Random thoughts:
1. I love this is out of the box thinking.
2. The price point is fantastic and will generate sales.
3. The initiative to make all your own mechs is really neat.
4. I trust you have calculated your price in view of your costs.
5. When finished I would buy one for my arcade.
HOWEVER:
6. Your launch as indicated by the product video is too early. It’s an definitely cool but unrefined prototype. You are at least a year out from any shipping product.
7. The deposit before it’s finished, no matter how small, no matter what you say about refundability is worrisome given it follows a well worn definitely NOT outside the box playbook and is a non starter for me.
8. Your price worries me and makes me question whether ALL costs of being a business have been fully considered beyond BOM.
I would love to be proven wrong on 6-8. Count me in once the early adopters have given their thumbs up and units are ready and assembled to be shipped.