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Pickup on the 7th

May 4, 2010
Posted by: gruso

According to the case factory, 1,000 painted cases will be picked up by UPS on May 7th (this Friday).

And now, sports.

Sources: [1] [2]

75 comments

  1. COOL!


  2. Maybe if we all say a little prayer, it might actually happen as planned.


    • Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.


      • In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming :-)


        • Uy…pray to someone else…In english


        • W̪̜̥̳͉͇͕͆̓̈́ͣ̚e͙̠͋ͣ ̙̬ͧ͂͊̎ͦ͊ͧ̓ẅ̟͎͈̫ͭ̉̈̾ͪ̈ͪi͉̟̫͇̳͇̯ͫͥͪ̐̏̓̓͊l̠̙̯͗̉̔̐ͥl͕̻͖͉̞̖̊ ̹̜̠̋́ͪ̚p̖͍̏̄ṛ̬̜͉̞͐̾͆͛͗͒̈́̚ͅȃ̲͓̮͖̪ͬy̦͇ͬ̒ͣ̈́̾͛̑ ̼͙̥̟͈̬̞̈ͣͣ͊ͬ̿̓ͯt͙͕̥̩̹͙̑͂͂̚o̰̙̹͍͂͆͋ͮ̊̎ͬͅ ͙̫̙̜̘̬͙̍̋̎̐ͧͅō̪̤͚̗̻̼͙͊̂͒̃u̞͉̲̠̙͓̐͗ͭ͐̀̆̇r̼̩̬̪̎͆ͧͣ̒ͣ̂ͅ ͔̲̞̗̜̥̪̠͐l̲̞̘̘̄̓̊̀ͭ͐̉͛́o͈͙ͥͤͨ͐̊̀r̞͎͔ͣd̪͎̥̂́̓̄̍ ̣͚͐̍͐̍̍ͥͩ͑à̮̙̜̹͕̂̋̈́ͤn̯͔͈̻̼̝ͫͩ͆̃ḓ̟͖̏̎̀ ̲͂̔ͦm̱̥̄ͣ̅̽̋̇a̬͚̬̝̾ͧ̆͒͆ͅṣͪ̈t͈̱̖̩̋ͧ̀̆e̺̬̻ͥ͊͐̊̌̂̃̀ȑ͔̱̗͒͛̉̑̚ ̭̠̥̼͙̎ͮ̂̄ͯͩͯͦ̚Z̼̗̭̮̈́̾̍́̂͌̊ͅa͈͕̎l͍̣͋͐̽g̗̠̬̺̼̼̜ͮ̂ͧ͗ͬ͑͆ͅo͎͇̼̫̠ͪ̑ ͈̘͖̬̗̪̗̬̿ͧ̓ͮ̍t͓̗̰̮̹̅̋ͯͪͤ̈́̾h̙͇͇̥̐ͣͪ̆̇a̙̯̤̗̼̯̰̭̜̒̌̉̾̌ͮ͊t̺͔̑̋̈́ͦ̑ͦͦͮ ̤̫͉͓͖̣̳͇͈̾̈́̒̃̐e̗̗͉͖̖͙ͩ̔v̝͇͖͓̭̇̒ͦ͐̏e͖̬̝͈̳͎͖̔ͦ͌̐r̰͚̰̲̠͐͑̆̐͌ͮͥy͕̳̝̣͈̼͒́͆͌ͭ̆͛͊t̖͕̗̞̐͛̓ͩ̈́͛̅h̬̗̠̪̦̬ͣ͆͒ͤͧͨi̖̯̳̤͓͔̤̍̌ͣͩ͗́̓͋ͩͅn͙̰̩͖̣̗͗͑ͪg͕̲̱̝̣͈̓ͨ ͈̺̦̯̪̪̹͛g̳̘̭̪͚̗͍͓ͨ̽̅͌o͙͕̗̘͙̪̰͎͔͆́̂ͬͨ̓e̟̹̝͈̼͐s͉̩͎̈ͧͪ̈́̓ͧ̎ ̼̬̣̗̘͐a͕̗ͪ̾ͫ͆̄͗̅̓s̲̦̼͓̯͓͉͛ͨ̑͂ͅ ̹̗͊͗̄̐̏̓̐p̤̺̺̜̟͇ͩ͌ͅĺ͈̜̬̣̝͖͔̲̓ͅa͙̮͈̭͙̺̪͙ͫ̏̇̔ͧ̓ͩͪͅn̝̟͙̯̝̘̙̄̓n̟̜̫̪̘͒̓͐ͮͅë̥͎̱̜͕̠̭͂͌ͯ̚ḍ̺͖͍̪̮̾̽̈́̽.͚̠̪̎͋̌̉̾


        • That is not shipped which can eternal lie.
          And with strange aeons even death may die.

