Original Ms PacMan control panel overlay engineer drawing on Ebay

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Original Ms PacMan control panel overlay engineer drawing on Ebay

Original pencil engineer drawing of the Miss Pacman control panel overlay. Yes Miss Pacman as it was drawn when the game was originally titled Miss Pacman before being changed to Ms Pacman.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/152464421712?
 
Wow, that's really cool. I'm tempted to bid on it. Not so much because of the item itself, but solely because of the seller name. :D

ha, treefiddee ...the same as the price downtown.

I bid $23 so looks like I'll be takin' that home.
 
So here is a suggestion for someone with too much time on their hands.
According to the engineers drawing, the actual printing was outsourced to Carl Gorr Printing Co.
If you google that company, they were founded in the 1960s and are still in business.
Wonder if they have any Bally Midway artwork etc still sitting around.
Probably worth somebody making an inquiry.
The worst thing they will say is no, or go away.
 
So here is a suggestion for someone with too much time on their hands.
According to the engineers drawing, the actual printing was outsourced to Carl Gorr Printing Co.
If you google that company, they were founded in the 1960s and are still in business.
Wonder if they have any Bally Midway artwork etc still sitting around.
Probably worth somebody making an inquiry.
The worst thing they will say is no, or go away.

First thing I did was Google the company. Haha.
 
Seems pretty "one of kind-ish"

I bet it goes for over $100

I was thinking it will probably go in the $100-$200.
Undoubtedly unique and one of a kind because its hand drawn.
Great subject matter, but rather plain and buyer specific.
 
Great subject matter, but rather plain and buyer specific.

Agreed. It certainly makes a VERY cool conversation piece. But the look is pretty plain.

It would be much more visually appealing if the engineer handed the drawing over to the artist to sketch the artwork on top. NOW that would have made it super cool!
 
Kinda neat, but would of been cooler if it was a pencil drawing of the overlay. It's the pencil drawing for the dimensions of the overlay.
 
So here is a suggestion for someone with too much time on their hands.
According to the engineers drawing, the actual printing was outsourced to Carl Gorr Printing Co.
If you google that company, they were founded in the 1960s and are still in business.
Wonder if they have any Bally Midway artwork etc still sitting around.
Probably worth somebody making an inquiry.
The worst thing they will say is no, or go away.

When I was researching the pinball designers and artists for Pinball Expo Hall of Fame,
I discovered that the chicago coin-op companies would outsource the art to advertising agencies around the area.
some of the most famous art on old pins was done by artists who never worked directly for the companies.
I'll have to think about it to remember some of the names. But there were books made about the topic in the past by some pinball historians.


update- Ok I looked up one of the HOF awards-
Dick Bueschel - http://www.robotron2084guidebook.co...ALL-EXPO-2014-AWARDS-DICK-BUESCHEL-RIBBON.jpg


Christian Marche worked at "Ad Posters" along with Roy Parker, Gordon Morison, and Dave Christensen.
so that is at least one of the firm names. There are others.
http://www.robotron2084guidebook.co...-EXPO-2014-AWARDS-CHRISTIAN-MARCHE-RIBBON.jpg
 
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The original artwork for Ms Pacman was done by Tony Ramunni. I have two of his original art drawings done. The first one is the very original concept drawing and the second was the first draft of the final artwork.
 

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The original artwork for Ms Pacman was done by Tony Ramunni. I have two of his original art drawings done. The first one is the very original concept drawing and the second was the first draft of the final artwork.

Those are very cool. How big are they? They look to be slightly larger than an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper.
 
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