On Fri, 20 May 2005 at 11:49:05, Darren Branagh wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>
>That would be lovely, a real 3D shaped USB Stick with the microdrives being
>the USB plug cover cap.
>
>I can probably get those purpose made, but at a 100 print run, expect to pay
>about 2,000 quid each at least!!
Exactly. The tooling cost of the real QL case was, I think, £30,000 in
the 80s.
>
>(we did one in the shape and colour of a human finger last month - the
>fingernail removed to show the USB connector - very classy!) I think the
>print run for those was about 25,000 units, was for a US Telecoms company.
Mind you if there is tooling for a rectangular case, then that might be
cost effective. Isn't the tooling the really expensive bit?
Tony
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