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When I think of theTHOUSANDS of dollars/hours I spent adapting modules of other formats(Euro/Frac/DotCOM) into MOTM format, buying custom panels, etc., it reallyburns me up that now I would have to do the same thing with a $400 MOTM-brandedmodule. I’m just not going to do it.

 

Could you enlighten us as to what modulesyou converted over from these other formats to MOTM? This is news to me.

 

-Greg

 

 

Ten-plus  yearsago I was one of the people crying for more “weird” modules. Westarted to get tantalizing hints about things that eventually became the CloudGenerator, Morphing Terrarium, etc. Then they finally came out in a non-5Uformat and after all this time have not made it into “MOTM format.”

 

Because in Euro, Ihave a customer base that is 100X larger than 5U. Yes, 100 TIMES larger. Andthere is no DIY issues and SMT is not “frowned upon” nor is“digital”. So, the risk was VERY low and due to the distributionmodel, I had POs in hand for over 300 EACH of these before 1 was shipped.

 

When I think of theTHOUSANDS of dollars/hours I spent adapting modules of other formats(Euro/Frac/DotCOM) into MOTM format, buying custom panels, etc., it reallyburns me up that now I would have to do the same thing with a $400 MOTM-brandedmodule. I’m just not going to do it.

 

I do not understandthis at all. If I decide to do the Cloud Generator and the MT in 5U/MU theywould be $399 each. You don’t have to do anything except plug it in. Iwould put them on Kickstarter, and you pay NOTHING until the project is funded.If there is not 50 people in each format that are interested, that says it allright there. Cynthia sold over ∗200∗MOTM format ZOs assembled for $1000. That did not ‘deter’ anyone,did it? People thought the function of the modules outweighed both PRICE and‘DIY-ness’.

 

Paul S.