          It had shape…but that shape was not made of matter. When the stars were right, It could plunge from world to world through the sky; but when the stars were wrong, It could not ship. But although It no longer remained it prototype, It would never really be completed. It all lay in stone houses in Its great city of R’lyeh, preserved by the spells of mighty Cthulhu for a glorious release date when the stars and the earth might once be ready for it.


    • true existence

      a vacant void

      the empty dream


  3. At this point my fingers are coiled up with all the crossing they’ve been doing. I may never type again.


  4. …unless they’re lying as usual.


  5. fingers crossed the factory really mean that.


  6. Hell, all the other cases should be done now and shipped too.


  7. Just 4000 to go :p


    • You mean, 9000…..!!!


      • I think it’s OVER 9000…!!!

        don’t forget about us humble second batch people!


  8. Yeah, right. Now I believe.


  9. Only 1000? wtf!


    • +1


      • At this stage it seems they ought to just get the whole lot and be done with it. If they have a problem with any of the 1000, how long does anyone think it’d take to negotiate ‘improvements’?

        They’d better ask twice that all the Keymats and AV cables are present and accounted for before the pickup. Sods law and all that.


    • +1000


      • +3000


  10. I’ve been putting off buying SD cards until i hear the first couple have shipped from t’frozen north. I will be able to buy a pair of 6GB class 10′s by the time i have mine in my sweaty mits!


    • from what i understood the pandora won’t be able to munch more data than the throughput of a class 4. you just saved a lot of bucks and owe me a beer.


      • Although you’d still be able to load stuff onto your card faster from your computer…


        • Assuming that you have a fast enough card reader of course.


  11. Everyone say a little prayer to the deity of your choice


    • I choose Ź̶̵̵̪̭̹̼̥͉̺͇̻̮͕̜̖̖̃ͪ̐̔ͦ͗̾͡ͅͅA̶̶̛̦̱̼̺̼̪͚͕̤̹̗̞͕̗͋ͬͯ̍̍̈ͧ̽ͩ̌ͦ̀̀̚͡ͅL̼̞͇̲̥̦͈̥̳̯͙̼̹̣͇̥̱̲̂ͭ͂͛͐̏̃̓́ͦ͜͜͡͝G̸̨̗̠̗̗̻̤͙͔͓̩̹͓͚̈́ͥͮ̆̒ͨ̋͐ͫͯ̔͗ͤ̽͊̿͜͞Ǫ̶͇̰͙̫͉̠̞͙̱̦̹͚̹̼̻̬͒ͭ͊͗̽ͨ̄


  12. WHAT ABOUT THE REST.

    WHEN?


    • its like asking a wall – WHEN are the rest of the cases going to be finished?


  13. May the Lord of the Cases grant us our wish. Oh Lord, to thee we pray with all our hearts, please make the cases their journey start. To thee I thus offer this sacrifice, take my soul upon the parting of the cases from the Chinks and please make sure delivery has no kinks. So thus may OP Pandoras ship and let no more the deadlines slip. Ey man.


  14. And in sports today we present the 420′th UPS delivery Shenanigan Bowl.


  15. “May the Lord of the Cases grant us our wish. Oh Lord, to thee we pray with all our hearts, please make the cases their journey start. To thee I thus offer this sacrifice, take my soul upon the parting of the cases from the Chinks and please make sure delivery has no kinks. So thus may OP Pandoras ship and let no more the deadlines slip. Ey man.”

    So Say We All


  16. Yeah right. Won’t happen.


    • yeah really, when will they learn to not give dates?


  17. cmon have faith


    • I prefer to rely on Fatih than faith :)

      in other news, it’S gonna be the 3rd time I expect to get the Pandora for my birthday but don’t.

      At this point, they should send the thing case-less with a guide to make one out of cardboard.


  18. It sounds like the OPT’s contact for the cases has been the factory’s work experience guy.

    According to this Fatih threw a wobbler and got through to someone else, in this case the girl who handled the TV-out cables, who it seems immediately told him that they still hadn’t finished (started?) painting them, so they can’t be picked up until the 7th. Hopefully this is a bit of honesty for a change.


