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Whitewater Topper Reproduction Update!!

By TwistedPins

9 years ago


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#1 9 years ago

We are in the final stages of getting the new die made. It took a long long time (too long) to get this project into the right hands to make it happen. As everybody knows the first attempt which was a poor attempt had no action on the waterfall at all. Needless to say the new and improved version is a night and day difference. The new version has in my opinion more waterfall action than the original one.

Before we finalize the die and move into production I wanted to get some opinions and feedback on an idea we came up with. The artist can make the Williams logo have some action from left to right. Personally I think it looks great and ties together well with the waterfall. Below is a GIF of what it looks like (note that this isn't exact but just to give people an idea)

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#5 9 years ago
Quoted from tpn2011:

Will look good either way can't wait to get one for my wh20 what is the eta on Availability ??

If everything goes according to the production schedule I have been given it will be available to the market by the end of July.

#13 9 years ago
Quoted from TheLaw:

Is the "action from left to right" fiber? That would be cool.

Yes the action would be from left to right.

Quoted from Doot77:

I personally don't care either way but I would think that some would want more close to original so you'll likely lose sales to that so I would stick with the original. Glad to hear this is back on track.

I figured most people would prefer that it be as close to original as possible. But when the artist approached me with the idea I was intrigued and thought it might look pretty cool.

#22 9 years ago
Quoted from ChadH:

Does doing this add an extra step in the approval process from PPS and/or WMS?
Would be a shame to do that extra work only to have it denied by them. I'd say keep it simple for this one especially considering the history of this particular project.

No I ran it by PPS before posting it on Pinside for everybody to view.

Quoted from Dewey68:

You could do the original, and a smaller run with the effect on the Williams logo and call it the LE version. At a moderate mark-up of course.

We thought about running both versions but that would require two different dies which would increase the cost. If there were enough people interested then it makes sense to make the second die but it looks like the majority of people want to keep it original which is what we are going to do.

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