Acrylic Mahjong Set OEM: The Full-Bundle Guide

What “acrylic mahjong set OEM” actually covers

An acrylic mahjong set OEM bundle is a complete, retail-ready game kit — engraved cast acrylic tiles, four racks with pushers, dice, a tile case, a play mat, and a carry bag — manufactured to one brand’s spec and shipped as one SKU. Tiles anchor the budget at about $49-56 per set in the 100-250 set tier; accessories are itemized on top. Fully custom tiles — your artwork, engraving, and colorways — start at 100 sets per design with standard packaging and stock accessories; custom packaging and accessory customization start at 250 sets.

Here is the gap I see in bundle inquiries every week: the brief asks for “custom mahjong tiles,” but the Amazon listing that brand is competing against ships a kit — tiles, case, racks, dice, mat, bag, giftable box. American mahjong is played with racks as standard equipment,¹ so a tiles-only product is not actually a playable retail offer. Buyers who spec only the tiles discover the other six line items mid-project, when the launch date is already fixed.

This guide is the bundle-side companion to our custom mahjong ordering guide, which covers the 9-point quote checklist and the step-by-step process. Here the focus is the components themselves: what each one is, what each one costs, which ones we cut in-house, and how the MOQ math works when one purchase order carries six different items.

For a production example, see how two artwork collections became a 300-set run in our designer mahjong set OEM case study.

Component	What it is	Spec anchor	Price band (100-250 sets)
Tiles	152 / 160 / 166 engraved cast acrylic tiles	30x23x13mm to 36x25x15mm	$40-60 per set
Racks & pushers	4-piece acrylic set, 18” industry length	5mm standard / 6mm heavy	$12.70-14.30 per 4-piece set
Dice	2 standard dice	Included	Custom dice ~$0.30 each
Tile case	Acrylic display or travel case, cradle insert	Sized to your tile spec	Quoted per spec
Play mat	Slip-resistant fabric table cover	Sized to a card table	Quoted per spec (sourced)
Carry bag	Soft canvas or quilted bag, rack compartments	Sized to the loaded case	Quoted per spec (sourced)
Packaging	Protective packing included	Printed rigid box from ~500 sets	Included / quoted per spec

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Tiles set the budget — and everything else follows them

Tiles are the anchor component of any acrylic mahjong set OEM order: they carry most of the unit cost, they fix the dimensions of the case and racks, and they set the color standard every other component must match. Get the tile spec locked first; every accessory decision downstream inherits it.

Three decisions dominate the tile line item. First, count: 152 tiles is the American mahjong standard composition¹ played under the National Mah Jongg League’s annual card,² 160 adds spare jokers and blanks (the configuration we recommend for retail, because one damaged tile stops being a return), and 166 matches the prevailing Amazon retail standard. Second, size: our standard tiles run from 30x23x13mm compact through 32x23x13mm mid to 36x25x15mm full-size (custom sizes on request), and published size guides show how much feel changes across that range — larger tiles read as premium but raise material weight and case dimensions together.³ Our mahjong tile size guide covers that trade-off in depth. Third, decoration: we engrave the artwork into the tile face and UV-print color into the recess, so the ink sits below the wear surface and shuffling cannot rub it off.

Color construction is the fourth decision, and it is where bundles get their visual identity. Two-tone tiles — a colored back under a light engraving face — come naturally from layered construction; we build the tile from named layers, so your brief just names each layer’s color. Stock palette colors are free. A custom-matched Pantone adds a $200-300 one-time setup per color — available from the 100-set production floor — and specialty backs like tortoise and pearlescent are available. Pearlescent is a specialty grade we confirm on a physical sample before committing a run. For artwork, we work from final vector files (AI or PDF, fonts outlined, colors as Pantone Coated), but we do not make you wait on them: send reference photos and quantities and we quote a reference band the same day, then firm the number when your files land.

One more cost line belongs in your budget from day one: zero. There are no tooling fees on the acrylic side of the bundle — tiles, racks, and cases are CNC-cut and engraved, not injection molded, so a 100-set first run pays for no steel it will never amortize. That single fact is what makes a full-bundle launch viable at boutique quantities, and it is the structural difference between our quote and a molded-set factory’s quote with a tooling line buried in it.

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The acrylic accessories: racks, pushers, and the case

Racks, pushers, and the tile case come off the same cast acrylic stock as the tiles, which is exactly why bundling them works: one material batch means one color standard across every component a customer sees. Racks and pushers run $12.70-14.30 per 4-piece set; cases are quoted per spec because format drives cost.

Racks and pushers are the simplest add: a 4-piece set in 5mm standard or 6mm heavy acrylic, color-matched to the tile backs or run in a contrast palette. The rack and pusher page covers formats and standalone options — clubs reordering racks alone is common, and hospitality buyers often add pusher arms to traditional racks.

The case carries more decisions than buyers expect, because “case” means two different products. A travel case is built around a cradle insert that immobilizes 152-166 tiles through freight and daily transport. A display case is built to merchandise the set on a shelf — clear faces, presentation-first geometry. Same material, different engineering; our mahjong display case page breaks down both. When I quote a bundle, the case is the line item I push buyers to decide earliest after the tiles, because its dimensions are hostage to the tile spec: change the tile size after sample approval and the case tooling paths, the cradle insert, and the carry bag sizing all shift with it.

Two standard dice are included with every set; custom-engraved dice add roughly $0.30 each.

