So, how come the dice haven’t been in stock for months?
Well that’s because the batch that I had ordered for this past selling period, batch 2, was unsellable. The reference photo above doesn’t tell the full story at all, but basically the main issue was that every single die had a defect on one edge of the plastic and I just don’t have the heart to sell that at full price. There were other things too, such as the colour being quite an unpleasant shade of ivory, and the paint still having some issues.
The latest batch, batch 3, is overall the best yet. Not as warm as batch 1 though, which I liked – but I realized it’s not easy for manufacturers to nail the colours.
For batch 1, I was basically fixing all of the dice by hand by painting each pip with paint and a tiny paint brush. I feel like I spent upwards of 100 hours just painting. 😖 It was exhausting, so I kept voicing that again and again to my manufacturer because if the paint couldn’t be improved then I’d have to be forced to find a new manu again because the thought of having to paint more dice makes me want to rip my hair out! 👺
So while the dice still have some various issues and many still fall into the “rejects” pile, batch 3 likely won’t need any hand-painting and to celebrate that I’ll be launching a sale starting tonight, so stay tuned.
Also you might be wondering how many “reject” dice I have by now. Probably thousands! Sometimes I put them up on sale on the website for a discount price, but I also don’t want to overwhelm customers with options so it’s typically not listed – but if you do want a discounted “flawed” set of the dice (or other product) then feel free to inquire!
I can understand paint mismatches or even missing paint happening by accident. But I cannot understand how the dice you picture could be manufactured by mistake rather than manufactured deliberately. It’s not a question of paint; the pips are mispositioned. In addition, this raises the question of whether rolls of the dice will even be fair. Any additional information would be appreciated.
Hello!
I’m not really sure what you mean. These are the Think Twice Dice – so of course they’re manufactured for the pips to be exactly where they are.
What do you mean by the rolls being fair? The only “fair” dice on the market are casino dice which are perfectly squared, flat, and have the pips printed on instead of engraved.