Why is my Crystal Block so small?

[gkbiiii]

After nearly a year of waiting, my first crystal block arrived today.  It is much smaller than the ones I have seen in person and oddly they are now "made in China?"  I thought they used to be made in USA.  Is it possible to get a normal sized one, or do I have to buy one from Ebay?

[Joseph2017China]

Budget cuts

[Tlbecker1]

What ship?  We have 5 and the last one we received was from the Anthem, with the lettering all in caps.  It is exactly the same as our older ones.

[gkbiiii]

Odyssey of the Seas, all in caps.

[Cigar King]

Sounds like a personal problem.  😉

 

[Another_Critic]

37 minutes ago, gkbiiii said:

After nearly a year of waiting, my first crystal block arrived today.  It is much smaller than the ones I have seen in person and oddly they are now "made in China?"  I thought they used to be made in USA.  Is it possible to get a normal sized one, or do I have to buy one from Ebay?

What are the measurements for width, height, and thickness?

 

My Adventure, Enchantment, and Radiance blocks are ~4" x 3" x 2"

[nelblu]

My recent Anthem is the same size as the Adventure that I received some years ago.  Difference is that the Anthem is in Capital letters and more pronounced that you can see the lettering better than the Adventure.  The Anthem box has the Royal logo, whereas the Adventure was in a drab black box.

 

Also, I don't see anywhere where it was made.

[gc]

1 hour ago, gkbiiii said:

After nearly a year of waiting, my first crystal block arrived today.  It is much smaller than the ones I have seen in person and oddly they are now "made in China?"  I thought they used to be made in USA.  Is it possible to get a normal sized one, or do I have to buy one from Ebay?

We have received 14 crystal blocks since 2009 ...3 of which I have given to special crew members. I just actually looked at the 11 now and the only change I see is the Oasis block is 3mm wider and 2 mm less in height all the rest the only difference is the  writing script. We have only received 2 blocks from the new supplier so far.....    

[John&LaLa]

They are nominally identical

[njkruzer]

Just got home from our Anthem TA and saw the box at the door which seemed ok since we were expecting one for Anthem, though it was too soon for it,  but what was here was a 2nd Jewel one for our April cruise!  So now have 2 of the new ones for Jewel, plus the old one for a Jewel cruise years ago!

[gc]

2 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

They are nominally identical

They do look virtually identical to the older ones. Were lucky that crown and anchor has not cancelled this reward!

[soremekun]

I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

[70SS350]

Was it in the pool?

[Cruising89143]

Ah………Really?

[Another_Critic]

41 minutes ago, gc said:

They do look virtually identical to the older ones. Were lucky that crown and anchor has not cancelled this reward!

They did cancel, but backed off after multiple complaints.

[nasa1974]

What is a crystal block?

[Another_Critic]

1 hour ago, nasa1974 said:

What is a crystal block?

 

[neverbeenhere]

1 hour ago, nasa1974 said:

What is a crystal block?

A crystal ball in the raw state. 

[neverbeenhere]

[nasa1974]

Thank you

[F27TW]

.. i mean .. .. . . . ☺️

Edited November 1, 2022 by F27TW

[Jimbo]

19 hours ago, nasa1974 said:

What is a crystal block?

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