Friday July 20 Update
Hello Kickstarters,
Today's regular Friday update has some great news! Keep reading for all of the information.
All molds are complete! We have also run 'First Shots' on all plastic components. This refers to the first shots of plastic into the mold to produce parts. As we mentioned last week, one of our engineers is at the factory in China this week and has reviewed these first samples. There are a few minor items we need to address, such as the Micro|CAPS being a little loose on the connector end. But these types of minor details are always to be expected with a project like this.
Here are photos for a few of the first shots and injection molds.
Connector Housings
iPhone Connector Mold
Micro|CAPS Mold
The factory will now begin making minor mold modifications from our review of the first shots and producing 50 production samples of each Bobine version.
In Other News
Packaging photography and graphic design is complete and has been sent to our packaging vendor to begin production. Below is an image of the box front of Une Bobine - For iPhone.
Shipping Surveys
We still have 180 shipping surveys that have not been completed. We will begin contacting everyone who has not completed this information in the next week. This will come through Kickstarter's message system, so please make sure you have Kickstarter emails set to never go to your junk/spam folder.
Additional Orders
There are only 11 days left to place additional orders at Kickstarter pledge prices at http://www.fusechicken.com
kickstart25 - 17% off for 1 or 2 (reduces each one to $25)
kickstart75 - 37% off orders over $120 - reduces orders of 4 down to $75
kickstart100 - 44% off orders over $180 - reduces orders of 6 down to $100
How to contact us
Stay up to date with everything at www.fusechicken.com
You may also join us on Twitter @fusechicken or Facebook at www.facebook.com/fusechicken
Thanks Kickstarters,
Jon
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Merci! Merci! -- Bob's rough translation: Bunches of Thanks!
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An 8x10 glossy print of any frame from Bob's video, product photo, or rendering from the project. (Free Shipping Worldwide)
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Your very own Une Bobine Cable! (Free Shipping Worldwide)
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4 Une Bobine Cables and a 5 pack of stickers with the [Fuse]Chicken beak logo. (Free Shipping Worldwide)
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6 Une Bobine Cables and a signed 8x10 print of any frame from the Bob video. (Free Shipping Worldwide)
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15 Une Bobine Cables...gifts for your whole family! And we'll call you to personally thank you while you are eating the chocolates that Bob sends you. (Free Shipping Worldwide)
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33 Une Bobine Cables...gifts for all of your family and friends. (Free Shipping Worldwide) And Bob (or a look-alike) will pick you up from Cleveland Hopkins or Akron-Canton Airport and take you to a celebration in your honor where you will be toasted with Great Lakes Brewery's finest while dining on Cleveland's famous Polish sausages. (Airfare and accommodations not provided).
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In addition to the $500 reward above, we will also produce a new 'Bob' video based on your life.
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In addition to the $750 reward above, the soundtrack for your video will be a song written just for you.
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Retail Pack. 100 Une Bobine Cables. (Free Shipping Worldwide)
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The $500 reward level plus lunch for 4 with our staff in Cleveland. You pick the cuisine, we'll pick the restaurant... don't worry, we have good taste.
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The $500 reward level plus a half-day design workshop and lunch with our staff. Design, Engineering, Marketing, and more. And we'll throw in a brand new 16GB iPhone 4S along with your Une Bobine Cables! This will be an unlocked GSM iPhone.
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Retail Pack. 400 Une Bobine Cables. (Free Shipping Worldwide)
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Comments
Creator Jon Fawcett + [Fuse]Chicken on July 26, 2012
Justin - We do plan to offer as much of a discount as possible to our backers on whatever the future Une Bobine would be if we need to come out with a new one.
Creator Justin Scott on July 26, 2012
I am pretty concerned about the new adapter too. I'd hate for my brand new Une Bobine to be useless in two months.
Creator Jon Fawcett + [Fuse]Chicken on July 26, 2012
It will be interesting if this latest rumor about Apple making their own adapter is true.
Creator Kalle Kenkel on July 26, 2012
let's hope there'll be an adapter which "works" with Une Bobine..
Creator Jon Fawcett + [Fuse]Chicken on July 23, 2012
Yes we've been watching these rumors closely. Only time will tell once the new phone comes out to determine what we need to change for the next version.
Creator Bhavik Dhokia on July 23, 2012
Looks like you might need a new connector for the next iPhone. - http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a394661/apple-expected-to-fit-smaller-connector-in-new-iphone.html
Creator Jon Fawcett + [Fuse]Chicken on July 20, 2012
Yeah, we're used to dealing with both also. I guess you're right that it will never fully change.
Creator BrightonPete on July 20, 2012
Even with Canada changing over to metric way back in 1976, we still weigh ourselves in pounds, see temperatures in fahrenheit, and buy stuff by the foo\t or inch. We'll never lose sight of imperial measurements.
Can't wait to see my 24-inch bobine!
Creator Jon Fawcett + [Fuse]Chicken on July 20, 2012
Sorry - it didn't even cross our minds being in the US. I do wish we'd just change to metric already!
Creator Michel on July 20, 2012
A little astonished to see that the packaging is "24 inch (60 cm)" and not the expected international "60 cm (24 inch)"
Creator Jon Fawcett + [Fuse]Chicken on July 20, 2012
Thanks Roman and Kishor!
Creator Roman Serebryakov on July 20, 2012
Good job on keeping up with the production! I know it's a lot of work for you guys, but you are doing amazing! Can't wait when I get mine, but as always, it takes time to deliver a quality product. I would rather wait another month just for that reason :) thanks!!!
Creator Kishor on July 20, 2012
Great!