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[shawnzilla]

Here is a green, lit with a green LED. It'd probably light up better with a white led (which I don't have right now). It looks good, but is definitely a more subdued glow.

[RayB]

Before anyone critiques that GREEN photo, I'd like them to pay attention to how dark the YELLOW looks. So you KNOW it's the PHOTO that makes the green look dark. In reality it's probably just perfect. 

[gl.tter]

Shawn, can I just say that the pre-order thread is way premature?  Without pricing, more pictures etc, it's pretty impossible for me to confirm anything (and I doubt I'm alone on this).

I'm personally good to order straight away once I have the facts (including what's happening with the micros).

[Tiger-Heli]

I'm guessing we have a Catch-22 here, in which Shawn can't set the price until he has an idea of the demand, and users can't tell how many they want until they have an idea of the price, which can't be determined until Shawn gets an idea of the demand . . .

[dphirschler]

BTW Shawn, thanks for doing this.

[oldsage]

*oldsage drools*

Not much more to say, really... I would think a yellow is better than orange and i don't think purple would get such high demand, bu that's just me...
Here's the kind of yellow I'd like (although the final picture turned "milkier" than i expected...):

EDIT: (which is why i made two colors, and now looking at how it came out on the boards, the left is more like what i wanted to post, although a tad brighter, and more "candy-ish"...)

[tetsujin]

BTW Shawn, thanks for doing this.  They look great.

As for color swatches, I think people would prefer a neon green like one of these.

I don't know about that.  I have a couple convex buttons in that kind of green, and I think they are super-ugly.  I like the leaf-button green much better.

[gl.tter]

I'm guessing we have a Catch-22 here, in which Shawn can't set the price until he has an idea of the demand, and users can't tell how many they want until they have an idea of the price, which can't be determined until Shawn gets an idea of the demand . . .

I can appreciate that, but a ballpark figure would be nice.  Or 'if I get this many orders, this much' etc.

[Chris]

BTW Shawn, thanks for doing this.

[Shape D.]

Heres my opinion, not that I think it matters a whole lot.

Dark green > neon green

yellow, orange , and red  make the neo geo combination

Blue, red, orange, and purple make the TMNT combo.

but I bet you'll sell mainly red and blue.

And I'll but some as soon as we have pricing for them.

[shawnzilla]

I'm guessing we have a Catch-22 here, in which Shawn can't set the price until he has an idea of the demand, and users can't tell how many they want until they have an idea of the price, which can't be determined until Shawn gets an idea of the demand . . .

I can appreciate that, but a ballpark figure would be nice.  Or 'if I get this many orders, this much' etc.

I did give a ballpark in the pre-order thread. They will very likely be between $2 - $3. I'm shooting for closer to $2, but it all depends on my shipping cost. Unless I can get a good price on Cherry Microswitches, I'm going to stay away from including microswitches.

Hope that helps! 

[brandon]

I'm talking to the manufacturer about the possibility of yellow and changing the green. They will need color samples to pull it off. So....

Post any color swatches here that you would like to see (please stick to yellow, green and purple)

If I end up using your swatch, then you just might get a couple freebies of that color! Think of this as a contest of sorts.

[gl.tter]

I did give a ballpark in the pre-order thread. They will very likely be between $2 - $3. I'm shooting for closer to $2, but it all depends on my shipping cost. Unless I can get a good price on Cherry Microswitches, I'm going to stay away from including microswitches.

Yes it does .

[gl.tter]

How about these?

[Tiger-Heli]

How about these?

Gl.tter's purple looks about right.  I think his green has a little too much blue and not enough yellow.  (but close) - I am picturing something between the standard microswitch green and the sample you have - less bright than the standard, but brighter than your sample.

Similar for the yellow - somewhere between the orange that you have and a standard yellow button.  But darker and a LITTLE more orange than standard.

Come to think of it, they usually make plastic cups and glasses in the colors I'm picturing, if that helps.

[shawnzilla]

Actually, if I had a physical sample of a color to send them it would work out much better. I'll have to peruse the plastic cup aisle.... 

How about these?

Gl.tter's purple looks about right.  I think his green has a little too much blue and not enough yellow.  (but close) - I am picturing something between the standard microswitch green and the sample you have - less bright than the standard, but brighter than your sample.

Similar for the yellow - somewhere between the orange that you have and a standard yellow button.  But darker and a LITTLE more orange than standard.

Come to think of it, they usually make plastic cups and glasses in the colors I'm picturing, if that helps.

[gl.tter]

I think his green has a little too much blue and not enough yellow.

[quarterback]

I think his green has a little too much blue and not enough yellow.

[Tiger-Heli]

I think his green has a little too much blue and not enough yellow.  (but close).

Ah, more poision-y.  How's this?

Still looks very teal to me.  Not green

Closer, though!

[quarterback]

I think his green has a little too much blue and not enough yellow.

[RayB]

wow. give people 5 inches, they want 5 miles.

If I was Shawn, I'd feel a bit pissed off right now. We had plenty of discussions to get our color preferences down months ago, and then the whole thing almost didn't happen at all. We should be grateful to get what we can at this point. As it is right now,  looking at Shawn's totals of how many people want of certain colors, there's a chance he won't meet the minimum order limit for Green and Orange already (or they will be much more expensive than the other colors).

(Here's a better idea of what the green ACTUALLY looks like. His photo was dark to begin with):

[gl.tter]

If I was Shawn, I'd feel a bit pissed off right now.

Then you haven't read recent messages (don't worry, happens to all of us) - Shawn was asking for colour swatches for possible future prototypes.

