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Title: MameMarquees - Backlogged, Other Options?
Post by: RoninEditor on April 10, 2008, 01:14:42 am

I emailed MameMarquees but haven't heard back in about a week and I'd love to get my order going... I checked today on their site and it seems like it'll be a LOT longer to get my stuff done if I place it now and I really don't want to wait like three or four weeks to get it back.  Is there another company out there that does marquees?  I thought there was a second...?  Or should I just wait, I hear the quality is solid with them.  It's killing me though, I want to drill my CP with the art on it, just to make sure everything's perfect and this hold-up could delay everything.

Title: Re: MameMarquees - Backlogged, Other Options?
Post by: RoninEditor on April 10, 2008, 01:18:22 am

p.s... how does EmdKay stack up against MameMarquees... it seems cheaper but I wonder about the quality...

http://www.emdkay.net

Title: Re: MameMarquees - Backlogged, Other Options?
Post by: RoninEditor on April 10, 2008, 02:26:14 am

Doh!  I just realized this is kind of a redundant thread, especially after I discovered Emdkay, which I didn't even know was still out there... I'm glad I found it, sounds like dollar for dollar better than MameMarquees, it's definitely a lot cheaper, especially with getting Lexan for $10 (and change) vs., like, $15 for Plexi.  And then the 26x8 marquee size a lot cheaper as well.

I don't want to ruffle any feather because both are such great assets to us but I think the MameMarquees delay thing was a blessing in disguise. 

Also, here's a thread I found discussing them both...

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74132.0

Both got rave reviews.

Title: Re: MameMarquees - Backlogged, Other Options?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on April 10, 2008, 11:55:52 am

emdkay does excellent work. Brent is a great guy and offers excellent customer support.

Title: Re: MameMarquees - Backlogged, Other Options?
Post by: RoninEditor on April 10, 2008, 09:41:19 pm

I'm definitely gonna go with him.  I keep hearing he does excellent marquees, plus his prices (especially the Lexan, not just Plexi prices) are great... I assumed he also did control panels... do you know if he does those?  It doesn't look like it, from his site.  I'd love to get them both done at the same place and be done with all of that good stuff.  I'm hoping he can swing it, mine's only gonna be 14x30, like a big fat marquee.

Title: Re: MameMarquees - Backlogged, Other Options?
Post by: jfunk on April 11, 2008, 08:27:32 am

I think he (emdkay) only does marquees.  I've dealt with both (emday and mamemarquees) and neither can be recommended highly enough  :)

Title: Re: MameMarquees - Backlogged, Other Options?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on April 11, 2008, 11:28:32 am

Looking at his site, it looks like he can only do marquees a maximum of 8" high. Nothing in the custom section is listed as higher than that.

Title: Re: MameMarquees - Backlogged, Other Options?
Post by: mountain on April 17, 2008, 05:04:14 pm

I ordered my artwork from mamemarquees the night that this thread was posted, knowing that he was behind due to his recent move. The site said it would take about 10 days for orders processes after April 9th. I actually submitted the order five minutes after midnight (April 10th) I just got an email stating that the order has shipped. Not too bad.

RoninEditor, did you ever get your CP printed? Who did you use?

Title: Re: MameMarquees - Backlogged, Other Options?
Post by: RoninEditor on April 22, 2008, 02:19:30 am

Sorry for the delay Mountain... I'm going through Mamemarquees for my CP... I wish Emdkay did these (especially with their prices) but I went ahead with Mamemarquees because I know it'll be solid.  I was gonna cheap out and do a poster print at a local printer for $25-$30 but screw it, I'll get it done right.  But I'm getting my marquee through Emdkay.