Re: The plastic piecepacks are here

[steve@...]

Jorge and other piecepack enthusiasts: 

It may not be clear from the photos, but the plastic we are using on the 
monochrome set is actually a white plastic core (1/8") with a "color 
microcoating" (very thin foil) of sky blue on both sides.  I don't think 
that the color or the graphic on the bottom of the piece is visible when you 
place it on the table, but I do have the plastic colors for all of set one 
(blue, green, red, black) so I will make a set and find out.  We might be 
able to laser off the foil around the edges so that it would no longer be 
visible unless you actually lifted the piece. 

The gold set is done with a different type of plastic - reverse engraving, 
so the graphics are actually "buried" halfway in the piece.  You might be 
able to see different colors if you played the game on a high contrast or 
reflective surface - possibly, but not likely. 

Steve Jones
Blue Panther LLC 

Jorge Arroyo Gonzalez writes: 

> It seems like the whit part can be seen from the sides of the tiles.  
> In this case, if there are different colors for each suit, you could  
> probably tell which suit a face down piece is... I think you can even  
> see the gold part from the other set when tiles are face down...  
> unless you somehow cover/paint the sides... 
>
> But it would be very nice... 
>
> -Jorge 
>
> On Mar 26, 2007, at 5:56 AM, David Mitchell wrote: 
>
> > I know I'd be interested in a set in the four traditional colors. 
> >
> > --- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Van Biesbrouck"
> > <mlvanbie@...> wrote:
> > > The sets look quite nice.  Would it be possible to make a set in the
> > > four traditional piecepack colours, possibly with a different- 
> > > coloured
> > > back?  Based on the gold set shown, I think that the results could be
> > > quite striking and easily justify the current price. 
> > >
> > > Michael 
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