Clever Joe! How thick is the acrylic?

Those first flames are hot, no pun intended.

You should put the Shadow ones into the Shadow Club thread for some more exposure.

Hmm, the pic for the first flames options seems to have vanished?

lol, it took me a moment to see it ...

Should be Boogie Men!

You're not wrong.

I asked a Luci owner why he wanted to swap his translite for Helen and he said it was because I put in nipples and Stern didn't.

My EATPM has the OG segmented bats, so don't listen to me, I'm not a good candidate for that one.

No not yet, today's mail hasn't come though, so maybe today?

Edit: Nope, sorry, not in today's mail either. Did get some lovely AC/DC test prints though.

Man, you're pumping these out, it's great to see how many different ways you can use the negative and positive space inside a flipper bat.

Joe sent me a pair but I don't have them yet. Maybe today's mail.

Got a package from Joe.

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Okay so some first impressions:

The adhesive back peels off in one piece super easy. Because they match the flipper shape it's a cinch to line them up and press down. Seem to stick very firmly. Sure I could peel them up without much trouble, but I doubt they're going anywhere. Played a couple quick games, obviously not extensive torture testing.

One thing to keep in mind is that your lighting is gonna be a factor. I don't play in the dark, but I don't play in a well lit room either. The photos aren't really exact captures of what it really looks like, just snapped some iPhone shots, but it does help to see them in a real environment I think.

Also, green is a natural for The Shadow, but it's not what I'd use on my personal game with my purple Saturn bands. I was actually curious to see what they'd look like in white, on top of the white flipper bats, with just the depth providing the shading.

Some pics:

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And my Shadow is due for a shop, so ignore the dirt.

I need to tweak a few things on them to make them stronger, I'll post a clearer pic of the design from above, will probably make more sense.

Here are the revised designs I sent Joe. Unless he has a problem with something not cutting out right or being too fragile or something then I think they're good. Should be easier to see the idea now.

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Tough to fit in the flipper shape.

Honestly I think it's too much detail and too much of a shape for the space. You cut off the tail or the horns or (oh no) the breasts and you lose a lot, and shrunk down the laser cut plastic just isn't a great medium. I dunno, that's just my instinct looking at it. Nice idea otherwise! Would work for say, a sticker.

I don't have nearly enough games to have done any testing with mine that means anything, but they're pretty firmly in place so far.

Would you put stock flippers on instead of bonies? I know I wouldn't!

Oh snap!

I've ... I've never felt the urge to put yellow bats on my Shadow before ...

Actually maybe black bats, black Superbands, and yellow dragons.

That could work nice too. Joe's giving us a new thing to play with color palettes on!

Woah.

Yeah, I haven't had time to try and figure out if the dragon is salvageable. I don't have Joe's laser cutting experience, so even though I tried to make it conservative it was too much.

Joe, I wonder if this new two-color technique you have now would let us cheat some of the trickier parts?

I just got the Shadow and AC/DC prints in, so not coming up for air for a little bit, but we could talk about it later maybe.

In the meantime love what you're doing!