Spectrum Vega Plus Poll

[Matt_B]

I'm still sceptical that they'll have sent out more than a handful of these and think it's most likely a last-ditch attempt to stave off being dismissed at the next shareholders meeting this week.

After all, they've only said that 400 of them are going out (never mind the other 4000-odd orders) and they've shown no evidence that anything more than a few small batches of prototypes - most likely no more than 40 in total - exist.

So far, a grand total of two have ended up in backers hands - that can be confirmed by posts to social media - and maybe we'll see a few more by Thursday. However, if the vast majority of the lucky 400 find that they've gone missing in the post, that'll only become apparent after the meeting at which point any new management can be smeared for their non-arrival.

[Antiriad2097]

Has anyone compared what was delivered with the available material on the prototypes? I'd be very surprised if this isn't just them throwing the protos in the post to a few people as just another stalling tactic.

Even if it is just prototypes going out, I hope you get one PSJ. It's an interesting (though for all the wrong reasons) bit of Spectrum history.

[learnedrobb]

They appear to look very much like the prototypes.

On a video posted to Youtube, the "lucky" owner lists the faults with the machine and it's lack of packaging/instructions/etc.

I'll be very surprised if more than a dozen end up in the wild.

[psj3809]

Has anyone compared what was delivered with the available material on the prototypes? I'd be very surprised if this isn't just them throwing the protos in the post to a few people as just another stalling tactic.

Even if it is just prototypes going out, I hope you get one PSJ. It's an interesting (though for all the wrong reasons) bit of Spectrum history.

I mean its bad how they sent it. Even if they have no money left surely a jiffy bag ? I 'hope' we see more videos soon, just want to see what the actual controls are like or will it just be a static ornament on my retro shelf forever ! Big shame as like i've said before that one i tried in Feb at Blackpool was pretty cool. This latest one doesnt look as good, time will tell

[ncf1]

I actually want one now! The 12-odd protos they'll send out to placate the angry hordes will likely become worth a fortune in the near future.

[adippm82]

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I mean its bad how they sent it. Even if they have no money left surely a jiffy bag ? I 'hope' we see more videos soon, just want to see what the actual controls are like or will it just be a static ornament on my retro shelf forever ! Big shame as like i've said before that one i tried in Feb at Blackpool was pretty cool. This latest one doesnt look as good, time will tell
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I'm sorry, but I think you are being wildly optimistic if you think we are going to have anything on our shelves, there is too much evidence almost nothing has been made.

[psj3809]

I'm sorry, but I think you are being wildly optimistic if you think we are going to have anything on our shelves, there is too much evidence almost nothing has been made.

I've been optimistic for quite some time I admit ! I'm surprised theres no other videos of it, the only one we've got is from some user where its their first video (NOT saying its fake or that) just find it a bit strange. On the other hand you had people swear blind they would never see the light of day so if thats the case they may be wrong.

My optimism has dwindled a lot, specially the last few weeks where everytime i thought 'hey it might happen' it then just seemed to be 'fake news' no doubt to keep creditors/indiegogo at bay. Never had an email about anything either

I've said for ages if it was all happening show us a pile of them, show us a pile of boxes etc etc or just basically a video of one in action ! Everytime they tease a video its a badly made video with effects from the 80's which doesnt help. If they really were sending 400 then you would surely show a picture of lots of them etc. Crazy saga !

[The Laird]

Come on fella you wouldnt be positive no matter what they did !

I would if it was actually any good!

But there are now 4 confirmed deliveries from people and all 4 have said its abysmal!

[psj3809]

Doesn’t sound good. Surely he asked for the unit without games though so that’s why he received it so early. That’s one thing to I can’t moan much about. But so far doesn’t sound good

[The Laird]

Doesn’t sound good. Surely he asked for the unit without games though so that’s why he received it so early. That’s one thing to I can’t moan much about. But so far doesn’t sound good

Nope. He never requested a blank unit, neither did some of the others who received them.

[psj3809]

Doesn’t sound good. Surely he asked for the unit without games though so that’s why he received it so early. That’s one thing to I can’t moan much about. But so far doesn’t sound good

Nope. He never requested a blank unit, neither did some of the others who received them.

Fair enough then. Strange he got one ! I'll be quite happy with a near enough blank unit (As long as i get the instructions on how to add the games in the correct format !) but that doesnt seem to be released yet which isnt great !

I would rather get the 'blank' one as i think the one with all the 1000 games or that will take quite some time to arrive. 'Some' people kept contacting devs to get their games off to cause issues so i can see this just going on and on regarding the games. I was always going to put on the games i wanted for sure so wouldnt mind giving that a go. How good/easy it'll be who knows !!

[Matt_B]

I'd suggest that anyone who gets one should hang on to them, even if they're essentially designer paperweights and useless for playing games on. They'll doubtless be very rare and collectable in the future.

As before, I seriously doubt that there'll be as many of them as 400 though.

Oh, and their excuse for the lack of packaging? It's "ethical" apparently, which is rather ironic given the way that they've behaved.

[psj3809]

Yeah day by day my 'hope' level is dwindling fast. Again if they were going to send out 400 then surely you would have a picture of tons of them or something. Their facebook account seems very quiet, i would be swinging from the rooftops if after all this i was about to ship 400+.

Half gave up quite a long time ago, if i get something it 'might' be a bonus, if not you live and learn. Done alright on kickstarters/indiegogo's recently apart from this one. Gave up on the last second to the Elite keyboard fiasco which was a relief

[The Laird]

And now Sky have taken a stand as RCL are using the Sinclair branding without permission: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45024267

[psj3809]

Interesting reading !

I can imagine it’ll stop being shipped soon. I still wouldn’t mind trying one as I don’t believe there’ll be any money for refunds or that.

There is that positive video but that’s from Jan who is very pro-RCL so I won’t quite believe that. Very sad to hear about the abuse he’s received for supporting it though, heard a few cases like that. Be interesting if there’s more reviews or videos soon