FS: Dedicated Major Havoc marquees

[Tom McClintock]

After a 15 month delay, I've finally gone to press today with some
dedicated Major Havoc marquees. Roy Kaplan was kind enough to redraw
the original artwork and match it up against a scan of an original DMH
marquee. Since the market for these marquees is, shall we say rather
'limited', I've opted again to have some Duratrans made, rather than
screen-printed plexi material as the original was.

Here is a sample jpg of the marquee:
http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/atari/mh_marquee.jpg

These are exactly the same size as the original marquees. They are
really nice continuous tone prints that are meant to be sandwiched
between two pieces of glass and then backlit. Basically, the same
things you see in a light box at the shopping mall or a
point-of-purchase display at McDonalds. The downside is they do not
have an infinite lifespan. I was quoted a two-year period of constant
backlighting before the colors would begin to fade. But, even if you
kept the game turned on and marquee lit for two hours a day, every
day, it would not begin to fade for 24 years. Not too bad, especially
if you've ever seen a Ms. Pac marquee (or an original Major Havoc
marquee that is faded)… Oh, and direct exposure to sunlight is bad
for it as well.

This is the same material and process I used for the War of the Worlds
marquees printed last year. If you overlooked those, you can read all
about the specifics here:

http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/cine/wotw_marquee.html

As I mentioned, these are continuous tone so they look just like they
were silk-screened with spot colors – there is no pixelation at all.
The printer is charging me on a per-foot basis, and will quote me a
better price if I run a larger area at the same time. Currently the
price is about $25 to $30 for each marquee. That price does not
include exact trimming I'll see what the additional cost will be on
trimming, but it may be cheaper to do it yourself.

Since printing duratrans is relatively affordable and allows for very
small runs to be made with little or no setup charges, I will be
making just enough for those who are interested. I'm not going to
maintain an inventory on them, so if you are interested, let me know
and I'll put you on the list. I'm hoping to have the final run by the
middle of next week.

tom

[Bret Pehrson]

Tom, that's excellent news!

I'm in for sure for 2 of them.

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YES ,Put me down for 2 as well
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[Morgan Beckman]

I don't really *need* one, but what the heck, put me down for one.

Morgan

"Tom McClintock" <to...@mgcap.com> wrote in message
news:8f3afde6.0210...@posting.google.com...

> After a 15 month delay, I've finally gone to press today with some
> dedicated Major Havoc marquees. Roy Kaplan was kind enough to redraw
> the original artwork and match it up against a scan of an original DMH
> marquee. Since the market for these marquees is, shall we say rather
> 'limited', I've opted again to have some Duratrans made, rather than
> screen-printed plexi material as the original was.
>
> Here is a sample jpg of the marquee:
> http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/atari/mh_marquee.jpg
>
> These are exactly the same size as the original marquees. They are
> really nice continuous tone prints that are meant to be sandwiched
> between two pieces of glass and then backlit. Basically, the same
> things you see in a light box at the shopping mall or a
> point-of-purchase display at McDonalds. The downside is they do not
> have an infinite lifespan. I was quoted a two-year period of constant
> backlighting before the colors would begin to fade. But, even if you
> kept the game turned on and marquee lit for two hours a day, every
> day, it would not begin to fade for 24 years. Not too bad, especially
> if you've ever seen a Ms. Pac marquee (or an original Major Havoc

> marquee that is faded). Oh, and direct exposure to sunlight is bad

> for it as well.
>
> This is the same material and process I used for the War of the Worlds
> marquees printed last year. If you overlooked those, you can read all
> about the specifics here:
>
> http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/cine/wotw_marquee.html
>
> As I mentioned, these are continuous tone so they look just like they

> were silk-screened with spot colors - there is no pixelation at all.