*MAME TOKENS for sale, LAST CHANCE FOR BRASS!!!*

[Santoro]

update - 3-7-05

OK, I sold my last large lot of brass tokens, from now on the brass MAME tokens will only be available in the 5 & 10 sampler packs, and even then for a limitied time as I won't be ordering more.

We did get in a second lot of Nickel so we will have those in stock for a while longer.

If you want brass MAME tokens this is your last chance to get them!!!!!!

Thanks all for your orders.
Dave

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Update 2/26/04 -
Ok, it took a while, but I now have small quantities available.

[itismejs]

It would be ausome if they fit in quarter mechs.

[Wizard of DelRay]

If they were even close to the BYOAC ones (which I'm sure they would be) then I would probably order 400 of the brass.

[exibar]

You would absolutely have to make them the same size and weight as the BYOAC tokens.  That way those of us that setup our coin mechs to accept the BYOAC tokens will be able to use the new ones too.

  That would be totally awesome bitchin' outragous tubeular narly dude!  :-)

  Mike B

[Thenasty]

Thats the reason why I have this as my Coin Mech. i don't have to worry about coin/tokens size at all.

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=19200

[kujina]

I definitely would be interested:

1. As long as the design was good (I'm sure it would be).

2. As long as it would work with a coin mech bought in the UK.

[itismejs]

Why dont ya get a bunch of new quarters? ......thats how ya used to play games at the arcade... WITH MONEY!!

[Wizard of DelRay]

Why dont ya get a bunch of new quarters? ......thats how ya used to play games at the arcade... WITH MONEY!!

Well, maybe it's because people don't want to be an ass when their friends come over and they charge them to play.  Having a bucket of tokens nearby is a lot easier.  And not all arcades were strictly quarter-only.

[DarkKobold]

I'd prefer to wait for 2005, and make a half/mame half BYOAC coin. That way, more sales, since people will be losing tokens as time goes on, plus people coming/leaving the hobby. Heck, you could probably do a run every year!

I'm glad you mentioned mame though. I was kind of offended by people saying "Well some people don't use mame in their cab" last time. If it weren't for mame, we wouldn't be here. We'd be fighting over every classic and non classic cabinet. I would love to see the mame logo on a coin.

[DougHillman]

Why dont ya get a bunch of new quarters? ......thats how ya used to play games at the arcade... WITH MONEY!!

Actually, very few of the chain arcades took quarters.  It was much more financially benificial for them to take tokens.  

Sure the machines in your local Pizza Hut or gas station took quarters, but the vast majority of larger arcades converted to tokens very early on.

[exibar]

There ya go....

 start on the 2005 design for the byoac/mame token :-)   It's time to start designing for 2005 anyway ;-)   Combine the both of them!


 Mike B

[nighthawk2099]

What did you have in mind Santoro as a combo design?

   I am SOOOOOO!! Pissed I missed that last batch of nickel ones...!

[shawnzilla]

As long as they're the same weight, I'm in. I was so mad to have missed out on the nickel BYOAC ones!

[RayB]

I might be interested. Although I think sticking to quarters is better as it helps me put change away for a rainy day. Might as well use the coin boxes for what it was meant for rather than a jar.

~Ray B.

[MinerAl]

It would be ausome if they fit in quarter mechs.

That would be ausome.  Then we could put MAME tokens in any vending/gaming/stamp/carwash machine in the USA and get 25

[DrewKaree]

It seemed the nickel ran out very quickly.  My few inputs are to just go nickel, unless it's your choice (since you fronted the money for the project...thanks again, even though I didn't end up buying any)  and to skip the "stippling".  Looking at the original renderings (even though the "stippling" was represented) versus the final product, I think it would have looked even sharper lookng like the renderings - for a pretty good approximation of what I'm talking about, see one of the new quarters' back design.  

Ultimately, the stippling was what turned me off the design, but I understand the need to assure mass appeal rather than appealing to only me  

So there's my input!  

