New Romeo and juliets incoming?

[Dbninc]

Wow, I wonder if the newer lenses avoid cracks better? One part of the release says titanium powder, hmm

 

[ZCForge]

Wow, I wonder if the newer lenses avoid cracks better? One part of the release says titanium powder, hmm

To freshen up after the Raping

 

[Ti man]

Wow, I wonder if the newer lenses avoid cracks better? One part of the release says titanium powder, hmm

Probably powder coated plastic.

 

[dragonvoi]

I heard they found 20 romeo and 20 juliet, are painting them gold and releasing them with that coin for $5000 a pair.

damn this prediction was close!

 

[dragonvoi]

Probably powder coated plastic.

My guess is they found some old pairs and blasted them. probably hired @THE X-MAN to do it right?

 

[Ti man]

My guess is they found some old pairs and blasted them. probably hired @THE X-MAN to do it right?

The one pic shows prizm p in the frame, probably (hopefully) cut by the champ! @Chris A Hardaway

 

[Ti man]

damn this prediction was close!

Just for clarification, I made that up. Lol

 

[dragonvoi]

Just for clarification, I made that up. Lol

riiiiight. what other insider stuff are you about to drop... they gonna serialize R2s now and re-release them via Nascar?

 

[Ti man]

riiiiight. what other insider stuff are you about to drop... they gonna serialize R2s now and re-release them via Nascar?

Hopefully something with the XX, best xmetal ever!

 

[delarscuevas]

This site says they're 3D printed, which makes sense from an economical standpoint. To restart and retune the casting of these thin parts, even if outsourced to an expert, would've been very time and money consuming. From a fan perspectieve this sucks, obviously.

3D printing however, has the added benefit of way tighter production tolerances than the old casting method. Which makes it easier for mass produced (that's waaay more than 14.) assemblies to always fit and function well without needing wide separation lines and gaps between the individual parts (and @Chris A Hardaway having to custom custom cut most of our X-Metal lenses because of the wild variation in orbital size).

And speaking of which: am I truly the first one here to notice that the Juliet Nosebridge looks awfully tight? Almost as if the orbitals and nose bridge we're made out of one piece, instead of having the couplers? Not saying it is one piece, but saying that this points to 3D printing as well: narrower gap lines between parts possible because of tighter production tolerances.