Yep. Tooling costs the earth. And, with a lot of companies we work for, the tooling plans are either sold to them, or destroyed, so that further ones cant be made, should the company have wished a "limited edition" of whatever device they commissioned.
I'm asked one of the guys in the know to look at the back catalogue to see if we have a regtangular case there, but I doubt it. Even if we did, you'd probably find the rights to it don't belong to us anymore, but to the company that asked for it. Ho Hum.... Darren. -----Original Message----- From: Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 May 2005 14:27 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] QL on Stick 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 -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@<surname>.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