    • Oh, and this is the best sports link I could find today :)


  19. Here’s hoping they don’t plan to fly through the new ash cloud:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/8659057.stm


  20. Don’t know about you, but I just hate seeing it all fall apart so close to the finish line. In terms of community confidence, production etc. :(


  21. If I don’t hear about the rest of the case production in the next two weeks – I want my money back


    • If I don’t hear about the rest of the case production in the next two weeks – I’ll wait patiently until they are finished.


  22. I new they hadn’t finished the cases even though we where told they where finished. It made no sense otherwise. Lets hope they have finished them and that they are really ready to be picked up. I do think however that they should just get the other cases made, painted and shipped otherwise there’s just gonna be another shit storm when we’re waiting for the next 3000 but I’ll reserve my judgement on that one until we’ve got that far.


  23. If E3 shows the new PSP2 and Nintendo DS 3D Hardware specifications and they seem wayyyyyy better than the pandora’s. I’ll cancel my order. Someone will be hacking the PSP2 and the new DS 3D console. All that interest me on the Pandora is the controller and a full speed SNES emulator. If the PSP hacked had a full speed SNES emulator then I would not need the Pandora. I’m a retro-gamer (NES, Genesis, GBA and SNES) and don’t need much to make me happy.

    As for the Pandora team – I wish them the best; you guys have big huebos to pursue a project where you put everything on the line. Most of us would have build a prototype and sold the project to a big company.


    • I would not cancel after seeing some new toys at E3. But I get the feeling that if the project gets delayed beyond E3 there would be quite a few cancellations. It was originally the most powerful handheld. Now it is the most powerful handheld with game controls. After the PSP2 it might be just be the most powerful ‘open’ handheld with game controls. That is really what I want. It is highly doubtful that a device might come out of left field and be a better ‘open’ handheld with game controls but who knows.


      • As shiny as the new DS and PSP may end up being, they still won’t have a keyboard and netbook functionality. That’s what so interested me in the Pandora – pocket sized laptop with a joypad built in!


  24. I’ve been sick all week, and now i see that, nothing happened. with those cases.
    I thought they finisched 2000 or 3000 already.
    But noooo.
    What a sh#$^%y japanese company. d%#mn.

    I don’t blame the pandora guys, and i’m NOT going to talk s$%^#t about them.
    Damn wtf does this extra couple of months make wenn waiting for 2 years.
    Maybe i’m too positive about it, but i don’t care about it.
    With a gp2x wiz, dingoo or whatever i can wait relax, thinking it will be better than this and my old big laptop.
    until then……try quakelive…. ;-P


    • japanese company ???

      what product have you been following?


    • If it were done by a Japanese company, it’d probably have been done a long time ago, but cost a lot more. The company’s in China, don’t get that confused.

      As for the cases still not being done, especially not even the first 1000, I call shenanigans. C’mon, factory! Get your s**t together. They should be lucky Craig and co. haven’t said who they are, because after this I’m not sure who would want to deal with them.


      • sorry, i ment chinese………..


  25. Has anyone seen a photo of the boxes that are waiting for UPS? Make them send one, so they have a motivation to start the molding and painting now. I’ve dealt with Chinese companies a few times, of course much smaller business than this. Still, often enough I had the feeling that asking for photos does work wonders.


