On Feb 9, 11:22 am, Nicholas Stock <nickst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd have to disagree with you there Dieter, nothing wrong with acrylic > cases for IN-18 clocks.. > > http://www.pvelectronics.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath... > > It wasn't cheap or easy to do either....;-) > > Nick > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Dieter Waechter <i...@nocrotec.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > yes that's right. > > Note the protopype cases cost about 1000 EUR, the other parts, equipment, > > programming, tools, about 4500 EUR. > > I know that a acrylic case is fast, cheap and very easy to do. > > But I reall NEVER would pack a IN-18 clock in a plastic case. > > Dieter > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lucky" <dave.lucky.po...@gmail.com> > > To: "neonixie-l" <neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 1:23 PM > > Subject: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-18 Blue Dream Nixie Clock available now!!! > > > I think it's a great clock stuffed full of features and would really > > like one but I too think it is on the expensive side. 179 Euro (inc > > tax I'm in the UK) just for the board kit + you have to buy the needed > > transformer @24 Euro + the colons @19 Euro separately! Surely a > > critical part (transformer) should be included in the basic kit? > > Agreeing that Cobra007 is not comparing like for like the sven board > > is still only 119 Euro WITH tubes or we could look at Konstantins > > IN-18 board WITH tubes for 300 Euro. > > > I suppose Dieter has priced it to recoup his development costs > > although the case is overpriced imho and I would not buy it, and as > > for "the surface finish was developed exclusively for those clocks - I > > can only imagine that this took quite some time to work out. " I think > > you/we are getting carried away with the advertising spin after all > > there is only so many finishes you can achieve and I'm sure this has > > been done before somewhere. I don't mind being contradicted on the > > finish but I would like to know what this "exclusive" finish is then > > > Nice clock, shame about the price, shame about the confusing multisite > > ordering, it's impossible to even make up a barebones kit without > > multiple ordering, something to consider. > > On 9 Feb, 09:43, jb-electronics <webmas...@jb-electronics.de> wrote: > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "neonixie-l" group. > > To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscribe@** > > googlegroups.com <neonixie-l%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/** > > group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB<http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB> > > .
Uggh! Sorry Nick, no disrespect intended. That closed plastic coffin thing has been done to death. I'd even produced something similar nine years ago with the GPSII in all acrylic. And while I'm on the rant; the techs who re-purpose those plastic baseball boxes and little heirloom domes for a nixie clock cover are in need of serious help ;) Although I concur that Dieters work is pricey amongst the herd, he's shown the best packaging ingenuity of the lot. Spanning the market evolution since '04. In spite of that high cost, he obviously moves a lot of these. And the audiophools love a shiney blinkin' nixie display above their shrine to thermionic emission, that requires cotton gloves to fondle. Regards, Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
