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Collectibles => Vintage Kenner => Topic started by: CorranHorn on September 27, 2007, 09:54 PM
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One of the things that has drawn me as a collector to the vintage Kenner realm is the great photoart that was used on the packaging throughout the vintage line's lifespan. As a kid it helped to catch my eye on the shelf and inspire play activities, as a collector it draws me back to those younger times.
Every now and then I get inspired to make a new desktop wallpaper for my PC using Kenner art (whether photo or a drawing). Mostly I'll take a picture I found on the net and stretch it to fit the resolution of my monitor (1024x768) and then smooth out any distortions. Sometimes, I'll work on the image a bit to fit properly by extending the background. I've got several of these done and I wanted to share them with everyone. Some of the images were found from posts made by fellow collectors sharing a piece of their collection, hopefully they don't mind that I used their piece to make the wallpaper...
(Click on the image for the full-sized wallpaper)
ESB Taun-Taun w/ Hoth Luke & Hoth Han (used in a Toy Fair Catalog):
(http://www.ffurg.com/jason/ESBTaunTaun_1024x768_tn.jpg) (http://www.ffurg.com/jason/ESBTaunTaun_1024x768.jpg)
ESB CAP-2 (used as part of the box-art):
(http://www.ffurg.com/jason/ESBCAP2_1024x768_tn.jpg) (http://www.ffurg.com/jason/ESBCAP2_1024x768.jpg)
ROTJ AT-AT Walker (used as part of the box-art):
(http://www.ffurg.com/jason/ROTJATAT_1024x768_tn.jpg) (http://www.ffurg.com/jason/ROTJATAT_1024x768jpg)
ROTJ Millennium Falcon (used as part of the box-art - one of my favorite pieces of Kenner Photoart):
(http://www.ffurg.com/jason/ROTJFalcon_1024x768_tn.jpg) (http://www.ffurg.com/jason/ROTJFalcon_1024x768.jpg)
ROTJ Jabba The Hutt (used as part of the box-art):
(http://www.ffurg.com/jason/JabbaTheHutt_1024x768_tn.jpg) (http://www.ffurg.com/jason/JabbaTheHutt_1024x768.jpg)
ROTJ Ewok Village (I think this was used as part of a POTF era catalog, not sure though):
(http://www.ffurg.com/jason/EwokVillage_1024x768_tn.jpg) (http://www.ffurg.com/jason/EwokVillage_1024x768.jpg)
I put the next one together based on this Palitoy Advertisement (http://theswca.com/images-speci/harper/palitoy-art-emperor.html) than can be seen on the Archive. The resolution for this one is at 1280x1024 as that was the monitor I was using when I put it together.
(http://www.ffurg.com/jason/ROTJ_Imps_1280x1024_tn.jpg) (http://www.ffurg.com/jason/ROTJ_Imps_1280x1024.jpg)
As I may have mentioned in the past, I'd love to do one based off the Desert Sail Skiff mini rig, but have not been able to find a scan of good enough quality to make it worth the effort.
Does anyone else do this kind of stuff?
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Cool stuff. I wouldn't know where to start to do something like that. I'm pretty computer illiterate.
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Wow, that is really cool!
ESB CAP-2 (used as part of the box-art):
(http://www.ffurg.com/jason/ESBCAP2_1024x768_tn.jpg) (http://www.ffurg.com/jason/ESBCAP2_1024x768.jpg)
I don't know exactly why, but I think that's just hilarious! ;D
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I remember most of that box art...very nostalgic!
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The good old days. I remember the box art as well. Wish Hasbro would give us a modern Jabba like that.
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The photoart is just amazing, great wallpapers. 8)
I was browsing through an old thread & found an old link for the Kenner Photography (http://www.cloudcity.com/photosearch.asp) sale at Cloud City, might be some useful stuff you can use. :)
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The photoart is just amazing, great wallpapers. 8)
I was browsing through an old thread & found an old link for the Kenner Photography (http://www.cloudcity.com/photosearch.asp) sale at Cloud City, might be some useful stuff you can use. :)
Thanks guys I'm glad you like them. I'd love to do better quality, higher res work but the source material just isn't there. :-\
Dale - thanks for the link, I checked the archive at CC and while the pics are great, there isn't any pics I've found yet that are big enough to work with like these wallpapers I did. however, there are some that might work for compilations, might try one of those soon.
cheers!
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Just finished a new wallpaper today. A while back I found a scan of a proof for an ESB Tri-Pod Laser Cannon, so I had to make this attempt at a new wallpaper scaled to 1280x1000...
(http://home.comcast.net/~negatech1/ESB_TriPodLaserCannon_1280x1000_tn.jpg) (http://home.comcast.net/~negatech1/ESB_TriPodLaserCannon_1280x1000.jpg)
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Very nice, bright & colorful.
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Very nice, bright & colorful.
Thanks Dale. I don't recall where I found the scan of the proof, but it's what allowed this wallpaper to come out so nicely. I actually just fixed it a bit, I realized it wasn't centered properly.
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amazing pics for the beginning of collecting
nostalgic feelings too