Welcome To The 5th GeN64 Portable DIY Kit!

[Downing]

Well everyone, after what seemed like an eternity and an endless number of hours of design, testing, prep and a successful Kickstarter, the dream has finally come true!

So what happens now?

Well, I first want to thank @cheese for setting-up this Sub-Forum specifically for this kit's assembly questions, build logs and updates! I also want to thank @CrashBash for allowing me the space and the tools to create the kit's guide over on the BB Manuals Site!

And of course, a MASSIVE shout out to my buddy @Gman for his collaboration with this project since it started almost 3 years ago!

@Aurelio also had a big part in the project in the early days of the project, so I'd like to give him a proper shout-out as well!

Again, this project has been a huge undertaking that pushed every limit I had and I wouldn't have been able to do it without their support or the community as a whole. I've been in this hobby for nearly 17 years and seeing how it's evolved in that time period just blows my mind!

But again, what happens next? As of right now, all the kits for the Kickstarter backers have been shipped, many already have arrived and even some are about half-way done with assembly which is freaking nutty to me! But I wanted to create this sub-forum for those initial backers and future kit holders to have a place directly tied to the whole modding community if they have additional questions or a place to post their own worklogs and I can't tell you how eager I am to see other put these together!

Currently at the moment I'm in the process of a lot of things on the back end.

Priority #1 was to get this forum up and running and the link sent out to the backers so aside from my Discord, they could have a place to go for support if they needed it.

Priority #2 is to complete the guide. There are only a few steps left at the very tail end of the build, and seeing how fast this is going together with some of the backers, I need to fill in those holes quickly!

Priority #3 I'm in the process of making a small and very basic store front via Shopify where future kits can be purchased as well as replacement parts. I'll have the link posted here when it's up and running!

Priority #4 To do a full inventory and final calculation of all in-stock parts and final component costs (after tariffs/shipping etc...) and create the final price of the kit for the next batch that I'm hoping to have open for February. My apologies in advance for whatever that is going to be because trying to build a kit like this in a period of hyper-inflation and rampant.....ugh...I know I need to stop...but it's going to cost significantly more than what I was originally hoping for....which really sucks, but I can't do anything about it which I think pisses me off more than anything... Anyway...

That's still a lot on the plate at the moment so it's going to take a bit of time get up and running, but like I said, getting this forum set-up was the most important part and I look forward to seeing a build log or two posted here as well!

I will be updating this post as the Priorities get checked off the list as well as if/when other big announcements happen! Remember you can still come in over on my or BitBuilt's Discord and chat with me there is you've got any questions as well!

Thank You all again!