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Great to see the new mini ultimate boards with the many classic 620-style field covers!

Also, my center must've entered the portal, because he's MIA 😡

I took two more pics, but when I upload them, they're just black??

Got the correct color number decals on my Michigan team.

What happens when you pick it up? I tried something similar (made from aluminum C-channel with a handle in the middle) and I could never remove it without disturbing players.

So cool to see these roaring 20s men on the gridiron. Well done.

Thing is, buying a used 620-series board free of dents on the field on evilBay and having it shipped will usually cost at least as much as a new mini-ultimate field, and often times a lot more. Then add the price of the vinyl and application. Finding a 620 at a garage sale or thrift store would be the only way you'd get one for cheap. But that's pretty rare, at least in my experience. Though I did find an old (50s) 500 set in my old house when I bought it!

With field covers, they could at least offer many of the classic boards' designs in a relatively inexpensive way. I assume they own the artwork. I like that the offer the Tru-Action field cover, but there are so many more great looking ones. Now, if they offered a brand-new 620-style field (as I think some iteration of Tudor Games did in the not-so-distant past), I'd be all over that.

I got the decals from B-Nutt and got to work on my Michigan team painted on the Mean 13 figures. Yellow was a little bit darker than the yellow (maize) I used for the helmet stripes and pants, but it was acceptable. Plus the decals looked SOOOOO much better than the stick-on numbers, solid color, nice and crisp. As I set the last two sets of #s on the sponge to soak for the last two players, I decided to put the sheet back into the mailing sleeve it came in to save them for the 50s Classic Packers I'm doing next. Low and behold, inside I find a second sheet of yellow number decals, in a brighter shade! Started frantically getting the darker decals off the players before they could totally dry. A wet q-tip worked pretty well. I was sad to remove 22 decals that looked pretty good, but I know I'll be much happier with a yellow that much better matches the uniforms.

I'm going to pull out my clear speed diamond bases and a pair of plier and have at it!

I snip out the decal I want to use and only place that on the sponge. Never the whole sheet.

The hoarder in me is getting anxious!

I do not like to play on my Miggle super bowl field because its such flimsy, thin metal that everyone set up already moves when you place another player down, unless you are super careful. I will say, the guys do seem to run pretty well on it though. But I'd never dream of tossing the thing!

Ordered yellow varsity numbers from Beenutt for both the Michigan team I painted a little bit ago and the Classic 50s Packers team I will paint.

Nice. I'm going to paint a team with those uniforms.