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2004 BYOAC Tokens SOLD OUT!!!
Santoro:
$.025 US. Whatta bargain! No guarantees as to the freshness however. :)
Santoro:
Just a heads-up to anyone who might be on the fence, supplies of the Nickel tokens are dwindling. I suggest ordering soon if you intend on ordering Nickel.
I can't order those in lots smaller than 10,000 so chances are slim that I will ever have enough demand to justify ordering more.
pointdablame:
O man, I really need to scrounge up some cash :'( I want those nickel plated tokens!! hehe
Any rough idea on how much you have left?
Santoro:
Probably a few weeks' worth in my estimation.
(edit:fixed typo)
Chris:
I just got mine, and for people who haven't taken the plunge yet, the photos do not do these tokens justice! I think these are far higher quality than any "real" arcade token I've ever seen! (Of course, most of us will rarely see tokens struck with fresh dies...)
This is probably one of the biggest group projects undertaken by this community, and I'd like to take a moment to single out and thank some people who have had impact on this project:
First and foremost, Santoro, who probably got an ulcer or two but saw this through to completion! Also special thanks to Santoro's wife who acted as the business manager and shipping department and Santoro's daughter who did the mind numbing counting.
Pixelhugger, of course, had us all from the beginning as his round atomic design was just begging to be put on a token, and he adapted it to the needs of engraving masterfully. I think he also needs to be recognized for adding the word "stipplerific" to our vocabulary.
Saint, thanks for letting us flood your home with traffic! We probably killed your bandwidth uploading and viewing design after design...
mmmPeanutButter's "Arcades R' Kool" stick-figure design eventually got refined into the back side of the token.
DaveMMR's suggested a revision of mmmPeanutButter's design, calling for a silhouette of a man playing a cab with a slogan around the edge, which of course is exactly what the back looks like.
bioart was the first to suggest that the URL be placed on the token. Good call!
AmericanDemon came up with the original idea of putting the Player 1 icon inside the O of BYOAC.
KevSteel came up with the winning slogan, "The Game Is Never Over". My boss saw these tokens this morning, and that immediately jumped out to her as cool...
Surgeville gave us the idea of the date. I initially resisted the date, but it was definately the right way to go.
patrickl kept pushing for use of multiple levels, and he was right... it really did make a difference!
dag2000 suggested removing the outer ring on the back side (which eventually spread to the front); this suggestion was critical to making the text readable at token size.
Rom's design sparked the addition of the ill-fated dentils; may they rest in peace. :)
Far more people than this helped finalize the design; Froggerman, DaveMMR, Calawala (gotta love the llama), MinerAl, Stingray, DrewKaree, and many others brought a lot of useful commentary and ideas to the table. Special thanks to Aceldamor for Latin lessons.
My sincerest apologies to anyone I've left out.
Great job, everyone!
--Chris
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