Inexpensive Case, Initial Production Run... Beautiful!


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by beardface » Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:43 am
Hello!

I created a kickstarter to get enough pre-orders to afford the production run and box manufacturing for my case:
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1986127174/designing-an-affordable-and-beautiful-raspberry-pi

Head over to kickstarter and check it out... Otherwise, take a look at the campaign video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMTbyGyrwKg

Thanks!!
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by abishur » Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:00 am
Beardface (May I assume that's pronounce beard-fa-say?), you practically made this exact same post 3 times (creating 2 threads) within 5 or 6 minutes of each other. On most forums you'd be facing a temporary ban for spamming. We like to give people the benefit of the doubt here, especially when they're just excited about displaying their work, so this will just be a warning. Please don't spam the boards :-)
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by thexman » Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:05 am
i would also point out that Pi Crust has already been taken by someone who is selling cases on Ebay multi coloured and with elasticband closur not sure who has rights over a name thou.
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by beardface » Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:51 pm
Apologies for the multi-post - The forum has many different places where this information could go, so I put it where I thought the information belonged.

And yes, it is fa-say. :)

As for the PiCrust Namagery, the same point was brought up elsewhere; I've actually been selling separate cases branded as PiCrust before his went on sale, and started developing this case as the "PiCrust" back in march... Fortunately I've stored up all my documentation and trail of development- So I'm not to concerned should he decide to complain. (I have no problem sharing the brand as long as he doesn't go totalitarian).
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by beardface » Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:58 pm
Updated with a GPIO Port, and rendered in the retro-green case option.

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What do you think?
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by HansH » Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:42 pm
Mars ?
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by Mattylad » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:27 pm
If this becomes a reality, how much do you envisage it being able to be purchased for?
And what postage costs?
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by beardface » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:45 pm
Mattylad wrote:If this becomes a reality, how much do you envisage it being able to be purchased for?
And what postage costs?


After it gets funded, I'll be putting it up on amazon to let them distribute / ship for me.

The cost will be between 8.99 and 12.99, depending on how much it actually costs me to produce them.
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by El_Bingo_Bongo » Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:37 pm
beardface wrote:Updated with a GPIO Port, and rendered in the retro-green case option.

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What do you think?

Personally I love it!
I love the fact that it doesn't look home made - kind of like a mini Wii? :D
Not too sure about the advert...I think the lettering is too small.
Everyone's a critic right :P
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by El_Bingo_Bongo » Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:40 pm
OMG!
You made your own 3D printer :o
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