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Update:

I think I'm in the home stretch now. I'm working on the stickers that go with the cards. The cards are all printed out, laminated, cut and just waiting for the stickers so they can be put in the packages. All most there.

Yurkie, on Mon May 14, 2012 9:13 PM, said:

I know I'm a little late to the conversation, but couldn't you just fill the holes in with epoxy and then re-drill the hole so the screws would work again? You would just need a drill bit that is one size smaller than the treads on the screw. This is a trick I've done with other plastic parts I had to repair.

As for the white piece, Would it be possible to mold the white piece and pour a new one? There is a guy over in the Jag section that is casting his own controller shells. You could use the same technique to reproduce the white piece in the SACs. Just a thought. Here's the link: Replacement Jag Controller Buttons

Great pics, and nice collection.

Games For Your Intellivision, on Thu May 17, 2012 4:02 PM, said:

I can understand that, but how many games are you planning on making?

Games For Your Intellivision, on Thu May 17, 2012 4:02 PM, said:

Ouch! So, if they are not made like the originals, they are inferior in your mind?

Equal in quality doesn't mean made just like the originals to me. Something can be of quality yet be made differently. Imagic's overlays were not made like the intellivision ones yet I'd say they are equal in quality (at least the ones I've used). Just my two cents.

Well, I'm still trying to locate an Intellivision for testing. I sold the four I had about eight years ago (long story). I will have to say, everyone seems to look at pricing a little differently. More goes it to these than just the material costs (At least for me it does). Yes, in a perfect world we would be able to dictate cheap prices just because we think it should be, but it doesn't always work that way. If you guys sell overlays $0.25 a piece and still make a little for yourself to cover your time, then go for it. Put me on the list, because I look forward to purchasing some. As for my method, it is still DIY and I was looking at about $1.75 each. However, I'm not putting these up for sale until I get an Intellivision and do some testing and if there is enough interest.

Now, if you are able to find a printer (as in a company) to make these and you order thousands, you might be able to get your price. That would be a large up front investment. Last time I looked into something like that, the printer wanted a 5,000 piece minimum order. At $0.25 each, that's $1,250.00. Part of the problem is the custom die cutting of the overlays. The size of the overlay is not a standard size. 90mm x 55mm (plus two different rounded corners) and as you guys are finding out, no printer today has a process to make overlays the way they were made back in the day.