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Title: best place to get arcade decals?
Post by: crtrrss on November 06, 2012, 10:22:19 pm

Hi! whats the cheapest place to buy arcade decals (marquees, side art, etc.) whose marquees come with the plexiglasscovering and doesnt have crappy quality

Title: Re: best place to get arcade decals?
Post by: TGov on November 07, 2012, 12:01:26 am

You get what you pay for.  There are cheap vendors on eBay and some of them have good quality, some don't.  Gameongrafix.com isn't the cheapest but their quality is top notch especially for multicade stuff.

Title: Re: best place to get arcade decals?
Post by: Seith on November 07, 2012, 11:30:13 am

Speaking of GameOnGrafix, i've been wondering about their marquees

When you order the marquee with the acrylic coating, what is the flexibility of the marquee?  Is it like a laminated sheet of paper or is it more like a piece of 1/8" plexiglass or is it even more rigid like glass?

Title: Re: best place to get arcade decals?
Post by: TGov on November 07, 2012, 12:26:46 pm

more like laminated paper that can be rolled up.

Title: Re: best place to get arcade decals?
Post by: crtrrss on November 07, 2012, 04:58:50 pm

and if i order from gameongrafix, whats the diff between 2 sheets of plexi and it being mounted on plexi?

Title: Re: best place to get arcade decals?
Post by: mgb on November 07, 2012, 08:11:47 pm

My marquee came from gamegrafix and its the ultimate and is sandwiched between two sheet of lexan.
I have no problems with it. My marquee is actually curved and I had no problems with mounting it.

Title: Re: best place to get arcade decals?
Post by: crtrrss on November 07, 2012, 10:58:45 pm

ok im going to buy all of my artwork form gameongrafix. Thanks!

Title: Re: best place to get arcade decals?
Post by: Gatt on November 07, 2012, 11:39:16 pm

I'd recommend getting the double layered.  I got the single layered,  and my marquee area is a very snug fit,  occasionally causing a bubble to form in the middle of the marquee due to the pressure.  I had to do some rework on the cab to fix it.