Hey Magic Poi fans.
Brett from EnterAction just ordered enough S3 dev boards to build all of our remaining poi!
Also, we had a meeting – regarding pricing. The “back of the envelope” calculation brings the introductory retail price to US $570 (estimate, subject to change) – that’s for a pair of 120px poi with charger.
The discounted price for PAID Patreon Subscribers will be approximately US $450. That’s an estimate, we have not made them all yet and there could be pricing changes, but I am mentioning the rough estimate now because I have to ask: are you going to buy a pair?
Right now not everything is ready, but next week I am putting the magicpoi.com site up LIVE for anyone to see. Poi #1 is done, we are testing the battery, controls, charging, and especially the durability (it all looks great so far, more details soon). Poi #2 or 3 is going to be flown over from Australia to South Africa in the next couple of months, at which point I will be tightening up the firmware, so I can use them in my shows of course. Poi #4 is then going to be FOR SALE. We are making a WEB STORE to sell them to the public – but the people who have been following along with development come first. That means YOU. We have 7 extra pairs of poi to make in this first “Alpha” batch.
This is not KickStarter by the way – I am not asking for money for something we didn’t make yet. WE ARE BUILDING THE POI RIGHT NOW.
So who wants a pair of Magic Poi? Is US $570 (plus postage) too much to pay? Are you waiting until we have the upgrade with 200px and live DJ sync? Should we try to cut costs by shaving a few pixels? Or are you just happy with building your own “SmartPoi” for now? Let me know! email tom at circusscientist.com or tom at devsoft.co.za