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[sadikyo]

I can't speak for everyone, but I would prefer for these not to be sold.  Maybe just to cover the cost of materials / shipping - but I don't really want to work on this and then have someone sell it for a profit.

[Mick Dundee]

I didn't mean for profit....that could be taken in a bad way. Just to cover the cost/time/material of the person offering this service. I wouldn't go shouting it from the rooftops that I were printing these for others for the cost ether

[Seymor Onion]

Ys games are awesome. I wish they would just hurry up with the Vita one....stupid thing is gathering as much dust as my PS3.

 Any idea if this Ys map or other maps would be purchasable in a small poster format at a later date? I would love some RPG maps in somewhere around the 20x30" range...for a reasonable price anyway.

Working Designs-Sized Posters cost me around 5 dollars to ship via First Class w/Delivery Confirmation (within the USA) last year, including the cost of the Poster Tube.
I'm not sure how much it will cost to blow up the Ys Map to about that size.
Probably around five to ten dollars, I think.
There are three printing places here in Pearland, Texas.
I'll ask them later today, when they open.

I'm more than happy to sell extra Ys Map Posters, at cost to members of this forum, for anyone who doesn't have easy access to a printing place near their home.
So long as that's ok with sadikyo, as he is the one putting all the work into touching it up.

[sadikyo]

I have no problem with covering materials.  I just didn't want to make an image, and have someone go sell it on etsy or somewhere and try to make a bunch of $$ off it, hehe.

Here is a VERY QUICK edit of the one Badchad uploaded (for preview purposes / to get an idea what it might look like / whatever):

https://www.box.com/s/b532bd2f7df83f09d1c0

I'm still working on the original.  If only this new one was scanned at a higher resolution / better quality scan!

[Mick Dundee]

Are we gonna scan advertisements too? I have for some reason or another been tearing old RPG ads out when I get older magazines

[Arseen]

Are we gonna scan advertisements too? I have for some reason or another been tearing old RPG ads out when I get older magazines

If you (or someone) can make nice posters out of them, why not.

[sadikyo]

Yeah -- that's the kind of stuff I've been looking for.  I've made some really nice touch-ups of some magazine ads - but unfortunately many of the ones I have aren't the highest resolution scans.  So new scans of maps / posters / advertisements / etc. would be awesome.  If you / others could submit some good scans of ads, I'd definitely like to work on those as well. 

[TSOLfan]

I can handle the Sega Master System/CD/Saturn maps that I haven't already scanned.  There was only 1 for Master System (Miracle Warriors), 1 for Sega CD (Vay), and 1 for Saturn (Lunacy).  I originally mentioned Lunacy here, though, no one has yet mentioned needing/wanting a scan:

http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=6791.msg60136#msg60136

For Saturn, Madden 97 also had a foldout (playbook) in addition to Virtua Fighter (move list).  Virtua Fighter is already done, since that was the manual as well:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?f3x3xk4lb94uf#0,2

Every other game that had a map (like Golden Axe Warrior for Master System or Albert Odyssey for Saturn) had the map inside the manual itself.  For example:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?1vyru6cjcf1ip#wm22nsjykgathnk

[wiggy]

I can't speak for everyone, but I would prefer for these not to be sold.  Maybe just to cover the cost of materials / shipping - but I don't really want to work on this and then have someone sell it for a profit.

We end to prefer that things work out that way, but with asshats like Game Case World, there's no way to keep that from happening except for simply not sharing your work :/

[sadikyo]

^Awesome!  

I am EXTREMELY interested in Lunacy.  That is way up there for me!

Edit:  And yeah - I agree with Wiggy - I know it is just gonna happen no matter what we do, but whatever I can to do prevent it, I will.  If that means only sharing through PM requests or sharing for a limited time then taking down until requests, then that may just have to do.  People are already selling things like NES overworld maps, and other things, all over the place.

As opposed to a game cover, I could see the maps / posters being more attractive to try to sell for $$$, because I think someone would be much more interested in something like the YS poster here, than in a super mario world cover poster.

[Seymor Onion]

There's a local place that sells a 25-Pack of 2" x 36" Poster Mailing Tubes for $37.75 ($1.51 each). That includes 8.25% sales tax.
http://www.anchorbox.com/papertube2inch.htm
I've bought those tubes from them before; they're what I shipped my Working Designs Game Posters in, when people bought them from me, last year. I also happen to have 8 (of that size) left over.

Gas money isn't an issue, and I don't require any extra $ for my time, because the Printers, Tube Sellers, and the Post Office trip, are all along my Daily or Weekly route.
I also get a free roll of Packing Tape @ Anchor Box for every $10 I spend there, so that's not an issue. Hmm... What else... Ah, Shipping Labels.
I use a Thermal Shipping Label Printer (no toner) and the labels cost only four cents each.
So Packaging Costs will be no more than $1.55.
Note: If the overall weight is greater than 13 oz, and it ships domestically, I can use a Poster Tube that's provided by the Post Office for Free; reducing packing costs to a mere 4 cents each.
I just ordered 100 Small and 100 Medium Free USPS Priority Mail Poster Tubes. I should get them within in 8 to 12 Days.
Shipping is Weight and Zone based; I can't calculate those numbers till I find out how much each poster size will weigh. I'd estimate that it will be between 2 to 6 dollars (Domestic).
I'll post the Dimensions, Weights, and Shipping Costs, as soon as I have that info.

I've submitted e-mail requests, for pricing on several poster sizes, to three local printers.
I haven't heard back from them yet.

At the very least, selling em at cost should severely undercut the sales of people who attempt to charge a premium. 
And, no, I won't do this for Covers for Game or DVD Cases. That right there would be about as fun as knocking down a hornet's nest while wearing only swim trunks. 
Just Posters that you guys say are ok for me to blow up and sell to ya'll at cost.
Also, I'm not gonna advertise this service on my website, or eBay, or esty, At All.
Although, I may mention it over on the PCEngineFX.com forums, unless you guys don't want me to.
At the very least, I'd like to send the people doing the "Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys" Dub copies of the Ys Map Poster, for free, as my way of thanking them for doing the dub.

If you would rather offer at-cost poster mailing, sadikyo, or want me to stop doing it at any time, just let me know.   

[sadikyo]

You can do what you want, really

I like your ideas.  As long you don't go off and sell the posters for $20 each to a bunch of people, I'm happy.  And even then, I can't do anything about it. 

You decide what you think is fair.  Your time is valuable, after all.

[ShoothimNow]

I uploaded Alundra's map to the wiki

PS1 - Alundra (6 - Map Front).jpg
PS1 - Alundra (7 - Map Back).jpg

[Deadpool]

i have a nintendo power poster of A link to the past, i have the scans but the poster is not in a pretty good shape so i restored it in photoshop hope you like it.

if you want the scan tell me.

[Seymor Onion]

I'm still trying to find a local place, that can make Posters for a reasonable price.

In the meantime, here are 6 Game Ad Scans. They were scanned at 600 dpi. The original dimensions of each Game Ad is about 8.5 x 11 inches.

Cosmic Fantasy 2 72.9 MB
Lunar 1: The Silver Star 71.1 MB
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue 68.2 MB

Popful Mail 65.7 MB
Vay 71.0 MB
Exile: Wicket Phenomenon 73.9 MB

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