Raven Translite Gets a Facelift

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Have you guys seen this? There's a seller on ebay that is selling custom-designed translites to fix most of those horrible Gottlieb games from the 80's like Hollywood Heat and Goldwings. My favorite is the transformation of raven:

FROM THIS:
raven_original.jpg


TO THIS:
translite_raven.jpg


I did a little writeup about this on my blog - http://gameroomjunkies.com/index.php/2012/04/24/outdated-pinball-art-gets-a-facelift/

He even has some backglass replacements that aren't for the feint of heart: http://cgi.ebay.com/World-Poker-Tou...989713704&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0#ht_500wt_1202

If you could re-design a backglass, which one would you pick? I would re-do GENESIS. That thing is HORRIBLE and should be killed with FIRE!!!
 
Honestly I wish someone would redo Stargate's translite. The mirror and ra face and sunburst are great but the other part of the translite is DARK DARK DARK and meh.
 
I find this guy's translites much, much cheesier than the originals. You are basically replacing good cheesy 80s with horrible cheesy early 00's photoshop.

I'll take the original Raven, Gold Wings, and Hollywood Heat translites any day
 
I find this guy's translites much, much cheesier than the originals. You are basically replacing good cheesy 80s with horrible cheesy early 00's photoshop.

I'll take the original Raven, Gold Wings, and Hollywood Heat translites any day

+1. The 80's cheese is what makes that entire line up fun.

I hate to dog his hard work, but I also don't dig his revisions for the same reasons. They don't really improve upon the original (although the Raven one is good).
 
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