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Thumby Color

Created by Ken Burns

Next Generation of the Playable Programmable Keychain

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Thumby Color Kickstarter Over - Thank You All!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 12:18:21 PM

Thank you all for backing the Thumby Color!  It was a huge success and we thank you all for your pledges and support during this campaign!

We're already getting things lined up for mass production of the Thumby Color - the injection molds for the plastic cases are already being manufactured, and people are already creating games for their Thumby Colors using the dev kits. We can't wait to start shipping them out! 

We also excited to announce that we are continuing Thumby Color preorders here on Kickstarter via late pledges, so if you missed out on the original Kickstarter campaign you can still get in on getting a Thumby Color.
 

Next Steps

So what's next?  Well, Kickstarter will send us the funds in about two weeks from now, and then we'll get all of the components order and start producing Thumby Colors in volume here in our Akron, Ohio factory in the next 1 - 2 months, with the plan to shipping out in Oct (for the early birds) and start getting the rest shipped out starting in November.

We will be using Backerkit to send out surveys in the near future, where we will request your address, and allow you to choose options and also allow you to add on additional items if you wish.  We'll let you know ahead of time when we'll be sending these out.

Shipments will be done based on the order on when we received your pledge and also based on stock for your particular reward level.

Thank you all again!  We can't wait to get these out to you.  

Ken and the entire TinyCircuits Team

One week to the finish line!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 01:24:11 PM

Only one week remains on the Thumby Color Kickstarter campaign and the response continues to be great - over 1400 backers and 130K raised, thanks so much!

Thumby Transparent Purple Plastic Production

We took a trip to our plastic partners (David Wolfe Design) injection molding facility to watch the original Thumby case being molded in the new transparent purple color option, first available as an add-on via this Kickstarter campaign.

Watch the behind the scenes process of how we make the Thumby plastic cases, which is the same process we'll be doing soon for the Thumby Color.

New Thumby Color Reviews 

Retro Dodo checks out the Thumby Color: https://retrododo.com/hands-on-thumby-color/

RGhandhelds reviews the Thumby Color on their YouTube channel.


Keep spreading the word about Thumby Color to grow it into something amazing.  Share Thumby Color on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.

Thanks again for all your support!

Ken and the entire TinyCircuits Team

Funded in 41 minutes! Thank you all!!!
over 1 year ago – Thu, Aug 08, 2024 at 09:47:20 AM

Wow!!! Thank you all very much, we're blown away by the support for the Thumby Color are fully funded in 41 minutes!  

We can't wait to start making these and getting them out into your hands.  Thank you all again so much!

Thanks again,

Ken and the entire TinyCircuits Team