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I want to make one

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Created by adolf > 9 months ago, 12 Jul 2012
adolf
1862 posts
12 Jul 2012 10:55PM
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www.stoneskippingrobot.com/meet-skippy

I've been doing lots of playing with arduino lately while working on my project - just my luck that all the good ideas have already been taken.

I'm so sick of coming up with awesome ideas - that will make me rich, way beyond my wildest dreams - only to find someone else who lives down the road has been doing the same thing for ages.

The thing is none of them are rich - they just look at the ground and kick rocks, kind of like me.

Ted the Kiwi
NSW, 14256 posts
13 Jul 2012 9:27AM
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do not be dis-heartened. Keep up the good work and keep posting your ideas, thoughts and experiments. Rome was not built in day

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
13 Jul 2012 9:44AM
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Adolf - it seems the quickest way to make some coin is by app design - so why not design a yonnie-piffing app, which relies on you holding the phone like the stone (ie; around edges) and as you do the motion, it relays your technique to the screen (with multiple scenes - pond, river, ocean etc.) and replays from a couple of different angles including a moving camera - I'd download that one for free...might even pay a couple of bucks for it!


...might want to start selling wristband attachments also re; initial issues with wii handsets & big-screen tvs!

[edit] sorry to burst your bubble - already an app out there 'stone skipping'!

Underoath
QLD, 2434 posts
13 Jul 2012 12:27PM
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adolf said...

I'm so sick of coming up with awesome ideas - that will make me rich, way beyond my wildest dreams - only to find someone else who lives down the road has been doing the same thing for ages.

The thing is none of them are rich - they just look at the ground and kick rocks, kind of like me.


Don't be silly, I used your idea of the flying fish and won the contact to import them to Target. Awesome idea,
I'm making $2.75 a sale. We are selling 35,000 units this month with an option to ramp up for the next 3months to 55,000 units. It's all about a great idea (and who you know)

adolf
1862 posts
13 Jul 2012 2:36PM
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Underoath said...


Don't be silly, I used your idea of the flying fish and won the contact to import them to Target. Awesome idea,
I'm making $2.75 a sale. We are selling 35,000 units this month with an option to ramp up for the next 3months to 55,000 units. It's all about a great idea (and who you know)


Those things are so 2011

Underoath
QLD, 2434 posts
13 Jul 2012 5:30PM
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adolf said...

Underoath said...


Don't be silly, I used your idea of the flying fish and won the contact to import them to Target. Awesome idea,
I'm making $2.75 a sale. We are selling 35,000 units this month with an option to ramp up for the next 3months to 55,000 units. It's all about a great idea (and who you know)


Those things are so 2011


My bank account doesnt care ;)

adolf
1862 posts
13 Jul 2012 4:00PM
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My bank account doesnt care ;)


I paid for xmas out of the sale of air swimmers - and was only selling them in larger volumes for a couple of months. I actually sold my last one last week. I've been looking around for other Chinese knockoffs for this xmas.

What do you think of these?


www.theverge.com/2012/3/26/2902894/bandai-smartpet-robot-dog-iphone-announcement

All the same - well done with the air swimmers. I'm glad I helped you out.

adolf
1862 posts
13 Jul 2012 5:37PM
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Underoath said...


My bank account doesnt care ;)


Hey are you sure you've got this deal, and are selling 30,000 per month with Target?

I know Big W sells them - even saw a TV ad focusing on them the other week, but I couldn't find them listed on www.target.com.au

http://www.bigw.com.au/toys/vehicles-remote-controlled/bpnBIGW_0000000308192/air-swimmers-remote-control-flying-shark

Maybe you did this big deal with Targets competitor Big W?

busterwa
3782 posts
13 Jul 2012 9:28PM
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What are you thinking adolf? All you need o do to make cash is hire a foreign trained IT slave? lets say from India Philippines etc Just get him her to code Bullsh1t games like angry bird for an iphone. People who are dumb enough to purchase a new made in china 4$ iphone for a 4600% percent markup are for sure going to buy a ****ty game for 2 bucks.
Instant millionaire.
Cheap Tv's?

BulldogPup
6657 posts
13 Jul 2012 11:02PM
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I got nuthin'

Underoath
QLD, 2434 posts
14 Jul 2012 3:28AM
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Watching that vid make me love my accounting job



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