I started with a pawn and knight, and from there was unable to resist building the rest. Given some time I might redesign the rook a bit. Also decagonal bases would be closer to circular, but I wasn't trying to hide the chunkiness.
Later in a fit of sanity I built a table-sized set.
I must know, the cost to build a full set? (the large set)
Piece count per side:
- B3 175
- B2 123
- B1 222
- B0 324
- R3 65
- R2 29
- R1 83
- R0 73
- Y3 10
- y2 70
- y1 125
- y0 8
- connectors = 768
- 1307 struts per side, + 768 connectors
- TOTAL 2614 struts, 1536 connectors, 4150 parts.
If someone wanted to build this in black and in white, first all size 3 struts would have to be done with size 1+2 combos. Bulk struts come in packages of 100 at $29 each (black or white), connectors in 100 packs, $39 for 100 black, $29 for white. I'd estimate about $1700 (with some leftover parts).