Have I told you the nickel looked REALLY sharp?  Excellent choice to make nickel too!

[monkeybomb]

I have 100 nickel and I would love more.   Will they be a little cheaper second time around if you use the same design.

[JustMichael]

These tokens make me so glad I chose Imonex mechs (#42-6901-00) that can accept tokens and quarters.  It is hard to believe that Happ wants double what I paid them just a few years ago for the mechs.  As for the tokens, it really all comes down to the design...

[monkeybomb]

forget the poll.  People here want tokens.  Therefore price and design are the factors.  I think most will preffer a BYOAC theme to generic tokens.  So if the cost stays low, or gets lower there shouldn't be a problem.  I also think there are many of us ready to buy a lot.  

[Wizard of DelRay]

forget the poll.  People here want tokens.  Therefore price and design are the factors.

I think the reason for the poll is to see what people actually want.  It's only been around for less then a day so more people will eventually vote, and that way Santoro won't have to guess or assume what they want.

[Kremmit]

He's already got BYOAC tokens; why make more until those run out?  Like it says in the first post, MAME themed tokens can be sold on more sites than just BYOAC.

I bought 200 brass last time, and was thinking I needed at least 200 more- I'd love for the next 200 to be MAME instead.  I remember going to Chuck E. Rat's and looking for different tokens mixed in with the standard rat face ones- I'd like to have more than one design in my game room, too!

[RayB]

I don't know if this is off-topic, but I remember I had a collection of various token styles from arcades I frequented. Now, where the hell did I put them?!?

[monkeybomb]

I meant forget the poll because I don't think they  are accurate.  I think that people will want them who didn't vote and vice versa.  But obviously I'm in the minority or there wouldn't be a poll.

I guess I forgot about the brass, to me the tokens are gone because I like the nickel ones.  

Mame tokens would be more versatile, but more expensive too.  I would love more of the nickel BYOAC at a lower price, which can be done because it is a second run.  Looks like that might not be possible though.

[Wizard of DelRay]

I meant forget the poll because I don't think they  are accurate.  I think that people will want them who didn't vote and vice versa.  But obviously I'm in the minority or there wouldn't be a poll.

I guess I forgot about the brass, to me the tokens are gone because I like the nickel ones.

I'm with you on that.  The nickels seem to stand out as just a bit better looking than the brass.  Of course, if this doesn't take off cause of lack of interest or others who already got tokens the last time around, I'll probably wind up getting a bunch of the brass BYOAC.

[DarkKobold]

I think it would be a shame to only have one year (2004) on the tokens. Plus, the more we flood the market, the more likely it is less people will buy them next year.

That being said, there is a definate interest. This thread is only 24 hours old, and it is already filling quickly.

Also, if we made Mame tokens, and advertised them (not for profit, simply so we can make sure all are sold), plenty of other Mame related sites would come here.

Waiting to hear more from Santoro!

[froggerman]

I am in favor of a MAME token for 2005. Start the designs now!

[Santoro]

I should point out that while the Nickel outsold the Brass BYOAC tokens, it wasn't by a huge margin.  I still have more Brass because I got another few thousand from the mint as a 'settlement' for the fact that they omitted the dentils on the dies.

The nickel outsold the brass only by something like 20%.

The dies have been corrected and if we were to order any more tokens they would have dentils.

So far the response to this will not make a batch of  MAME tokens worthwhile.   23 possible buyers is not a lot, especially when the minimum order for Nickel is 10,000 and some would only order 100.

[shawnzilla]

I should point out that while the Nickel outsold the Brass BYOAC tokens, it wasn't by a huge margin.  I still have more Brass because I got another few thousand from the mint as a 'settlement' for the fact that they omitted the dentils on the dies.

The nickel outsold the brass only by something like 20%.

The dies have been corrected and if we were to order any more tokens they would have dentils.

