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2004 BYOAC Tokens SOLD OUT!!!
Chris:
--- Quote from: patrickl on July 09, 2004, 04:02:17 am ---Really? I hope it is the bad pictures that make the stippling look so bad then. It looks like the atomic artwork is sinking in the mud. It's hard to even make out the electron trails.
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I was a bit worried about that myself, but I'll take Santoro's word that they look good in person. We lowered the depth of the electron trails to make the electrons stand out more, and I don't think we were thinking of how close they would be to the stippling...
On a side note, my daughter saw the token and asked, "Why are there two electrons on each orbit? Shouldn't there only be one?" She just turned ten. TEN. I'm so proud... <sniff>
--- Quote ---Odd that they would forget the dentils. Now the design is changed to have the dentils and then there are no dentils :o Allthough I feel it does make the design look cleaner when you have some extra white (or is that brass?) space.
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The extra space isn't horrible, but if they would have said we couldn't have dentils I would have moved the text a bit farther from the circle.
It's worth noting, however, that I've looked at a lot of arcade tokens lately... I have several at home. None are as complex or as detailed as ours, and ours looks much sharper! The guys at TokensDirect really did a bang-up job on these; they're far better than the Hoffman Mint ones many arcades use, and a bit sharper than the Roger Williams Mint. I am very impressed, and that's from the photos; as Santoro says, I'm sure they're even better in person.
--Chris
Santoro:
Hey, personal opinion still counts. Patrickl might still hate the stippling when he gets his tokens. My point was just that some of the pictures do make it look somewhat ugly, when in person I think:
1) it looks nice
2) it looks more like real coinage somehow because of the added detail. These are almost as detailed as NYC subway tokens used to be. (look at the tokens below and how boringly simple they are!)
3) the stippling brings out the graphic elements and makes them more prominent than they would be if they were against an identical background.
It's all personal preference, however. Some might not like it in the end.
[oh , and our stippling is much more subtle than that shown below.]
Santoro:
OK, only one more photo, I promise. This partial photo shows best how the stipple looks in real life.
snekse:
--- Quote from: rchadd on May 30, 2004, 08:40:21 pm ---i really don't need as many as 200 (they're just for operating my only cab) - can't you really send less? Why not lots of 50 or 100 as well?
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I agree. I *really* have no need for 200 tokens, but I'd be willing to pay a higher per coin amount for smaller lot sizes. Something like $12 for 50 - $20 for 100 + shipping of course.
I don't have a machine yet, so justifying 200 tokens is a little hard :-)
Santoro:
--- Quote from: snekse on July 09, 2004, 06:17:31 pm ---
--- Quote from: rchadd on May 30, 2004, 08:40:21 pm ---i really don't need as many as 200 (they're just for operating my only cab) - can't you really send less? Why not lots of 50 or 100 as well?
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I agree. I *really* have no need for 200 tokens, but I'd be willing to pay a higher per coin amount for smaller lot sizes. Something like $12 for 50 - $20 for 100 + shipping of course.
I don't have a machine yet, so justifying 200 tokens is a little hard :-)
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I hear you guys, but I don't really like the idea of 50 because there is a very small and specialized market here, and it will take forever to sell these if everyone was able to buy 50.
I am toying with the idea of 10-lots though. Those that buy ten are buying for souvenir value, not for cab use and probably wouldn't have bought any 200 lots anyway. No problem there.
Trust me though 200 isn't a lot of tokens. 200 tokens (in a baggie) fit in my hand!
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