Souvenirs of Surebleak Port
Sunday, August 29th, 2010 09:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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These would be professional clay chips; not plastic, not silver, not brass.
Any other thoughts on poker chips or other Liaden Universe(R) related products? Tell me in comments.
These would be professional clay chips; not plastic, not silver, not brass.
Any other thoughts on poker chips or other Liaden Universe(R) related products? Tell me in comments.
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Date: 2010-08-29 02:02 pm (UTC)For a souvenir (sp?), I dunno - maybe as much as $10, depends on shipping and handling costs. But I would definitely want one - it would be a great gift for a friend of mine!
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Date: 2010-08-29 03:02 pm (UTC)Certainly that's true of the buy-in; I'm not certain it holds true at the manufacturing side. And I'm not sure that a souvenir chip would have an amount.
*rummages in drawer*
Hmm... the two souvenir chips I have are brass ringing a silver core.
One has the name of the casino on the obverse; their logo and .999 silver; name and location inscribed on the brass. The reverse has Year of the Dragon on the brass and the years 1940-2000. The silver core shows a dragon and some Chinese characters.
The other chip is substantially the same, substituting mermaids and sunken treasure, and the name and logo of a cruise ship line.
Neither one claims a cover amount, *unlike* the two chips I failed to redeem after visits to actual casinos -- each of those claims to cover $1.
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Date: 2010-08-29 06:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-29 02:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-29 02:42 pm (UTC)*Especially* if they were Liaden cards, as shown to Anne in LOCAL CUSTOM. But the cost of designing them might make that prohibitive. :-(
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Date: 2010-08-29 02:51 pm (UTC)Personally, I'd probably pay up to $25 for a nice Liaden set. Still, there is the whole "bother" factor of creating it, and I'd MUCH MUCH rather pay that kind of money for a new Liaden novel!
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Date: 2010-08-29 02:52 pm (UTC)That would be a collector's item, indeed, since the Emerald is owned by Pat Rin, not by Korval, so the Tree-and-Dragon deck would be, um, right out.
*Especially* if they were Liaden cards, as shown to Anne in LOCAL CUSTOM. But the cost of designing them might make that prohibitive.
That's about it. The same with the Liaden "tarot" deck idea we'd come up with a few years ago. It would cost more to produce than we could reasonably hope to recoup in sales.
They would be cool, though.
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Date: 2010-09-02 06:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-02 06:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-29 02:49 pm (UTC)However, we were talking about other souvenirs we might like. Korval's Ring comes to mind immediately, but that seems a wee big for my small fingers. Alternatively, I'd be quite happy with the necklace that Win Ton sends Theo, although if memory serves, fabrication of that necklace is not actually possible.
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Date: 2010-08-29 02:52 pm (UTC)stuff
Date: 2010-08-29 03:03 pm (UTC)Maybe "My vehicle gets serviced at Binjali's repair shop, Solcintra Port" for my car.
Sue H in SC
Re: stuff
Date: 2010-08-29 03:35 pm (UTC)(although I'm sure that Pat Rin's establishment serves nothing so vulgar)
Re: stuff
Date: 2010-08-29 05:49 pm (UTC)I also like the idea of patches, discussed further down-thread.
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Date: 2010-08-29 03:33 pm (UTC)I shall admit to not having read all of the books, but I did like the sound of the tree-and-dragon patch that the Korval dispatcher wore in Scout's Progress when Aelli went to register her ship. Apparently the ones worn by true descendants of the line include the clan motto. You may be able to contract with a local shop to do the embroidery on pre-made items.
For examples, see the Patches link in Patricia Briggs' store : http://www.hurog.com/store/
You may wish to email her and her husband to learn which company they found that could make embroidered patches for about $4.00.
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Date: 2010-08-29 03:48 pm (UTC)I'd buy an amulet of the ship's key Theo is given by (can't remember his name!). Or a generic ship's key as a keyring, if that's doable.
I'd also pay $15 for two poker chips, but would be willing to up that if it included a certificate of authenticity signed by Pat Rin.
