Cherry Red Escape
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 16:40
Can you spot the original ?
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Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 16:41
It's not bottom left btw, that's a repro.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 16:58
Not a clue, top left looks a bit darker but I guess that could be the light.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 17:11
its the bottom right one, all the new ones have the stripy on the bottom, the original have the grid.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 17:17
lysol is correct! so the only real way to look is at the bottom of the cap.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 17:19
Glad to see it arrived safely, hope you enjoy it 
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 17:23
It's going on my board when I get a nice case sorted for the phantom.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 17:38
I also thought so after closely looking at dirge's pic.lysol wrote:its the bottom right one, all the new ones have the stripy on the bottom, the original have the grid.
But guess what?
I examined mine (all bought from EK) and out of six two of mine do have the grid.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 17:41
Pics.
I'll check mine when I get back home as well.
I'll check mine when I get back home as well.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 17:42
Just a sec.
Pic:
I swear they are all from EK. I initially bought 17, did a mini GB to save shipping costs. But I already sent them out so I can't check them.
Pic:
I swear they are all from EK. I initially bought 17, did a mini GB to save shipping costs. But I already sent them out so I can't check them.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 17:47
It probably just depends on how the caps cure when the 2 shots are put together, it is never quite the same.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 17:48
I don't see any grid on any of those, Acanthophis.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 17:51
Well, what's the "grid"? The + where in the middle the mount is for the stem? Then yes, top right and bottom left do have the grid.
If the grid is suppose to be something else, please elaborate.
If the grid is suppose to be something else, please elaborate.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 17:52
Those are technically called ribs. I may have mistaken it, but I though you were talking about the pattern the white shot makes against the red at the bottom.
Edit: All yours have sort of wide horizontal bands. The other option is a finer grid of squares sort of, if I am not mistaken.
Edit: All yours have sort of wide horizontal bands. The other option is a finer grid of squares sort of, if I am not mistaken.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 17:53
Around the stem of dirge's "vintage" one you can see the white in a grid pattern, in all of yours and the rest of his the white is just in horizontal lines.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 17:57
... shit...
I misread lysol's post. My bad!
I thought I read that the top left is the original one, dunno why
Well, ok. Original = grid pattern. Got it
Ribs ain't say nuddin'.
I misread lysol's post. My bad!
I thought I read that the top left is the original one, dunno why
Well, ok. Original = grid pattern. Got it
Ribs ain't say nuddin'.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 19:12
I've just checked my 4, all horizontal.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 19:13
Now that the vintage "real" one is identified, it's price should go up.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 19:19
Lower right!
Right?
Right?
Re: Cherry Red Escape
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 19:22
...I hope not lol. If they do pay more so the bottom is slightly different its a new low...woody wrote:Now that the vintage "real" one is identified, it's price should go up.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 22:18
The real question here is why some have 3 ribs and some have 4 ribs.
Re: Cherry Red Escape
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 23:30
Must have a few molds for each character.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 23:38
But the ones with 3 always look like the fourth has been broken off after it was molded.
Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 23:53
Seems so.dirge wrote:Must have a few molds for each character.
At least SP runs some of their key caps parallel, and I'm quite sure Cherry and now GMK does it as well.
When someone orders 1000 Esc keys, they can't just run the rest of the chambers, slots or whatever they call it, empty. So obviously it is cheaper to make the same legend multiple times, to produce them parallel.
Posted: 20 Dec 2012, 00:21
Yeah, that is exactly what they do. I remember GMK making some comments about not being able to run as many keys at once before having to change out the tooling and colors for the cmyk set and why it cost more.
Posted: 20 Dec 2012, 22:56
didnt look at any posts and I would say top left.
Posted: 21 Dec 2012, 11:06
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Posted: 21 Dec 2012, 11:09
It only effects people that bought the keycaps because of it's worth in a monetary sense. If you bought it because you liked it, what has changed?cactux wrote:so painful to see my rare red cherry esc evaporates :'-[
Posted: 21 Dec 2012, 11:15
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Posted: 21 Dec 2012, 11:28
Yes, I can understand that.cactux wrote:I boughed it becuase people liked it, and I bought all my stuff because people like itfossala wrote:It only effects people that bought the keycaps because of it's worth in a monetary sense. If you bought it because you liked it, what has changed?cactux wrote:so painful to see my rare red cherry esc evaporates :'-[
when you buy some stuff for x dollars and you endup with 99% less of what you paid, it is not a nice feeling. That applies to keycaps, watches or anything that you buy. I hate when I buy something and 3 months later, someone eles has a sale of the same item for 50% less.