Hey gang,
just a quick dispatch from the deep dark cave of monitors, magnifying glasses, screwdrivers and printers simultaneously giving birth to hundreds of shipping labels.
It will be another long one, so it might be wiser to scroll down to the TL/DR
This update will include news about the shipping progress, news for MKEU buyers and the upcoming R.1 Aftermath Sale
After weeks of QC and with batches of Werk One going out weekly I am happy to report that we have shipped out over 200 units. Considering there have been nearly no concerns regarding the quality of the boards you guys receive, I believe we are on track and the lengthy QC process is well worth the time.
It's truly exciting to see all your builds basically everywhere - on our discord, reddit and IG, thanks again for sharing our work. It's a niche hobby and highly experimental items like Werk One will never run in high quantities, investing years of hard work in projects like this sometimes feel questionable, but guys, to say the least, it's incredibly rewarding to see so many people happy with their Werk Ones, so many sharing their builds and being so excited about their boards! Your enthusiasm feeds ours and makes all of this madness possible.
Due to the high volume of exports we are undergoing a routine check by German export customs in the next 10 days.The shipping is currently on hold and will continue in the second half of October.
This will most likely include long awaited warm Moloko top units and the first Batch of BHS units Wally. The Moloko units are finished and are shipped to us by air and we expect them within the next weeks. In the meantime you can request an address change if needed by contacting us via the page contact form.
As promised we have a sneak peek of one of the newly produced warm Moloko top next to a light creme Moloko
And allow me to share a work in progress pic shared by Wally Patina. We can't wait to see all the BHS units in person!
The Moloko Tops (light and the few remaining warm) will go live on our page in November as an extra item you can order. They will come at a discounted price for the initial Moloko variant buyers while the stock lasts. If you are planning to buy one, kindly shoot us a message through the page contact form.
News for the MKEU buyers
The batch that we are reproducing for MKEU buyers will be ready to ship to us end of October / November. Depending on the shipping speed and the workload, we expect to ship the units to people affected by MKEU bankruptcy by the end of 2024
Regarding the long awaited “extras” I Werk One R.1 Aftermath Sale:
The demand for extra Werk One boards is rather high and it would be impossible to cover it with the small amount of b-stock extras that we have. At the same time I personally don't feel comfortable to ship out units with b-stock issues. To cover the demand, we decided to refinish affected units and produce some of the units initially overordered by MKEU from scratch. This will be a first test run of the pre-order model we aim to continue with Triad in 2025. The fulfillment target for this Werk One R.1 aftermath sale is Q4 2024 alongside with the units for initial MKEU buyers. The units are already produced and are currently undergoing a factory QC.
Just as during the initial Werk One sale, people on the waitlist will start receiving invitations via e-mail with instructions, starting on 6th of October - this Sunday. We will have a couple of nvitation waves before the sale will go live with the usual FCFS model later this month.
You still can enter the waitlist by sending a message via our page contact form.
TL/DR:
- Over 200 Werk One units are shipped
- Shipping will continue second half of October
- Warm Moloko tops are finalised and are on their way to us
- First BHS batch will ship in October
- Units for people affected by MKEU are produced and are undergoing a factory QC
- Werk One R.1 Aftermath Sale is starting on 06.10. with the first wave of invites for
people on the waitlis
We will have some pretty exciting news on Triad in the next update, the prototypes are almost finalised and we are expecting them soon!
Have a great week,
Zaum out!
