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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: sean2276 on April 28, 2005, 01:38:43 am

Title: El Toro backglass??????
Post by: sean2276 on April 28, 2005, 01:38:43 am

El Toro backglass??????
I just picked it up but the backglass pic is falling apart. Anybody have one FS

Title: Re: El Toro backglass??????
Post by: rohan on April 28, 2005, 09:24:53 pm

1.  Scan it now
2.  Touch it up in Photoshop
3.  Print it professionally and attach to cut glass.
4.  Wash, Rinse and Repeat ;)
5.  Up the scan to localarcade.com


Also, there are those in the Artwork forum that may be of more help.

Title: Re: El Toro backglass??????
Post by: sean2276 on April 28, 2005, 10:03:23 pm

It is way to bad to scan. but over all the meachine is in good condition for being 42 years old.

Title: Re: El Toro backglass??????
Post by: sean2276 on April 29, 2005, 02:13:50 am

here are some pics.
you can see the problem

Title: Re: El Toro backglass??????
Post by: sean2276 on April 29, 2005, 02:16:02 am

more

Title: Re: El Toro backglass??????
Post by: tommy on April 29, 2005, 06:53:27 am

Art on glass doesnt last long in the humidity of a warehouse, thats probably where it was sitting for many years.

Title: Re: El Toro backglass??????
Post by: rohan on April 29, 2005, 11:08:22 pm

I would still scan it just in case you find a backglass with the part that you're missing but messed up everywhere else.  You could them combine them, fix them up in photoshop, and print them...I've seen a lot of rare artwork reproduced from little parts of multiple sources.  Be patient, and please contribute to localarcade.com when your done...Good luck!

Title: Re: El Toro backglass??????
Post by: rohan on April 29, 2005, 11:50:35 pm

Found this decent sized pic for reference; I highly recommend you scan yours and have someone with some photoshop skills to correct for parrallax distortion and fill in the blanks.

Title: Re: El Toro backglass??????
Post by: sean2276 on April 30, 2005, 12:51:07 am

thanks
How much do you think this is worth being so old? It is complete just needs to be cleaned up and new rubber, but I have a rubber kit on order.

Title: Re: El Toro backglass??????
Post by: rohan on April 30, 2005, 01:44:06 am

These old obscure electro-mechanical machines are really not that valuable to most people.  If you totally have it professionally shopped out like a museum piece, you may have more luck getting some money from a die-hard collector.  It's not really about the money to me.  Preservation is a big part of the hobby; not just of the mechanics, but of the artwork as well.  Those old pins are relatively simple, I would almost recommend building a new cabinet and re-stencilling the artwork back on.  If you do actually take on the task of restoring this old machine, please share scans of your artwork.  If just a fraction of collectors did this, we probably wouldn't have such a hard time finding replacement components.