Raging Heroes [official] Toughest Girls of the Galaxy Kickstarter - $698,548 Finish!

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**KalashnikovMarine**

Whelp I have to say the IE freedom fighter creeps me out to no end.

**Azazelx**

Buzzsaw wrote:
A rather creepy update...

Nertha, Iron Empire Freedom Fighter, is now officially a Freebie + latest Free Upgrade unlocked
In the meantime, several miniatures got Free Upgrades when we passed the $535,000 mark:

Hang on - are we back to monetary unlocks now?

**Buzzsaw**

Azazelx wrote:
Buzzsaw wrote:
A rather creepy update...

Nertha, Iron Empire Freedom Fighter, is now officially a Freebie + latest Free Upgrade unlocked
In the meantime, several miniatures got Free Upgrades when we passed the $535,000 mark:

Hang on - are we back to monetary unlocks now?

Ayup;

$530,000 Freebie: Charlie

$535,000 Free upgrade

$540,000 Freebie: Freedom Fighter Iron Empire

$545,000 Free upgrade

$555,000 Uber-stretchgoal: Jet Girls - unit of 5

$560,000 Free upgrade

$565,000 Freebie: Jailbird Spotter

$570,000 Free upgrade

$580,000 Uber-stretchgoal: Kurganovas Trike

$585,000 Free upgrade

$590,000 Freebie: Cyberzombie

$595,000 Free upgrade

$605,000 Uber-stretchgoal: Jailbird's Trike

$610,000 Free Upgrade

$615,000 Freebie: Kurganova nurse

$620,000 Free Upgrade

$630,000 Uber-stretchgoal: Iron Empire Trike

$635,000 Free Upgrade

$640,000 Freebie: 1 new Lulu

$645,000 Free Upgrade

$665,000 Uber-stretchgoal: 3 Kurganova Werewolves

$670,000 Free Upgrade

$675,000 Freebie: Kurganova Radio Technician

$680,000 Free Upgrade

$700,000 Unit of Cyberzombies

$705,000 Free Upgrade

$710,000 Freebie: Iron Empire Officer

$715,000 Free Upgrade

$720,000 Freebie Hacker Upgrade

**Mathieu Raymond**

Yup, ever since they announced the Charlie sculpt.

**KalashnikovMarine**

Come on werewolves! XD

**Mathieu Raymond**

I for one find the IE Freedom mini extremely enticing. It brings a very nice element to the whole society, plus it captures pregnancy very justly.

And that Kurgan Mecha has just saved the day. It might even get me to splurge on multi-wave shipping. Well that and I'm back with my friend for pledging.

**Azazelx**

Buzzsaw wrote:
Azazelx wrote:

Hang on - are we back to monetary unlocks now?

Ayup;

**prankster**

Azazelx wrote:
Buzzsaw wrote:
Azazelx wrote:

Hang on - are we back to monetary unlocks now?

Ayup;

What a fething schizophrenic campaign. I guess I'll wait until the nth hour top modify my pledge.

Well, to add to the insanity we still have the regular stuff unlocked as and when RH decide it's time to do so. They've just posted in the comments saying that the bikes should be later on today, which would leave one heroine before everything initially shown is unlocked.

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Hmm, looking at the pledge numbers over the past 12 hours, there seems to have been a big jump (~2-3k in a minute or so) about 7 hours ago and then it's remained fairly flat since then. Lots of 'last minute' changes going on, I guess.

RH have updated the front page with the new SG list, they just need to get some art / details for the next few up to coincide with the 48 hour warning emails that will be going out soon. Along with all the other stuff that they still need to do, of course.

**Username Invalid**

Damn! Here I was thinking I could avoid spending on any of the big things when the Kurganova mech comes out of left field and demands my attention... there goes my beer money. Trike's kind of cool too. Now to balance this and Cthulhu Wars somehow...

**prankster**

Bikes + Trike + Lucky Lucy + the Jet Girls
Update #56 · Jul 5, 2013 · 12 comments
Remaining bikes now unlocked

We are now entering the last straight line of this Kickstarter. It has been pretty hectic on our end, preparing the uber-stretch goals. So much so that we haven't properly had the time to assemble the unlock images for the last remaining motor bikes. But you can consider them unlocked, and we will show them later today

The Kurganova Trike

We've also focused on developing the werewolves and the trikes.

Just to give you a feel of what's to come, here's an image of the first trike, the one for the Kurganova army. It is designed to integrate seamlessly with Kurganovas' regular motor bikes, but it packs way more fire power! It will unlock at $580,000.

Spoiler:

Upcoming Freebee

Here is also the next Freebee, unlocking at $565,000, which is a one-of-a-kind spotter for the Jailbird Division.

She's nicknamed Lucky Lucy, because no matter what she does or how obvious she stands on the field, no bullet has ever so much as grazed her... Lucy just won't take cover, no matter what. And luck just follows her, no matter what. Just lucky, I guess...

Spoiler:

The Jet Girls

One last thing. You'll notice that the Jet Girls unit stretch goal (at $555,000) does not really have a concept art, just some silhouettes. We are really sorry about this...
Our concept artist is currently finishing the werewolves, and his last night's sleep has only been a 2-hour stretch.
Since the Jet Girls will be made of a slightly toned down version of Drusilla with various poses, I'm sure you'll agree that it made more sense to let him focus on the beastly werewolves

Spoiler:

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I quite like the trike, though it all depends on what the JB version looks like (assuming we make it that far)

As for not having images of the bike unlocks ready to show, I find that a little odd given how much prep time they've had.

**shasolenzabi**

Buzzsaw wrote:

Here is the last Mecha of this Kickstarter.
For the Kurganovas' Mecha, we decided to stay with a more regular walker style.

