Soda Pop Miniatures - Ninja All Stars - Kickstarter fulfillment underway!

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**TheDraconicLord**

One more unlock! 4 hours to go and currenty at $482,636

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Creator Soda Pop Miniatures 9 minutes ago

Okay couple things:

1) I have confirmation that should we not unlock everything here – Boo! – we will continue to unlock through the pledge manager – Yay!

so Moon Princess looks a dead certainty (if we don't get her in the next few hours),

and Goemon and Mr YMCA himself BAKUSHO MONDAI are still within reach

**TheDraconicLord**

Oh hell yes, thank you for the wonderful news Orlando!

I'm gonna drown in chibi ninjas by the end of the year

**JohnHwangDD**

I'm keeping my buck in - I want to split a pledge with my pals, but no takers so far.

**Schmapdi**

nkelsch wrote:
Schmapdi wrote:
It hasn't gotten quite the bump I was expecting overnight - but I still feel pretty good about hitting $500k.

I'm in for a dollar - but like a lot of people apparently - I'm torn. I do really like a lot of the ninjas/ronin. But I tallied up the number of minis in the elemental master pledge (+ 3-4 of my favorite Ronin) and it's upwards of 90 minis. That's a lot more painting obligation than I'm really looking for atm.

So I'm thinking I'll leave my dollar in and see if I can just get a single clan + ronin (+maybe set of shrine ninja?) +SDE stuff during the pledge manager. If not I'll wait till retail I guess.

I really think they missed the boat not having a 'base game + 1 clan' or something as that is all most people will need. I suspect a lot of 'in for a dollar' might be 'in for 60$' if they could do base game and a clan.

Considering 2 shrines is 20$, and a full clan is 30$, It looks pretty clear this will be a 2-shrine box retail for around 50$ish. I think expecting people to basically furnish multiple teams in a league-based sports game is a bad model.

This is very true. I wrote SPM via Kickstarter and suggested as much. Told them that base game + 1 clan + 1 shrine ninja set +SDE stuff would basically: Allow 2 people to play the game, give them one "full" clan for league play, and be a perfect SDE crossover pledge. I'd be all over that pledge for $60ish - even with no freebie stretch goals added (beyond what gets added to the clan box).

**JohnHwangDD**

JohnHwangDD wrote:
JohnHwangDD wrote:
Schmapdi wrote:
They'll most definitely hit $500k. I could see it falling just short of the $550k goal - but even then they'd probably unlock via pledge manager additions or whatnot.

They are just over $455k with 9 hours to go.

I think $500k is a bit of a stretch, but I'm sure SPM would love to see my under proven wrong.

It's now $465k with 7.0 hours to go, so pace has increased to $5k per hour. $500k is in sight, but not yet assured.

Not quite $490k with 4.0 hours to go, so pace has increased further, running $7.5k per hour.

At this rate, $500k is assured and $525k is possible - I'm impressed with how much pledging picked up in the last hours.

**TheDraconicLord**

$502k! It REALLY picked up some speed! Come to daddy, Moon Princess!

**durecellrabbit**

I'm in for the elemental option. I can always pick up more stuff at retail if I want it.

**Schmapdi**

Just over half an hour to go and Goemon seems to be a pretty sure thing now. Looks like we'll fall short of the last goal - but I'm pretty sure it will be unlocked via the pledge manager contributions.

**Maniac_nmt**

Schmapdi wrote:
Just over half an hour to go and Goemon seems to be a pretty sure thing now. Looks like we'll fall short of the last goal - but I'm pretty sure it will be unlocked via the pledge manager contributions.

If only you could change models out... I could do without village guy knock off

**Alpharius**

SO, have they confirmed in for a $1 and you can upgrade later?

**Schmapdi**

I believe so? I don't have a link handy or anything - But I seem to recall that you could. They allowed it during the SDE:TFK campaign so I can't see them not allowing it here.

