The three sides with artwork are the front, left, and righ. So, you'd need all three in good shape. Of course if youcan save the front, you'd only need the sides..
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From: Bret Pehrson [mailto:bret@infowest.com]
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 11:28 AM
To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
Subject: RE: VECTOR: Needs must when the devil drives.... AKA opening a can of worms.
Sorry to hear about your (and your game's) misfortune.
Rather than trying to reproduce the sides (no easy task), I'd simply put out a WTB on the newsgroup for an empty cabinet in decent condition. I'd arrange w/ the seller to break down the cabinet, preserving the sides, sacrificing the front/back/bottom/top as necessary as they can be remade easily enough. I'd presume the shipping for the two sides would be fairly reasonable, and pretty easy for the seller to crate/pack.
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From: owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com [mailto:owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com] On Behalf Of Chris Toseland
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:59 AM
To: Vectorlist (E-mail)
Subject: VECTOR: Needs must when the devil drives.... AKA opening a can of worms.
Hi Folks,
This will probably cause a bit of a ruckus and I apologise in advance but I need some opinions.
I purchased an Upright Star Wars nearly 2 years a go now. It had been containerised and shipped with a number of other cabs from Canada to England however somewhere along the way it fell over or something fell on to it.
Long story short the top panels(everything above the monitor) where smashed off, 1 side panel is nearly completely split in 2 the marquee was swept up and put in the bin, the back was smashed and the front where the coin door lives was split at the top corners down to the coin door in a 'V' shape.
Mercifully it didn't damage the monitor, pcb's or any of the control panel.
I picked this up for a song (sight unseen) as in the UK these tend to go for $1500 - £3000 depending on the condition.
My Dilemma....
1. Do I attempt to restore the cabinet to it's original condition or get a complete new one made?
2. Do I try and get the original artwork reproduced or do I go for custom artwork?
I'm not a competent carpenter though I have managed to re-fit all the sheared off internal support batons so that reproduced panels could be fitted and I'm fairly sure I'm capable of cutting up rectangular pieces of chip board to roughly the correct size. But one way or another it's going to need a new side and front and that means losing the artwork.
Once the broken front, side, back and top are replaced the only original bits will be the bottom and the right side. Would this be classed as a restoration or a reproduction?
I've come across a guy who does excellent air brush artwork and who could probably copy the side art from the original.
However if it's a reproduction then I've seen some of his other Star Wars artwork and I'm leaning towards getting him to do a custom art job on it.
I don't intend on selling this anytime soon but in these uncertain times I may have to at some point in the future (especially if my wife gets a job in New Zealand) and at that point I want to get somewhere near what it cost me to restore it rather than someone saying 'well it's not a real starwars is it' I'll give you fifty quid'.
Comment please.
I'm donning my flame retardant underwear now
Thanks
Chris
www.muppzlab.co.uk
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