BTW, what you also seem to have missed (along with a few others) is this quote from Shawn on the green:

It looks good, but is definitely a more subdued glow.

ie. it's not just the picture.

[gl.tter]

This is what 'green' looks like to me:

Euch (no offense).  But I'll go with clears & green lights anyway.

[Tiger-Heli]

Yeah, I like the poisony one a little better than the one by Quarterback.  Maybe something in the middle between them.

If I was Shawn, I'd feel a bit pissed off right now.

Why?  Shawn said he wanted suggestions on a yellow and a new green and maybe a purple, but to stick to those.  Gl.ter did a pink and I think someone else suggested it, but other than that . . .

We had plenty of discussions to get our color preferences down months ago, and then the whole thing almost didn't happen at all.

Nope, we had discussion on "would you like green, or blue, or red", not is this green too dark or should it be more yellow and less teal.

We should be grateful to get what we can at this point.

I think we are.  And if Shawn said - I think the green is acceptable and I'm not gonna bother trying to change it, most people would deal with that and decide accordingly.  But he's not saying that.

[tetsujin]

Hey, maybe since you don't have a white LED to stick in the green button you could take out the switch and put a big ol' lightbulb back there?  I think there really is a visibility problem here.

(EDIT): markrvp: So who's being impatient?  It's just a suggestion, geez...

[markrvp]

Remember guys, PATIENCE. 

We're all excited, but Shawnzilla has a regular job to tend to first.  He's as excited as we are and will light these things as soon as he can.

[arcadegeezer]

Hi

I'll be up for the following:-

30 Clear
10 Blue
10 Red

Thanks for doing a great job

[arcadegeezer]

Just to back-up dphirschler's comments, I personally prefer the more neon colours. currently whatever gets sorted out is a total bonus to me as I cannot find Clear, Pink, Yellow Purple, Orange Anywhere !

Please count me in definately if you get any of the above and I would be good for 10 of each of the colours that I haven't seen before. I am in the UK and believe me these things are very rare over here, I'll be really happy whatever happens

[shawnzilla]

Here are several pics. I found my tripod, so the blurring is gone, but light is soooo hard to capture correctly.

First: Clear Buttons With a Red LED. This came out beautiful. The picture makes it look orange, but in reality it was the exact red of the LED and it looked great.

[shawnzilla]

Second: Red button with the same red LED. This also looked gorgeous. Slightly different from the clear. A beautiful vibrant red glow.

[arcadegeezer]

Shawn

Have you got a comparison of Clear Light Blue against Clear Dark Blue ?

I have some Clear Dark Blue and wondered if you are getting any Clear Light Blue Done ?

Regards

[Kremmit]

Y'all know that the colors you're posting look different on different monitors, dont'cha? 

When person A posts a picture of their ideal green, and person B looks at it and says "wrong", person B is very likely not seeing the same shade person A saw when they posted.  And person C is very likely seeing some other, third shade.

The only way to accurately discuss color with someone who cannot look at the actual item you're looking at is to use an item that's consistently colored, and available to both parties.  Like an M'n'M, or a Pantone book.

But what's made of translucent green material that everybody can look at?  Toothbrushes?  We need to vote on Oral-B vs. Colgate green! 

[brandon]

But what's made of translucent green material that everybody can look at?

[Tahnok]

Well, shawnzilla could gather all the samples and print them out. That will give you the best idea of the true color.

That red looks good, though I've never been much of a fan of the color. Any chance of putting that red LED into the blue button to see if you can mix colors? Blue unlit and purple lit would be awesome.

[spidermonkey]

I like the current green as it looks damn close to the shade of the translucent green leaf switch buttons. I have green leaf switch versions and they're a bit harder to light up then the other colors but trust me it can be done. I thought the whole idea was to match the colors of the original leaf versions plus add a few new colors and I think Shawnzilla did a stellar job at accomplishing just that. I'm happy with the colors the way they are.

[Kremmit]

Well, shawnzilla could gather all the samples and print them out. That will give you the best idea of the true color.

Colors vary more from printer to printer than they do from monitor to monitor.  I used to work in the printing business, and this was always a hassle.  People bring in their disk, and then they say "It didn't look like that at home... the purple is way to pink!" or something like that. 

Posted by: spidermonkey
I thought the whole idea was to match the colors of the original leaf versions plus add a few new colors and I think Shawnzilla did a stellar job at accomplishing just that.

No argument there- these do appear to match the original leaf buttons, green included.  The question is whether or not that's a good idea in the case of the green.  Personally, I always thought the green leaf buttons were a bit off.  Of course, I never saw them lit up in the arcade (how come no games ever took advantage of those buttons, anyway?) and I must say the pic Shawn posted of his green button when lit, looks much nicer than it does when dark.  So maybe they don't need a change- after all, almost everybody that's ordering these is lighting them, anyway.

But really, the green doesn't matter so much to me, as I'm really in this for the red, dark blue, and clear.  Those all look outstanding (to me), and big thanks to Shawnzilla for pulling this off.

[Kremmit]

BTW, check out the first pic in this post:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,23801.msg328901.html#msg328901
and look at the clear button that's just below the blue one. 

Scope out the effect it picks up just from the lit red button next to it.  That's way dope.

[quarterback]

This is what 'green' looks like to me:

Euch (no offense). But I'll go with clears & green lights anyway.

LOL No offense taken.

[shawnzilla]

I am going to try and make Cherry Microswitches available with these.

Has anyone ordered bulk on Happ before? They seem to have the lowest bulk rate for the switches, but of course they show you no shipping info even during checkout. So, am I going to get raped on shipping?

[markrvp]

So, am I going to get raped on shipping?

From HAPP - YES!