The problem is the screen accurate magnets are smaller than the Mattel magnets, so even if you sanded down the ones which are already there, you wouldn't be able to just cover them up. Perhaps if you were prepared to repaint the entire board so you could get the old and new areas to match perfectly it would work. I'm certainly not going to stop anyone from trying!
Just three questions:
Look what arrived today! And no, it's not from Matty Collector... this is custom designed replica with took over months of painstaking focused research, and years of general research on the prop. The lenticular is custom, and it took FOREVER to get the right color (not offering it for sale at this time). Die cut vinyl decals, perfect angles on all stripes, screen matched paint. The entire thing was built by a season replica maker to absolute perfection, and it's as solid as a rock (even though it is made out of foam). Whatever arrives from Matty, I will still have a smile on my face.
Special thanks to Roland for the hero hoverboard logo vector. I tweaked it and modified it a bit but he laid out the groundwork.
That's exactly what I said and I don't even think it's a stretch. The hoverboards built for the film were custom, one-off pieces meant for a motion picture. If Mattel actually made a 'real' hoverboard (say, if the movie didn't exist and the technology was real), I think it would look very similar to the one they've released. Overall I'm happy with the materials they chose, I just hate that the sticker application is so poor and the size of those magnets is not aesthetically pleasing to me at all.
Indeed... only those of use who really care about it are going to notice the differences. However, this is a $130+ prop replica, so the only people who are going to invest in it are the people who really care about it. I'm sure it will be "good enough" for the general public, but unfortunately that's not the target market of this product. I still see comments on YouTube all the time saying things like, "wait, it doesn't actually hover? Who would spend money on that?!"
Yep, I mentioned that in my review on page 65 (there's also a really close up photo of just that area). What's worse is the decal on the bottom side is actually FOUR stickers - and like the front, they're also joined together by ugly scotch tape. It looks really bad. Fortunately the sticker joints on the bottom are covered up by the magnet plates, so people aren't going to see them. The ones on top are plain as day, though.
Yeah, it's where the line goes in the illustration, to the edge of the sticker (not the edge of the board itself). I worded it poorly, sorry.
I did use a tape measure (aluminum) but even that was a bit rigid. The measurements are very close, but I'm going to see if I can find a cloth or paper one today and get you ultra-precise results. Thank you for everything you do.
I *believe* so but I haven't measured the bottom yet. That's still to come.
