Is it just me or are some of the newer kits ridiculously expensive? Especially anything with a selection of screws. I get the convenience of the kits having the exact sizes that are needed for a specific model, but you can order a 400 piece variety pack of small machine screws from Amazon for cheap and have a lot of leftovers.
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I haven’t checked to see if the maglevs were in stock but I just got a shipped notice on the one I ordered. Don’t know if that means there’s stock but that’s on you guys to check. Mine’s on the way. 
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Yep, they’re in stock. They were in stock a while back and I bought one, but then they went back to the preorder banner. Placed my order on the 21st, so we’ll see when it comes 
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Has anyone gotten one yet?
Mine is set to arrive today I think but no eyes on it yet.
Just checked and now showing for delivery Tues so no joy today.
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Mine came in yesterday - alignment can be tricky but I’ve been impressed with the weight it can hold!
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I ordered mine the 21st and it’s still not shipped. No clue why it’s taking so long. Definitely not going to make it into the space contest for this one. So much for that idea 
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Same here. I think we ordered at the same time and @MZip got the last one lol.
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I ordered two and they came in yesterday! Super fun to play with! my kids were both pretty mesmerized with them 
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Not in my grubby paws yet, though. 2 more days…?
Anybody with one, how warm does that base get? Reason I ask is we may be able to add vanes to the levitating part to get convection to make it turn?
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So far I’ve only left it running for 15 minutes but the heat was minimal. However, this was not in any kind of enclosure so the heat was able to dissipate easily.
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Yeah, i’ve had them running for quite a while, and there’s nowhere near the kinda heat you’d need to turn those kind of vanes. Super cool idea though!!
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Was discussing with @PrinterMcgee and there are ways! If it doesn’t get warm enough (thanks for the replies!) it’s 12V drive on the base and easy to add a fan, conceal it, and use it to both cool the base unit and print in passages to duct it where the air is needed to spin a levitating piece. I think the air directed at the model may need to be split off and maybe throttled so it’s not trying to spin things too fast, and directed from at least two ports to not unbalance it, but it opens up possibilities for other motion and effects.
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In case anyone arrives at this post through search, I’ve shared some observations on this kit in the Hardware Kits & Maker Combo Kits Product Information Update thread.
Does anyone have an aligment issue with this kit? I have tried over 100 times and it just won’t float … any advise please?
I found it fairly easy to set the puck but it took using a finger to hold the base stationary while doing it or the off-axis attraction would pull the base up to hit the puck.
There could be an issue with your base, though. If there is a connection issue with one of the coils it could make the field have a “hole” where the puck can just slip out.
Does the puck always go wonky in the same direction? I think that would be a symptom of a base circuit issue maybe?
I’m extremely disappointed in my fellow nerds that there isn’t yet a Grogu pram model using this yet, get on it slow pokes! Lol 
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It doesn’t even appear to want to stay in the middle, no matter how slowly I’m trying to find the perfect spot. From all the videos I saw it should not be that hard so I suspect some issues with the base :-/
Make sure there’s no metal under the base - if you’re using it on a table with metal rods or something like that, it’ll throw it off.
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Nobody could receive theirs. Mine, at least, took from November 21st when I ordered it to Wednesday (Dec 11)
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