Like Rob ⚡️ mentioned, this isn’t my first rodeo 😂 jokes aside - It’s fortunate for myself that Nothing is in London and so am I which makes it great for popping down to attend one of the drops. I’ve managed to check out the Ear 1 at the Kiosk, I’ve still got my #1 Ear Stick from the Nothing Store (SOHO) opening launch and grabbed the Launch Edition of the Phone 2 from there as well and now the latest CMF Drops.
I managed to get to the drop at around some time past 11am - plenty time and early enough I thought - until I read the comments on Discord that a line was forming? OMG I thought - and I double timed it to the store to make sure I didn’t fall too back in the queue. The fact there was a qeue at all really surprised me, given the budget nature of the cmf sub brand, but it’s a good sign that maybe this is something the market is looking for after-all. I took my place in line just around the corner of the comic shop that’s next to the store.
@Dylan_B waved his hand in the air - as I asked on Discord - and I could see him up front in the queue and was my first community connection of the day.
Although, I totally didn’t realise I was standing in the queue behind @MaxSoliman and it was nice to meet a familiar face. All of a sudden though a wild @Rob ⚡️ appeared! I threw out a Pokeball and managed to catch a moment of his time as he popped down the line to say hi and chat. @Akis was also on the scene too pulling off his SuperSaf impersonation with his funky shades. I dub thee SuperSakis!!! I counted about 21 people in the line when the security guard asked if anyone was here for the Supreme store? A few replied yes and we actually lost some people! doh! however the ranks were soon replenished with some true believers and all was good.
Also on the scene was Nothing’s own roving community reporter @Natalie ✨ snapping snaps and shooting video coverage of the event itself. She also stopped by down the line to say hi and have a chat too, what an amazing community team. You all rock!!!
Time flew by and before I could say “c, m, f” I was inside to take a look at the new products. Mr D’Jay was spinning his digital turn table belting out some funky tunes, I think they make a good glyph composer track and I partook in giving the dude some love.
All three cmf products were on show here: The 65W GaN charger, Buds Pro, and of course the Watch Pro which was the hot seller, so hot they sold out of ’em!
The charger was smaller than I expected somehow, seeing as UK plugs are usually large, this was pretty small and could fold and was more like a GaN travel adapter which was nice. They only had the black one sadly and not the other colours. I was keen on a light grey watch pro, but they only had the darkn grey and the metallic grey (orange) in-store.
Lastly the buds pro were available in all 3 colour ways and for the price seemed decent.
I ended up getting the Trifecta lot!
The store even had a new bag I dub thee Nothing Store Bag 2.0 - the bags previously at the store were plastic based while the new one is paper based. However, it has a clever design where the top bit folds and gives you a pre-made handle to carry. As the bag is paper it is easier to recycle and means less plastic! Nice one!
Now if you excuse me, I need to unbox all these great items now - see you at the next drop - and remember to stay Glyhpy!!!
