I ordered an EL sheet on ebay, but there is no tracking for it. I ordered it last week too. Should I be worried?
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Great post Brad and welcome Whyme, if you have questions just post away here
from the link i supplied in the shopping list? if so don't worry they will arrive, for the U.K it takes about 2 weeks.
If it isn't marked as dispatched though i would "contact seller" and ask when it will be dispatched.
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There are a couple, but none that will fit the "not too much" cost requirement you mentioned in your earlier post, which if you had taken the time to read through this entire thread you would have realized is not realistic.
It's already been stated in the thread that it takes about $150 just in materials to mod the shoes, plus shipping costs for all of the components. Then you have to pay for the HOURS of labor and for the skill of the modder. I think some folks are charging about $250 for the hours or work it takes to properly mod the shoes, so you're looking at about $600 if I had to guess for the original shoes, mod materials, and labor/skill for the person modding them.
That would be the low end of the cost. Personally, I would not sell anymore modded shoes for less that about $1000-$1200. And about $750-$800 just for the modding service.
It's not only the materials and time but the skills and the "oops factor". Meaning that if you screw up one thing on these shoes they are worthless.
You don't know if you can solder? Then you probably shouldn't!
I said im good at soldieing
I messaged them a couple days ago and just got a reply. They said they were away for a little bit and had a delay on updating the tracking info and it has been sent out.
I also got my LEDs in the mail today.
Soldering is about 5% of the modding. The 2 biggest skills that one needs in modding these are #1) Patience and #2) Artistic Vision.
The Artistic Vision is the skill that you aquire or have when you look at something and just "know" what you can do with it. Like sculpting, painting or any other artistic medium.
When I saw these V2's I saw exactly what I could do to them but it wasn't until I had them in hand that I knew for sure what was possible.
no offense. i appreciate your hard work. but $750-800 to mod a $200 pair shoes is a little ridiculous.
No offense taken, it's your opinion. Which at this point, I have 5 people that have paid that amount. But I suggest that you buy the materials and try it yourself. That way you can see exactly what it takes. :thumbsup
The fact is, that I could mod a pair of these $200 shoes and sell them on Ebay for over $1000.
I rest my case. :lol
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No offense taken, it's your opinion. Which at this point, I have 5 people that have paid that amount. But I suggest that you buy the materials and try it yourself. That way you can see exactly what it takes. :thumbsup
The fact is, that I could mod a pair of these $200 shoes and sell them on Ebay for over $1000.
I rest my case. :lol
Umm what you did you was take the V2 and mod the toe box, change the LEDs and add the light up NIKE strap. It's not like you built it from scratch or mod the Mark Poon version. Those people from China deserve more credit for making the V2.
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airair
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I totally agree. These are not easy or cheap to mod.
I'll be putting a few modded ones for sale shortly
The cost of materials and hours required means this is a specialist job.
I totally agree. These are not easy or cheap to mod.
I'll be putting a few modded ones for sale shortly
The cost of materials and hours required means this is a specialist job.
djjeremy
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I'm sorry, I misread your sentence. I agree with Jedifyfe. The soldering part is the least of your worries when prying and disassembling your shoes.
DL4567
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First toe slim: complete. Hopefully this will give me some "MAG modder cred." I decided to start with the toes since that's what scared me the most, and I wanted to get it over with and do the rest of the shoes with more enjoyment, without the possibility the toes would mess it all up at the end.
What a WORLD of difference. Just this one thing completely transforms the shoes in my opinion. It makes me sad that they didn't get this right at the factory, because HOLY CRAP the factory glue/heat process is INSANE. It's so strong and well put together it's a shame to have to open them and re-glue them.
I just have a couple questions for you guys.... While I'm completely happy with how the first toe slim came out, I'm having a little trouble with the second one. I swear the second toe fabric feels stiffer and thicker than the first, and it's really wanting to hold the round shape more. This seems to be due to a white wax-plastic like material between the layers (see 3rd pic below). I can no longer check if that same material was in the first shoe since it's all glued closed now, but I'm assuming surely it was? I'm working on L & R of the same pair.
