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es pWhat colors would be your first choices for the upcoming translucent buttons? (3 voter person)

Blue
56 (27.1%)
Red
53 (25.6%)
Clear
41 (19.8%)
Green
26 (12.6%)
Yellow
11 (5.3%)
Orange
10 (4.8%)
Purple
10 (4.8%)

Total Members Voted: 76

  

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Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« on: April 17, 2005, 09:38:23 am »
I will be making my first production run based upon these results, so please vote for your most wanted colors.  ;D

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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2005, 10:14:47 am »
Blue, Red, Green and Yellow are the colors I go with when building a 4p cab.. I get the impression that they are the most common colors, then you have white for 1-4p start and black for admin buttons (for those that do that sort of thing).

   So yeah, basically the SlikStik scheme. :)

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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2005, 10:24:08 am »
Shawn,

Here's a little inside info that I'm sure a lot of people could already guess, but I'm basing it on my sales.

Red, Black and Blue are the biggest selling button colors.  Obviously, you can't make a black light-up button, so millky-clear (i.e. clear with a slight touch of white..white translucent?) should probably be your other color, so as to allow a colored LED to be placed behind it to fill-in for the others.

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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2005, 10:29:05 am »
Blue would be great

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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2005, 10:34:54 am »
What about smoke?
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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2005, 10:42:20 am »
What about smoke?

When I think of smoke, I see tinted glass glass and I think that might just subdue the light/color of the LED, but I might not be on the same page.

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« Last Edit: April 17, 2005, 01:03:06 pm by RandyT »

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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2005, 12:59:51 pm »
How about sample pictures so that we can decide which looks best?

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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2005, 01:09:45 pm »
Shawn,

Here's a little inside info that I'm sure a lot of people could already guess, but I'm basing it on my sales.

Red, Black and Blue are the biggest selling button colors.

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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2005, 02:35:30 pm »
How about sample pictures so that we can decide which looks best?

-Dweebs

He only has a sample of the blue so far.

Also, I hopin' you will have at least 4 colors since I'm gunna build a 4 player cab.  ;D

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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2005, 03:19:46 pm »
How about sample pictures so that we can decide which looks best?

-Dweebs

He only has a sample of the blue so far.

Also, I hopin' you will have at least 4 colors since I'm gunna build a 4 player cab.  ;D

Honestly same here.  So I would vote for 4 also.  ;)

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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2005, 08:39:42 pm »
What about smoke?

When I think of smoke, I see tinted glass glass and I think that might just subdue the light/color of the LED, but I might not be on the same page.

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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2005, 08:42:28 pm »
The 5 original translucent leaf switch button colors were..
blue
red
green
orange
white/clear
I would love to see all the original colors reproduced :).
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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2005, 09:32:16 pm »
As mentioned, you need Blue, Red, Green and yellow for 4 player action...the colors of Gauntlet.
« Last Edit: April 17, 2005, 09:43:22 pm by Veinman »

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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2005, 09:36:51 pm »
As mentioned, you need Blue, Red, Green and yellow for 4 player action...the colors of Guantlet.

If Shawn can't/won't do 4 colors, then I'd say a clear would be a necessity.  At least that way you could use different colored LEDs to get your desired color (as mentioned above)
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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2005, 12:04:57 am »
If Shawn can't/won't do 4 colors, then I'd say a clear would be a necessity.
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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #15 on: April 22, 2005, 08:07:04 am »
An update:

Once I place my order, the production time will be 2 - 3 weeks. I do not have pricing yet, as they are locating some granulate material for different colors before they breakdown costs for me.

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Re: Vote For Translucent Button Colors
« Reply #16 on: April 22, 2005, 09:43:19 am »
I agree that milky clear should be one of the options.

It would make the color options limited only by the options of colored light you can place behind em.