** Final total 531,829. Not bad - a little short of what I thought it would hit yesterday. But close. Had they not stumbled out of the gate the first few days they could have cleared $600k easy.

**Alpharius**

A fair bit more than $465K then!

Glad to hear about the "In for A Buck Now, Upgrade Later" confirmation - gives me time to think, decide, save, etc.

**Schmapdi**

Here you go Alph, you don't even need to have put in a buck:
http://sodapopminiatures.com/ninja-all-stars-late-pledge

From that link:

If you have already pledged for the Ninja All-Stars Kickstarter you DO NOT need to get a Late Pledge, even if you only pledged $1. We will send you a link to the pledge manager when it becomes available.

So good either way!

**JohnHwangDD**

Funded for $531k!

Soda Pop Miniatures wrote:From all of us at Soda Pop Miniatures and Ninja Division–
THANK YOU!

Launching a new IP can be a daunting proposition, even a little scary. We have spent a great deal of time and passion into bringing Ninja All-Stars to you. Your response has been overwhelming. To have the Kickstarter perform as well as it has is immensely rewarding, and we are truly fortunate to have such amazing fans, both old and new.

Thanks to you Ninja All-Stars will leap from concept to reality with an incredibly diverse array of models. We can’t wait to launch into production and bring Ninja All-Stars to your game night.

What’s Next?

1) Kickstarter Comes For Your Wallet!

First Kickstarter through Swipe is going to charge you based on your pledge amount. It's best this part happen like removing a bandaid. Nice and quick! If for some reason it gets stuck and there is a problem with your payment–Don't Panic.

If your card is declined, for whatever reason, you will have 7 days to resolve the issue. Kickstarter will send you an email with instructions on how to resolve the problem and periodic email reminders for the week. In addition, you will have a Fix Payment button available when you log into your account.

If you still have issues resolving your payment please contact Kickstarter support. We don’t have any control over the payment collection, so unfortunately will be unable to help if you PM us.

If for some reason you are unable to resolve any payment issues within the 7 days then you can PM us and we can arrange to have you back through alternate methods.

2) Soda Pop takes the rest the night off and drinks a bottle of sake!

Yup! One night of sake induced relaxation here we come.

3) Kickstarter Survey & Pledge Manager

After the sake. We have a game to finish and you're going to be along for the ride!

In a few weeks, we will send you the Kickstarter survey to collect information that we need to fulfill your pledge rewards. A little while after that we will have the Pledge Manager up and running through the Soda Pop Store. We will also provide a full tutorial for how to finalize your pledge at that time.

You will use the pledge manager to confirm what rewards you want to receive for pledging, additionally fund, and to provide your shipping address. We anticipate the pledge manager will be open for several weeks, but we'll make sure to keep you updated so you can plan your finances accordingly.

Additional funds earned in the pledge manager will go towards unlocking Bakusho Mondai!

4) Communication Plan

We will be posting weekly updates, every Friday, even if the update is only to let you know that everything is progressing as normal.

However, we will not be as active in the comments sections. We will still drop in from time to time, but time spent chatting in comments is time we can be spending finishing the game, and we all know which we prefer.

We will keep you informed about the processes that are going on to make Ninja All-Stars. This means you’ll know as layout starts, tooling and mold making commences, when manufacturing begins, and ultimately when shipping and fulfillment happen.

Let's Ninja Dance!

That's the basic road map. We'll be giving you gobs of detail as we enter each phase of development and production. In the meantime, we encourage you to join our community and chat with your fellow dungeon explorers. If you want to spread your love for Ninja All-Stars to the masses we suggest you check out our Ninja Corps volunteer program.

Until then enjoy the rest of your evening and party like Ninja!

**Binabik15**

We don't need 1 dollar pledges? I hoped that would be the case, because KS didn't play ball. I had to log in again and again and was still told to log in AGAIN during every step, then I gave up. Was it updated again? Now half of every page is translated to German, making it a total mess.

