sold" prices for all my machines in case that were to happen.

Kevin, I don't recall if it was you or STU (think it was STU though) I talked to a couple years ago but my offer is still on the table. I completely understand the hesitation of using someone else artwork but maybe it could at least give a pro a good starting foundation. The only part that I know could use some work to be damn near perfect are the Old and Young Jack inserts. Here is a picture of my artwork printed on a PF that I sanded bare, fixed the shooter lane and few other spots and had direct printed. Panther Pinball is helping with this as a restore option. Bad news is I lost my layered Photoshop files in a HD crash but I still have my merged color and separate white photoshop files with alignment marks.

Awesome to offer that up Vett especially considering the amount of time and effort you have put into this project.

KevinCPR what’s your take on this? Do you have access to original art files? I know quite a few people that would love to be able to get a new DE Batman playfield, including myself.

#147 5 years ago

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Quoted from KevinCPR:
Which JP set? The previous run of silkscreened sets that sold out? Or the sets going forward, from the digital press?
The target blue on JP plastics is Pantone 2935C, as read off an NOS set that was never in a game.
On the screened sets, due to the ink density, the blue was laid with backlighting (gamma) inferred into the ink mix. You have to illuminate (backlight) the plastics to achieve the intended 2935C result. All of the colors, really. They look "darker" when just in normal omnidirectional room light, seen from the front. Had it not been done this way, the final blue, backlit in the game, would have looked weaker and 'washed out'.
On the digital sets, the ink is more concise and less dense than silkscreen ink. The color is hit, and the digital inks retain themselves well with backlighting, essentially the look of 2935C - lit or unlit. Barely any gamma was inferred in the blue color mix. We also slightly "bumped up" a few of the other colors on the digital set, which were somewhat underwhelming. Even on the NOS set. Namely the brown and lavender.

Thanks for that explanation Kevin, pretty interesting and something I hadn’t considered previously.

Do you have plans to run Data East Batman translite, plastics and playfields anytime soon?

Thank you and another thanks for the continued investment in our hobby and repro parts.

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#246 5 years ago

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Quoted from lordloss:
Kevin, do you have any films for the Data east games? I'm assuming you have them for tommy/rocky/GNR/LW3. With your boutique abilities now, i'd take a time machine playfield.

I’d love to know the answer to this question as well, I’d instantly buy a Data East Batman playfield, plastics and decal set to do a full restore.

#255 5 years ago

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