Thanks, Mike...I think that's where I was headed finally (roto over properly sized LD footage, then composite those new bolts on the DVD frames). Although I've noticed that whatever happened to the glow, be it Lowry or something else entirely, doesn't seem to have simply eliminated the outer parts of the glow optical, as some of what look like the cores of the DVD bolts are definetly off-center to the LD footage. And I thought the problem started with the DVDs, but going back to the Revax "?" SE transfers, the problem was there in the 1997 release (although not QUITE as badly mangled). I know it's been said before, but what a colossal mess they made of that shot.
Oh, and cbaka, just to reiterate for, I dunno, probably the thousandth time, Legacy WILL NOT BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC IN ANY WAY. Verta's documenting his restoration and FX fixes only as a personal record, and as a guide for anyone else who wants to embark on a similar effort. If you want this version, you're sadly going to have to recreate it yourself.