Maybe Next Year :( 2011 BYOAC Tokens - FRONT Side design thread

[JONTHEBOMB]

Here are my proposed dates...

August 21 - Midnight EST - Final designs due.
August 22-September 1 - Voting
September 2- October 1 - Preorders
Week of October 1 - Place order if we broke even
Late October-mid November - Ship tokens

Barring any catastophies I promise to stick to these dates give or take a week here or there.

I hope Santoro is alright.

[Santoro]

I'll set up the voting thread in the next few days.

[muttieb]

Cant wait to vote, are any of the previous years entries going to be up to vote as well. There have been so many great ones submited in the past!

[Marsupial]

Santoro, glad to see you back.

I'd too vote for a yearless design. Once sold out, make up a new one. I don't care for the year, but I do care for the design.

So... is it me that's missing the location of the voting thread?

[dstone]

Is everything OK? A few days has turned into a month.

[Nephasth]

I don't think 2011 tokens will be a reality.

[Nephasth]

2012 tokens anybody? I still would like to see a yearless design... hmm...

[muttieb]

i second a yearless design!!!

[Q*Bert_OP]

I am willing to manage this year's tokens, if Santoro isn't going to do them.

I would not be doing the art for them, but rather turning to the BYOAC community for that.

Below is a photo of some tokens I had made for my business. The "QBT" logo is custom designed, the other side is a stock die.

[yotsuya]

I'd be in for some, Yearless or 2012.

[Nephasth]

I am willing to manage this year's tokens, if Santoro isn't going to do them.

I was thinking the same thing. I've been waiting for Santoro to comment back about the tokens, but he hasn't been logged on since Nov 30th. If you're willing to take this on, I say do it. It would be a shame if no tokens were made this year either. Perhaps a new thread should be started?

I had a design thought for one side of the 2012 token (if a dated token is made); a Mayan calendar-esque design with recognizeable arcade characters, such as space invaders, instead of Mayan symbols... with the end of the world coming up and all...

[wp34]

I am in to purchase some if this moves forward.

2012 is the year my cabinet will finally get done.   

[gamepimp]

I would take several hundred if the design was clean and simple and preferably yearless. I'd also prefer a nickel token. I think having more of a "universal" design that wasn't specific to BYOAC or MAME might appeal to a broader audience. I kind of like the idea of an arcade machine on one side and maybe a "one-up" mushroom on the back. This would sort of cover the arcade aspect of this hobby as well as the console emulator aspect.

[Q*Bert_OP]

I'd also prefer a nickel token.

One warning about nickel plated tokens: the plating comes off with use. I was warned about that before I had mine made, and some small flakes are already coming off, even on un-circulated tokens.

They do look nicer, however. I also went with nickel plate since many of my games use electronic comparators that reject other place's brass tokens.

[gamepimp]

That's a bummer. I wonder if a company that does plating can "refresh" tokens that might be losing their nickel finish? I still think I'd prefer nickel over brass since my brass tokens tarnish so easily...

I really hope u can make a go of minting some new tokens. I know there are many users like myself that would like to add some new tokens to their collections. 

[Santoro]

Sorry gang I am out this year.

The problem is that with my life the way it is right now, I just don't have the time or the energy to do token threads.  I have 2 hours of commuting now that I did not have last year and work is taking all my mental energy. I have been unintentionally stringing the forum along and it's not fair.  I was  hoping to make time soon but I just can't.

I am very sorry,  and I hope to be back when things settle down next year.   I may do some re-runs if I can scrape up enough preorders, stay tuned.


The mods probably ought to unsticky my 2 threads. - thanks