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Snatcher Poster

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:57 am
by Artemio
Well.. what can I say. I got this beauty as a gift, a completely unexpected one and was really surprised when I got this last week. Completely out of the blue from a great friend.

It really is a piece of my Snatcher collection that I wasn't planning on getting my hands on for a while. Even after I got the Snatcher cassette tape, I was looking forward to years of waiting to maybe get a shot at owning it. But right now it is hanged here in my room.

And I love how it looks.

Here are some of the pictures I took since I got it last Thursday up to tonight when I hanged it on my room. You can click on the images and get the full sized version.

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The first pic I took just after it arrived.

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Then a couple of days later, the poster just outside the shop after framing.

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Here's how it looks hanged on my wall, accompanied by all versions of the game.

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Here's a close up, where the texture of the original can be appreciated.

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And here's a scan of it, it is fairly big for those of you who might be interested.

There are a few more images of it at http://flickr.com/photos/artemiourbina/ ... 225145657/ if you are inclined.

I can't thank enough the kind soul that sent me this gift. Yes I am talking about our dear friend Marc. Thanks you very much my friend.

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:52 am
by gixo
That looks so nice! Congrats! Im so happy for you!

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:10 am
by snatchernaut
omg i need a snatcher poster!
been looking for ages.
where did your friend get that from?
please i need to know

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:33 am
by Solidé
OMG That's awesome.
I didn't know that the poster would be that large of size.
I definetly would like to have hi-res scan of that!

Any idea how rare it is?

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:55 am
by snatchernaut
i would of thought pretty rare.
havent seen one since game was out

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:55 am
by snatchernaut
what i cant get over is the condition its in

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:09 am
by Marc
Solidé wrote:Any idea how rare it is?
As far as we know, it's the only such one.

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:47 am
by Solidé
Marc wrote:
Solidé wrote:Any idea how rare it is?
As far as we know, it's the only such one.
okay... and you get it from where? :o

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:38 pm
by Marc
I got it from Yahoo Auctions Japan three and a half years ago.

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:37 pm
by whitetrashshayno
JESUS That's bad ass

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:43 pm
by Solidé
Marc wrote:I got it from Yahoo Auctions Japan three and a half years ago.
hmm... so if this is so rare that you have not seen it after that anywher. Is it possible that it isn't 'official item'?

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:56 pm
by Marc
Solidé wrote:
Marc wrote:I got it from Yahoo Auctions Japan three and a half years ago.
hmm... so if this is so rare that you have not seen it after that anywher. Is it possible that it isn't 'official item'?
My guess is it was one of the prizes you could get for mailing in the tokens from the Snatcher Pilot Disk and PC Engine Snatcher (this calendar was one such prize you could get), as its copyright says 1992. It feels like a legit item to me.

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:07 pm
by Artemio
It is higly doubtful it is not legit. For instance, the quality of the paper and printing is superb, not likely of pirated goods back in 1992. But most importantly, there is no source that has the resolution or layout to create it. Just open the scan of photos and view them in full resolution.

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:04 am
by Solidé
Artemio wrote:It is higly doubtful it is not legit. For instance, the quality of the paper and printing is superb, not likely of pirated goods back in 1992. But most importantly, there is no source that has the resolution or layout to create it. Just open the scan of photos and view them in full resolution.
Oh yes, that's right.
Anyway, i must say again, that is one heck of a poster! =)
Would it be possible if you could scan it or take a hi-res photo of it?

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:06 pm
by snatchernaut
i was thinking the same thing i wouldnt mind a scan in hi res. although it would be a repoduction i would love a copy of that on my wall in a frame

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:12 pm
by Solidé
snatchernaut wrote:i was thinking the same thing i wouldnt mind a scan in hi res. although it would be a repoduction i would love a copy of that on my wall in a frame
Yeah, that's another one reason why i would like to have hi-res image of that. But mostly i'd like to use it on graphics and edit some cool desktop wallpapers. And i think just clear front shot with camera would do the trick if Artemio thinks it would be too much messing to take poster out of frames and find scanner big enough to scan it. ;)

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:44 pm
by snatchernaut
ALL I CAN SAY I PLEASE.

PRETTY PLEASE

PRETTY PLEASE WITH A LITTLE SNOW 9 ON TOP

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:43 pm
by Artemio
The last image is a scan of Gillian form the Poster, scaled down quiet a bit. please view the full res image at flickr. But Scanning the whole thing would be out of the question, I'd need to scan around 10 or 12 segments to cover the full image, and then paste them together (which never works fine).

Although if you want that same image at 1200 dpi (450 MB), i can provide that (the uploaded version is 600dpi and 40% of the original scan size)

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:47 pm
by snatchernaut
at 1200dpi would be great thanks.
any chance of a link?

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:30 pm
by RyuHayabusa
Cool poster, but it would be even cooler to have one of the PC Engine cover.

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:47 pm
by Artemio
snatchernaut wrote:at 1200dpi would be great thanks.
any chance of a link?
Was the 600dpi really not enough?

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:58 pm
by snatchernaut
ITS ONLY BECAUSE I WANT TO TAKE IT TO A LOCAL PRINTERS TO GET A GOOD COPY PRINTED UP.
SORRY

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:32 pm
by Artemio
Did you try this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/artemiourb ... 3/sizes/o/ the one I emant above? I scaled it to this since I considered it sufficient, the 1200 dpi showed only the texture of the paper.

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:13 am
by Solidé
Artemio wrote:Did you try this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/artemiourb ... 3/sizes/o/ the one I emant above? I scaled it to this since I considered it sufficient, the 1200 dpi showed only the texture of the paper.
Wow, that's cool. But i ment that photo of the whole poster would be nice =) Thanks anyway.

Re: Snatcher Poster

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:59 am
by Artemio
The photos are also up there in their original resolutions.... I had mentioned that already in the original post as well.