Emerald Casino vs Tree and Dragon
Date: 2010-08-29 04:18 pm (UTC)Cheers,
rfalken
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Date: 2010-08-29 06:22 pm (UTC)Surebleak Souvenirs
Date: 2010-08-29 07:25 pm (UTC)Or maybe a bumper sticker--
Barb
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Date: 2010-08-29 07:57 pm (UTC)Talking this over with my daughter, she made the excellent point that unlike (presumably) the estimable Auctores, most of us haven't spent the better part of a year in or around the Emerald Casino. Once we have had the opportunity to visit that establishment, you might get quite different results for your poll.
Also agree that I prefer Stuff I can use in everyday life -- it allows conversation starters (e.g. "OMG YOU MUST READ THESE!!")if nothing else.
In the excessively unlikely wish-fulfillment souvenir category, Daughter requested replica crystal knives, Liaden male ear-drops, Miri's ring, and a bright orange-silk cape.
Keyfob/ring?
Date: 2010-08-29 09:02 pm (UTC)and license plate frames. How about a keyring with a tag for
Tree & Dragon?
I also like the pickup sticks game that Pat Rin taught Vance (sp?)
Lauretta@ConstellationBooks
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Date: 2010-08-29 09:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-29 09:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-30 12:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-29 09:21 pm (UTC)I love the tree and dragon insignia in general; my white-on-green t-shirt is getting rather worn. I wish I could replace it, but the color options - black on pastels - in the Cafe Press store don't include anything I would wear. Any chance of the old Plan B style being resurrected?
Goodies
Date: 2010-08-29 10:09 pm (UTC)Barb in Bandon
Re: Goodies
Date: 2010-08-30 12:05 am (UTC)Re: Goodies
Date: 2010-08-30 03:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-29 10:41 pm (UTC)What would, I,
Would I Buy a Chip?
Date: 2010-08-29 10:59 pm (UTC)Re: Would I Buy a Chip?
Date: 2010-08-30 03:14 pm (UTC)Yes. T shirt
Date: 2010-08-29 11:00 pm (UTC)goodies
Date: 2010-08-29 11:42 pm (UTC)Am thinking I'd gladly pay $25 to $30 for a funky and gaudy ... err, colorful .... poster. Benjali's, Clutch turtles, Tree & Dragon, the Tree with a cat *guarding* it. A collage maybe? Might be too expensive to product but since we're dreaming out loud ... Big smile.
Barb in Bandon
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Date: 2010-08-30 12:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-30 02:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-30 02:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-30 04:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-30 02:07 pm (UTC)Bumper stickers: "I Dare" "Ride the Luck" "We are all branches of the same tree" (with the Tree-and-Dragon logo)
I still have my big Cafe' Press coffee mugs, so if you were to offer new ones, I'd love to collect the whole set of them from all of the ports of call - Solcintra, Chonselta, Surebleak, Arsdred, etc. And I know my mom would go for them, too.
T-shirts: I'd go for the college-look and issue a Chonselta Tech t-shirt, Scout Academy undergrad, etc.
Miscellaney - I'd love a deck of cards from any of the major casinos or with the Tree-and-Dragon motif on the back. Issuing the correct cards and rules to play pikit is probably too much to hope for in this lifetime, but it would be neat to have the face cards reissued to have the Ship, Delm, etc. on them...
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Date: 2010-08-30 03:25 pm (UTC)I'd love one from the scout commander or Jela's troop!
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Date: 2010-08-30 07:12 pm (UTC)As an aside, why has only "Local Custom" made it to audiobook? The crispness of your writing is highlighted by audible presentation -in a fashion similar to the enhancement of good poetry by reading it aloud.
Should I be attempting to try and convince you that I have the wherewithal to form a company to do so? I have listened to Local Custom almost as often as I've read it.
Local Custom audiobook
Date: 2010-08-31 01:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-31 02:01 am (UTC)Because it has not yet earned out, which means that the company which holds the contract for Liaden Universe(R) audiobooks have no reason to produce others.
As in print publishing, sales drive sequels.