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Author Topic: Scored small Cache of NOS Ms Pac CPO's  (Read 5462 times)

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WunderCade

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Scored small Cache of NOS Ms Pac CPO's
« on: February 29, 2008, 02:04:10 am »
Thought I'd share my latest score, 4 NOS Ms. Pac CPOs. I got them from an longtime operator clearing out his business. He said these had been stored away for a lot of years and he had forgotten all about them. They were still in a packing sleeve. When I pulled them out I was astounded, they look friggin' brand new from factory!

Anyways, here are some pics:



A close-up of the original artwork (notice how much better quality than the repro stuff):



The Original Logo/Copyright side:



For comparison to Orig., here is the crappy repro artwork version from 2bits:




Finally, just to verify the artwork, here is the old tattered original on the CP I'm refurbing (exact match to NOS):







« Last Edit: April 27, 2008, 08:30:47 pm by WunderCade »
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Re: Scored small Cache of NOS Ms Pac CPO's
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2008, 02:18:27 am »
Wow, awesome find!! Are you selling the other 2 or gonna put those away so another 30 years down the road you can refurb it again nos style ;D
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Re: Scored small Cache of NOS Ms Pac CPO's
« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2008, 02:29:17 am »
Not sure...I will probably sell the other two (one is spoken for by Riptor). And I only need one for myself. All four are perfect and new-like, vibrant color wise...in fact...I'll probably use them to color match when I use my Ms. Pac cabinet stencils.
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Re: Scored small Cache of NOS Ms Pac CPO's
« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2008, 05:18:01 am »
Nice find!
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Re: Scored small Cache of NOS Ms Pac CPO's
« Reply #4 on: February 29, 2008, 07:52:54 am »
Sweet pickup!

I never realized how crappy the 2bits ones really are. Total fail.
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Re: Scored small Cache of NOS Ms Pac CPO's
« Reply #5 on: February 29, 2008, 08:13:31 am »
Quote from: Daniel B. on February 29, 2008, 07:52:54 am
Sweet pickup!
I never realized how crappy the 2bits ones really are. Total fail.

Very sweet pickup..... The thing about the repro artwork is, that unless you have an original next to it to compare to the repro, you wouldn't actually notice that it's bad. On top of that, 99.99% of people wouldn't notice or care about that anyway. I'm not saying that we should accept poor repro work, but by the same token it quite often goes completely unnoticed.

Printing is a very strange thing.... It's as much of an art as it is a science. You will find some pretty huge differences in different print runs, even in original artwork.

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Re: Scored small Cache of NOS Ms Pac CPO's
« Reply #6 on: February 29, 2008, 08:30:25 am »
I can understand small nuances in repro, but DAMN that is horrible! I've heard that 2bits has bad Ms. Pac repros, but I've never seen a direct comparison to NOS like that before.
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Re: Scored small Cache of NOS Ms Pac CPO's
« Reply #7 on: February 29, 2008, 04:57:43 pm »
very nice man.. wish when i got my nos i had a flat one haha.. mine was all bent and was not able to get the creases out even with heat.

Neil
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