Undermine
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Don't let my soft, fluffy exterior fool you!
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Post by Undermine on Dec 14, 2011 23:59:00 GMT -5
Idk if it's a christmas miracle or what but I just spotted it posted on the Xtreme Dreamz Facebook page that they are ready for prodution just as soon as they get 75 units pre ordered. No pics yet but they are promised for the weekend.
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Post by chicago on Dec 15, 2011 9:42:12 GMT -5
I have become a child again and a believer.
Just yesterday I went to the mall and sat on Santa's lap. I was really trying to hit on one of his elves and thought that was the only way to get close. Long story, longer, I sat on his lap and told Santa that I wanted extended mags for the Tib .1s.
There I just spent my 666 post but it was for the greatest cause imaginable, the renewal of my faith in Santa. Charlie Sheen had told me this was going to happen before the end of the world which has now been scheduled for December 21, 2012. So, I will have less than a year with these extended mags but it will be a good year!
I hope I remember this, I feel the reboot coming through now! Tell my posse they were the best. I will miss them...
I do believe in fairies, I do, I do, I do...(and extended .1s, amen)...
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Post by chicago on Dec 19, 2011 12:07:13 GMT -5
Got mine ordered...I know, I know - those ballers who follow me are aware of this...I will now complain insentiently until they are delivered. Old people are like that. they do nothing but complain. But, understand this, they complain like that cause they don't have a lot of time left to just sit around and pick their noses like the rest of you do!
But, I promise a fair and unbiased review, may be next year if Moati is telling the truth about delivery dates (three weeks from the start of production). Supposedly they wanted to see 75 pre-orders before they went to production. Over the weekend, the pre-orders had exceeded 50!
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Undermine
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Don't let my soft, fluffy exterior fool you!
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Post by Undermine on Dec 19, 2011 15:37:29 GMT -5
I would order one or two if I only had some money.. It sucks being back in school as a thirty-something with two kids and no job... Oh well at least my wifes job pays the bills. Some day I will again be a contributing member of society, and be able to buy toys... Till then I will be playing the part of responsible adult, and dening my inner child.
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Post by Wolfen on Dec 22, 2011 13:50:38 GMT -5
i've "forced" one of my friends to modify two 8.1 mags into 12 round mags (im doing just fine with 8 rounds but still....). They should arrive with him at new-year so i'll test them out and set up some pics, All i really know at the moment is that it cost him 15 € / mag to change and supposedly they work awesome... gotta wait and see since ordering the official ones is such a hazzle for me since i live so far away.  |
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Undermine
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Don't let my soft, fluffy exterior fool you!
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Post by Undermine on Dec 22, 2011 14:18:35 GMT -5
i've "forced" one of my friends to modify two 8.1 mags [glow=red,2,300]into 12 round mags[/glow] (im doing just fine with 8 rounds but still....). They should arrive with him at new-year so i'll test them out and set up some pics, All i really know at the moment is that it cost him 15 € / mag to change and supposedly they work awesome... gotta wait and see since ordering the official ones is such a hazzle for me since i live so far away. Now that's what I'm talkin about. And I like that price! I anxiously await pics and details. With a little luck we can do these ourselves. |
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Post by chicago on Dec 27, 2011 16:38:01 GMT -5
according to Moati's facebook page, they are one order short of going to production!
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Post by skullcandy1993 on Dec 27, 2011 16:55:34 GMT -5
ugh...come on guys...just one more! I have ordered 6!
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Post by chicago on Dec 27, 2011 19:41:02 GMT -5
Dogs, kneel. It is now Sir Skullcandy.
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Post by chicago on Jan 20, 2012 19:58:25 GMT -5
I'm still positive, at least for the next 7-14 days. They told us they would get them in production as soon as they achieved a certain number of pre-orders which they actually did (thank you, Sir Skullcandy for such a large order!). Giving them the traditional Jan 1 hangover, they should have ordered them some time the first of the month. They told us we'd see them 3 weeks from start of production. So, I'm still positive and being generous I expect them in my mailbox (pretty steep shipping costs) by the end of this month! 7-14 days from now! Amazing, wonderful...but I think we should hold these guys to their promise. They dictated the terms of the preorder...
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Post by Wolfen on Jan 25, 2012 9:18:46 GMT -5
i've been testing my friends design of the two mags i asked him to covert to 12 round FS, and i gotta say they work absolutely beautifully. Perfect amount of shots for me regardless if i run co2 or air and the mags don't stick too far out from the handle to bother you at all. Best of all he made these for under 15 Euro each, so i'll be buying 2 more mags i can covert to 12 rounders.
