Nintendo Marquee Shadow Box

Hey Hey!! Finally got my tiny custom Kong Off side art in this week (Thanks OTT) and was able to install that and the 3/4" white T-molding last night. I had ordered blue vinyl to make the sides 'absolutely flawless', but it never showed up, so 'very nice' will have to do. Pics:

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Just beautiful!! Amazing job! Kick ass!


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Also great idea doing kong off side art
 
Hey Hey!! Finally got my tiny custom Kong Off side art in this week (Thanks OTT) and was able to install that and the 3/4" white T-molding last night. I had ordered blue vinyl to make the sides 'absolutely flawless', but it never showed up, so 'very nice' will have to do.

You're welcome man. It turned out great!
 
Well, thanks to this thread I got another order for a custom night light box for a little boy's room. This time the theme was Popeye. I used similar methods as the KO one I did, except this time I made it taller and used vinyl over the paint for a finished look. OTT printed me up 2 sets of custom side art as the first set seemed too small. We even got the little boy's name into the side art. Turned out pretty sweet:

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Looks even better than the DK! Seriously, how much vinyl do you buy? Isn't that stuff expensive??? I think the side art side looks perfect, you couldn't make it any bigger anyways!
 
Whoa, just had a little boy 2 months ago. His room is Mario themed. I'm thinking a Mario Bros shawdowbox would be awesome... ;)
just curious of a price you would charge?
 
I charge $150 shipped, you provide the marquee. With this one there was a miscommunication and the dude thought I provided the marquee. Since I didn't make it clear before we agreed on the price, I decided to try and locate one for him. I got lucky and found one on ebay and won it for my opening bid thankfully. That won't always be the case, and I don't wanna just hope I can pick up any given marquee for under $25 every time someone needs one. The shipping alone on these approaches $30 with insurance if you want Priority. That will vary from place to place of course, but not much. Each one, though simple looking, are actually pretty labor intensive. Lots of cutting, both lumber and metal, lots of router work, lots of masking and painting, etc. I would guess each one takes about 6-8 actual man-hours over 3 weeks to a month's time.
 
I charge $150 shipped, you provide the marquee. With this one there was a miscommunication and the dude thought I provided the marquee. Since I didn't make it clear before we agreed on the price, I decided to try and locate one for him. I got lucky and found one on ebay and won it for my opening bid thankfully. That won't always be the case, and I don't wanna just hope I can pick up any given marquee for under $25 every time someone needs one. The shipping alone on these approaches $30 with insurance if you want Priority. That will vary from place to place of course, but not much. Each one, though simple looking, are actually pretty labor intensive. Lots of cutting, both lumber and metal, lots of router work, lots of masking and painting, etc. I would guess each one takes about 6-8 actual man-hours over 3 weeks to a month's time.

Dirty cheap IMO. Sucks you had to buy a marque?
 
Looks even better than the DK! Seriously, how much vinyl do you buy? Isn't that stuff expensive???

I used to rely on Rich for vinyl, but he seemed to run his supply dry on everything I needed. I got tired of asking and waiting and finally just did a little Googling. Found a place called Montroy Graphics out in LA that agreed to ship me small orders via UPS Ground. I hope I can talk them into it again sometime.
 
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Outstanding work, phet! i really like them. Can you make me one for Radarscope!? :) I have the marquee. :)
 
I have so many multigames and it would be cool to have one of those for each of them (ESB, DK Jr., Pac-Man, etc.) :) Great idea.

Scott C.
 
I have so many multigames and it would be cool to have one of those for each of them (ESB, DK Jr., Pac-Man, etc.) :) Great idea.

Scott C.

I wish I had the Asteroids Multigame. Then I could make one for Asteroids and set it on top of my Deluxe.
 
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