The Skyliner, I know I know - WHEN?

Versatile Visions has received quite a few emails from old customers and new potential clients, an email came in recently from someone who purchased at Walt DisneyWorld in 1999, (CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S BEEN THAT LONG?), wondering when the NEW Skyliner will be available for purchase. At this moment we are looking into ways of reducing our overall manufacturing costs without effecting the Skyliner design, quality or functionality. We are attempting to eliminate the blister packaging and metallic art card. We do love the art card designed by Razor Creative's Rich Gould, it's magnificent and has served us well. However, currently we need to get more units into a case and reduce the case-pack weight and dimensions. The "protective" cardboard required to line the units up almost doubles the case weight.

Skyliner in Razor Creative designed Blister

We haven't raised our Skyliner prices in over 12 years. The suggested retail has been US $20.00 for the unit + shipping and handling. The next batch of Skyliners will cost a bit more to manufacture as the cost of raw materials and labor has gone up, however, our goal is to keep the single and wholesale unit cost down as low as possible. A lot of people say this, we try to implement what we say.

One of our biggest hurdles is shipping and handling. The cost to ship Skyliners in their current packaging has gone up three fold. We prefer to ship US Postal priority within the US because it allows us to track the package, print the labels on our computer and supports the US postal service.

Well, there you have it, we're sorry for the delay, but by spending time planning for the future we will be able to provide the Skyliner Virtual Message Writer at a decent cost.

Hal

p.s. an exciting NEW product is coming from Versatile Visions very soon!!!!!!

Versatile Visions and Hal Meyers in Bangor Daily News

Versatile Visions was just mentioned in the Bangor Daily News for Hal Meyers mentoring Charles Earley with his new invention the EKLIPSE.

LINK to Article:
http://bangordailynews.com/2011/11/24/living/conversations-with-maine-lifestyle/‘archi-technical-artist’-invents-a-new-clothespin/

Quote from article:
" “I’ve never been an entrepreneur,” Charley said, but he has become one for the first time, inspired by his revolutionary invention and some wonderful mentors … Hal Meyers of Versatile Visions in Bangor helped with imaging and packaging."


Here are some 3D images of the patent pending EKLIPSE Hal created for Charles using FormZ and Electric Image. Hal also created a few animations showing the evolution of the "clothes pin - through the EKLIPSE and a possible packaging option. 

Unique Party Favor - The Skyliner

When it comes to unique Party Favors, one item stands out from all the others, the Skyliner Virtual Message Writer!

The Skyliner is a handheld, battery operated (batteries included), virtual texting novelty device that allows the end user to put a short message into the air in a 360 degree circumference (when twirled in the air). The messages can be up to 18 characters long, including spaces. Three user programmed messages can be stored in the Skyliner which also has 11 preset messages that include: AWESOME, COOL, LOVE YOU!, HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IT'S MAGIC!, etc.

The Skyliner (version 3) will be in production, again, soon, available for purchase exclusively/directly from Versatile Visions, llc., the creator, manufacturer, designer and patent holder of the device. If you search on line and someone claims to have the SKYLINER for sale, be very careful. We're pretty sure they #1 - do not have the Skyliner - version 3 with 12 color changing LED's, #2 - will try to sell you a very old version (black unit with 8 LED's). If the Skyliner they are offering has 8 LED's, it will work (we put out a quality product), but it's at least six years old and the messages are 1/2 the size of the new version.

Therefore, please check back with us, often or you can send us an e-mail message and we will send you an alert when the Skyliners are available for purchase. Write to: skylinerguys@gmail.com

Thank you,

Versatile Visions, llc.
skylinerguys@gmail.com
www.theskyliner.com

Birthday surprise

Holy Moses! I opened the door to my house and there were twenty of my friends twirling Skyliners with HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I was blown away because I couldn't turn the lights on in the house, that made me a little nervous, and it was very dark and late since I was coming home from what I thought was my birthday dinner with my" significant other."

Here it is 10pm and my friends had cut the electricity so no lights would go on. For a moment I thought maybe I had intruders. Anyway what a sight to see all those rotating lights! It was terrific see such a cool new gadget. Didn't realize it had been out there for distribution.

Thanks, Jeff

We have been inundated with emails sending us to sites where we see the development of unusual lighting designs on bicycle wheels using Skyliner technology. One design actually is used just to light up a bicycles path ahead at night. Very clever. This highlights our SKYLINER product as being the only item that sends a message at dusk, hand held, mobile, unique. No competition. The ones that did compete fell by the way side because of inferior tooling and unreliability. "Byline with a Skyline!"

High Five

Just an idea. What do you think about selling a Persistence of Vision program to an airlines flying at night or to any company who wants a light up message on the bottom or wings of a plane cruising over a city airway. Big money in advertising! Contact us if you are interested.

Skyliner Virtual Message Writer A Real Novelty

Hey there Skyliner fans …

It's been a a couple of weeks since our last post, however, it's not because we have nothing to tell you. We've been busy on a top secret project, very different then the Skyliner Virtual Message Writer, but really cool non-the-less. I'll start to spill details over the next few weeks so check back often.

I keep getting e-mails from folks wondering when the Skyliner will be available. I don't have an exact date yet, simply because we don't want to be rushed into bringing in thousands of units that will sit for more than a few months in our warehouse in Bangor Maine. The idea is to bring them in and get them out to the masses with out a long time on the shelf. Even though we have had units last for 5 + years on the original batteries. Nothing beats using quality components from the get-go.

I can tell you this, we are changing a few things, not the unit itself. Presently the Skyliner will remain the same color, a dark blue, with 12 multi-colored LED's and the current list of pre-set messages. The unit will still allow the end user to easily program and save three of their own messages up to 18 characters in length(including spaces). However, we are leaning towards eliminating the current packaging which for several years has made it difficult to pack efficiently into the "master cartons". This will enable us to ship more units per carton and then allow us to send out the the consumer in a slightly smaller package.

Anyway, stay tuned to the blog for further Skyliner Virtual Message Writer Novelty item information and the NEW SECRET PROJECT!

Hal
The Skyliner Guy