New AMIGA 1200 Cases - The rebirth of a fantastic new Amiga case Kickstarter!

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2015 at 13:52

So to kick off a rather impressive news announcement from Philippe Lang, from the failed Kickstarter 'New A1200 Computer Housing Project'. It is back on Kickstarter with a new name 'New AMIGA 1200 Cases' and let me tell you, unlike before this has every chance of being a success.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/a1200housing/new-amiga-1200-cases-made-from-new-molds/

ci_newman · 2 Sep 2015 at 13:57

€125,000

no chance of hitting that target!

Nix · 2 Sep 2015 at 14:30

Wait, so what exactly is this for? So someone can make their own AMIGA?

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2015 at 14:36

Nix said:
Wait, so what exactly is this for? So someone can make their own AMIGA?

Trust sent

neil3k · 2 Sep 2015 at 14:50

hideous

OspreyO · 2 Sep 2015 at 14:51

Nix said:
Wait, so what exactly is this for? So someone can make their own AMIGA?

Rehousing peoples old Amigas where the cases have degraded over the years.

Also for housing Raspberry Pi / MiST etc.

arknor · 2 Sep 2015 at 14:55

that case looks like a child has attacked it with crayons.... and the case won

TheLegendOfMart · 2 Sep 2015 at 14:58

It's not a rainbow case, it's just showing some of the colours it comes in.

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2015 at 15:05

TheLegendOfMart said:
It's not a rainbow case, it's just showing some of the colours it comes in.

I had to laugh at peoples feedback on that

LordSplodge · 2 Sep 2015 at 15:14

TheLegendOfMart said:
It's not a rainbow case, it's just showing some of the colours it comes in.

So not the original Amiga off-white then?

Armageus · 2 Sep 2015 at 15:18

LordSplodge said:
So not the original Amiga off-white then?

Yes that is an option

ci_newman said:
€125,000 no chance of hitting that target!

Whilst I applaud the work of the companies and individuals that still maintain and produce hardware for "retro" platforms, that surely is still a big ask considering the size of the target market.

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2015 at 15:28

Well I'm going for a black case with black keys

Still waiting for my C64 black key caps :/

Housey · 2 Sep 2015 at 15:43

I hope this upsurge continues, it just increases the value of the mint original home computers I have collected, often at significant cost for the right quality, over the last 10 years. Boxed, with manuals, in some instances as new

garak112 · 2 Sep 2015 at 16:07

At €79 a pop they need to find nearly 1600 people wanting cases for Asia's. Seems like a tall order.

Cosimo · 2 Sep 2015 at 16:13

Bit large for a Raspberry Pi.

psd99 · 2 Sep 2015 at 16:37

wow that looks excellent! makes me want to get my amiga 500 and relive my youthful days of gaming fun!

Hades · 2 Sep 2015 at 16:53

I regret throwing my A1200 in the skip when I cleared out my dad's house

5960xNvidiaGamer · 2 Sep 2015 at 17:02

Looks awful.

~>Dg<~ · 2 Sep 2015 at 17:07

from failed kickstarter. hopefully no one invested money in them. like most nerdy on computer type projects spectrum and the like they just dont work out.

Neil79 · 2 Sep 2015 at 17:37

~>Dg<~ said:
from failed kickstarter. hopefully no one invested money in them. like most nerdy on computer type projects spectrum and the like they just dont work out.

Care to retract that?

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...e-64c-computer-housing-in-new-coo/description

$94,776
pledged of $10,000 goal

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/brand-new-colored-keycaps-for-your-commodore-c64--2#/story

€39,158EUR
Original campaign was 130% funded on May 27, 2015

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/47744432/the-story-of-the-commodore-64-in-pixels

1,164 backers pledged £47,066 to help bring this project to life.

I could go on