a fan of our magical facebook incarnation
and share the link (http://bit.ly/ky-fb) to this raffle on your wall.
When you’re still a fan after the 33 days of this competition
- on 10/5/10 – that’s May 10th -
you’ll enter our big book of wizards to be.
Then the Kymera Wand will flick open a page at random
and point at its new owner.
Perhaps that’s you!
Wishing you all the luck you need.
After looking at the impressive infographics and talking with some friends about its implications, I decided to revive the Kymera Wand facebook page, add some more content and try to provide daily or weekly updates related to the wand.
So, if you’re there and want to follow the things happening around the Kymera Wand, this site and more, become a fan.
In his splendid role as Kaptin Scarlett the Wand Maker Chris Barnardo spent some time tarnishing a Kymera Wand so that it looks like it was made of ivory or bone.
He also offered use to use the images and text, so we’d love to quote from the instructables introduction:
This instructable will show you how to make (almost) anything look like old ivory or bone. The technique I have used is also called distressing. I am distressing (you might want to call it a creative hacking) my beloved Kymera Wand. However you got one, hacking a $90 gadget takes some guts, but I think the result speaks for itself and you end up taking something original and turning it into something completely unique.
Below you can see how the wand is transmogrified in 13 well documented steps from being your usual wooden colored magical instrument to an elegant creamy white beauty.
Please look at the instructable and comment and rate it or comment here. And spread the word, it is worthwhile.
Before starting you should perhaps consider the Chris’ last words:
At last it is time to remove the masking tape and review your handiwork.
Phew, either it looks fab or you have just ruined a hundred dollars of high tech wizardry. Perhaps it might have been better to practice on an old wooden spoon first. …
If you don’t like what you see, mask up and go back to step one and start again… remember as it says on the Kymera Wand manual…
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.
While we kept the jewels we’d like to offer those awesome wands to the public wizarding community.
You still have to figure out how those wands work, although there were some strange scrolls accompanying the magical instruments.
Während wir das Gold und die Juwelen behalten, soll die gesamte magische Gemeinschaft an den Zauberstäben teilhaben können. Aufgrund des gefundenen Schatzes bieten wir sie zu einem günstigen Preis für alle Zauberer dieser Welt an. Sie müssen nur noch herausfinden, wie die Zauberstäbe wirklich funktionieren, es lagen da einige seltsame Schriftrollen bei, die sicher hilfreich sind.
Magic Kymera Wand
You can download it from there as PDF and print it after entering your name in the baroque script.
It reads:
Ownership Certificate
This Certifies, that
Your Name
shall henceforth be known as a
Kymera Wand Bearer
and who in time
shall become proficient
in the use thereof
&
know and learn its various
and cunning ways of controlFrom this day, by order of
Chris Barnardo
FounderThe Wand Company Limited
So you can not only present your ownership of the Kymera Wand in a fitting style but also create a good looking certificate for anyone who gets the Kymera Wand as a present from you.
This clever move generated a lot of interest and was covered by all major and minor press publishers. A great step to make the Kymera Wand known throughout Germany.
Fernsehzauber: Die Fernbedienung hat zu viele Knöpfe? Kein Problem: Der Zauberstab von TheWandCompany (vertrieben u.a. von getdigital) steuert den Fernseher, indem er auf Bewegungen reagiert. Mit einem Streich nach links oder rechts lässt sich der Kanal vor- und zurückschalten, mit einer Drehbewegung regelt sich die Lautstärke. Der Zauberstab ist lernfähig – und kopiert einfach die entsprechenden Signale der Originalfernbedienung. …
Dieser clevere Schachzug rief eine Menge Interesse hervor und wurde von allen großen und kleineren Presse Verlagen berichtet. Ein wichtiger Schritt, um den Kymera Wand in Deutschland bekannter zu machen. Gut gemacht!
Today the awesome website of the Wand Makers, thewandcompany.com launched its french version. Very impressive work by a friend of theirs of translating all the text and by Chris Barnardo of recreating all the artwork in French. Just click on the small flags on the index page or the langauge selection in the upper left corner to switch languages.
thewandcompany in french
I never knew that “wand” in french is “baguette (magique)” the same as the famous bread, it certailny means “staff”.