So far the response to this will not make a batch of  MAME tokens worthwhile.   23 possible buyers is not a lot, especially when the minimum order for Nickel is 10,000 and some would only order 100.

I'd probably order 200 - 300 if it were a Nickel only batch. Otherwise, I'd order half brass/half nickel.

[Chris]

So far the response to this will not make a batch of  MAME tokens worthwhile.   23 possible buyers is not a lot, especially when the minimum order for Nickel is 10,000 and some would only order 100.

Except you can eBay pure MAME tokens, where you couldn't really eBay BYOAC tokens.

One possible compromise is to use one of the generic reverse dies, or to re-use the reverse die that we created for the BYOAC token (the "Happy Guy" side), which has nothing BYOAC-specific.  This will cut your die charges (and design/arguing time) in half.

--Chris

[Kremmit]

So far the response to this will not make a batch of  MAME tokens worthwhile.   23 possible buyers is not a lot, especially when the minimum order for Nickel is 10,000 and some would only order 100.

Ditto Chris' comments about Ebay and back side, plus don't forget the potential orders from other MAME sites.

[exibar]

The dies have been corrected and if we were to order any more tokens they would have dentils.

 What the heck are Dentils anyway?  

[Stingray]

YES YES YES!

I bought 200 of the nickle tokens last time and they are spectacular! I'd love to have another 200 Mame tokens.

-S

[Santoro]

What the heck are Dentils anyway?  

See this post - Dentils are the teeth-like markings around the edge.

[Havok]

So far the response to this will not make a batch of  MAME tokens worthwhile.   23 possible buyers is not a lot, especially when the minimum order for Nickel is 10,000 and some would only order 100.

Except you can eBay pure MAME tokens, where you couldn't really eBay BYOAC tokens.

One possible compromise is to use one of the generic reverse dies, or to re-use the reverse die that we created for the BYOAC token (the "Happy Guy" side), which has nothing BYOAC-specific.  This will cut your die charges (and design/arguing time) in half.

--Chris

I'd be interested in a 100 nickel. I wasn't too hot about the BYOAC theme (no offense!), but I would like a "Happy Guy"\Mame token...

[DPsx7]

I think the price is what made me decide to wait last time. I mean I have a ton of quarters that already do the job, so I didn't wanna go crazy spending lots trying to convert over to tokens. Plus the fact that I only come here once in a while, the BYOAC theme was a bit of a stretch. (Not that it was bad, I kinda liked it.)

This time around I'd have to see what the price is including shipping (with credit card fees) and the final design before I say I'll buy so as not to throw off what you expect to sell. Though I think I'd prefer brass myself. All the tokens I remember were brass, and the golden color would be a nice change from the silver of my quarter collection.

[bioart]

I think the price is what made me decide to wait last time. I mean I have a ton of quarters that already do the job, so I didn't wanna go crazy spending lots trying to convert over to tokens. Plus the fact that I only come here once in a while, the BYOAC theme was a bit of a stretch. (Not that it was bad, I kinda liked it.)

You know, you could always cash in the quarters to pay for the tokens...

I wasn't thrilled with the BYOAC design, but would be really interested in a MAME one...

Art

[aumameman]

mame Tokens, gimme gimme gimme! lol

[Santoro]

Looks like there is probably enough interest to do it.   Please keep voting though - this thread will help me gauge roughly how many I need to order later.

This isn' t going to be a community project like the last batch, but rather I am going work with Chris and Pixelhugger to design the MAME tokens.  I am very confident the design will be just as awesome as the last.  

And don't despair - there will hopefully still be 2005 BYOAC tokens if there is enough demand.  We can run that as a community project (but with less polling  - only on the major design choices, not the small stuff like stippling, dentils, etc.  We should probably let the artists decide that stuff next time.)

[Stingray]

I'm confident that you, Pixelhugger, and Chris will come up with another great design. I'll be ordering when the time comes.

-S

[KevSteele]

Sounds great - I'm certainly in for a batch, especially with the artists involved.

Kevin