I love Hard Gay. Many shall be pelvic thrusted TO DEATH.

**TheDraconicLord**

Maniac_nmt wrote:
Schmapdi wrote:
Just over half an hour to go and Goemon seems to be a pretty sure thing now. Looks like we'll fall short of the last goal - but I'm pretty sure it will be unlocked via the pledge manager contributions.

If only you could change models out... I could do without village guy knock off

It's a freebie. You just need to give it away to someone who might find it a fun miniature

I don't know much about Hard Gay (the Village guy knock off) but the mini looks cute and fun as hell, I'll be hopefully we'll get it too

**nkelsch**

I am sure many of the 'unwanted' ronin will be able to be sold to others. I will gladly scoop up anyone's unwanted monsters.

**Maniac_nmt**

I couldn't wait and worked up a quick and dirty mod of a GI Joe Micro Force.

They are rubber, so I don't know how the paint will hold up. However they do have some ninja, Zartan, and Snakeeyes for Arishikage to throw down with.

**Karazax**

Late pledges are still available for anyone interested

http://sodapopminiatures.com/ninja-all-stars/ninja-all-stars-late-pledge

**JohnHwangDD**

Today, the NAS Pledge Manager went live:

Today is pledge management day. Hooray! So this entire update is devoted to a tutorial on how to use it. Lets begin!

1. The Pledge Manager is run through the Soda Pop Store.

You can get to it by using this awesome link: Soda Pop Store!

2. If you already had a Soda Pop Store account.

Your account has been credited with Ninja Star Reward Points equal to the amount you pledged. (1 Point = $0.01 USD)

3. If you did not have a Soda Pop Store account.

We have created an account for you, using the e-mail address you provided in the survey. If you did not provide an address in the survey, we created one using your Kickstarter address.

You will (or already have received) an e-mail that has the login information for your account.

Your account has been credited with Ninja Star Reward Points equal to the amount you pledged. (1 Point = $0.01 USD)

The $180 "Easy Pledge" is new, collecting all 6 Clans and all 6 Shrines. This is a -$60 discount from $100 Ninja Master + $20 extra Shrines + 4x $30 Clans - an excellent value compared to a la carte, assuming you want the Shrines.

If you don't want the Shrines, then spending the extra +$20 for double Elemental Master is better, because it gives a 2nd set of game components and a 2nd set of bonuses.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sodapopminiatures/ninja-all-stars/posts/1254734

**Schmapdi**

Sadly - still can't a la carte what I want - no way to get the SDE cards separate from the main pledges it seems.

**Dentry**

So looking at the Pledge Manager and wondering if Skill Rings and Base Rings are the same thing. Anyone know?

**Maniac_nmt**

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sodapopminiatures/ninja-all-stars/posts/1357144?ref=backer_project_update

Production is underway.

**durecellrabbit**

My copy has just arrived. Looks like nothing got broken and I got lots of stuff.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Wow is that in the UK as per your flag?

(I presume you didn't get any tracking email)

I need to start door watching

**durecellrabbit**

Yup, I'm in the UK. I did get a we're out on delivery email from the delivery company (DX Delivery) in the morning.

**Bioptic**

Ah, that's who they are! So many Kickstarters ship without giving a tracking email, and those that do don't actually say who they're from.

I ordered 2 base boxes of this one, since it actually worked out to be much more cost effective than buying the remainder of what I wanted, and added nothing to shipping. I'm...not proud, especially because these big American boxes are annihilating my shelf space.

Still, nice boxes though:

...even if they found a way to work absurd cleavage into the tastefulness.

**durecellrabbit**

Now I got an email from Ninja Division with the tracking number. A bit late for me but hopefully it'll be in time for other.

Yeah, the boxes are big, unfortunately there are no organisers inside the box.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

And mine have arrived too,

closely followed by the tracking emails

A huge pile of Chibi goodness, and I'll be interested to try the game as it finally turned out too