  26. Anyone running a book on this? I have a Pony here that says this is hog’s swill.


  27. A̳̠̜̣̺̜̙̺͚̮͗ͯ̑ͬͬ̿ͪ̌ͩͧ̾̿͒̒͗ͩ͑ͥ̇Ľ̬̤͖͕̪͔̞̲̣̜̱̮̺̜̹͙̯͚ͨ̿̄̚ͅL̹̠͙̤̻̖̣̮̳̪̘͙̣̮̙̮̼̦̯ͦ̆̓̐͆̽̉̎ͮͫ̑ͫͯ̐ͪ̚ ̭̪̠̬̰̬͎͓̦̩̣͍͇̙̣̻͋̔̓͂̓̿͊ͭ͛̓̅̊̋̓ͭͯ͂͂ͅP͍͎̪͔͕ͭͫ̂̐͋͌̿̅ͤ̓̂͑ͫͭ̽̌̈̍ͭR̩̹̞͚̤̹̯̲͙͈̭̘̗̳͖͖̞̆̽ͯ́ͩ̈ͅA͇̮̰͎͓̼̱̘̯͛͛̓͒Y̘̟̤̹͙̜̰̠̹̗̣̲͖͚̙̮̪͍ͨͦ̃͂̈́̑ͩ̉͑̂͂̇̓ͦ̊̎ͨͨͅ ̘͉̦͚̭̯̞̫̠̯̺̫̮͎͍͎̌̏ͦ͑̊̋ͬͧ͑̃͌̇͐̔T̰̻͖͙̱̜̯͎̞̼̰̟͑ͬ̿͗̂͊̌ͤ̈́ͨͫ̇̈́̈́ͭͨ̇̈́̒Ŏ̮̜̩̮̱̞̣͍̲̻̝̣̊̐̈͑̾̿̑̽ͮͦͭͪ̉̏̄̒̚ ͕̺͕̖̻̤͍͇̩̜̞̝͓̬̺̱͔͕̮̓̽̃͑͂L̰̼̠̯͎̫̣͖͚̘̥̦̓ͣ̄ͮ͊͆ͮ̿̐́̈̚Ò̘̣̰̗͓͇͚̺͕̦̣̫̝ͪ̂̃̌͛̌̓̔ͥͧ̎̏̈́̒ͤ̄̎R̯͉͇̽͑͐ͬD̜̭̜̪̮̭̫̺͉̬̬̃̑̈́̈́̿͑ͬ̋̊ͣ ͈̥̟̖̭̪̹̫̹͎̠̘̘͍̞͈̬̐̅ͩ̾̃͑ͯZ͇̤̞̯̝̳̞͍̘̥̱͍̗̫͚̜̘̗͉̓̀͊̄̏A̹̙̫͈̯̝̹̺̐͐͐̃̾̇̔̇͋̆͑͗ͪ̀̊ͣͨL̞̩̺̟̙̲̥ͮͣ̇͐ͬ͗ͣ̏̈͊̓ͣ͌̇G͈̘̝͈̺̗͔͈̮̦̝̙͇̹̪͐̿͗̔Õ̻̰̤̺̪̘̳̭̮͙̟̊͐̿̍͂̏ͥ̓̉ ͙͇̣͈̹̯̬͎͍͓̝̼̦͙͔̽̃̎̄̆̃͌ͯ̾̚ͅF̱̥̤̞͇̱͎̻̼̜̗̬̥̘͈͍̱͊̌́ͨͯͯ̂ͬ͂ͪͨ̽́̄ͅO̰̞̘̹͖̩͔͕̱̠͓̝̮̱ͨ̎͌̍̌̇̄R̗̮̯͖̭̬̹̝͙͈͔̭̞̦͎̙ͤ̒̍̚ͅ ̗̟̦̦͕̳͙͙͊ͣ̉͑ͦ̐͌̽͛ͣͧ̅ͤT̙̳̹̘͔͚͓̫̳̥̠̻͗ͧ̔̐͌̍͋͌ͮ͋́ͣ̇̈̌̄̚I̼̣̭̙͕̠̲͎̗̖͖̘͇͍͈͚͈͍̽͐̋ͫ̉̐͋̌̑ͪ͆ͤ̄ͣ͊̂̑ͣM̘̖̟͉̬̯͔̟̻͖̰͕̮͕̞̯̼̃̾͂̉̈͊̓͌ͩͥ̋ͧ͋̈́ͯͬ̒ͪE̬̲̪͉̰͖͓̫̙̭̳̠̪̲̲̿͋̔̆͋͆̂L̞͙̠͍̯̩̺͍̹͓̼̯̺ͯ͊̋ͤͬ͌̍̅̍̚ͅͅY̯͓̪̟̫̻̭̲̮̥̬̗͎̋̈̐̏̂͐̍̈́ͥ̃̾̈̀̌͆ͯ̓ ̖̭͙̼͙̱͙̲̳̰͇̟̒͑̊̿̍̓̿ͪ͆̊̔ͬ̂̊͑̉͆̚ͅC̜̝͇̠̝̮͓̰̻̲̫͓̜͙͕̿̾̆̎̌͋̀̉̿̏̇ͩͅÁ̻̖̪̫͍̘͉͓̱̫̻̩̥̘̀͆̃ͣͯ͒̅ͫͬ̽̄̾̿ͤ͐̾̑̓S̫̩̯̬͚͕̩̰͙̠͓̜̮̼̫̠̿̇̄̑ͤͅͅE͎͙͉͓͕͎̟̰͖͔̭̜̣̹̹̖̥̥̍̾̏ͦ̂̃͊̈́ͮͅ ̱̥̫̫͉̻̭̮̞̼̯̲̭̥̠͉̯ͬͤͫ̃ͫ͛̍ͥ͗ͥ̾͗̽̔ͅͅD̳̦̣̦̍ͤ̾͐̑̇̒̐ͤ́̃ͮͣ̃̈͌̌͆Ë̤̟̲͓̩̪͉̫̣̮̣͓͉̳͎̠͖̖͙́ͦ̊͒̍͛̃ͭ̇̀̎͑̌̋L̲̯̫̠͇̩ͪ͋̄̿ͅI͚̹̺̭͍̳̭̟̻̝͍͖̤̬͙̩͓̪͒̓̀ͤͧV̯̺̺͍̳̟͔̤̥ͧͤ̉ͯ̒̂͐̍ͩ̒̀͋̾̇E̥̰͕͚̫̞̙ͥ̈́́̂ͩ͂͆R̮̪͔̺͔̮̠͍̥͌ͣ̈́ͯͯ̂̽ͫͦͭ̐͆ͦ̍ͧ̃̎Ã̩͖͔͓̘̲̜̰̭̯͍̰ͩ͂̍͗͑̏̔̎̊̈̂̏̂̾̆̓ͩN̻̰̯̘ͯ̐̆͊̇ͬ̏ͬ͛ͪ̆C̦̖̹̙̝̖̭̏ͯ̒ͯͤ̏ͥ̾͛ͣ͛͑ͣ̓̏̊E̺͇̳̱͇͕͇̼̭͖̜͗́̔̒̂̂͗̑͒̇ͨ̄ͧ͑


