Ahoy from Asia! Dave and I just wanted to check in and let everyone know a little bit about how the trip has been! Andrew will be posting an official Kickstarter update and newsletter with photos and details later today after we've finished taking pics of all of our awesome product! I'm currently in a hotel room with a COMPLETE All-In package spread across my bed and it is a great thing to see. Lest you think this has been a relaxing vacation for Dave and myself, let me first tell you that after a 22 hour flight, with one day to rest, we took a 2 hour train + car ride at 8am to the factory and, with barely time for introductions, we were ushered into the conference room where we worked, looking at every tiny detail on 10 copies of every single figure and accessory, until just before the border back into Hong Kong closed at midnight, with no time for lunch or dinner breaks. They fed us, brought us lots of water and coffee... and occasionally a cup of corn or a pineapple pie from Mc Donalds, of course, but we only left the room for bathroom breaks. Then, we traveled the 2 hours back to the hotel again. This was how both Saturday AND Sunday went for us. We would get back to our hotel around 2am and stay up for another couple of hours processing what we'd just gone over and brainstorming solutions to anything that didn't get solved at the meetings... and of course playing with samples of the figures that we brought back with us. I am now taking a short break from updating some of the artwork that is needed by tomorrow morning at the factory, while Dave takes photos for the update. As long as the days have been, however, we returned to our hotel both nights extremely excited about everything we've seen. The two words that I know by heart now in Mandarin are hěn hǎo (very good) and wánshàn (perfect) because we repeated them so many times to our fantastic factory owner over the past 48 hours. I can't wait for you to all enjoy playing with your toys as much as Dave and I have this weekend! More soon, Catrina

John- yes, indeed that light blue Blank figure (and the gray skeleton!) were not part of the initial Kickstarter and are part of our product expansion for after the Kickstarter product ships out. We never intended for the items in the KS to be the entirety of our line...they are just the beginning. There are more surprises to come, so consider this a little tease.

Don't forget preorders are live for the NJCC Ultimate Spartan, too:
http://news.hisstank.com/2015/11/29/njc ... tion-57436



I'm okay with not getting either of these. The Amazon's silver armor just isn't as appealing to my eye as the regular's gold, and this US's fortification effect isn't anything I'm interested in. I'm *very* eager to get the Eternal Struggle's Ringneck Gorgonid, tho.

Arrival timeline and Pre-Orders!

Hi Boss-Fighters! In this update, we're going to talk about Kickstarter timelines, pre-orders and shipping!
The timeline we have from our factory right now - barring any delays - has the entire production run arriving by early February. Our current goal is to have all Kickstarter orders shipped in February. We'll be receiving the production run in two parts, the first part in late January. We will be shipping it to backers in two shipments as well, so you can get your toys as early as possible!

We'll be opening up limited pre-orders for all waves of Series 1 Carded figures, Skeletons, Pre-Curse Medusa, Tartarus Guard, Blanks and Accessory packs on 12:01 EST, Monday December 7th! If you missed out on the Kickstarter and want to be among the first to receive your V-HACKS figures, don't delay! If you're already a KS backer, and you want to buy additional items in the pre-order, that's awesome, but please be aware that we cannot combine shipping on KS items and pre-order items. Pre-Orders will be shipping mid-March to give us time to be sure all of the Kickstarter backers have received all of their items.

Kickstarter backers, we've still got a surprise in store for you! Each KS backer above the $30 level (if you got one or more figures) will receive a surprise free figure to thank you for your patience! We're so grateful for our backers that you'll be getting a new figure that hasn't been seen anywhere yet!

Please note, at this point all of the money from the Kickstarter has been used to pay our vendors for production, this means that we are unable to offer any Kickstarter refunds.
Thanks for all of your support!

<3 BFS
PS: All the below photos are near-final production samples!