Project: New (colored) case for A1200

[Lord Aga]

So it's official now guys
Even if I'm just an ordinary backer I feel a huge amount of gratitude to all of you who have helped !
Thanks for making our little personal dreams come true.

[amenophis]

Originally Posted by Lord Aga

So it's official now guys
Even if I'm just an ordinary backer I feel a huge amount of gratitude to all of you who have helped !
Thanks for making our little personal dreams come true.

Thanks to all of you guys who supported the campaign!
That's Awesome!

Now please be patient, so that we can carry out these

You can follow progress through the KS update page and on http://www.indieretronews.com as well.

Cheers

[Mr.Flibble]

Congrats all, now the hard wok starts!

[Predseda]

Phenomenal success!!!

[iddqd]

@amenophis
Once you've looked over the stats, it would be interesting to include how many cases were pledged in total, perhaps in the next kickstarter-update.

With that said, we should now stop poking at amenophis so he can spend all his time in Santa's Northpole factory.

Also, congratulations to us all!

[Predseda]

Originally Posted by iddqd

@amenophis
Once you've looked over the stats, it would be interesting to include how many cases were pledged in total, perhaps in the next kickstarter-update.

You can calculate it for yourself, just sum the pledge column ammounts, or not?

[wmsteele]

Originally Posted by Predseda

You can calculate it for yourself, just sum the pledge column ammounts, or not?

Not possible, only tracks initial pledge and not any additional cases, these are all handled via PM on Kickstarter.

[candyman]

I guess 1246 (with a margin of error of 2 cases)

[amenophis]

Originally Posted by wmsteele

Not possible, only tracks initial pledge and not any additional cases, these are all handled via PM on Kickstarter.

Correct.

@amenophis

will we get to see high quality photo's of case samples to help us decide on colours?

[eXeler0]

@Threadbare I'm guessing here... but logically.. the moulds aren't done yet. They kind of needed the kickstart money to have them made. So right now, I don't see how you could show *photos* at this moment in time.. unless you know someone with a pimped up DeLorean with a flux capacitor. ;-)

So until that happens, you'll probably have to rely on Photoshop mock-ups or renders. But those could obviously be done in high resolution..

[Mr.Flibble]

Unless Phillippe has or can get some samples of the plastic in the final colours to take pictures of?

I think I'd rather that he concentrated on getting the molds produced personally, but it can't hurt to ask

@eXeler0 I thought we'd have quite some time to make a final decision. But If we had a that DeLorean then Commodore would still be around and....

@Mr.Flibble That would be better than nothing. We'd at least get an idea of how light reflects off the surface of the plastics etc

I'm torn between black or original

[eXeler0]

Originally Posted by Threadbare

@eXeler0 I thought we'd have quite some time to make a final decision. But If we had a that DeLorean then Commodore would still be around and....

@Mr.Flibble That would be better than nothing. We'd at least get an idea of how light reflects off the surface of the plastics etc

I'm torn between black or original

You have a point.. real photo of the actual color on real plastic is a good reference in combination with the case mockups.
In the end I went for a special Edition Phenomena case. Hope the color of that one is what I think it is ;-)

Originally Posted by eXeler0

You have a point.. real photo of the actual color on real plastic is a good reference in combination with the case mockups.
In the end I went for a special Edition Phenomena case. Hope the color of that one is what I think it is ;-)

The special editions were sweet, but I've only just dug my miggy out of the cupboard and she needs a lot of work. i gave away all of my expansions to active Amigans years ago so there's a fair bit of expanding to do as well.

But she does at least boot and I've managed to get some old games running. It would be a shame to see her in that old yellowed case.

[amenophis]

Hi guys,

Sorry for the late answer, kinda busy

Regarding the colors, we'll get real plastic samples but just not right now at it is still a bit early.

And yes, you have all the time to decide on what color to choose..
I'm currently dev a webpage so that you'll be able to select your case colors, and you'll also be able to follow your shipping status. (obviously this part is for when the rewards are going to be shipped in march

You'll be able to change/update your color wishes until very late, and this function will be locked a couple weeks before production starts i guess..

In a couple days you'll get a survey querying your shipping address.

Cheers

[eXeler0]

Ok @amenophis maybe this is a dumb question or maybe its simply too late to ask, but about the 3rd mould.. would it be possible to add the edge connector for A1200 trapdoor expansions?
Apparently its not easy to find these days, and I'm guessing Jens keeps his sources secret for quite understandable reasons ;-)

Edit:
Ok found this thread:
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php...onnector/page2
It went silent but maybe Kipper2k sits on a pile of them and/or has a sufficiently good source for this not to be a problem.

[Mr.Flibble]

That's a specific electrical component though - the specs on the plastic won't be the same, let alone the electrical pins...

[spudje]

Any news on the site? Was promised a week ago already...

[eXeler0]

Originally Posted by Mr.Flibble

That's a specific electrical component though - the specs on the plastic won't be the same, let alone the electrical pins...

I realize of course additional tools are required for the metal connectors but you still need the plastic. However it likely not the best solution. After I found out that Kipper2k got his 200 parts I guess we can forget this idea anyway, even though the price he got could have been better.