It’s possible, but I would need to get my hands on examples
We haven’t decided exactly how we’re going to handle the next batches, but it may be that we will produce as many as we get requests for.
Hmmm, not sure we can do that, I’ll see if we can get anything close though
That should be no problem, but not until batch 2!
The 30mm will have to be in batch 2 also, as we only have the shown tops in 38mm right now.
Unfortunately we aren’t able to make bat tops
They are rock solid and smooth. So far I know that the perfectly clear ones are 10 grams heavier than normal tops, we’ll weigh the others too and let you know.
We can make the clear ones in most of the basic colours
Now, we are going to be allocating this first batch on a first come, first served basis. I will go through my messages in the order that I received them and tick them off as I go. Once they have been completed then I will message you to arrange payment. It’s likely that for the future batches we may ask for payment up front so that we can order enough materials to meet demand, but as we have these ones already we will do it this way for now.
I’m confused, did you get my PM, or are there no pearl white 38 mm balls available? If the ball in question is available, please PM Paypal address and I’ll transfer funds as soon as I see it.
Just to clarify, standard sized sanwa/seimitsu balls are 35mm, they do smaller official ones in 30mm though, which is the only size we can match exactly. Our 38s are the closest we can get to the standard 35.
Also after reading my PMs, I think there might be some confusion with the balls in the top picture. They aren’t all the same. The 4 at the front are pearlescent, and the 3 at the back are sort of swirly. I will be replying to everyone once I have worked out who wants what.
Hey Sugar_Kane, your PM box is full so I’ll just post. I know you’ve stated that the sizes are only 30 and 38mm, but any chance that you will produce these bad boys as giant balltops? The giants are 45mm, if you do or will, I would love to request for 2 as I am planning to build a dual fightstick. The black and white swirled marble would be top choice for me. Let me know if this is a possibility and I will be sure to scoop them up. Thanks again and awesome, awesome looking balltops…they are CRAZY eye candy. :tup:
Your inbox is full so I’m replying here, I would be willing to buy almost ANY 38mm you may have right now. I’d love a bigger one like the 45mm ones but 38 is fine. I like purple, black, pink, green any of those mixtures or just one… I really like that black and white swirl marble one… Let me know what is available please I would love to order at least 2 hehe. I wou ld love a purple and green swirl one. Or maybe just a see through green ball.
Yeah…38mm is ok, but 45mm is ideal for my fit. Black and white marble swirl is good…I’m also thinking about getting a green swirl too (one of the ones in the back of the first picture).
At the moment we can only produce 35mm acrylic balls, and those are the clear ones, the more exotic ones have to be made from a different material and at the moment we can only get those around the 38mm mark. I will see about some 45’s though guys, I’ll get back to you on that.
Wow! I’m excited for this. We haven’t had a custom ball-top maker since Numbski disappeared. :sad:
Sugar_Kane (and Br0ken_Engli5h as well? Or is it just you?), great luck in your endeavor! I’m 100% positive you’ll be getting a lot of orders. And I’ll definitely be stopping by in the future to claim one for myself! :bgrin:
Just to keep you posted, the first few have all been spoken for now. I am just waiting on delivery of the screw threads which are in the post, so shouldn’t take too long (providing the volcano doesn’t start burping again), once those arrive then we will be ready to post them and I will contact those of you that got in first.
@Ikagi-chan: Thanks very much! It is Br0ken_Engli5h and me working together on this. I had been unsatisfied with the choice of tops for a long time, I even wrote to Sanwa with a few ideas at one point, they thanked me for my suggestions but told me that what I was asking for required high skill, and they couldn’t do it. I couldn’t see what the great issue was, so I had a few ideas and pitched them to BE and here we are! We’re glad to see that you guys are as excited as we are about these.
@narcowski: Shipping will be done on weight, so I have set the minimum for one ball, larger orders will need to be calculated by the extra weight of the order.
I’m glad you have more skill than sanwa does because what you do is beautiful… I hope you can make me a few in this next batch. I would have taken one of the ones in this batch but you never really let me know which ones were left, I told you which ones I thought looked awesome but I guess all of those were gone or something hehe
Purple and green swirl ball in the big size if you can do it, 45mm would be fantastic if possible. I’ll pretty much take anything you make that has purple in it or a night bright green. Or even one of those awesome black and white ones you made. If you can make a 45mm purple clear one as well that would rock, I like t hat t he threads you use aren’t closed in on the top so we can put LED’s in the shaft to light it up! I love modding all my stuff with LEDs and your balltops look perfect for it! Please add me down for the next batch so I don’t miss out!!
