Yeah, we really loved the KOTOR series, so we're naming our robot cutting machine "HK-47".  I just hope it doesn't start calling anyone "meatbag".  If you didn't play the game and have no idea what I'm talking about, you really missed out on a great game:  Knights of the Old Republic.  Google it.

We've been impressed so far with the level of interest out there in attending E For All with us.  It looks like we're going to be making an agreement with a drum pad producer as well as a custom paint shop that does guitars.  I'll publicize and link their names here as soon as the deals are paid for.

Another milestone we passed recently was on preorders for the Drum Stand.  We've now got more than 20 preorders for the stand.  That's huge interest considering the small amount of marketing we've done so far.  We think it means great things for the product when we do formally launch it.

Progress on the drum stand took a big leap last night.  We prototyped the dowel/cam connection approach, and it worked flawlessly.  The connections are much sturdier than the L-bracket connections, and the whole structure stands fairly sturdily, even without the back panel providing shear support.  The lines are clean, and joints are smooth.  We're three happy dudes.  The bad news is that the time and effort it takes to get these cuts exactly right every time makes hand cutting these pieces on a mass-production level unrealistic.  We're going to need a robot.

Yeah, we're building a robot.  Okay, it's not like we're going to have C-3PO or R2-D2 running around the shop getting in to hilarious hijinks, but our robot (a computer aided cutting tool) is something we're building from the ground up with the help of an electronics expert here in Houston.

Pew pew!

One other thing of note to mention - our booth at E for All (formerly E3) is going to look awfully bare with just us, the drum stand and the guitar stand, so we're looking for others who want to have their products at E3.  We will ask that you help us out a little with the cost of the booth, but your product will get major exposure at the gaming event of the year, directly across from Target's booth.  Target, by the way, is hosting a Rock Band tournament during the Expo, so you can't possibly ask for better product placement.

We will not allow competing products to partner with us.  That means we won't consider other guitar management solutions.  We will also only allow one of each product type.  So if you make an agreement with us to feature your drum pads for instance, you can be sure that yours will be the only drum pads in our booth.
 
Email me if you would like to discuss:  dude@dudethingcreations.com