Latest update: Keymats are here, how strong will the logo plate be - and pretty cases.

[Nintendo]

I just got back from Ban Land

 

[trix]

It took me a while to realize you are SONY, Nintendo. Welcome back!

 

[mclien]

And let me know what you think

"Paint it black"
But I'd vote for: Deliver the logoplate, but don't assemble it. So everybody can decide to glue in teh Pyra Logo or a custom one, whithout having to pry the pyra Logo out.

 

[λ the β-Redex Reducer]

Deliver the logoplate, but don't assemble it.

That is a great idea. Though failing that, it would be cool to have a logo plate be sent to at least all the pre-orderers. That would be much better than throwing them away. The pre-orderers ordered the Pyra while expecting a logo plate on the Pyra, so they got the disappointment. Receiving a cool Pyra logo plate with the Pyra (even if not attached to it) might ease the disappointment a bit (I know it will for me).

 

[Grench]

Leaving a thumbprint sized hole in the back of the lid with an exposed circuit board on it is not a good option IMHO. Trust ED. He has a good plan.

 

[pmprog]

Yeah, I'm sure down the line when things are running smooth, you'll be able to order an empty case without the logo plate attached

 

[oskda]

....
That said, I hope that the matte black Pyras sell in enough numbers (5000+?) to justify short ~250-500 case sets runs of 'limited edition accessory cases'.

So, do you think black will be the only "non expensive" case? Worse, do you think it will be the only available color?

PD: I'm fine with matte black. I love it.

 

[Grench]

So, do you think black will be the only "non expensive" case? Worse, do you think it will be the only available color?

PD: I'm fine with matte black. I love it.

Just being realistic on the math.
Currently 1000 +/- units sold.
Apathy is a thing. Maybe 5% of normal people would go out of their way to order a 2nd case to customize. Maybe 20% of us enthusiasts will. Minimum order quantities on case runs is likely to be at least 200 to bring the price per case into a paletable range. ED is already deep in debt on the project. Nice to haves should wait until there are enough units sold for the project to be able to sustain them. Maybe around 2000 sold?

I can see it happening some day, but for now those matte black cases look awesome.

 

[levi]

As far as I can tell this hasn't been posted yet:

 

[everfresh]

As far as I can tell this hasn't been posted yet:

These look fantastic, much more like the metal logo plate than I had thought before!

 

[ClockworkCoder]

Yeah, they look great! @ED So when is the (Grench's) assembly video?

 

[EvilDragon]

You mean this one looks good?

So when is the (Grench's) assembly video?

Not sure if I'll do an assembly video, as this is quite a bit of work :/

 

[docbroke]

May be some photos of fully assembled unit

 

[ClockworkCoder]

You mean this one looks good?

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Not sure if I'll do an assembly video, as this is quite a bit of work :/

That looks fantastic

No worries. We all know you have more pressing concerns, but the thought was appreciated

 

[λ the β-Redex Reducer]

Leaving a thumbprint sized hole in the back of the lid with an exposed circuit board on it is not a good option IMHO. Trust ED. He has a good plan.

Was that a reaction to me? I'm wondering because I never suggested shipping the Pyra with a hole in the lid. My suggestion was to ship a complete Pyra with the non-metal logo firmly and properly attached to it like ED is planning to do and also including the metal plate in the box as a pre-order bonus. I suggested this because I vaguely remember ED saying that he had already ordered the metal logo's so instead of throwing them away he could just use them as a very small pre-order bonus.

Edit: I guess I misread the post above my post. I thought that with

Deliver the logoplate, but don't assemble it.

he meant to deliver the Pyra with the plastic logo assembled in it but to not assemble the metal plate. Now that I read his post again, I see I was really sloppy with my reading.

 

[Grench]

Was that a reaction to me? I'm wondering because I never suggested shipping the Pyra with a hole in the lid. My suggestion was to ship a complete Pyra with the non-metal logo firmly and properly attached to it like ED is planning to do and also including the metal plate in the box as a pre-order bonus. I suggested this because I vaguely remember ED saying that he had already ordered the metal logo's so instead of throwing them away he could just use them as a very small pre-order bonus.

Ahh - got it. I thought you were agreeing with mclien in saying that he should leave the hole not assembled - i.e. empty. My misinterpretation.

 

[λ the β-Redex Reducer]

It's my bad, he even says "So everybody can decide to glue in teh Pyra Logo or a custom one, whithout having to pry the pyra Logo out.". If he meant shipping the Pyra with the plastic logo assembled and with the metal logo seperate (like I thought he did) then this would make no sense.

I'm mainly thinking of using the meta logo as decoration somewhere else. It's still cool Pyra merchandise. Of course, it's not important.

 

[PowerGod]

I will attach a marshmallow over the logo !!

 

[rSl]

You mean this one looks good?

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wow. love it!

 

[levi]

I'm mainly thinking of using the meta logo as decoration somewhere else. It's still cool Pyra merchandise. Of course, it's not important.

And it's currently lost, probably somewhere in Greece. At the present I think it's a little premature to even be planning what you'd do with it to be honest.