DL4567
Sr Member
It's not the same dog. In 1955, it's Copernicus, and in 1985, it's Einstein.
MattyCollector "Mattel Hoverboard" discussion
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It's not the same dog. In 1955, it's Copernicus, and in 1985, it's Einstein.
Vinz
Well-Known Member
Beat me to it.
Mostly the "Stunt" decal is seen in Part III. You get a really good look when Marty holds it out by the side of the Railroad Delorean for Doc to catch.
My upgrade kit will contain decals of the stunt board. That means non-holographic pattern. That Hoverboard version has decals with printed dark green lines. I will be selling different versions of my kit:
- uncut decals, no Velcro (light kit)
- uncut decals plus uncut and not glued green and pink Velcro (regular kit)
- cut decals with cut and glued green and pink Velcro (extended kit)
- and additionally: a sticker for the footpad (completely finished with pink fur, white web and green Velcro)
Boooooooooooo:thumbsdown
The lenticulating foil is the only thing you are missing from having the best upgrade kit to turn the matty board to presentably perfect.
Is there any possibility for it in the future?:love
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If you can persuade Sommers Plastic to produce the same screen accurate stuff again, I would offer a hero version of my decals, too.
I don't want to sell people lenticular material that is just similar.
a quick poke around shows foil on their site LENTICULAR IN ROLLS HONEYCOMB
I dont know enough about how it would get incorporated to pursue further, and tonight i cant look it up.
Anyone have any accurate inside on to how this would be accomplished?
I dont know enough about how it would get incorporated to pursue further, and tonight i cant look it up.
Anyone have any accurate inside on to how this would be accomplished?
They HAVE lenticular material for sale, but not in the correct color. There's NO company worldwide, which produces the correct lenticular as seen on screen.
razorsharp192
Sr Member
upgraded hoverboard! done!
That's really too bad for Mattel because I would've bought this stunt hoverboard in a heartbeat if their final product looked like that.
Really these improvements are amazing razorsharp. You turned a terrible replica in something that is actually worth a look.
Congrats again.
Really these improvements are amazing razorsharp. You turned a terrible replica in something that is actually worth a look.
Congrats again.
It's a 100-page thread. Plenty of discussion of a solution for obtaining/replicating the lenticular plastic film (not a metallic foil) on prior pages.
Here's a comment I made about 30-pages ago:
Looks 10 times better. You can't see it right now, but I am tipping my hat to you.
That looks gorgeous! It's the product that SHOULD have shipped. Glad to see you were able to do in a few weeks what a multi-billion dollar multinational corporation could not do in 10 months.
The only other thing I would say it might need is a VERY small (2mm maybe) black or dark grey pinstripe on the bottom edge of the white sides of the footpad (where it meets the deck) to give the illusion of it being a separate piece.
Something like this:
But it's such a tiny stupid change, that you should probably just ignore me. (I usually ignore me, too) :lol
Can't wait to see as more mods roll in from people.
-Nick
razorsharp192
Sr Member
Thanks guys
I'm pretty pleased with how it's turned out, it definitely looks a lot better than then standard Matty version
razorsharp192
Sr Member
That looks gorgeous! It's the product that SHOULD have shipped. Glad to see you were able to do in a few weeks what a multi-billion dollar multinational corporation could not do in 10 months.
The only other thing I would say it might need is a VERY small (2mm maybe) black or dark grey pinstripe on the bottom edge of the white sides of the footpad (where it meets the deck) to give the illusion of it being a separate piece.
Something like this:
But it's such a tiny stupid change, that you should probably just ignore me. (I usually ignore me, too) :lol
Can't wait to see as more mods roll in from people.
-Nick
Thanks
I agree, Matty should have made it atleast as good looking as that from the start.You could have suggested that (about the black pinstripe) before i put the bottom sticker on! (so i can't adjust the footpad now) :lol I'm happy with how it looks, like it's sitting on top of the board, although it would be interesting to do to see how it looks
I'm pleased with how it's turned out, it wasn't that much work to be honest, the graphics do most of the work of improving the look on their own, other than that i painted the black hole, re-did the footpad/strap, filled in the recesses so the velcro sits proud on the footpad and board, filed down the tabs where the 2 halves of the board clip together (so that the silver edging looks smoother) and added the silver edge, oh, and there's no longer any scotch tape on it or any overlapping graphics!
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This is why nobody should ever listen to me...
The idea is out there now, at least, if someone wants to try it. It's a technique I borrowed from a past life as a stage magic and illusion designer for making things look slimmer than they are. So in theory it should work...I'm just not sure how effective it would be at this scale.
It could be interesting to actually try a pink pinstrip at the bottom as well, to see if that tricks the eye into thinking it's part of the board.
...I may have to start considering modding my board. (Or getting a second just to mod) *gulp*
-Nick
razorsharp192
Sr Member
Something like this:
-Nick
to be honest, i think that just makes it look even more like the footpad is sitting in a hole rather than sitting on top of the board...
Well then maybe pink is the best color to try:
Or maybe grey:
Or how about a greyish pink:
Like I said, there's no guarantee it would work as an optical illusion at this scale, but it might be something interesting for other modders to play around with.
-Nick
