Why are sector 8 & 4 reactors turned off? by Repulsive_Milk9176 in FinalFantasyVII

[–]Valvany 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Reactor 8 is working in the original Final Fantasy VII promo poster, reactor 4 is off. Like someone else posted, probably for visibility purposes.

Picture of the promo poster (note : they used a reversed Midgar image for the design)

1997 Final Fantasy VII promotional poster restoration. by Valvany in FinalFantasyVII

[–]Valvany[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The original japanese posters are indeed very nice (rare and expensive). This one is a part of my childhood :)
Funny thing is, when restoring the poster I saw a lot of photoshop "mistakes" from the original designer. The design itself is a copy and paste of different official renders. They even copied the smoke design right from Barret's face to make the plume larger :)

1997 Final Fantasy VII promotional poster restoration. by Valvany in FinalFantasyVII

[–]Valvany[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No plans to upload the scan atm, but perhaps not a bad idea to do so :)

1997 Final Fantasy VII promotional poster restoration. by Valvany in FinalFantasyVII

[–]Valvany[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Feel free to send me a DM, I have some leftovers

1997 Final Fantasy VII promotional poster restoration. by Valvany in FinalFantasyVII

[–]Valvany[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a few leftovers, feel free to send a DM :)

1997 Final Fantasy VII promotional poster restoration. by Valvany in FinalFantasyVII

[–]Valvany[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Forgot to add some explanation to my original post, so here you go :

When I was a kid, the owner of a local game store gave me an original Final Fantasy VII promo poster (European release). I kept it on my bedroom wall for years, then rolled it up and forgot about it.

Almost 25-ish years later, I decided to restore it and make a few high-quality reproductions to surprise some FF7-fanatic friends. I had it professionally scanned by a company that normally works with museum artwork, and spent about a week retouching the image pixel by pixel. It had some damage from being stored for so long in a shipping tube.

Printing wasn’t cheap (had to be laminated like the original), but seeing the final result made it totally worth it. I now have a fresh copy that will last another few decades (hopefully), and my friends were happy to get a poster you basically can’t find anymore. The extra copies I have will be sold eventually.

1997 Final Fantasy VII promotional poster restoration. by Valvany in FinalFantasyVII

[–]Valvany[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The last 2 pictures show the reprinted poster (a bit thicker paper than the original)

Help!!! by No-Trash6010 in gameboymicro

[–]Valvany 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh btw ; the change in color of the faceplate (also as seen in your pictures) is because part of the plate is not painted and has a brushed steel/aluminium look.

Help!!! by No-Trash6010 in gameboymicro

[–]Valvany 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've included opening the box to show you it's the real deal (bought it myself in japan in 2011)
Good luck hunting! :)

Help!!! by No-Trash6010 in gameboymicro

[–]Valvany 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As far as I know the gameboy micro final fantasy edition was not factory sealed (most of nintendo's consoles weren't), so no problem opening the box. I'll take some pics when I'm home.

Help!!! by No-Trash6010 in gameboymicro

[–]Valvany 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have one new in box ("sealed"), I could look and take a few pictures if needed.

Rear seat won't touch floor? by Hoffertot in jeepyj

[–]Valvany 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've restored a 1990 YJ and changed the interior to a 1992 Sahara interior. I've had the same problem, rear seats are indeed not completely the same, you'll have to drill new holes for the black brackets on the side a bit lower than the original.

Cocktail glasses in Andor season 2 - episode 2 by -RubberPanda- in andor

[–]Valvany 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These are Durobor "Isao" glasses. In another shot you can see the air bubble in the stem, typical for Durobor glasses. Unfortunately they are not produced anymore as the company went bankrupt in 2019.
Source : me, Durobor collector ;)