I'll have him give me the blueprints for them as well as post some pictures of them as soon as my wife remembers where she put the camera.
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Post by chicago on Jan 25, 2012 10:19:57 GMT -5
Well, now in the states we've had our first week delay in shipment (they used the standard excuse - problem in anodizing!) Wolfen, would your friend (or you) be interested in selling some of these to the ballers in the US of A. I know shipping would probably not be cheaper but, I prepaid for two extenders in the US and it came to around $100 US shipped (I'm embarrassed to say). Come up with a number (in euros shipped) that you'd be comfortable with.
These twelve rounds sound a lot better and more manageable as far as length, etc.
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Post by Wolfen on Jan 25, 2012 16:19:42 GMT -5
Hmmm, the ones i got at the moment are both prototypes where the extension is permanently (or in this case semi permanently since it's glued) attached to the mag itself meaning that in it's current state you'd have to either buy a new mag or send me one to attach it, both of which isn't really options worth mentioning.
That being said, i will try to make adjustments to the extension so that it will slide in where the bottom lid is at the moment. If and once i get this working so that it fits snugly and won't shake loose while still being easy to remove it would be possible to make only the extension itself and ship it. I'll make an effort to try and make some sort of prototype using this idea as soon as possible.
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Undermine
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Post by Undermine on Jan 25, 2012 21:40:33 GMT -5
Ok. I was just saying how I wish I had ordered the extentions when everbody else did but if you come through with these then I would Much rather have these.
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Post by chicago on Jan 29, 2012 10:15:37 GMT -5
OK, so a week ago, we heard they were ready to ship. Then 5 days ago we heard there would be a week's delay because of the anodizer (that is paintball speak for "the dog ate my homework").
So, we should now all breathe easy and run to our mail boxes each day this week expecting to see our precious extenders. Please post up as the first ones arrive. These things are becoming like baby puppies!
Has any one heard otherwise? I came here first...I'm head to their facebook and then their site next to check for updates.
I do believe in fairies, I do, I do, I do...
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Post by chicago on Jan 31, 2012 10:56:38 GMT -5
The latest news (from the horse's mouth) is that they will ship this Thursday or Friday. So, stand down, I repeat stand down for now. Smoke 'em if you gottem...
Hey where did the phrase "from the horse's mouth " come from?" And do not answer, "from the horse's mouth." I know where the expression "never look a gift horse in the mouth" came from. Do You?
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Post by Wolfen on Jan 31, 2012 16:36:18 GMT -5
Alright so yesterday i noticed 2 (or 3 for those that use normal paintballs with the tibby... i don't) problems with my new mag extenders (lucky they only were glued or i might have wasted 2 mags). While the mags worked perfectly as they were, once you took em apart to clean i noticed that the ball-pusher was faulty and need to be redesigned. Also due to the way it was made it it's impossible to use normal paintballs since it couldn't lock down the spring.
On the up side i managed to make a working prototype out of stuff i found at home (some plastic pipes and alot of creativity) that both solve the ball-pusher problem as well as incorporate a quick attach and detach system using the same grooves that the bottom lid uses. Only thing left to do and figure out is a way to lock the spring so that normal paintballs can be used. You could probably just switch to a spring with less tension but that would mean that you'd need to switch springs between FS and normal paintballs (yes i know your supposed to with the regular mags too but it's completely needless). It also makes miss-feeds alot more likely with the last few balls in the mag which i don't think is worth risking.
Once i come up with a idea for that i just need to get myself to the workshop at the university to assemble a real and actual prototype. Gotta say though that the homemade version really do give me high hopes.
Edit : If someone got any clever ideas on how to fix the locking please either post it or send me a PM (without destroying the mag, i want to be able to go back to 8 rounds if i decide for it).
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Post by chicago on Feb 5, 2012 9:50:38 GMT -5
Anyone have any info on the xtreme extenders (lucky 7)? Nothing on their FB page. They were supposed to go out the end of last week (after the anodizer;s delay).
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Post by chicago on Feb 6, 2012 16:03:17 GMT -5
Nothing has shown up here today and judging from the forums; nothing has shown up anywhere else. No response from their FB page either! Do you think they just skipped town?
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Post by chicago on Feb 8, 2012 10:24:22 GMT -5
I read an update on the Tiberius forum. Moati's wife is in the hospital so nothing has been shipped out and no ETA either. |
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