Analogue Pocket

Looks like MVG had his clock set wrong and broke the embargo. Was only halfway through it myself so didn't get to the bad points. Imagine it'll be reuploaded in an hour.

A fellow Linneman fangirl? Watched his vid last night, he's actually convinced me at this point!

Do you have one on order? Sure you hate handhelds, sell it to me once it arrives! :D

They really do look absolutely gorgeous, I'd buy one just for playing my NGP games.

Whatever about the hardware, the adapters can’t possibly be something they can’t meet demand with. A PCB and some injection moulded plastic.

Other small manufacturers can keep a modest supply going.

No none on order, currently. I had a long debate with myself last night, to'ing and fro'ing over it. I'm not a fan of handheld games really....but that Linneman fella....he sold me that it's now the defacto way to experience these games, above and beyond screen mods on original hardware. Maybe I would enjoy the games better without the awful 90's screen tech? The hardware itself is absolutely beautiful, that screen. So in the end, I decided I think I want one (a white one)...because I want to get a Mister Multisystem at some point too, and this is the best way to cap off this era of handheld gaming too.

Pity there's still no sign of the adapters. Analogue's usual communication levels means next to no information about when.

Seems they're handling the actual pre-ordering a lot better this time around, though I hope people are well prepared that they could have a long wait ahead of them once they get put into assigned groups in a couple days etc

Interesting read on their interaction with the mGBA emulator dev

https://endrift.com/2021/12/13/analogue-pocket-hate-story/

I believe the 'other charges' is the extra 25% levy on top of the standard import rate put in place as part of the tariff war between the US and EU that came into effect last year. Was related to airline subsidies originally if I recall correctly, but a number of other commodities were captured in the penalty.....one of which was unfortunately video game consoles.

Found that out to great cost last year importing a NT Mini, which if it had shipped on the original release date would have avoided it, but because the tariffs came into place in Nov (I think), it got stung. Had another import earlier this year that didn't get penalised, but it turns out that there was only a 4-5 month suspension of the trade dispute around the middle of the year, so its back in effect since late summer. I've heard of a number of people challenging the charge with some lucky managing to escape in all the confusion, others having their items delayed, and in at least one unverified case of unpaid fees, the NT was sent back to Analogue as, technically the FedEx shipping contract lies with the shipper, not the receiver. Dunno how true that was bit sounds like a nightmare situation. Certainly their handling charge is somewhat exorbitant considering the upfront fee, so always hear about people challenging that. Get a supervisor on the phone on a good day and they probably don't want the hassle :)

Haven't had a chance to check out the Pocket yet. Arrived yesterday, but work has me tied up so won't be able to check it out till tomorrow or so hopefully. After waiting this long, sure what's another couple days.

Edit - quick Google about the suspension here. Obviously never resolved it in the end.......or they did, and FedEx are taking the proverbial piss.

Got an email from Fedex this afternoon saying I owed €183 on this delivery.

Import duty €1.72
Tax (VAT) €90.32
Other charges €72.89
Disbursement fee €18.45 

The Tax and Disbursement fee (and I guess import duty?) make sense (although the VAT seems about €30 too high) but the random, vague "other charges" item is a joke. Will be ringing them tomorrow to try and figure out what's happening there. Have heard of someone on Slack who didn't get hit with the "other charges", just normal VAT, so would be interested to hear how other Boards users get on.