Hey guys. Just so everyone is clear, I will not be making a lot of these. They take a long time to make and my time with my family is worth a lot more than most people are probably willing to pay. I won't be churning these out and I'm not going to do a signup list. The only thing I'll be able to do is one remote at a time, at a pace that is comfortable for me, where I can give it the time and attention it deserves. That's why I only keep one in my etsy shop at a time. When someone orders, it's a 2-3 week turn around time (they're made to order) and when that one ships out and I have the time freed up, I'll put another one in my shop and it will be at a price that makes it worth it for me to invest the time away from family in order to make it.
For example. When the one in my shop was purchased this morning, I immediately started working on printing the model pieces. I've been doing that all day, non stop since 7am. That's 13 hours of babysitting the printer. It will then take another few hours to measure, mark, and cut the sphere. and another several hours to build the remote, another day to paint, another to weather, test, pack, ship, etc. All in all it's around 45+- hours. Material cost is over $140 per remote, so if I priced them at $499 each, that's roughly $350 for 45 hours, which is just barely over minimum wage LOL. I work 60+ hours a week at my normal job so, working over the entire weekend instead of spending it with my family isn't something I'm going to be willing to do very often unless it's financially worth it.
Just trying to put it into perspective. This will more than likely be a very very limited edition.
Cheers