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Azazelx wrote: Especially if "Secret Weapon" is anywhere in the paperwork. Despite us knowing what SWM is, would you want to be the customs guy in charge if something bad happened because you didn't inspect the container marked "Secret Weapon". Imagine the questions that would be asked. Imagine Fox News!
Heh, I really don't imagine anything that dire, but from what I've heard, it's not just a computer randomly picking a certain percentage of containers or looking for keywords, but if something catches the processors eye, they get a gut feeling, or something that makes them go, 'huh, that's interesting,' that's enough too. It helps keep things random and harder to duck if it's not all a set system.
Hell, maybe the shipment passed an inspector who paid into the kickstarter and was like, 'is that what I think it is? I wanna get a look."
Unless there entry system is different to here in the US, Its possible the Exam also happens because it may have been imported as a single entry bond which for whatever reason snags a exam 90% of the time.
For the Aussies that bought into this, I was in Combat Company today and they have them aaaaalllll there. Just waiting on a manifest of where to send everything.
I'll be camping their webstore to buy up a 6x4 urban set as soon as they go up.
This might actually be the last freight update. No, really.
Tuesday 14-October: The UK container is due at Mantic Games
Wednesday 15-October: The second US container is due at SWM HQ
The mail merge has been completed, reviewed, and all orders shipping from the US warehouse have been printed so we can manually check for an issues before we give the lists to our UK/AUS partners.
In short... this is it. Really. Wow.
If you're in the Sacramento, California area and you'd like to help unload the truck (and pick up your order in the process - along with anything in stock!) please drop a line and let us know. We managed the last one in under two hours, and the truck is due at 8 AM, so it should be a fun, short, exhausting bit of work.
But since I spent part of the day moving boxes in the warehouse to make room for the second shipment, and the afternoon finalizing copy for the official launch, I'm going to fall into a manhattan now.
We have Tablescapes Tiles. In stock. In the warehouse. Wow.
The Urban tiles are now available to pre-order. The truck is scheduled to deliver on Wednesday 15-October, so there's no holding us back now!
I have also updated the product descriptions to include all of the bells and whistles, but you probably already know about all of that
If you see anything that's not as it should be, please let me now.
In the interim I just got word from the warehouse that we packed up 35 orders that will be the first to ship on Monday -- not counting the two orders folks have picked up directly, of course.
Happy hobbying,
Justin 'misterjustin' McCoy
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I've been holding off being excited by this because ... well, lots of delays. And Justin's communication has been top notch, so I've been trying to avoid the frustration loop.
My first post on Dakka! So! I have a "Wargamer" coming my way at some point (16 tiles each of Forgotten City and Rolling Hills). Because I'm insane, I'm considering picking up some Clean Urban Streets (either 16 or 24) during the pre-order.
But now that I'm looking at the final tile distributions on the site, I'm having a little trouble making the Urban Street layout work (I drew lines on 24 little pieces of paper, what can I tell you) - I always have at least one street dead-ending into a foundation tile. Is that what they were going for? Anyone given a table layout any thought?
I have a tracking number! (Just a display board here)
ubik2000 - Welcome to Dakka!! Sorry I can't help on the urban layout, it was never one I considered so I didn't obsess over the configuration possibilities like I would have otherwise
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RiTides wrote: I have a tracking number! (Just a display board here)
ubik2000 - Welcome to Dakka!! Sorry I can't help on the urban layout, it was never one I considered so I didn't obsess over the configuration possibilities like I would have otherwise
I got an email from FedEx Delivery Manager, like I do when anyone sends something to me via FedEx... so, you might need/want to register on the FedEx site for that.
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RiTides wrote: I got an email from FedEx Delivery Manager, like I do when anyone sends something to me via FedEx... so, you might need/want to register on the FedEx site for that.
Ok that is really cool. Signed up. Sadly the only tracking number I have is the one for my wife's amazon order so far....
No tracking number for me :( I gotta wait cuz I switched to the blow'd up street tiles that are coming next week I think?
trying to figure out how I'm gonna paint em. I'm too cheap to go buy an airbrush, and using a normal teeny brush will slowly drive me insane. And I'm afraid cheapy spray paint will be thick and screw up the detail.
Necros wrote: No tracking number for me :( I gotta wait cuz I switched to the blow'd up street tiles that are coming next week I think?
They're coming in about 2hrs IIRC.
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RiTides wrote: I got an email from FedEx Delivery Manager, like I do when anyone sends something to me via FedEx... so, you might need/want to register on the FedEx site for that.
Thanks, that ended up working for me and now I have my tracking number.
48lbs of Tablescapes will show up on my door on the 20th.
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All packed neatly into their box. Justin even has Secret Weapon sticky tape. Fancy bugger.
The box and the separate tiles.
Tiles in the box with connectors. Each tile was wrapped individually too!
Tiles on my (just made) bed.
The box itself. For all the trouble the boxes caused, I think it was worth it. They are really nice boxes.
There was also this update on the KS page.
Update #144
Oct 17 2014
Shipping Update - All Themes - All Countries
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AUSTRALIA
As of our last correspondence The Combat Company has shipped 126 of 244 parcels. If you are waiting on an 8 tile set of Rolling Fields there will be a slight delay; see below.
EU/UK
Mantic has received their container, and is sorting things for shipment. We're coordinating the logistics of that now, and I'll update again when shipping begins. If you are waiting on an 8 tile set of Rolling Fields there will be a slight delay; see below.
USA & EVERYWHERE ELSE
We have received both of our 40' containers, and have already begun shipping orders. I don't have a count on those, but I know that I personally packed at least 30 Double Wargamer sets last night. We have a team dedicated to Tablescapes shipping (and I'll head to the warehouse after I post this), and we're cranking through as quickly as possible. The pressure is on too because we needed more warehouse space... and only have it for two weeks. So it's go time!
8 Tile Rolling Fields - DELAY
Way back in February I approved a shipment of 8 tile sets from Wargames Factory to their Utah warehouse. Those three pallets contain ALL of the 8 tile Rolling Fields sets -- including the 134 sets that should have gone to Mantic and The Combat Company.
If you're waiting on an 8 tile Rolling Fields set in the EU/UK or AUS there will be a slight delay while they wait on me to get them the missing tile sets. My apologies for this mistake. I am working to get it corrected quickly.
GO! GO! GO!
And that's the state of things. We're shipping every day, and I'm off to go and get some orders out the door.
Kuy'arda Cadre- 13741pts 
