:: UK roadtrip :: Return Of The Two Jedi *the movie*

[DarthNuno]

...and back from hell! 

For some reasons, the specific yoke overlay for that game is not available! Tried many shops at the time but no luck! (it was on TOG in the section 'future product' looong time agon... but finally didn't happened as far as I now?!)
But I badly need it, see how the yoke on my cabinet looks like   



Yeah... a lame black sticker has been applied on it!

Well, I still had the hope that one day the 'jedi' overlay will be available.
Fortunately, Atarimania found years ago a NOS! He scanned it, and Etienne vectorized it!
I totally forgot that story ... until Etienne gave me a gift during the last Eurocade meeting   



After cutting one, here's how it looks once applied   



Well, I was a little bit lazy on this... I didn't remove the back adhesive already in place, and because the print provided by Etienne was printed on a 'not as thick as the original', you can spot few micro bubbles, and it's a little bit shiny, but guys, it's really anodyne!   

Anyway, who cares? Here's the game room in 'play mode'... too dark too see...   



I'm joking! It looks really great now!  



Me happy... and got some motivation to play this game again! 

[Etienne MacGyver]

Nice !

I know its just printed on standard vinyl, but at least untill there is a print on the correct material is available, this looks way better than a black yoke 

Funny thing was that it was already waiting one year here, and i forget it last eurocade 

[DarthNuno]

And back to this cabinet… because this weekend I’ve got a rather special quest: heading to the very first Comic Con in Luxembourg, where an exceptionally intriguing guest is set to appear... 
A perfect chance to mix restoration adventures with a collector’s pilgrimage.



I walk into the expo, and wow...a full‑size TIE Fighter! 



But before enjoying myself, I have a few missions to accomplish—like having Ian McDiarmid, ‘the Emperor,’ sign the cabinets marquee, and an old photo with him. that picture, by the way, was originally a photo‑montage made nearly 20 years ago at a Disney park in Florida.



Mission one complete : the audience with Darth Sidious went perfectly, and my treasures bear his signature! 



Before the official photo session, I take the time to sit in on his panel, listening closely as the Emperor shares his stories...





Satisfied with the day, and proud of the mission’s succes. 



I put the marquee back on the cabinet…





...with the Emperor’s blessing.



He placed his signature beside the Millennium Falcon… perhaps the Death Star (on the opposite side the marquee) slipped his mind? 



That old photo montage of me with him, now transformed into reality, as he officially acknowledged me as his apprentice   



Oh yes, I’m so glad I got to meet him… he doesn’t come to Europe often. Now I need to find a good spot for my photoshoot with him.