Astro vote

[Noz]

A new vote has arrived. 

Clear pink

Yellow red

Pink blue. 

Not very imaginative. 

Must vote by Monday. 

I'd like a pink blue myself as I've already got both the others. 

What are your thoughts? 

[Lava_Head_UK]

Still waiting for Lunar,Io and Rokit bottles.

I voted Pink / Blue but hope it’s not as dark as the Lunar bottle.

I still have Clear / Pink and Yellow /Red bottles going strong since they were part of the range.

[MonsoonStorm]

I went clear/pink, the only other clear bottle I have are the clear/white in whatever size they were in a year or two ago.

I have the pink/blue fireflow and it's really dark, I'm not convinced it will look decent (unless on a bright white background with lots of ambient light of course...)

[lampfancy]

Leaning towards clear/pink, also concerned blue/ pink, though looks nice backlit, would probably be too dark in normal ‘ambience’ 



On a side note, have they stopped the etched logos on the bottles? Noticed their absence on the video.

[Lava_Head_UK]

Well, seems like I’m outnumbered already ha ha !! 

[lampfancy]

Seems to be leaning towards clear/pink so far on the Facebook comment chain as well



‘standard’ blue wax tends to be dark/ gloomy and not very vibrant looking, disappointed as I briefly thought it was pink/ turquoise, which I think would have been much nicer.

[MonsoonStorm]

Just a heads up as I can't see any announcement on Mathmos' instagram (don't use facebook), clear/pink won and it's up for sale now.

[Noz]

How very boring. Just a re-release. Again nothing imaginative. 

Was hoping for pink Blue just for something different. 

I wish they would ask the people who actually buy their products and not just stick in on fb where 80% of people aren't even going to look twice let alone buy one. 

[Lava_Head_UK]

• Ha ha exactly what I thought, I still have Clear / Pink  and Yellow / Red bottles from when they were part of the range and they are still going strong,
• I voted Pink / Blue but also commented that I hoped it was a lighter pink than the Lunar bottle as that was so dark even with backlighting. 
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  Noz said:

How very boring. Just a re-release. Again nothing imaginative. 

Was hoping for pink Blue just for something different. 

I wish they would ask the people who actually buy their products and not just stick in on fb where 80% of people aren't even going to look twice let alone buy one. 

[MonsoonStorm]

I think we need to keep in mind that as fairly niche collectors who happen to have found a forum to discuss our hobby, we only represent a tiny portion of their market.  There were 878 comments on their instagram, even if only 20% of them bought a bottle it's still almost 200 people, which is way more than the handful of us on here.  There'll be those who buy multiple bottles too, along with those who couldn't be bothered/forgot/missed the vote.  Hell, look at how fast the first 100's go (or went...)

Only Mathmos know the metrics really, I'm sure they wouldn't do these special fills if it wasn't worth their time.  People may be more inclined to grab a pink one because of valentines day perhaps, who knows.

I'll grab a couple of these bottles and nab a red/green too whilst I'm at it.  Still pondering experimenting with some acid etching, I'd like to create a proper festive bottle and I think that would be a cool way to do that.  Just need to think of a theme that will go well with red/green. Blue/clear with a bit of glitter added would have been awesome for that then I could stick snowflakes on it!

Hrm, there's a thought... has anyone tried adding a bit of glitter to a normal bottle?  I assume it would just get swallowed by the wax, but even that could look cool unless it breaks up the wax/stops it from flowing.  Or perhaps that powdery glitter/flakes that people seem to be adding to cocktails/drinks at the minute, that could also work - that could look especially cool in a clear bottle. Another potential experiment for an old discoloured bottle!

Noz said:

I wish they would ask the people who actually buy their products and not just stick in on fb where 80% of people aren't even going to look twice let alone buy one. 

[lampfancy]

Anyone else received their bottle yet?



Mine turned up today, inside of bottle full of streaks/ smears. Joy.



Think there’s any chance of a ‘like for like’ exchange on a limited run bottle …?

[Lava_Head_UK]

My ones arrived this morning.

lampfancy said:

Anyone else received their bottle yet?




Mine turned up today, inside of bottle full of streaks/ smears.

Joy.



Think there’s any chance of a ‘like for like’ exchange on a limited run bottle …?

[Lava_Head_UK]

Haven’t tried mine yet, I did have issues with several special fills and all were replaced.

Lava_Head_UK said:

My ones arrived this morning.

lampfancy said:

Anyone else received their bottle yet?




Mine turned up today, inside of bottle full of streaks/ smears.

Joy.



Think there’s any chance of a ‘like for like’ exchange on a limited run bottle …?