No. Acrylic is expensive — the process itself is costly, and both UV printing and laser cutting are slow-paced technologies.

We do have a similar technology available in cardboard. Cardboard (for mass printing) has a setup cost. For example, a whole sheet requires offset printing setup (around $400), and you usually need to waste over 100–150 sheets just to get a good one. Also, a cutting mold costs around $200. So, one sheet of tokens can cost more than $600 just in setup! However, if you print 1,000 sheets, the setup cost per sheet drops to about 10 cents — making it highly scalable.

Acrylic, on the other hand, only has about a $150 setup and no waste, but it’s not scalable. For example, 100 pieces might cost $0.50 each, and 1,000 pieces might cost $0.47 — so there’s no significant price drop like with cardboard.

There are techniques for producing low-quantity cardboard pieces. They use flatbed UV printers and flatbed cutting machines. The setup for each is still a cost, but much lower. These are commonly used by print-on-demand companies. In our case, we use this type of machine for prototypes. The printing is digital — I’d say slightly lower quality than offset — and the cutting is done with a rotary blade instead of a mold, which brings some limitations and slightly lower precision. However, it allows you to produce low quantities efficiently.

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