Exotic Sliders, Fat ToadX and MORE!
First Exotic Sliders
Finally, after being asked for years...
I have the first Exotic Sliders going up on the website.
Here's a quick look:
These are only the first two but I have more I am working on right now. They will be dropping under MagLab (one on the MagLab page ...and the other down below).
Two more things...
#1 - I also plan to drop some in emails here and there as well (see keep an eye on your Inbox)
and
#2 - While I do have one or two full-bodied Exotic Sliders I have made (but not finished) - I personally prefer the "less is more" look. I think an Exotic INLAY is aesthetically better that the entire slider being Exotic.
Fat ToadX
Finally made a Fat ToadX!
I'll keep this to the three things you need to know:
#1 - It is very light (and looks pretty wild if I'm being honest)
#2 - Other than one other slider we make, this has the longest machining time (something like 6 hours!)
#3 - Because of #2 above, I'll likely not make it going forward.
I have a few made right now and I'll be dropping them over the next few days or week though.
My 3 x Most Popular Sliders
I've been designing and making sliders for exactly 4.5 years.
The three sliders I'm going to show you are the most popular. Not the most popular right now -- but the most popular over the years.
But, before we continue...
These are not the most talked about. There are not the most discussed. These are the "quiet heroes".
The first was the original Toad:
It didn't matter how many other designs I came up with after I released this - it was the steady seller that just kept going.
That was until the ToadX came about:
The ToadX was actually an accident. I showed a blog post with a half-finished regular Toad that had "steps" in it (because it was only partially CNC machined).
People went crazy and wanted that exact slider -- which I couldn't specifically release because it was very rough (only being partially CNC machined).
However, I was able to design a more refined version of it and release is as an actual slider.
The regular Toad never quite sold the same again once the ToadX was on the scene - it stole the spotlight.
At some point we stopped making the ToadX (no particular reason, I just was trying different things I think).
The SkellyHex seemed to take it's place:
This is the current "hero" of our sliders. I have recently started making the ToadX - so it will be interesting to see what people think of that now that the SkellyHex is around.
I have not made any regular Toad sliders in a long, LONG time - but I would like to try and few and see what people think of them.
Magnus, I’ve been following and purchasing from you since you first started out. I have one of your original spinners still! I keep it in the little wooden box! Please, I beg you to change your drop method.. Or at least create a custom order page. There are so many sliders that I love, but due to the time difference, everytime I check the emails, they are always sold out. I love your stuff, and would pay lots, but I can’t get anything that I truly want anymore. I hope that you can come up with a solution for this. Thanks for your consideration,
All the best,
Chris