Sounds great. You hands-down have the best lineup of anyone I've seen. Don't worry about it, it was just a suggestion. I wish the best for Melinda and your business. And of course I will be picking some of these up at a later point in time.

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Warm frosted white are my favorite bulb and use them almost everywhere. I find them to be the most versatile.

Just placed my order. Hopefully with what I got I'll be able to make RFM look good. I had what I needed planned out until I got to the website and saw all the new stuff, so I just put a bunch in the cart and we'll see what happens.

Well I think the general consensus with warm white is incandescent bulbs are what the artwork was designed around. I'm not being picky here, please don't get that idea. But I and many others seem to like warm white because it's what we have seen games use for decades in the past. I use them on our route machines because I think it looks appropriate. That's of course not discounting other colors and LED types, it all depends on the taste of the owner. Like in my case, warm white seems to be something most people can agree on, so I feel in my situation as a co-operator that WW is a good pick for all the games we run.

I use warm EVERYwhere. GI. Backbox. Inserts. Spots. Then add flash of color where i see fit.

In general, I do not like WW LEDs. If I wanted to imitate incandescent bulbs in terms of color temp, I would....use incandescent bulbs. The IM that I just got still had all incandescents in it and the yellow (I call it dingy) look is not appealing to me in the GI.

Don't get me wrong: I do use WW LEDs in certain spots in the GI on some of my pins where I think it is appropriate, such as under a yellow plastic, and to prevent a pin from having too much blue cast from using all cool white LEDs. But for the most part, I find the regular cool white much more pleasing in the GI than the warm white.

I'm not surprised to hear Art say that he sells 6x more cool white LEDs than the warm white.

I think the theme and artwork of the game matter a lot there too -- "futuristic" games like IM or Tron will look great with the bluish tint of cool white, but maybe not so much for games like POTC, LOTR or Sorcerer.

Definitely agree with that.

When I had LOTR, I wanted an even more orange glow than what WW would give me, so I put a lot of orange LEDs in the GI and it looked sweet.

i agree with that too. i think my STTNG and Black Hole look great with cool whites (except for the chasers around the back box of BH, which are still incandescents, but that could change). the cool whites bring out the blues and puples of the artwork of those games, and in my opinion helps them hold their own looks-wise against newer games. whereas a yellowish hue makes them look more aged or retro, which would be cool for an EM, but not necessarily for space-themed games.

just my opinion, of course.

I think it definitely depends on the game's theme. I put cool whites in my EM one day just to see what it looked like, and it looked weird because to me the cool whites denote a more modern tone... like fosaisu said, the futuristic and space-themed games. Everything in the "future" set movies is always bright white and blue-tinted LED/neon it seems. I think the warm whites are a better "general" bulb, but lots of people want to make their games more modern and throw in the cool whites because it is a major difference in incandescents and cool white bulbs.

I tend to do one or the other depending on the theme/style of the pin, but I've got both in my Frankenstein. The game is warm oranges and cool blues, so I did the warmer colors up front and on the sides, with the cool whites around the monster since he is in ice. The cool highlightes the snow/ice and makes that area brighter, but the rest of the game still has a warmer glow that works with the art and timeperiod.

I'm with you on this as well, we sell a boatload more cools than warms

bump.

You can't go wrong dealing with Art. Great guy with a true love for this hobby and making machine lighting a true thing of beauty. I bought some dual flexible RGB's from him as well as some light strips. All I can say is WOW! Everything looks simply amazing! Thanks Art for all your help and advice and answering ALLLL my questions. LOL Sorry my friend.

I personally prefer the Natural White to the Warm White, but it always depends on the game.

Order just placed! Thanks, Art for offering a win-win-win all the way around!
I am a sucker for animals....here is one of our rescues. image.jpg

Gonna order by noon (Thursday). Hope it runs til then!

Last day bump.

I get my package today. Can't wait to see what else Art threw in the box. Just like xmas. Always glad to help out the "opposable thumb deficient".

Update from me:
Art is taking care of his part of the donation directly to HES, and I've got another $75 by way of generous donations from Blownfuse (thanks to his pups Rusty and Copper) and Pinfidel. So we've covered 2 adoption fees for the "long-timers" plus a few extra dollars for them to put towards food, supplies, etc. I'll be taking the donation check/money I've got to HES hopefully this week/weekend (depending on the storm situations) and will find the dog that has been there the longest and apply it to their account.

A huge thanks to Art, Blownfuse, Pinfidel, and everyone that purchased bulbs for helping the rescued pups!

Do you have a direct PayPal to donate to your Dog Rescue thingy?

This is their direct donation page. There are links for a few different funds, and 3rd down is a big PayPal button for one time donations.

http://heschatt.com/help-donate.php

Donate
The Humane Educational Society is a 501(C)(3) organization and all donations made are tax deductible! Regardless of budget, there is so much to be done for the animals at our shelter. We are able to achieve a quality shelter with the help of our community and its donations to provide more benefits to our animals. Please consider giving a gift of love that is so important in the lives or our pets.

HES has arranged several ways in which donations may be made. There are many options available. If you have any questions regarding donations, please feel free to contact us for more information!

I ment YOUR personal Doggie Fund.

You know how to reach me. My paypal account is attached to my email with this screenname. Lol. But then I would have to bake you more Blondie's blondies.

That reminds me. Hey Art... Do you prefer blondies, brownies, chocolate chip cookies, or sugar cookies?

Today is Tipper's birthday/day we got her. We're having a doggy party for her with homemade treats, canned dog food, and a new toy for her. We certainly know how to party hard here.

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