The nay-saying that goes on in these forums is annoying. Why wouldn't people want reprints that are readily available and of high quality instead of wasting their time searching for individual marquees that usually are not sold alone? And when you do find an original marquee, 9 times out of 10 it is faded and damaged in some way.
It goes without saying that it is your two cents and is totally unnessary to post such stupid thoughts. What are you offering to members besides your bitching?
First off, my two cents is warranted just like anyone else's here.
I've been here a hell of a long time, and seen way too much to not bring up a point when it makes sense to.
Do you think you're the first person to come up with this idea? Of course not.
While you may have the best of intentions, you should easily be able to see that people have gotten screwed over in the Neo community for a long time. Of course you wouldn't know that, because you just started here.
There are a ton of scammers out there, and it isn't inconceivable to think that someone would purchase these with the intent to resell as originals.
Without some alteration (as Grizz mentions - great idea, by the way), it would be very easy to pawn them off as the real deal.
When you're buying on ebay, for example, you can ask if they're real, but they might not know (some people, new to the scene, might have no idea). Or, they can easily say that they are, only to find out that they're repros when you get them in the mail.
Since you can't touch them, or examine them closely, you may get screwed over.
That was my only point.
If you can't see how bringing up something like that is valuable, then perhaps I'm not the problem.
You're going to do what you want anyway, so it's not like you're looking for validation.
Also, I just started collecting the mini marquees about a year ago (for the second time), and have all but 37. They're all original, all non-faded, and all without damage.
Most of them cost about $5, but some were more. So, it can certainly be done.