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Mats and bags: the two components nobody specs

The play mat and carry bag are the only non-acrylic components in the bundle, and they are the two your brief is most likely to leave blank. We source both through accessory suppliers we have vetted on prior bundles, then consolidate them at our factory so the whole kit passes one inspection and ships as one order.

Honesty matters here, so let me be plain about what we do and do not make. We are an acrylic fabricator — an acrylic factory that claims to also weave fabric in-house should raise your eyebrows. What we own is the spec, the QC, and the consolidation: the mat and bag are produced to your colorway by suppliers we have already run bundle orders through, inspected alongside your tiles, and packed into the same cartons.

On specs, follow the US retail market rather than inventing from scratch. Established mahjong retailers sell table covers and dedicated mahjong bags as standard accessory categories,⁴ and the retail conventions are consistent: a slip-resistant fabric cover sized to a standard card table so tiles do not skate or clack, and a soft-sided canvas or quilted bag with internal compartments shaped around the loaded case and four racks. Across the bundle programs I have coordinated since 2020, exactly one buyer has sent me a finished mat spec — every other mat and bag started from a reference photo of a competitor’s kit, and that is a perfectly good way to brief it. Send the photo, name your colorway, and we translate it into a supplier spec with your tile palette carried through.

The mat and bag are also where a brand quietly differentiates. Tiles from any competent fabricator look premium; a mat in the brand’s exact palette with an embroidered logo bag photographs as a designed product line rather than an assembled one.

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How MOQ works when one order mixes six SKUs

Bundle MOQ keys to the anchor component: 100 tile sets per design. Accessories bundled to those sets ride at the set count — 100 bundles means 100 cases, 100 mats, 100 bags, and 400 rack-and-pusher pieces on one purchase order, with no separate minimum applied to each accessory line.

The question I get most on mixed orders is whether each component carries its own floor. The production anchor is 100 tile sets per design. Once the tile line clears that floor, standard cases, mats, bags, and rack-and-pusher sets bundled with those tiles ride at the same 100-set count rather than adding a second minimum. Full-kit accessory customization — custom rack geometry, custom mats, and custom case specs — opens at 250 sets.

Reorders inherit the same logic, with one useful asymmetry I point out on almost every kickoff call: accessories wear out at different rates than tiles. A club or brand may need replacement bags and mats before the engraved tiles show wear, so second orders are often accessory-heavy. Because we keep the CNC programs, engraving files, and supplier specs from the first run on file, a reorder skips the setup conversation: same design, same color standard, quote in 24 hours, with the current product minimum stated on the quote.

Three edge cases are worth knowing before you write the PO. First, uneven quantities are fine in one direction: 100 bundles plus extra rack sets for replacement stock quotes cleanly because the extras sit on the same production setup. Second, standalone accessory orders — racks alone, no tiles — follow the accessory’s own 100-set minimum. Third, colorways multiply designs: 100 sets split across two colorways is two 50-set runs, so neither reaches the per-design floor. If your launch needs two colorways, plan 100 sets of each.

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Samples, payment, and the bundle calendar

Sample the tiles, not the bundle. Tile samples run three tiers — a $40-80 single engraved tile in 5-7 days, a $180-320 12-tile color-register check in 7 days, or a $300-500 full set sample with air freight in 7-10 days — and none of the fees credit back, because one-off engraving and finishing labor far exceeds the fee.

The same no-credit policy applies across our sample track, from a simple display or tray to a full mahjong set. A custom mahjong sample is not a unit pulled off a production line: it is CAM programming, engraving setup, and print calibration executed once, for one piece. The fee recovers a fraction of that labor. What you are buying is certainty — proof of engraving depth, color register, and tile feel before a 100-set-or-larger run goes into production against your artwork.

Money and calendar, in order. Standard payment is a 30% deposit with the balance before shipment. Production runs 15-25 days for a full bundle; we source mats and bags in parallel with tile production, so on a typical first order the fabric lane costs no extra calendar time. Sea freight adds 25-35 days to a US port, and DDP door pricing locks once we have the destination ZIP and the final configuration weight. Stack it end to end — sample round, deposit, production, freight — and a realistic first-order timeline is 60-75 days from deposit to warehouse.

Two calendar habits separate smooth bundle launches from stressful ones, and we see both play out every season. Brands that treat the sample round as part of the schedule — ordering the single-tile sample while artwork is still in revision — effectively run the two clocks in parallel and give the calendar a week back. And brands that lock the case format at the same time as the tile spec avoid the most common mid-project stall we see: a tile-size revision at sample stage that quietly re-opens the case drawing, the cradle insert, and the bag sizing behind it. We flag both on every first-order kickoff because they cost nothing to do early and a week each to do late.

Start from the acrylic mahjong hub, or send us your reference kit photos, quantities, and launch date — we reply with an itemized bundle quote within 24 hours.

Footnotes

1. American mahjong — documents that American mahjong is played with racks as standard equipment and uses a 152-tile composition, which is why a retail-ready product is a kit rather than tiles alone. ↩ ↩²

2. National Mah Jongg League — The Game — the league behind the American mahjong standard whose annual card defines tournament play. ↩

3. What Size Are the Tiles? — GammonVillage — retailer size guide documenting how mahjong tile dimensions vary across market segments, supporting the size-range trade-off discussion. ↩

4. Where The Winds Blow — US mahjong retailer — established US mahjong specialty retailer whose catalog carries table covers and mahjong bags as standard accessory categories, the retail convention referenced for mat and bag specs. ↩