Am 12.12.2011 um 14:17 schrieb rakshat hooja: > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am 12.12.2011 um 11:05 schrieb Fernando Martins: > > > > > > Did you get to any figures yourself? > > Yes - 20000 - 50000 EUR range. Or even more depending on surface quality and > number of details. > > 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. > > I am in favour of Radek's wooden experiments. Anyone done 3D cutting with > wood? > > > > 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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