Progress Thursdays #24
almost 10 years ago
– Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 08:36:12 PM
Howdy Citiziens, good news here.
MaxMini finally caught up some and we are almost back on the track with their schedule.
Hopefully you will all be able to enjoy the new teams in the next few week.
The final clear resins look great. As soon as I get enough copies to cover all orders, I will get myself Spectral E.C.T.O. and play with some washes and glazes on him!
Take care,
Maciej & The Team
Progress Thursday #22,99 (Almost 23)
almost 10 years ago
– Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 04:46:05 PM
Dear Backers,
I am promised pictures of all new moulds tomorrow (yes, progress!) and I will post them in a proper PT#23 on Friday.
In the meantime, there is some REALLY cool stuff going on in our Supreme Genesis project hub, take a look at the sneak peak!
Take care,
M & The Team
Progress Thursdays #22
about 10 years ago
– Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:42:25 PM
Howdy Citizens,
let's start with the good news and some previews:
Can you tell what all the cards are for?
MaxMini casters update: A few new moulds were supposed to be completed by today, the deadline was failed. Reason we heard from MM: the subcontractor that delivers the "rubber cakes" which are turned into moulds missed their deadline as well.
We are more than unhappy with it (where is the angry emoji when you need it?). However, brief calculation shows that moving the creation of the reminding moulds to another manufacturer will take even more time. It is a lose-lose situation, even though it seems like the delay might be only a couple of days.
Sigh.
Meanwhile, we are taking care of everything else, making sure it prepacked and ready to ship.
Take care,
Maciej & The Team
Progress Thursdays #21
about 10 years ago
– Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 11:30:00 PM
Citizens,
here's the progress update - as promised, about delivery.
Let's get it out of the gate. Yes, there is delay. And no, it's not because it is Kickstarter and Kickstarters are always late. In fact, we did a lot to avoid this situation but you are only as strong as your weakest supply chain.
We know about it for two-three weeks, but didn't want to share until we got very precise info. We got some phenomenal effort from Melvin on the card design, James & Jarek on the sculpts, printers did a wonderful job as well. All in a timely matter.
All sculpts were submitted to casters (MaxMini) by 10th of December (in fact, majority of them were there long before). In a very careful estimate, they should have been handled in 2 months maximum, add one month for potential trouble shooting (like Baroque's mold) and you are very generous.
Early February, the communication got very fussy, we couldn't get exact numbers of already cast models and there were some factual incosistencies. I decided to literally raid the production facility and go with a checklist of what is done and what is claimed to be "in progress". Unfortunately in many cases progress meant that it was unpacked. (skipping violence and curse words that followed)
It took us another two weeks of escalation to get down to the details. Below you will find the document from MaxMini, detailing the creation of each of the moulds.
It takes around 3-4 days to create all metal minis required for this KS from a given mould. It gives us a clearer picture on when the metals will be done.
As much as I hate pointing out who is to blame, as our responsibility is to you as backers, I want to be as transparent with the facts as possible. In a nutshell, we are very unhappy with this co-operation and we will probably look for alternative sources. Unfortunately good casters (and by good I mean both quality of the product and service) are a rare find.
I will update you on whether the deadlines mentioned above are met as we go.
Everything else is ready, so once they are done, we are able to turn around all pledges in 5 days. To streamline it, we are already creating quick access baggies with cards and bases.
Sorry to be the bearer of the bad news, hopefully, 1 month won't hurt that bad.
Take care,
Maciej & The Team
Progress Thursdays #20
about 10 years ago
– Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 11:08:57 AM
Howdy Citizens,
so.... we are sorting out a ton of paper.
Want some cards?
Next week, we'll talk about the delivery in detail.
Today, I can safely announce we are back on a regular release schedule (and will be announcing the calendar soon - there will be some surprises, including return of some familiar faces). If you had to our store, you will find March offerings, a certain furry guy and a fine selection of Pixels in 5 colors.
Thank you, Impudent Mortal, they are amazing! Here's the link to the new stuff:
http://newstore.pulp-city.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=new
Take care!
Maciej & The Team