One theory I have on why the 2nd feels stiffer is that I spent several hours very carefully separating the first toe, not knowing exactly what to expect, so I was going very cautiously. I pressed into the toe area a lot, and this possibly made that white material underneath more flexible. The 2nd shoe I opened faster being more fearless, so maybe I didn't soften the material as much?
Also, the fabric wants to kink on the inner side when pressing the material down. I know the theory is that the fabric stays in place and the rubber sole comes up to meet the fabric, but either way I get that kink. You can see on the first shoe it did the same thing but not as bad, and while slightly wrinkly the glue is holding it fairly flat. I'm not so sure the 2nd one will come out as well. If you guys with lots of toe slimming experience could give me your thoughts I'd really appreciate it.
Side note for the new guys: It doesn't look like it, but all this adds up to about $150. And the labor is crazy, judging by doing just one toe so far.
I decided to start with the toes since that's what scared me the most, and I wanted to get it over with and do the rest of the shoes with more enjoyment, without the possibility the toes would mess it all up at the end.
What a WORLD of difference. Just this one thing completely transforms the shoes in my opinion. It makes me sad that they didn't get this right at the factory, because HOLY CRAP the factory glue/heat process is INSANE. It's so strong and well put together it's a shame to have to open them and re-glue them.
I just have a couple questions for you guys.... While I'm completely happy with how the first toe slim came out, I'm having a little trouble with the second one. I swear the second toe fabric feels stiffer and thicker than the first, and it's really wanting to hold the round shape more. This seems to be due to a white wax-plastic like material between the layers (see 3rd pic below). I can no longer check if that same material was in the first shoe since it's all glued closed now, but I'm assuming surely it was? I'm working on L & R of the same pair.
One theory I have on why the 2nd feels stiffer is that I spent several hours very carefully separating the first toe, not knowing exactly what to expect, so I was going very cautiously. I pressed into the toe area a lot, and this possibly made that white material underneath more flexible. The 2nd shoe I opened faster being more fearless, so maybe I didn't soften the material as much?
Also, the fabric wants to kink on the inner side when pressing the material down. I know the theory is that the fabric stays in place and the rubber sole comes up to meet the fabric, but either way I get that kink. You can see on the first shoe it did the same thing but not as bad, and while slightly wrinkly the glue is holding it fairly flat. I'm not so sure the 2nd one will come out as well. If you guys with lots of toe slimming experience could give me your thoughts I'd really appreciate it.
Side note for the new guys: It doesn't look like it, but all this adds up to about $150. And the labor is crazy, judging by doing just one toe so far.
Umm what you did you was take the V2 and mod the toe box, change the LEDs and add the light up NIKE strap. It's not like you built it from scratch or mod the Mark Poon version. Those people from China deserve more credit for making the V2.
So you obviously have no concept of talent or time. I refer you to this blog:
http://mattmunson.blogspot.com/2013/01/materials-time-creativity.html
If you think that it's that easy, I challenge you to put your money where your keyboard is and do a mod that looks as good as mine.
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Seconded...
did i say it was easy. i just said it's not worth your outrageuos price.
it's alright. i'm not going to argue with you anymore. i don't think it's worth it.
Thirded, shoe and part cost aside the work to revamp the shoe closer to perfection takes many man hours. It may look like a few mods to do but i assure you theres alot of thinking and planning required to do it sucessfully, i consider myself to have managed it as jedi has. I would also expect a decent return and not to make a small teturn for the hours spentvaway from other things such as family. People will gladly pay a thousand dollars for the v2 modufication version if the rds are 5k esp if the ones jedi makes are as close to the real thing at a more attractive figure to the buyer who can decide on if there worth having
Money aside we better keep this thread on topic and let those opinions go to the other thread imo ;-)
Money aside we better keep this thread on topic and let those opinions go to the other thread imo ;-)
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