Amiga 1200 cases - Kickstarter- (again)

[Wrath Of Khan]

They are having a second crack of the whip and this time they have licensed the name 'Amiga'.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/a1200housing/new-amiga-1200-cases-made-from-new-molds?utm_source=New+Amiga+1200+Cases&utm_campaign=77bf9d2d6c-KS_New_Amiga_1200_campaign_has_started&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_81b50b4981-77bf9d2d6c-78634337

I still don't have the funds to back this sadly.

 

[gunrock]

It's a well specified and thought out design, I think.

They need to drop the price a bit 79 EUR is a bit too much. If they could afford to shave off 10 EUR they'd probably have more success. I'm not saying the project is overpriced; this is an expensive endeavour. But it just puts it outside most people's "impulse buy".

Now that they're saying it will fit a MIST FPGA, I'm starting to be a bit more interested.

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

They are trying hard and I hope they succeed. I may back it towards the end of the campaign.

 

[erico]

On the video, the guy shows some 2 tons mold for the cases.

I was wondering if the pandora case has something like that too, as stated on another thread.

 

[fusion_power]

125K € for such huge molds? Sounds like a fair price, the Pandora/Pyra molds are not much cheaper I guess.

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

125K € for such huge molds? Sounds like a fair price, the Pandora/Pyra molds are not much cheaper I guess.

Well, the Pyra molds would be much smaller I suppose, so they should be somewhat cheaper.

 

[TrashyMG]

125K € for such huge molds? Sounds like a fair price, the Pandora/Pyra molds are not much cheaper I guess.

Well, the Pyra molds would be much smaller I suppose, so they should be somewhat cheaper.

Not sure about that, wouldn't amount of different parts or complexity of the design play a part too. The Pyra to me seems like a much more difficult design.

Wasn't ED talking around 400,000 EUR?  NVM, I saw the 49000 EUR on the side bar...  

 

[fusion_power]

125K € for such huge molds? Sounds like a fair price, the Pandora/Pyra molds are not much cheaper I guess.

Well, the Pyra molds would be much smaller I suppose, so they should be somewhat cheaper.

Yes, let's hope they are cheaper. The molds are smaller for the Pyra of course but there are also more parts and with a more complex design.

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

125K € for such huge molds? Sounds like a fair price, the Pandora/Pyra molds are not much cheaper I guess.

Well, the Pyra molds would be much smaller I suppose, so they should be somewhat cheaper.

Yes, let's hope they yare cheaper. The molds are smaller for the Pyra of course but there are also more parts and with a more complex design.

Yup. Trashy reckons it's 49.000 euros. Still a fair chunk of money.

 

[pmprog]

Now that they're saying it will fit a MIST FPGA, I'm starting to be a bit more interested

I liked the Pi/MIST idea, but it means if you want to do this, you're going to have to find an A1200 keyboard and get hold of a Keyrah.
The Raspian pack comes with everything except a keyboard, meaning you have to go source a keyboard from somewhere to make it worthwhile.

A quick look for A1200's on ebay, they aren't cheap - even if you just want the keyboard

 

[Ian J]

The cost is just a bit too much for me.

The case doesn't hinder use of the Amiga, yes it would be nice to have a brand new looking unit but I'd rather spend that money on new hardware.

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

And...Amiga keycaps for mechanical keyboards https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/505470364/amiga-inspired-key-caps-for-mechanical-keyboards

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

Very nearly there; campaign ends on sundayhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/a1200housing/new-amiga-1200-cases-made-from-new-molds