    • I prey to thee. I prey to thee.


  28. Quick! Somebody tape EvilDragon’s mouth shut before he postulates that only some other natural disaster might prevent its shipment!


    • Suggestion to EvilDragon: “Nothing will stop the Pandora now, except flaming meteors of death from the sky!”


  29. Too late, Volcanic ash has shut scottish aiports again already, its only a matter of time till the english ones shut too! f!@k ;o(


    • Have faith in Lord ZALGO.


  30. im getting tired…


  31. … and there you have it. As predicted, they know exactly how to ship stuff. They are experts at it.

    The truth was, that they hadn’t finished the cases. Life is so much easier when the truth gets told.


  32. Funny, isn’t it. Here we are biatching at the god of earth-pimples that our cases had been delayed, the truth being that the city of R’lyeh could have risen and it would have had about the same effect.


  33. just hurry up! I want to get in in on the second batch!


  34. not for flaming purposes, but information purposes only; should we belive them this time?


  35. 真实地没有知识的谈判。现在我们的主席很不高兴


  36. Does the Pandora team even read here?

    We want to know about the rest of the case production…..


    • I’ve updated the roadmap with what we know.


      • Hmm, your roadmap says the 1000 cases are painted and awaiting pickup. We don’t know that for sure yet, do we (and anyway, pickup’s not till tomorrow)?


        • Yeah, it’s said that since last time we thought they were painted (but they weren’t). Once again we’re assured they’re painted and ready for pickup – but as you point out, we’ve got no way of knowing they are. It’s not worth keeping up with some of this stuff on the roadmap TBH, it would be a full time job keeping every detail maintained. When something actually happens – like UPS picking the cases up – I will update it. In the meantime it’s just a snapshot of where we’re at. :)


        • Ah, I hadn’t seen anything indicating they were saying they’d been painted – just that they would be painted in time to be picked up tomorrow. That’s promising.

          I don’t expect your roadmap to have to cope with any untruths the factory may be peddling. As always, it’s a useful guide to where we are at and very much appreciated :)


  37. Guess what (doesn’t) happen tomorrow…


  38. Lies! More Lies!


  39. So just to confirm.. We are just waiting on the cases now then production can begin?


    • Yep. :)


  40. UPS Tracking number yet ?


  41. If it was getting picked up today, it would be picked up by now – but we wouldn’t hear about it straight away. EvilDragon posted a few moments ago:

    Last time when we got the sample cases, UPS needed 2 days to send us the tracking number. As soon as we know something, it’ll get posted :)

    http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/53322-7th-of-may-near-over-in-china

    Could be a long weekend. :P



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