Test cutting was completed this afternoon and after three sets of eyes confirmed every hole, dimple, drill etc on the front of the PF is correct its been released to CNC cutting. It will take approx 3-4 weeks to cut and glue the PFs before they head over for prep and screening. Once ready and printed they are off to clear and you guys will see some NICE new Skateball Pfs. Small run of Centaur and another small run of Fathoms and then Skateball. The Centaur and Fathom are all cut and glued and are just going through final inspection before off to screening.

BTW, the back of the PF gets dimples not on the CNC so its a different process down the line.

Mike

Guys;

I wish I could say that the colors our pictures were 100% accurate to what you will see on the actual PF but they just are not. Its a function of many things. IMO, the LED lighting we for the pictures seem to wash colors a bit, some colors more than others. I find the actual products are always more vivid and saturated. To make matters worse your monitor and phone screens will never display correct color saturation. There are tools out there to calibrate some professional monitors but I doubt many actually bother, I know I never have.

Please let me remind everyone again that you just cannot compare the colors on your original 80's PF to our colors as they simply will not match. On your PF, 30-40 Years have passed since they looked like they did when new. We go to absurd lengths to match the colors to what was originally printed on your PFs and unless your PF has been stored in a 100% vacuum and protected from ANY UV light for the last 35 yrs or so, it won't match the original PFs colors in any way. We have used an art restorer to time travel our colors back accounting for UV shift and oxidation and were blown away by the colors she chose. We had our doubts until we came across the ACTUAL films used to make the game in question and the Pantone colors listed on the films matched her picks 100%. When in doubt we still use this service. Most of our colors are Pantone matched and difficult colors are always professionally mixed. I'm not going to say mistakes don't happen because they do. Everyone involved is human and mistakes do occasionally creep in, but we do go to extreme lengths to make sure its rare. We are bigger pinheads that most of you guys, I mean our press operator has the scene from the Centaur backglass tattooed across his entire back!! He cares that we get it right, as do all of us.

Mike