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Re: Purple Update

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:51 am
by Dorothea
A little review of purple:

The first difference to any other revo i know was in the start line.
To go round you have to go along some notch (the maze comes out a bit in the start reset).

After entering the maze i could explore about 1/4 of the map.
There are some ramps and some ledges - nothing i havn't seen in the other mazes.

Something remembered me of bronze - but there was no way to do the "magic".

I tried different orientations and after more fidddling around something changed
(i didn't know why)
and suddenly there was a chance to proceed.

The map was filled some more (a little like green) but there still was "unused" space.
So i was suprised when the dot showed up.

After opening the revo i saw it was dumb luck as i still didn't know about the "purple secret"

Re: Purple Update

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 1:02 am
by AndrewParr
Intriguing... especially the start ring. They have all been pretty similar from what I've seen...

Thanks for the post!

Re: Purple Update

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 7:46 pm
by darctangent
astr0creep wrote:
jerryloo71 wrote:Very nice! Is the maze core plated? I can't really tell from the photo
No plating, just brass.
Was there ever a plated Purple? Looks like the picture of one on the Revomaze Twitter site is plated, unless my eyes deceive me.

Re: Purple Update

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:54 pm
by Paradox
darctangent wrote: Was there ever a plated Purple? Looks like the picture of one on the Revomaze Twitter site is plated, unless my eyes deceive me.
I could be wrong, but that's probably a different core in a purple sleeve. There's a good chance that photo may have been taken before the purple mazes even existed.

Re: Purple Update

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:24 pm
by darctangent
Paradox wrote: I could be wrong, but that's probably a different core in a purple sleeve. There's a good chance that photo may have been taken before the purple mazes even existed.
That is my suspicion as well. Tricky, tricky...
Does anyone know differently?
Thanks,
Shane.

Re: Purple Update

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:33 pm
by Naz737
Sounds about right.

The biggest problem has been things not quite going to plan. Production takes too long, too costly, bumped for a larger project, switched engineers, designs needing to be redrafted for new engineers. Its been a long haul. In a perfect world Chris would be making a nice chunk of change because he's not out of ideas or customers... but its so hard to produce all of it.


There was a picture long long before it was "produced". I think it was supposed to be gold plated. The fabled purple was supposed to be a timed race at a show case and literally duel between revo-ers and those who were in from the beginning. Sad to say, the change of plans put off quite a few people who aren't around any more.

I think Chris has done a marvelous job with the resources he's had and the support/patience of the community. Sophie (to my understanding!) taking over the business portion I'm sure is a blessing for Chris' time.

We'd all love to see a quicker turn around from concept to delivery but with 2 people?! That's a mountain of work. *hat is off to them for their efforts!

Re: Purple Update

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:15 pm
by AndrewParr
Naz737 wrote:I think Chris has done a marvelous job with the resources he's had and the support/patience of the community. Sophie (to my understanding!) taking over the business portion I'm sure is a blessing for Chris' time.

We'd all love to see a quicker turn around from concept to delivery but with 2 people?! That's a mountain of work. *hat is off to them for their efforts!

Agreed!

Re: Purple Update

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:41 am
by Rachel K
wow thank you! that's very kind. Both Chris and I really appreciate the understanding of our customers and we realise how lucky we are to have you guys! :oops: :D

Thanks for the continued support it really does help spur us on!