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Author Topic: Is this the best repro Tempest marquee overlay available?  (Read 3313 times)

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Is this the best repro Tempest marquee overlay available?
« on: October 18, 2007, 09:35:45 pm »
I've got two Tempest marquees.  One has an OEM overlay, and the other has a repro.  I do not know the mfg of the repro.  Looking at the pics, the first one is of the OEM, the next is the repro.  Is this the best repro overlay available?  Is this the one that arcadeshop sells?

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Re: Is this the best repro Tempest marquee overlay available?
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2007, 09:36:24 pm »
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Re: Is this the best repro Tempest marquee overlay available?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2007, 09:36:57 pm »
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Re: Is this the best repro Tempest marquee overlay available?
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2007, 09:37:52 pm »
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Re: Is this the best repro Tempest marquee overlay available?
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2007, 04:32:02 pm »
Can anyone provide any insight?

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Re: Is this the best repro Tempest marquee overlay available?
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2007, 10:39:31 am »

The difference really isn't worth that much of an issue... it's not perfect but it's pretty damn good.

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Re: Is this the best repro Tempest marquee overlay available?
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2007, 10:56:56 am »
Looks like they ditched almost all of the purple. You may be surprised to find that the added black will make the repro "pop" better when lit.

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Re: Is this the best repro Tempest marquee overlay available?
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2007, 08:48:04 pm »
Reproducing something like this is hard because you have to do raster color seps that are not easy and drive up cost.  It's not perfect but far from terrible.  The quiality of the printing process is there and th materials are there.