As domino experts we have gone far beyond toppling the famous black dominoes with white dots. Domino has grown almost into a science for us and so has the proces of making the domino. The dominoes that we use for our world record are made of polystyrene. A very common material which is used in a great variety of products like: plastic coffee cups, storage boxes, garbage bags, package materials, etc. For every world record attempt we order new stones. After the world record they are recycled into other products. That is the reason we do not sell any of the world record dominoes.
You would think that making a simple rectangular polystyrene stone should not be that hard. But the dominoes that we use for our world record have to meet certain specific demands. The colour of each domino has to be exactly right to make an image look good on television. The speed with which the domino topples has to be spot on, to be able to determine the timing of certain important moments and the total duration of the television show as a whole. These and other demands make a domino more than just an everyday plastic consumer product.
Like a painter has his palette with various colours of paint on it, we also have a palette. Our designers use the colours in this domino-palette to make their spectacular designs. There are 24 different colours in total that they can use. That doesn't sound like much but by combining different colours and placing them on a painted floor we have countless possibilities within our designs.
We also use stones that are made out of other materials than the everyday polystyrene domino. Sometimes it is necessary to transfer the force of a toppling domino into something else. Often the weight of a normal domino is not enough to perform this task, so instead we use dominoes that are made out of lead and which will produce the required force to make a technique work. We also use wood to make stones that are larger than the regular stones. The 2005 edition of Domino Day contained stones that were bigger than a human being.
