Official Frankenbinder Thread

 

The one thing I noticed is about the Pill buckles is that they attach to the strap differently than all of the other ones I have, or at least it seems to.

 

 

You can see that little black plastic coming out of the strap and going into the buckle.  They've got a screw in the back like all of them, but when you take that out it's still stuck to the strap.  Somebody mentioned you can just pry that black plastic out and get the buckle off, but I don't think it has the little tab underneath it like the rest of the normal Union buckles have.  Would be tough to tell unless you just go through with trying to pull the Pill buckle off.

 

And if you do get it off, maybe the regular ones fit no problem anyway.  As I was writing this I remembered that my buddy got a set off Craigslist last year.  Pretty sure they have white ratchets on them because the guy swapped them.   So apparently it is possible.

 

I like Rome but don't follow them closely enough to know which binding is their top seller, but I would guess it'd be the 390.  I'm guessing they upgraded the 390s a little because they know that people will pay a little more for more features/extras which in turn means more money for the company. 

 

I'm assuming the 390 and 390 Boss are about the equivalent of the Force and Data from Union.  They're basically the exact same binding but with a few small extras.  Those extras cost the consumer like $40 more (Force vs Data), but think how little they cost the company once they order however many of them.

 

Hells yeah.  Did a little parts trading with a couple of guys on here this week.

 

IceCoast is getting a whole box full of orange Contact goodies in exchange for some $, so that's good for both of us considering he wants to try out Contacts and I want have to help support the state of MN and pay a lame ass traffic ticket.

 

KidA is getting a Team Data highback in exchange for a pair of awesome purple Airblaste/Grenade Fingerblaster gloves.  The gloves (medium) are way too small for me so they'll be going to my girlfriend.  I'm hoping it'll add to her shred stoke for the season.  A happy wife is a happy life, or something like that, right?  

 

Possibly interested in the toe straps, depending on condition.  I need to find something orange for my next binder project and unfortunately my all-orange toe straps from the '09 Contacts were part of the package I just sold.  Just not sure if that little orange U logo on the '10 toe strap would be enough to cut it for me.

 

These things look frickin' sick.  Smeriously.  Mt. Dew Livewire?  Trying to think of something that's green and orange.  But man, they look good.

 

I think I might have enough parts lying around here to make a pair that would be the exact opposite of those colors, but they'd have Contact highbacks instead.  Maybe I'll throw something like that together just for the hell of it. We'll see.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS - Not for sale, just showin' off.

 

My bad.  I was wasted...

 

Uncle-in-law (to be) turned 50 today.  We had a party on Friday night.  Pics to come...