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Forged 6k Weapon and Carbon 6k Weapon Shipping Update

Jarred Land

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Ok... things are going great. Forged Weapons have been shipping since mid-last month and our manufacturing has gotten into a great pace.

By popular demand we have removed the " call your rep to order " restriction that not only was a pain in the ass to our customers but also bogged down my staff ( sorry about that ) . Forged ordering should be on RED.COM shortly. The line for an upgrade from your Dragon to a Forged 6k Weapon is about 4 weeks but we are doing a good job of knocking that time down. New direct Forged 6K Weapon orders (not upgrades) is about 4 days from payment.

To answer the first 5 questions people ask when they call and ask about the Forged:

1) Cost of the Forged is a $10k premium over the normal Carbon Weapon. ( It takes 4x as long to manufacture a Forged Weapon than a Carbon Weapon )

2) Weight of a Forged Weapon is roughly the same as Carbon Weapon, But the forged is much, much stronger.

3) Forged orders take priority for the 8K sensor after 8K ordering opens up again once the initial first batch of 8K orders has been notified.

4) All the parts and modules made for Carbon/Mag Weapon will fit on the Forged Weapon.

5) Delivery time ( see above )

After the Forged are caught up the line switches over to Carbon Weapon and that is looking like first week of October. There are a shit-ton of Dragon to Carbon Weapon 6K upgrades so its gonna take awhile to get through all of those until we move onto the Mag Weapon 6K.

8K is still on track for end of year.
 
Release the hounds! Links:

* Upgrade SCARLET/EPIC DRAGON to Forged WEAPON
* Buy new Forged bundle
* Buy new Forged, Brain only

Another nice thing on Forged, comes with both SKIN TONE-HIGHLIGHT and LOW LIGHT OPTIMIZED OLPFs with it. Woven, Magnesium - they come with either LLO or ST-H OLPF. You get to choose which before delivery...

We are in process of updating rest of RED.com (like FAQs) now that Jarred made this public...
 
Forged and Woven automatically come with the new DSMC Mg PL Mount 2.0, at no additional charge. Meaning, if you order brain only, you get the mount with it. If you want Canon as well, you can order that in addition.

Also, Forged SIDEKICK is live.
 
No problem. I figure if I post 80 more times on this thread, I can surpass your post count, ha.

Also, people are asking - can I convert my Mg or Woven CF order to Forged? Absolutely.
 
the real question here is if your normal woven CF number gets called after 8K is out will that be put in straight away. sounds like woven 6k's will still be in the upgrade que end of year.
 
Epic CF owners are still priority one in their upgrade group. No changes since NAB...
 
This kicks major ass. Glad the Weapon line out the door has been way on track. Well done to all of the black rubber glove wearers!
 
Any early indication that the 8k sensor will be available in needed numbers when that order is fulfilled? I guess I'm asking if there are a lot of new Forged orders that opt for the 8k sensor, will that put early CF 8k orders in wait mode until a new revised order batch is made?
 
Totally bummed about this. We'll shoot our feature with our two Dragons...but not with Weapons. Just don't have the available cash to get in queue for forged. Have to pay for things like actors!
 
Any upgrade path yet for Dragon Monochrome? Was told at NAB that info would be forthcoming
 
Jarred,

How is ET Side Handle coming, if its ready to go, i might just pull the trigger and get the forged. Just need to make sure the eco system that i love is ready to go.
 
Any upgrade path yet for Dragon Monochrome? Was told at NAB that info would be forthcoming

I know John Marchant will get the first 8K Monochrome ... but I'm callin' dibs on # 2 right now -

I want a Forged Carbon Monochrome Dragon 8K .... OMG that camera will crush so hard.
 
I know John Marchant will get the first 8K Monochrome ... but I'm callin' dibs on # 2 right now -

I want a Forged Carbon Monochrome Dragon 8K .... OMG that camera will crush so hard.

I'm cool with #3 . . . the two of you guys have done amazing work for RED. Jared, wanna make it official 'n stuff? Let's do this!

The Mono is RED's best product ever. Hard to find work for it but when it's working it is without peer.

Trip down memory road:
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?116544-Mono-Dragon-R3D-s-First-Look
 
Elsie N said:
I guess I'm asking if there are a lot of new Forged orders that opt for the 8k sensor, will that put early CF 8k orders in wait mode until a new revised order batch is made?

8k orders are currently closed. Unless they have already paid for the 8k upgrade, then I am guessing they will have to wait. Of course this can change at any time.
 
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