01/21/2021 — So close I can taste it
Hello all!
First, I'd like to welcome all the new people that have joined over the past two weeks. Despite Series 00's IC2 not going officially life yet across the wire, the response has been incredible. I'm blown away by all the positive comments as well as all the feedback we've been getting. Keep up the comments - we see and read every single one even if we may not have the bandwidth to respond to each.
Vendors & Pricing
If you have missed out the news the past two weeks, we have announced our US and EU vendors
We are honored to be working with @CoolMike @Psyoshi @savageastr0naut @Chris of Mechs & Co. to be our US vendor. Our pricing for US can be found below. Note that this pricing does not include taxes, shipping, and handling!
We are also super stoked to work with David P. of Candy Keys as our EU vendor. We will be announcing pricing shortly.
Our CA (Canada) vendor will also be announced very soon.
The jist is, in our IC2, we will announce everything including all starting regions and its respective pricing.
Our pricing across all regions will be using the US pricing as a baseline. That said, each region will differ slightly in pricing due to regional taxes, shipping, and other international hoopla. We can promise that we will do in our best ability to provide the most reasonable pricing so that if you want a Series 00, you can get one.
Design Showcase
Over the past two weeks, you may have seen a sneak peek of various collaborations we've shown with some of the raddest coolest designers in the community right now.
The intent of these collaborations are to showcase the best of what the community offers, and show what are good pairings of Series 00 and other designs
Interest Check 2
Everything is still going according to plan for IC2 to go live in ~2-3 weeks.
Our R5 production units for Series 00 that we will be using to take product photos of + ship off to reviewers is in production right now and if my estimation is correct, it will take them about one more week to complete production before shipping off to Cubic, Isshin, and I.
Due to geography, Cubic will get them first. As soon as he gets them, we'll immediately start taking final product pictures and ship the IC2 to Geekhack, Reddit, Keebtalk, and zFrontier.
Thank you for your patience on this. We want to make sure we get all the details correct instead of rushing. One thing we want to keep consistent with our product launches is to always show a real physical product before heading into IC and GB.
Nothing is worse than getting into an IC or GB, get the product, and what you get is nothing like what you saw in the marketing.
Community
WOW! esc lab's community has really blown up the past two weeks!
Instagram: We hit 560 followers just this week, and it seems like there is no signs of stopping. Geon of Geonworks has followed us! :simpgeon:
Reddit: Our Reddit activity has been very healthy. Have you seen our latest post?
Discord: We're about to hit 400 people in our Discord. That is bonkers to us considering we only started this channel four months ago. To everyone old and new - welcome and enjoy your ~~permanent~~ stay
Website: Our website activity has blown up also. Over 100+ pindividuals have visited our site every single day the past few days.
Okay that is all from me I believe.
Thank you all for the incredibly positive response to esc lab. And if you have feedback on our product, IC, GB, anything - you know where we are. We're always all-ears on how to further improve!
- loop, Cubic, & Isshin