2012 Jubilee edition
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Topic: 2012 Jubilee edition
Posted By: Frostg
Subject: 2012 Jubilee edition
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2012 at 10:50am
| Graham is it possible when I place the Solo UL order with my dealer to request no 2012 jubilee logo on the front and just the old style front? After all it does then make it hard to say you had had it for ages with 2012 in your face! Thanks |
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Posted By: Graham Slee
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2012 at 1:58pm
Just tell her we started making them last year 
------------- That none should be able to park up and enjoy the view without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps |
Posted By: discrete badger
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2012 at 7:48pm
| Hate to be a party pooper but I think the colourful additions look a bit out of place against the understated elegance of the fascia. |
Posted By: Frostg
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2012 at 8:24pm
| Thanks Graham, not sure if that is a no then! I really want one of these but without the new wording. Is it an option I can order? Now if it said diamond edition/standard in black like the other wording that would be more discrete and still give a distinction to previous versions! Sorry not trying to rain on your parade. |
Posted By: hotmog
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2012 at 9:16pm
I think what Graham is saying is a no.  But surely the solution is both simple and cheap. Get a sheet of this stuff: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adhesive-Brushed-Aluminium-Effect-making/dp/B0075TP8UG" rel="nofollow - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adhesive-Brushed-Aluminium-Effect-making/dp/B0075TP8UG . Cut out a couple of strips to cover the offending wording and away you go, SWMBO will be none the wiser! ------------- http://www.victorian-breweriana.uk - Hotmog's Victorian Breweriana |
Posted By: Frostg
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2012 at 9:43pm
| Or I wait 12 months till the jubilee year is over and we can have the clean look again! |
Posted By: hotmog
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2012 at 9:55pm
Oh, don't be a cheapskate! Why wait 12 months or longer for the sake of £2.99 + £1.30 p&p? 
------------- http://www.victorian-breweriana.uk - Hotmog's Victorian Breweriana |
Posted By: Frostg
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2012 at 10:52pm
| It is not the cost of adding the sheet of stuff, just don't see the point of adding something, when the original was good. And someone else has agreed they do not like the addition of the blue lettering. In addition not everyone will be that bothered about the queens jubilee (now I have gone and done it!) |
Posted By: hotmog
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2012 at 11:35pm
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My suggestion was not intended as anything more than a tongue-in-cheek compromise to resolve your dilemma. I rather got the impression this was to disguise your intended new purchase as an item you had already possessed for some time, in order to avoid awkward explanations and potential strife. Assuming that is still the case, you basically have three options: 1) Bite the bullet, get the 2012 edition and stand your ground if confronted 2) If you are not worried about the extra -14dB noise reduction, get an old stock or S/H UL 3) Wait until next year or beyond, until such time as the Jubilee edition is superseded by a new model which also happens not to have any coloured text Oh, here's another - just thought of this one - you get the Jubilee edition and I'll be happy to do a swap with you for my immaculate, fully burned-in, Solo UL upgrade with original fascia.  ------------- http://www.victorian-breweriana.uk - Hotmog's Victorian Breweriana |
Posted By: Graham Slee
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 12:24am
What a bloody good idea! ------------- That none should be able to park up and enjoy the view without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps |
Frostg wrote:Posted By: Frostg
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 1:48am
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Hotmog, I understand there was tongue in cheek, but did still felt too much text colourefx etc does distract from the clean lines and uncluttered look of the current face. I also appreciate your generous offer of a swap, but feel that I will have to decline your pride and joy, that would just not be cricket. ;-) At the end of the day this is Graham's stuff and I know he will choose what he wants, I was just trying to highlight the option might have some disadvantages. Not trying to cause any upset. Thanks for all your suggestions. |
Posted By: Frostg
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 1:49am
| Thanks Graham, and sorry not trying to cause trouble here. |
Posted By: mrarroyo
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 11:04am
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I finally took a look at the new facia. I understand the need to differentiate but I prefer the non-jubilee fascia. ------------- Miguel |
Posted By: Graham Slee
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 2:41pm
OK, it's gone. The panels will be printed with Diamond Edition in a more refined manner, possibly in a handwriting font. ------------- That none should be able to park up and enjoy the view without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps |
Posted By: Frostg
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 9:49pm
Now that sounds great, love that idea. Will put my order in 
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