I wanted to take moment and write a quick status update for current and potential future customers. It's been a rough first quarter for many businesses around the world, and is especially true for Boxy Pixel. Â
The first couple months of 2020 we had major supply chain issues due to the beginnings of the pandemic. Parts, materials and some machined parts were not available. This caused a large backlog of orders. Now that machined parts are finally arriving here, I have months worth of parts to sort and orders to fullfill. Normally this wouldn't be a big issue. I would have my part time help work with me to get thru this. However, the virus has now arrived in the US. As a consequence, we have a mandatory stay in place order so I cannot have anyone here to help me.
I'm doing the best I can fullfilling orders, building game boys when I can, and attempting to run the day to day functions of the business.Â
I do apologize for slow responses to emails as I have been prioritizing my time to getting thru the orders at the cost of getting a little behind on other things. Â
That said, below is a quick summary/status of parts:
Game Boy advance machined shells are here. We have black, blue and clear anodize in stock. 1/2 way thru orders.
DMG CM3 parts are finally back from getting sandblasted and re-anodized. I'll be inspecting these shortly and start shipping these Monday if I can get thru the oldest GBA orders.
Game Boy Color machined parts are finished and I expect them here by next week.
Macro shells are finished and should arrive in a week.
Builds- I have had an order in for LCD's for quite some time now. I ended up ordering from varying suppliers as funnyplaying was taking so long. Shipping in general has been very slow which I expect is due the the pandemic. Â
Thank you to everyone for being so patient. I hope everyone is healthy!