DJ Sures, besides the JD's LED eye board missing from the store, I wonder if some other components are missing or omitted from component lists

I have pre-ordered a development kit with a few extras like the LiPo battery and charger. I'm considering ordering the necessary bits to build either a JD or a Six before the "price rise" at the end of this month

From what I can find out by checking the robot components lists on this site, all I would need to build a Six would be the Hexapod shell and 8 extra HD servos. But, looking at a pic of the underside of Six, there is a power switch. Does the Hexapod shell come with this switch along with all wiring & connectors? If not, will they be available from the store soon? It would be easier to source one from you that fits perfectly and has all the connectors. Does the shell come with all necessary hardware - screws, etc? Again, easier to source the right size from you, even though I have a bucketfull (of probably the wrong sized ones!)

The same questions apply to the JD shell and body as I believe I've seen a switch on the back of JD'd body.

Are my questions too difficult? Time is running out for pre-order.

I suppose another question to ask is - if I add to my pre-order now, does it put me to the back of the queue for my original pre-order made in September? Or will 2 separate parcels arrive at different times?

@Tony1952

Hey buddy,

I had an email from Jason early last week saying that some items were still being finalised over the next few weeks (JD's eyes being one item) which is why the final price isn't fixed for it to go in the shop yet. Will just have to wait for them to appear (although I'm tempted to put two 0.96" 4d systems screens where his eyes are! I know they also redesigned the plastic parts so maybe the hardware list isn't finalised yet? Like you I would love to know about these things as it's getting closer to shipping and I would love it all in my order.

Incidentally, @DJ .... Can you ask Jason if he can send the invoice for increasing my order to include a full Roli kit too please ..... I did email him last week but I haven't heard anything and am worried it may have ended up in a junk email folder or something as he's usually really fast at responding.

Cheers,

Jay

Email him again Jay...just in case he didn't get it the first time. I'm sure he'll understand.

Bear in mind they were away from the office last week so are probably playing catch up...

Hey guys,

Is there any update on JD's eyes? I saw that you had them up and running in the toy fair vid and that they were PIC based?

They're obviously not in the shop yet but ideally I would love to add them onto my order so they ship with the rest of the kit. I know they may be something that needs more work or maybe logistics, so if they are going to be too tricky to get ready before the rest of the order then let me know and I will start working on something else.

All the best,

Jay

@jayceekeys, @tony1952 - I had the same issue with the eyes, I wanted them but since I also needed a V4 camera, I just ordered JD's head. I figured it has the eyes (since they're not in the store) and the camera. Two birds one stone. Plus it has a few servos as an extra bonus.

Hey Steve1DH,

Good shout ... I guess I hadn't thought about ordering the head as although I have ordered a complete Rolli, I am printing JD at home.

I could always switch the order over to include a head too, but I guess my concern is if the eyes aren't available yet, then would ordering a head including eyes delay the despatch of the whole part (including the camera) which would otherwise have been sent?

It's going to be totally awesome when we all get our JD's ! So excited !

Cheers,

J