No worries, and more updates would be nice :DOriginally Posted by Gunner
My apologies to Ares. I thought their staff was larger. But more frequent updates would still be nice.
No worries, and more updates would be nice :DMy apologies to Ares
Just received this from Ares:
November, 19th the goods will arrive in port at Vancouver.
November, 28th we expect the goods to be in our warehouse in Ft. Wayne, and we'll start shipping to the backers around the world, using UPS.
The reason for these dates is that there was one (and hopefully, last) delay as the factory made a mistake on some of the die-cutting tools for the punchboards. They had to re-do a part of the production and, as a consequence, the estimated shipping time slipped forward two weeks, while the factory made a new printing of these components.
Merry X-Mas!
Looks like things are in my SWAG projection, so barring any unforeseen whatevers...
Who's going to win the Super Bowl, and what will the score be? I can use the extra cash for.
Slipping in via Canada, eh? Sneaky......
I predict Oracle beats team New Zealand 9 - 8Who's going to win the Super Bowl, and what will the score be? I can use the extra cash for
So anyone still think this stuff will make it this year?
I would guess that the consensus now is that yes, KS items will make it to you well before Christmas.
IT WON'T BE THE COWBOYS:angry:Who's going to win the Super Bowl, and what will the score be? I can use the extra cash for
Depends how you define "well before" August as promised would have been well before IMO.
If the product hits the retail shelves at the same time I will be a bit peeved.
Ships are blasting Britney Spears music to drive off Somali pirates.
What kind of music do you think would drive Chris and Diamondback away from the ship?
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I believe that a number of the Admiral level backers were retail stores (and all of them were resellers) so they will likely have the items at the same time as the other KS backers.Depends how you define "well before" August as promised would have been well before IMO.
If the product hits the retail shelves at the same time I will be a bit peeved.
Easy :)What kind of music do you think would drive Chris and Diamondback away form the ship?
Or
Update from Kickstarter: The container is supposed to arrive in Vancouver Nov. 19.
"Supposed to...."
[News Item, Nov. 18:]
"Pirates have hijacked a container ship off the coast of British Columbia. The pirates, flying an unusual Jolly Roger with a shark's-jaw design...."
>;)
I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but growing up in an Italian household, one would think I would have known this. Ares is operating on Italian time, which means being late is being on time. This evening, I flew the first part of July's OTT mission.
That's what earplugs were invented for, sparing sensitive hearing the deleterious effects of exposure to Pop-Tart crap... Or I COULD just crank up the ol' Beethoven.Ships are blasting Britney Spears music to drive off Somali pirates.
What kind of music do you think would drive Chris and Diamondback away from the ship?
That figures. Vancouver is less than an hour from me. Those little ships are going to sail away from me before they sail back again.
How about some Wagner?
Well, the good news...there's still hope for some maritime warfare between Eric and I over the Christmas break!
So while we're waiting for the cargo ship to arrive we could start a review/discussion of the movie Captain Phillips...
Perhaps that also plays into the less than frequent communication from Ares during the past weeks.
In my Chicago days I had a few Gumba'sthat were on the same time table.
Probably New Year before I see my order. It's to be shipped to Florida first then on shipped to me. Sigh...what's another couple of weeks.
UPS Detour to Fla should only be a couple of days.Probably New Year before I see my order. It's to be shipped to Florida first then on shipped to me. Sigh...what's another couple of weeks.
[loads up his Queen CDs]
RETURN FIRE! >:)
Of course, Britney Spears (or BS for short) did do a cover/arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon in D
Let me guess... "Gimme The Prize".
"Here I am,
I'm the master of your destiny
I am the one, the only one
I am the God of Kingdom Come
Gimme the prize, just gimme the prize!"
Is nothing sacred?
These days, it seems, nothing.
I can tell I am getting older. I am starting to sound more like my Dad, and I now see that as a good thing.These days, it seems, nothing
Okay, enough downer stuff. How about some music on how to deal with outlaws!
How do you find this stuff?Okay, enough downer stuff. How about some music on how to deal with outlaws!
Thank you. That LP was one of the things that got me into Cowboy Fast Draw. (Back to the garage for more practice)Okay, enough downer stuff. How about some music on how to deal with outlaws!
The nicest gunslinger I know.
Well according to the Merriam Webster online dictionary:These days, it seems, nothing
Canon
1
a : a regulation or dogma decreed by a church council
b : a provision of canon law
2
[Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin, from Latin, model] : the most solemn and unvarying part of the Mass including the consecration of the bread and wine
3
[Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin, standard]
a : an authoritative list of books accepted as Holy Scripture
b : the authentic works of a writer
c : a sanctioned or accepted group or body of related works <the canon of great literature>
Or maybe you were referring to Britney...
Or this....
I liked these guys ever since Flash Gordon.
Ah well, in that case....
Ah, they don't make movies like that anymore. (don't say it)
Thanks.
I was quite fond of Barbarella in my youth
Dave, I think Dan's hinting for a clip.
Too obvious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pm4fQRl72k
:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM
>;)
I wonder if some people may get theirs sooner than others. On the forum for Sails of Glory on BoardGameGeek, someone from Ares said that the standard Kickstarter orders were prepackaged at the factory. So they just need to be shipped, whereas people who got less common combinations will have their orders assembled in the US.
It's inevitable that some will get it before others simply do to shipping times.
The people that pledged at the Gunner and Marine levels will most likely get their KS exclusive ships before the rest of us get our full packages. Since they are only getting minis, it's a simple order fulfillment and ship. Those at the Mate and above levels have to have all the extra stuff added to the game and minis. They could ship the higher pledge levels first, but I don't know if they will do it that way.
Could have had them airmailed from there for peanuts and have them arrive in a couple of days rather than sitting them on a ship for weeks :)
Just saw that comment from Robert. Here is the quote:
"Actually, we arranged things already to try to make the handling as streamlined as possible.
A lot of backers just get a "standard" pack which includes all the add-ons and stretch goals, and that was pre-assembled by the factory.
Optional add-ons must then be added, but that is a lower number of items to handle.
That said, it's our first KS, so it's still hard to judge how much it will take to ship out everything."
I think there is some language issues here. Every backer from Mate up is getting some of my stretch goal items in their pledges and those were not sent to the factory in China... so they could not have been completely assembled there. What Roberto is referring to is that I pre-packaged my items (I'm sure the other companies they are working with did the same, just speaking for myself) in to "Backer Kits". This means for the mass majority of the orders, they simply have to grab one of my backer kits and throw it in with the stuff from the Chinese factory. The orders that had Add Ons will take a bit more to process as they have to handle individual items.
Sounds simple
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