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Title: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: More Cowbell on April 16, 2010, 11:53:32 pm
I have a few of these Tron marquees with the Encom logo left. I had these printed by the company that does our Gatorade marketing materials. They're based on the Tron machine seen in the Tron Legacy movie trailer. Two versions, one with the original Tron marquee colors (blue) and one with the movie version colors (gray). They fit a standard Tron cab (or can be used for decoration, I recommend over the bed in the Master Bedroom) and are printed straight onto 060 Lexan. I think they came out great. Also printed some Encom decals which I will include with each marquee order.
$35 shipped
Title: Re: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: More Cowbell on April 19, 2010, 05:39:07 pm
Down to my last gray and still have a few more blue's. Let me know if anyone wants them. Otherwise, they get packed up until the movie comes out and then the prices double!   ;D
Title: Re: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: CheffoJeffo on April 19, 2010, 06:10:50 pm
I can't hold out any longer ... PM sent at the fort.
Title: Re: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: More Cowbell on April 19, 2010, 11:30:21 pm
Muahaha! My plan worked perfectly and I pushed Cheffo off the fence. PM received and responded to, Jeff.  :cheers:
Title: Re: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: HaRuMaN on April 20, 2010, 09:55:25 am
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=87353.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=87353.0)  :police:
Title: Re: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: More Cowbell on April 21, 2010, 07:56:26 am
Thanks for the police bump for some reason, Haruman.  ::)
Anyway, All the grays are spoken for. If anyone wants a blue, let me know. Hope everyone enjoys them!
Title: Re: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: saint on April 23, 2010, 02:16:14 pm
Here's mine :)

Before picture, with original marquee and Prok's toppers.

(http://arcadecontrols.com/images/Encom-Tron/Before.jpg)

After picture, with Encom blue marquee and Prok's toppers.

(http://arcadecontrols.com/images/Encom-Tron/After.jpg)

Close up!

(http://arcadecontrols.com/images/Encom-Tron/Closeup.jpg)

(Yes, my DK monitor needs help)
Title: Re: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: DashRendar on April 23, 2010, 03:17:19 pm
The Encom marquee looks more faded than the original, is it the same bulb in there?
Title: Re: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: rikitiki on June 04, 2010, 09:02:20 pm
The Encom marquee looks more faded than the original, is it the same bulb in there?

Thats cauz its cheaply inkjetted knockoff and not done right
with an inaccurate art file that was simply just downloaded from the net.
but you save a few a bucks
Title: Re: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: RayB on June 05, 2010, 04:53:04 pm
I wouldn't go calling it a "cheap inkjet knockoff" when even the best reproduction marquees suffer from this problem.  For example, the marquee overlay for Crystal Castles looks amazing and exact. Not cheap by any stretch of the imagination. But the black suffers from not being opaque enough. Who knows why, but I have not seen repros that are able to get around that issue.
Title: Re: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: More Cowbell on June 05, 2010, 08:27:00 pm
The Encom marquee looks more faded than the original, is it the same bulb in there?

Thats cauz its cheaply inkjetted knockoff and not done right
with an inaccurate art file that was simply just downloaded from the net.
but you save a few a bucks


It's not meant to be the highest end marquee in the world, like anything that is digitally printed as opposed to screened. I know Rikitiki put a ton of time and effort getting his exactly perfect. If you want perfect, go with his by all means. It's a premium product that you're going to pay premium prices for. I'm not trying to rip anyone off, just trying to give people a cheaper option which everyone who has bought one seems appreciative of. With that being said, I have some more gray ones if anyone is interested. PM me.
Title: Re: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: rikitiki on June 15, 2010, 09:49:13 pm
I wouldn't go calling it a "cheap inkjet knockoff" when even the best reproduction marquees suffer from this problem.  For example, the marquee overlay for Crystal Castles looks amazing and exact. Not cheap by any stretch of the imagination. But the black suffers from not being opaque enough. Who knows why, but I have not seen repros that are able to get around that issue.


Crystal Castles is a great example of not paying attention to Black especially for silkscreened.
and Black seems to be a problem for some
but in this case its SILVER that seperates the men from the boys making the black 100% opaque
(http://www.thisoldgame.com/Pics/IMG_5230.jpg)
(http://www.thisoldgame.com/Pics/IMG_5231.jpg)

Title: Re: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: Havok on June 16, 2010, 02:54:18 pm
So what, do you lay those out to dry or something on top of your Major Havoc cab?

 ;D
Title: Re: New Tron movie arcade marquees
Post by: Judder on April 30, 2012, 11:25:11 am
I have a few of these Tron marquees with the Encom logo left.

Any left? Just working on my Tron project and one of these would look nice  :)