This is the Request for Quote we posted in January 1999. We got several bids, but the job ultimately went to KLON corporation, of Baltimore. They produced stunningly beautiful injection-molded game pieces, which are now available for sale.
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2) Pieces will be molded in acrylic, crystal styrene, or other durable, high quality, translucent plastic, tinted in 4 colors: red, yellow, blue, and green. 3) The order will consist of equal allotments of the 3 piece sizes, in each of the 4 required colors. (A game set contains 60 pieces: 15 of each color, 5 of each size.) Please quote on total production costs for runs of 60,000 pieces (enough for 1000 game sets), 120,000 pieces (for 2000 sets), and 300,000 pieces (for 5000 sets). |
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4) The pieces will be hollow, with a wall thickness approaching 1/8", i.e. enough to provide suitable sturdiness. 5) We would like to have our URL etched in very fine print on the base of each piece. |
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6) It is intended that the pieces be able to fully nest, yet not become stuck together.  |
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 7) To prevent sticking,
the "ceilings" of the larger pieces must be flat, so
as to stop an inner piece at a stick-proof depth. It seems from
our rough calculations, that there will not be enough clearance
using the dimensions given above with a 1/8" wall thickness.
There are two options for providing adequate spacing: A) reducing
the wall thickness, or B) increasing the sizes of the larger
pieces as needed. Option A is preferable, for backwards compatibility,
but depending on how much the walls must be thinned, we might
consider option B. |
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| 8) The tips of each pyramid must have a uniformly rounded appearance, therefore the pieces must not be gated or vented at the tip. |
1) Game pieces will
be of 3 distinct sizes, as shown. The approximate sizes of these
3 pyramids are as follows:
