Post #608343 by tigertail777 on Wed, Sep 28, 2011 10:36 AM

Slacks, and Arriano: Thanks for the replies I appreciate it.:) I still can't find a neon lit up picture as well, nor can I find any history of what happened to the original sign. How does something so historically significant just disappear?

The replica is close, but not exact. You will note in particular the extra neon around the "crossroads of the Pacific" words on the original: on the replica they only did the neon around the edging. The original had neon around the yellow "X" missing on the replica too. Also the original had an extra part on the top (added at some point as it is not in the black and white pic) that read "Kau Kau Korner" that is missing entirely. And I think even withstanding time wear etc that the paint colors on the new sign are brighter and a little more garish. From that one color photo of the real sign, the background in the circle area is either very light blue or silver, not that bright blue they put on the new version, but I would need more than one original color photo to compare.

[ Edited by: tigertail777 2011-09-28 10:48 ]