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Lighted Billboard ?
Posted by dougdagrump on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:16 PM

Thinking about picking up one of these nice billboards but I haven't seen any in person.

 

Can the the signage on these be changed w/o destroying it? It would make a great "Welcome To (insert name)" 

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Posted by underworld on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:04 AM

 Haven't seen this one....but most I have seen the image is removable/replaceable. If it isn't, you could print something the exact same size and use it as an overlay.

 

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Posted by laz 57 on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:06 PM
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Posted by dwiemer on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 7:31 PM

Wow Laz, with shipping that things about $50 now.  If you are interested Doug, I believe Town and Country has lighted billboards that can be customized.  Chief and I were looking at them at York. 
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Posted by underworld on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:32 PM

 Doug....didn't realize they were that expensive!!! For $34.95 you could buy a LOT of styrene a make a lot of billboards. Quite simple designs...especially if you get Plastruct or Evergreen structural pieces for the supports and frame.

 

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Posted by dougdagrump on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:41 PM

I was just using that one as an example, there's no way I'd pay that much for one. However, you can find the MTH ones a bunch cheaper if you look around. I just liked the style/design more than anything else. Was wondering primarily if they were like the others that you could slide out the existing signage and replace it with your own.

IMHO, most everything on EvilBay of late has been way overpriced for the newer stuff.

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Posted by fifedog on Thursday, January 21, 2010 5:31 PM

The image can't be changed.  The billboard face measure 5 1/2 x 2 1/2, and would be suitable for something like a bumper sticker.  What I like about mine is that it has nice illumination, and the base pops off so that you can place it on top of a building.

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