Monome™ opened up sales of 128’s to the general public. Last week they finished off supplying the long standing waiting list. Brian said they had 70, and he was pretty confident given the economic climate and the fact that they were going on sale 2 weeks after Christmas that sales wouldn’t be brisk and availability would be there if people wanted on.

At 1.00pm EST the “buy it now” link was published.

At 1.02pm they were sold out.

Amazing demand. I think it’s a strong sign of the clear difference between the DIY monomes and the ones produced by Monome Inc. That even though you can build a Monome clone for less than $300 with almost no waiting time, people will still fight to the death for an $800 piece of equipment that does the exact same thing.

I’m one of those people. In fact I have an arduinome, a Monome Kit, and I still managed to scramble to pick up a legit 128 from the originators. I just had to have one. It never felt right using the other two.

I will continue to use the other two, one is going to my daughter, the other I will use as a secondary controller. My spare 40h kit, I’m selling back to the community at cost, just so someone has a chance to use it.

I can not wait to get my 128. It’s the best Christmas present I could have wished for. That’s Brian and Kelli !!!!