Size:
3" x 3" x 3"

Wood:
We use oak for the boxes now, as it gives the best weight and grain appearance under the brass. The boxes in the movies were made with all different types of wood, but mahogany is what most people tend to think it was. Oak makes a much tougher box and has a nicer grain. If you want real mahogany for a box, we can try to find some, but it will probably cost about $100 more.

Panels:
The box panels are about 1/32" under 3", aligning with the sides of the cube. and leaving a thin border. The pattern from the panels is taken from a photocopy of the original sheet used for the first movie, which was then re-detailed using high resolution screen shots from the first two Hellraiser movies, making them nearly identical to the film version. There are minor differences that make some of the finer details sharper and areas that were missing on some props are are filled back in. Because this is a display model and not just an item briefly seen on a television screen, it needs to have a cleaner, high resolution pattern to look good. The etching machine uses a template equivalent to a 1000dpi printout, 4x more detailed than the copy of our panels that many other eBay sellers use.

Brass:
We consider the Hellraiser 1 cube to be the best prop to base ours on, so we model ours after it by using extremely fine (.005") brass plaques which are photo-etched in a custom-built etching tank. None of the designs are painted on, the brass is a true intaglio etch and the wood shows through the entire piece. The Hellraiser 3 box used the pattern in reverse from most other films and the brass was a bit thicker. If you would like one similar to this, let us know. There is a $20 extra charge for the heavier brass and added chemical needed to cut through it.

Sealant:
We no longer offer unsealed or nylacote boxes. Only PlasGlas. This is a crystal clear, heavy epoxy varnish. The expansion rate of brass is much smaller than that of wood, so with any thinner varnish, no matter how well applied, the wood will eventually shrink or expand until the brass breaks or falls off. PlasGlas seals the wood strongly enough to prevent the panels from coming off, and rubbing a finger over the box won't accidentally pull the brass off. It takes a long time to finish a box with this sealant, but it is hundreds of times more durable than anything else.

Multiple styles: Tarnished and sealed [antiqued, will not tarnish further], Polished and sealed [will remain bright for a very long time]. If you have any special requests as far as sealing or tarnishing, let us know and we will let you know if we can do it. There may be an extra charge depending on what you want (for instance, some people want all sides of the box painted black, there would be no charge for this).

Note: While PlasGlas will keep brass untarnished for a much longer period of time than any other sealant [Nearly 3 years for our test box and it still looks the same], brass begins to oxidize nearly instantly upon exposure to air, there is no way to totally prevent brass from tarnishing - even commercial grade kiln fired coatings used for things like doorknobs don't last forever. After a very long time, the box may possibly start to get an old, antiqued look. However, we don't know just how long this will take with PlasGlas yet. Possibly on the scale of 5-10 years or longer.