CronoTriggerfan
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I still hold the opinion that anyone who's flabbergasted by the size is just letting the excitement get to their head. :rolleyes:
my first thoughts were, one step closer to the final.Lurkio said:My first thoughts were, bloody hell it's a fat bastard. :lol:
:huh:ninjak said:That's rapid prototyping plastic obviously not the final finish.
MWeston said:http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa99/MW...07/DSC00736.jpg
I can see the lines where you printed it![]()
Hawkey said::huh:ninjak said:That's rapid prototyping plastic obviously not the final finish.
It's the opposite: this Prototype is somekind of Deluxe Version of the normal Pandora MK0. ED said that the case-material is different then it will be usual (therefore each Prototype costs ~500$) :unsure:
ED also said, that the High Quality Cases are delayed (oh wonder -_-) so he only can show the MK0 Prototype Case to (next week or so) and I think this will be the same type of Case like Craigix showed us and this is a Rapid Prototype product.
But ED will use High Res Pix and Videos of course.![]()
fusion_power said:Hawkey said::huh:ninjak said:That's rapid prototyping plastic obviously not the final finish.
It's the opposite: this Prototype is somekind of Deluxe Version of the normal Pandora MK0. ED said that the case-material is different then it will be usual (therefore each Prototype costs ~500$) :unsure:
ED also said, that the High Quality Cases are delayed
Wonderful. :rolleyes:
Hawkey said::huh:ninjak said:That's rapid prototyping plastic obviously not the final finish.
It's the opposite: this Prototype is somekind of Deluxe Version of the normal Pandora MK0. ED said that the case-material is different then it will be usual (therefore each Prototype costs ~500$) :unsure:
Prototipes are far more expensive than commmon models, not because of better materials but a more "handcrafted" work. Making prototipes means to assembly a tiny batch of models, and this also means that aren't used large assembly lines (assembly lines are based on a large series of repetitive actions: assembler robots for make the PCB and put every component on it, plastic injection moulds for the case, and so on, a construction system that is very very expensive to set up initially but improves its reliability proportionally to the amount of items made; the greater the quantity of Pandoras, the greater reliability of the assembly line), instead of it, each prototipe is made using machines designed to work over very small batchs (think that a little change in a desing could represent so many changes to re-set up the whole assembly line, so, it's better to work in small amounts until the desing is proved right) and of course it means that make a prototipe uses specially designed machines to work on it (and even, sometimes, real handcrafting).
Think in a prototipe like if it were an unique item (it is possible that actually were that!).
PD: I'm sorry if it is not very understandable, I've do my best to explain it, but my poor english limits me badly.
I know where you're coming from. When I first ripped my GP2X out of it's packaging, I thought: "DAMN, this thing is tiny!"icurafu said:I guess people have trouble visualising a device like this. I remember when my GP2X turned up. I was shocked that it was smaller than I imagined.
I wouldn't count on that.ish420 said:I really like those concept pictures fusion power posted on post #38. I hope the finals look that sweet.
I don't remember them ever guaranteeing that it would be shiny, and to tell you the truth, I prefer matte, so I would prefer it not be shiny.Gruso said:^ It's just a prototype case, that's why it's not shiny.
As for the lid thickness, it looks to be about half the thickness of the base, which looks well proportioned to me. That's just my opinion though.![]()
no offense to fusion_power, but I think that his concepts looked cheap, and I wouldn't want my Pandora looking like that.ish420 said:I really like those concept pictures fusion power posted on post #38. I hope the finals look that sweet.