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Re: Tron-Club, a monthly circuit-building kit

#61

There is a new Kickstarter project called Hacker Boxes which does this on steroids: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/207210015/hackerboxes-t...

Thank you for the mention. Please keep in touch. We want to hear feedback on our boxes from all subscribers, but definitely the HackerNews crowd!

-Joe, Founder http://www.hackerboxes.com/

Re: Tron-Club, a monthly circuit-building kit

#62
This is a very cool idea. We have a project along a similar vein at HackerBoxes. Tron looks like great basic circuit education/exposure, while we're doing things more on a project level. These could even be complimentary, so some may want to subscribe to both.

Either way, please keep in touch with us over here at HackerBoxes. In order to gauge what users find more or less interesting, we definitely want to hear feedback on our boxes from all subscribers, certainly the HackerNews crowd!

Hack the Planet, Joseph Long, Founder http://www.hackerboxes.com/

Re: Tron-Club, a monthly circuit-building kit

#63
To the founders: why are you collecting payment before asking me where I live? Are you cool if I sign up through my American VPN and then choose a Canadian shipping address?

Edit: I see now that it's leveraging Paypal for shipping information too. Still, I wonder how the price responds if I start from a U.S. IP.

Re: Tron-Club, a monthly circuit-building kit

#64

There is a new Kickstarter project called Hacker Boxes which does this on steroids: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/207210015/hackerboxes-t...

Only ships to United States. So disappointing steroids :)

We ship worldwide :)

Re: Tron-Club, a monthly circuit-building kit

#65

Cool concept! A couple things: 1) Using 'Tron' could be a bit problematic if Disney's lawyers get bored. 2) You might want to drop the annual price a bit, and maybe work on your shipping costs.

Disney most likely took the name from the TRON command which is/was a debugging feature in BASIC [0]. The site itself also (whether conciously or not) make no mention of the movie. "Tron" could also be an shortening of "Electron" but without the hassle of an apostrophy, e.g. 'tron-club. I could be talking bollocks though :) [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_command

None of that matters if Disney's lawyers get bored :).

Re: Tron-Club, a monthly circuit-building kit

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I think its safe to say we've reached peak monthly-subscription-startup...

No, no, not at all. I'm 54 years old, played this sort of game in the early '70s in elementary school with kits from Radio Shack, but it didn't really take (science and later computers was my thing), and I'm seriously considering subscribing. I'm potentially interested in doing the projects, but definitely don't want to spend a lot of time on the net gathering the parts and info, although it would, as others note, be…

This sounds like the box you would be mostly interested in: Hackerboxes.com You can find them on Kickstarter here: kck.st/1LbXJtB

Re: Tron-Club, a monthly circuit-building kit

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post #63

To the founders: why are you collecting payment before asking me where I live? Are you cool if I sign up through my American VPN and then choose a Canadian shipping address? Edit: I see now that it's leveraging Paypal for shipping information too. Still, I wonder how the price responds if I start from a U.S. IP.

We use your paypal mailing address, if this is incorrect please email (from your paypal email) AddressChange@tronclub.com your new shipping details.

Re: Tron-Club, a monthly circuit-building kit

#68

Do you think this would be a good birthday present for 9 year old? Or is it too challenging for that age range?

I had a "150-in-One" breadboarding kit from Radio Shack when I was 9 years old and greatly enjoyed it. This seems similar, but using the monthly subscription model.

Re: Tron-Club, a monthly circuit-building kit

#69
post #63

To the founders: why are you collecting payment before asking me where I live? Are you cool if I sign up through my American VPN and then choose a Canadian shipping address? Edit: I see now that it's leveraging Paypal for shipping information too. Still, I wonder how the price responds if I start from a U.S. IP.

Feel free to pay in USD and have a Canadian shipping address.
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