Apologies for yet another long multi-reply. A lot happened while I was sleeping.
I don’t know how long the codes will work.
I don’t think it was supposed to be visible yet; I thought he put the page up so we could check it for errors.
Me too. I hope it will be available soon for the $30 price we are expecting.
Exactly. I’ve got a board ready and waiting for a host to put it into.
It’s on the list to bother Neal about when he wakes up.
TK, instead of a timed script, wouldn’t it be easier to find out from Lumintop how many units are ready (X), and send notification to the first X/2 people on the waiting list? Then, repeat when more units are ready/leftover from the IPO.
No, there are some things which make that not work:
- Implementing this requires cooperation from Neal, and I don’t think he’s willing to do things that way.
- Anything which depends on “find out from Lumintop” has typically failed so far, since we don’t have a working line of communication.
- The list does not track emitter type, so there is no way to match items built to notifications sent.
- This all needs to be coordinated with TLF too, which makes everything more complicated.
So I think the plan is to allow everyone to order even if the items are not built yet. People who order sooner should receive items sooner, and people who are earlier on the list should get the notification first.
maybe Neal, M4D M4X and Toykeeper could communicate to uniformize the process and to let us know clearly how things will be done, avoiding speculation on the process.
Yeah… that would be nice. Very often though, I don’t get information until everyone else does.
For example:
the Ordering will start today and shipping will start in a week or so
Interesting. That’s news to me. You are still working with Neal on this, yes?
don’t forget those that helped before (pepinfaxera included!!!)
Yeah. I’m going to ask Neal again about sending one to pepinfaxera. And if he won’t do it for free, I’ll buy him one.
We also need to make sure a few other people are included:
- Fritz, if we can contact him
- Cawi, if we can contact him
- The Miller, if we can contact him
- DEL (I have contact info)
- Tom E (is still active on BLF)
there’s no branding or labeling on the light whatsoever. Is that just prototype images, or is this how the light will arrive?
It should arrive with no branding or labels on the light itself. It is meant to be completely blank.
After the group buy, later versions will probably have Lumintop’s bunny logo on the tail button.
A few people (myself included) liked the bunny button. If it’s easy to remove, I can imagine a few will be interested/willing to swap buttons.
As long as the tail isn’t glued, the button is easy to remove.
Is the inner tube (signal carrier) stainless steel, raw aluminum, or anodized aluminum?
Anodized aluminum with bare ends. This insulates it from electrical contact with the outer tube and the battery, but allows a signal from the tail PCB to the head PCB.
I’d like to request a fourth, please. Thanks!
I plan to update the list immediately before starting the notification script… and the script uses the list directly. I’ll probably also update it again before that.
Everyone needs to say how many they want.
I’ve been tracking that data, but in the end it looks like it probably won’t matter. I don’t think Neal has the store set up to track or limit quantity per person.
Do we wait for a PM or is there a code we use to order?
Wait for a PM from “FW3A Team” which contains the order URL and coupon code.