Here is a short quote from the fabulous letter of Lord Byron:
Cher lecteur
Qui d’entre nous n’a jamais rêvé au moins une fois au fond de son cœur de posséder une baguette magique bien à lui et d’utiliser son pouvoir? Je ne parle pas des charlataneries et autres tours de passe-passe de pseudo magiciens de cabarets; non, je parle bien de vraie et grande magie permettant d’agir à distance. J’ai parcouru le monde à la recherche de puissants ingrédients et d’obscurs mécanismes qui, savamment combinés, pourraient doter le plus novice apprenti du pouvoir de contrôler tout objet dan sa maison.
…
Si vous devenez l’un des privilégiés à posséder un exemplaire des quelques baguettes Kymera venant à être conçues, vous me rejoindrez au sein des pionniers du nouvel âge de la magie et ensemble, nous nous exercerons mutuellement, dans la joie, à ne plus sombrer dans le morne et préhistorique réflexe de presser les touches d’une télécommande.
Votre humble serviteur et aventurier pour la vie,
Sir Richard Barons
The beautiful manual was translated some time ago and is also available from there.
french manual
Don’t forget to check out the other languages. We translated the German version and our friend Peter Neubauer the Swedish one.
Nach monatelanger Suche ist eine deutsche Abschrift des Kymera Zauberstab Handbuchs in den Ruinen eines alten Klosters entdeckt worden. Der Zauberstab-Macher Chris Barnardo hat sich dann daran gemacht, die alte Schriftrolle akribisch zu restaurieren.
Wir sind stolz die Replik dieser Restauration jetzt der Öffentlichkeit präsentieren zu können. Sie können eine hochauflösende Vorschau dieser Meisterleistung hier herunterladen.
Deutsches Zauberstab Handbuch
Wenn Sie in den nächsten Monaten einen Kymera Zauberstab erwerben erhalten Sie eine Original-Replik dieses seltenen Schriftstückes zu Ihrem Schmuckstück dazu.
P.S. Nur eine Sache erscheint uns seltsam. Der Inhalt der uralten Schriftrolle stimmt fast genau mit unserer Übersetzung des Original-Manuskripts überein. Wer weiss…
Hier auch noch einmal die Verweise auf die englischen und französischen Handbücher.
Eine schwedische Variante ist gerade in Vorbereitung.
We are proud and happy to announce the first accessory product for the Kymera Magic Wand.
Wand in the Pocket
The Wand Makers were kind enough to offer us the chance to present the wand pouches to you first.
Pouches for the Kymera Wand
So here they are – available first in an amazing fine red Chinese silken fabric, embroidered with golden dragons. Your wand slides into the pouch easily and is hidden and protected by some powerful charms the Wandmakers put into the golden threads.
This pocket is not only for the lucky Kymera wand owner but for everyone who has a magic wand of his own. It is also the perfect gift for every aspiring or experienced wizard you happen to know.
The pockets are available for just EUR 9,95. When you order them with your wand they’re included in the free shipping offer, otherwise we ask for a flat 2 EUR worldwide shipping fee.
Sorry, the pockets are temporarily out of stock.
Envelope with pouch
Please bear in mind:
That wand’s batteries should be isolated, i.e. turned round or taken out before
transporting the wand. As because it is a motion sensitive piece of
equipment, transport activates it, uses up the batteries and can put the
wand in to various modes including a sequence which completes a factory
reset.
Envelope for pouch
All the information you need
Happy New Year to All of You!
thanks for all the great comments and your participation. Especially Alex, Paul Higginbotham and Yetórico for their really impressive comments. I’ll do a roundup post these days of all the ideas you’ve written down.
Unfortunately there can be only one winner.
The winner of our December Giveaway promotion was selected with a swift flick of the Kymera Wand and it selected:
Congratulations to you. Please send us your postal address and your wand will leave ASAP. Hopefully you’ll have much fun with it. Please report back on your experience.
Michael
I’ve just decided as a new years gift, that whoever commented on the post and orders a wand within January with the email address used for the comment gets a 10% discount on the retail price of the Kymera Wand. Please note that you’re eligible for the discount in your order form.
If you didn’t win, just enter our new January drawing which is about twittering adequate incantations.
