Hello everybody.
I'm sorry for not taking a look at this thread sooner, I thought the thread was dead but instead (and I don't know why) my notifications weren't enable for this thread specifically so I apologize for that.
I've got good news and bad news about PuLSE.
Bad news first, PuLSE is delayed.A couple of days ago I e-mailed Signature Plastics and they managed to answer it today with updates and Bob (Melissa is off due to maternity and Bob is in charge for now) told me that due to massive "production requirements" and orders, their entire production line is delayed. I don't know if it is something related to Granite/Infinity orders that were placed recently or if it was something related to non-GB orders. The thing is that he said that realistically, production should conclude in the period of 3-4 weeks.
What can I say about that, I'm very frustrated because Melissa confirmed that shipping would conclude this week a couple of weeks ago and even though delays were in sight, another month is a lot. That's bummer, but let's be hopeful and patient. Realistically, I can see PuLSE on your desks by the first/second week of January.
This is the worst case scenario but that's what I'm expecting at this point.
Sencondly, regarding the R4 Shift keys, as Oobly mentioned, Signature Plastics doesn't have a trutworthy ETA for it. They "kinda" have the tooling but they mentioned that they are months away from being able to provide it so again, realistically, I believe we should expect a GB to be properly run by March or something like that. They having the tooling is one thing. They being able to take our orders is a completely different subject.
Again, I'm sorry guys, I'm frustrated and disapointed.
Signature Plastics keep receiving orders even though stuff is delayed. I don't understand why they are doing this, it's looking like a greedy approach towards our projects. We've got Fried, EVE, Deep Space going on right now, Cospar (launching soon) and we're yet to see Granite, Infinity and PuLSE deploying - which are projects that ran
several months ago. Let's be patient and hopeful.
Now the good news.I've got a color ring on my very hands and I'm extremely happy we didn't go with BBJ or any other blue/gray tone for PuLSE. The combination between BBQ and NN is simply perfect, it's exactly what I had in mind when designing the keyset. I know it's gonna take some time, but you are going to be mesmerized by PuLSE, I can guaranteee you that it's going to be
sharp, guys. The contrast, the profile, it's beautiful, very very beautiful.
How accurate this picture is? I don't know, I photographed a white sheet of paper (normal paper) in the background so you guys can kinda picture in your minds what the keyset is going to look like. Also, I fine tuned a mockup I had to the actual BBQ/NN tone so you guys can have a better visualization.
Again, I'm very sorry guys.
Hope you enjoy the good news and it helps washing a bit of the disappointing away.
MiTo