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Isn't about time for the yearly token design thread?
MinerAl:
A nice dense plastic would be heavy enough to trip my coin switches...
Then you could have color coordinated tokens to go with your artwork!
Not as cool as brass I'll admit, but worth a look?
RandyT:
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--- Quote from: RandyT on May 14, 2007, 12:37:44 pm ---Ok, so why did last years sell out so quickly, yet there's such a surplus of previous years / other designs still? Is it just a matter of how popular the design is?
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It's a matter of the minimum orders.. the lowest volume for 'reasonable' pricing is at the 10K or greater level. When the 2007 tokens are made I will have the option to order a few thousand of the 2006 ones again. When I ordered the 06 tokens I was able to order some more 2005 & Mame tokens.
Another complicating factor is that there is a minimum of 5K for nickel plating.
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Ahh, ok. Thanks for the explanation. It makes sense now. Cool that they allow you to mix and match designs to get higher quantity pricing.
And thanks for looking into the MAME logo thing. Just a gut feeling, but I would expect the large logo design to go over better than the current one. I'll be in for a pile of them if you are able to go this route.
RandyT
Pixelhugger:
As far as demand goes I'm guessing it's been fairly consistent from year to year. It seems like it's driven more by an interest in collecting than in a need for additional tokens. It doesn't surprise me at all that recent orders for existing designs are only trickling in since most people who want the previous years designs for nostalgic purposes or to add to a collection already have them. I'd expect a bit of an increase in existing year orders if a 2007 order goes through, since that'll draw more people/new people into the mix.
Just my random thoughts.
Santoro... have the numbers of preorders been roughly consistent year to year? If so, I'd guess you'd have enough interested people to fill the 10K minimum. The 2006 designs were spectacular. I'd love to see the talent in a design thread this year.
Santoro:
Just got the OK from Aaron to use the MAME logo.. This should open up some options for the designs!
Thanks Aaron.
Kremmit:
--- Quote from: Santoro on May 14, 2007, 07:05:07 pm ---Just got the OK from Aaron to use the MAME logo.. This should open up some options for the designs!
Thanks Aaron.
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Cool!
A thought: The way the design threads are currently set up, you could concievably end up with a winning MAME design for the front, and another winning MAME design for the back. Or two BYOAC designs. Or winners with both themes included on a single side, I suppose. Do you want to change the design threads to "MAME side" and "BYOAC side" in order to ensure you get one of each?
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