Time for me to learn to solder
For some definition of āfewā. I barely got my NTS-1 together. This could be a costly way to learn a new skill.
You must like IKEA. 
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Hope to see any EU retailer soonā¦ Brexit custom fees s*%# ! This is the main reason i wonāt take orders anymore from Thonkā¦
Waaaannnnt !
I had a chance to buy this in August for ~$200 and passed, now selling on reverb between $1500-2500 USD.
Extortion or supply and demend? or none of the above.
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Saw one for sale second hand the other day for about Ā£300. People might be asking over $1500 but are they selling?
Ha, I passed too. This is insanity. As far as I know, itās not going away. If anything, it might get a mk2-type revision. People are free to ask whatever price they want, but 10x markup is just plain hilarious.
No data on reverb from past sales so guess not.
I agree @cold_fashioned its ridiculous, mainly bc its a new piece of gear released thatās not extremely innovative. Though you see crazy prices for vintage gear or flagship products, so not crazy i guess. Kind of like stock market where you see crypto skyrocket just from hype.
I think Iām just missing out bc I sell gear at fair prices or below ie; access virus whiteout keyboard LE sold for $2k that someone flipped immediately for $3k 
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I asked the guy on reverb why heās selling his for 2500 I need answers
Also. Iāve owned and played plenty of the hardware granular samplers that r out there mostly in eurorack. Iām familiar with the gr-1. But idk if thereās a granular sampler/synth out there that handles polyphony like this does combined with the playability you get with the touch sensors and I really want one!
Really disappointed in the resale market with music equipment. I get elevated prices for stuff thatās out of production especially vintage stuff but I think overall itās gotten way out of hand.
Any one recently get off the waiting list? Iām curious where theyāre at in terms of sign up date.
I was surprised but not surprised to see Plinky has 5000 backorders
ffs
It has been a year exactly since thonk last updated their info page on the plinky shortages.
I have asked them per mail a few months ago if they would atleast update the information on the current status to which they replied they wouldnāt but it looks good for 2023.
Nothing has changed, the page still says September 7th 2022 and Iām growing quite frustrated. This looks like an awesome project and an amazing synthesizer which I have been waiting for the better part of two years now.
Anyone has some positivity for me?
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Theyāve got a Discord, I think.
Plinky is now open source and thereās a guy selling them (clone) on eBay. I just ordered oneā¦
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Saw those. Let us know what quality is like please. Always wanted one so defo interested
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Does that mean official production and support is abandoned by its creator ? If so, itās too bad.
As far as I have read on the discord linked here (thank you @thermionic) it is not abandoned and he is still partnered with thonk. At the same time however he doesnāt know when they are going to get new parts and he made the thing open source so people can go that route if they so choose.
If I get around to it I want to check out how hard it would be to get all the parts and maybe just do it all by myself.
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