about the cases

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 12.12.2011 um 14:17 schrieb rakshat hooja:

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> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
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> Am 12.12.2011 um 11:05 schrieb Fernando Martins:
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> > Did you get to any figures yourself?
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> Yes - 20000 - 50000 EUR range. Or even more depending on surface quality and number of details.
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> The main reason appears to be that the mould is a single unit production itself. I.e. all development cost is included in the price. And it is a mechanical masterpiece to get the plastics cool fast enough but not too fast and have the plasic parts finally fall out.
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> I am in favour of Radek's wooden experiments. Anyone done 3D cutting with wood?
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> Did you talk to Evil Dragon how they got the case for Open Pandora designed. I think their first run is only 4000 units.

Yes. It did cost them a lot of money and made grey hair...

IMHO, they did take a lot of risk deciding to produce 4000 units without knowing if there is enough demand.

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