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FYI if you live in China, you can buy a kit (including machine-cut cardboard, velcro and lenses) for <50 RMB ($8). Magnets and NFC can be bought cheaply from other taobao sellers.

I made one by hand myself, and bought kits from two different vendors.

- the one I cut myself works, but it looks like trash and is not durable. Also, the lenses I used distort too much

- the one from the first vendor is great. The design has been modified so that the lens holes are a little wider, to accommodate the wider lenses supplied: http://tb.cn/qdMexXy

- the one from the second vendor was almost as good, but the doesn't have the slightly wider lenses/holes

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Neat! If you don't live in China, you should be able to buy them from the usual places like Aliexpress and eBay for a slight markup. Looks like there's a handful of people reselling them. (Some stuff doesn't make it over but the more consumer-oriented stuff usually does.)


Thank you very much for posting to vendor. Could you also post links and/or names to other parts? That way it will be complete information


Sure. I didn't buy any NFC tags, but used these magnets:

- Ring magnet 20mm x 4mm: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=23637980267

- Ceramic magnet 20mm x 3mm: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=18786950677

I haven't bought an NFC, but this might work: http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=38598120822




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