We felt that it better matched the technical swiftness of the Kurganovas' machinery. We also wanted to include an art deco/diesel punk vibe which is one of the visual theme we'll continue to explore for this army.

Fiiiiiinally, a mech that actually looks like it might have some function.

**Jimsolo**

Curious, because I'm not familiar with Kickstarters. I've seen (in this one, obviously) rewards added to the higher pledge levels, to encourage upgrading.

Do they ever add incentives to the first X number of backers, in order to keep people from withdrawing their pledge?

**Fafnir**

shasolenzabi wrote:

Nice how it looks like part old style car and walker with multiple weapons!

It looks like an old tractor with legs.

Although its ability in combat would be quite questionable, I have no doubt about its abilities on the farm.

**prankster**

Jimsolo wrote:
Do they ever add incentives to the first X number of backers, in order to keep people from withdrawing their pledge?

Not that I've seen. Though in theory the EB pledges are the reward that you get for being one of the first to back the KS.

**Azazelx**

Jimsolo wrote:
Curious, because I'm not familiar with Kickstarters. I've seen (in this one, obviously) rewards added to the higher pledge levels, to encourage upgrading.

Do they ever add incentives to the first X number of backers, in order to keep people from withdrawing their pledge?

Typically, they choose a "sweet spot" which is a reasonable price range for causal backers - typically between $100-150 before early bird deals. That level then tends to get quite a lot of extras piled onto it over the course of the campaign which in turn draws in lots of people who would otherwise be sitting on the fence.

Add-ons are what get people to add additional funding beyond the original, along with 2x or 3x "sweet spot" pledge levels.

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Fafnir wrote:
shasolenzabi wrote:

Nice how it looks like part old style car and walker with multiple weapons!

It looks like an old tractor with legs.

Although its ability in combat would be quite questionable, I have no doubt about its abilities on the farm.

I'm sure it could survive a direct hit to the unarmoured radiator!

Right?

**Minx**

gohkm wrote:
OK, that's the first freebie that really interests me. Has it been confirmed that we will be able to purchase the freebies at retail?

Yes, it's been confirmed:

**Azazelx**

Eight bucks each for the mascots? Holy gak.

Prices on the others sounds quite reasonable.

**Minx**

Azazelx wrote:
Fafnir wrote:
Although its ability in combat would be quite questionable, I have no doubt about its abilities on the farm.

I'm sure it could survive a direct hit to the unarmoured radiator!

Right?

It's a Mecha, they don't make sense in combat; they are just cool and that's enough for some of us.

**Jimsolo**

That was always kind of my thinking on it.

With the exception of 'prophetic cops,' (Minority Report) and 'humans as batteries,' (The Matrix) mechs always seemed like the most absurd idea in science fiction. I mean, I'm willing to go with it for the sake of an entertaining story or game, but I think that expecting realism from mechs is a little like expecting my cats to serve my guests drinks.

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Azazelx wrote:
Jimsolo wrote:
Curious, because I'm not familiar with Kickstarters. I've seen (in this one, obviously) rewards added to the higher pledge levels, to encourage upgrading.

Do they ever add incentives to the first X number of backers, in order to keep people from withdrawing their pledge?

Typically, they choose a "sweet spot" which is a reasonable price range for causal backers - typically between $100-150 before early bird deals. That level then tends to get quite a lot of extras piled onto it over the course of the campaign which in turn draws in lots of people who would otherwise be sitting on the fence.

Add-ons are what get people to add additional funding beyond the original, along with 2x or 3x "sweet spot" pledge levels.

Thanks!

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Azazelx wrote:
Eight bucks each for the mascots? Holy gak.

Prices on the others sounds quite reasonable.

I suspect it's because they won't be making the pets after the KS (the previous version of the bulldog was a limited anyway), so there's a degree of LE pricing (although with the size of the KS they won't be too limited)

**jonolikespie**

Azazelx wrote:
Eight bucks each for the mascots? Holy gak.

Prices on the others sounds quite reasonable.

Until you compare them to GWs prices, then everything is great

**shasolenzabi**

I wonder if they will explain it as an armored grill, LOL! and like a GW Sentinel in close combat it will have to kick it's opponents like an ostrich! LMAO! But woe to targets caught in the guns fire.

**Kroothawk**

Jimsolo wrote:
Curious, because I'm not familiar with Kickstarters. I've seen (in this one, obviously) rewards added to the higher pledge levels, to encourage upgrading.
Do they ever add incentives to the first X number of backers, in order to keep people from withdrawing their pledge?

Mascots and others are added as freebies to all pledge levels Lieutenant upward, All Infantry sets got upgraded with more heads, weapons etc.

**H.B.M.C.**

Upped to Lieutenant to get the freebies.

**prankster**

Well, the 48 hours warning emails should now have gone out, currently sat at $548,212. Lets see where we go from here.

**kendoka**

Upped my plea to $250 (and lost my early bird Lieutenant special price in the process?) to be able to buy the characters and mecha I wanted.

Had plans to do this with the plea manager - but thought I would help out with this KS reaching the monetary goals.

Looks really good, hopefully the scale of the minis will not be to tiny (hoping for Dark Eldar size, not IG length).

**prankster**

kendoka wrote:
Upped my plea to $250 (and lost my early bird Lieutenant special price in the process?) to be able to buy the characters and mecha I wanted.

Had plans to do this with the plea manager - but thought I would help out with this KS reaching the monetary goals.

Yeah, if you increase to a different pledge level you lose the EB perk, unless you can grab an EB at the newer level.

Probably good that you've done it now, as they've not fully confirmed that we'll be able to add post KS. Even if we can, it wouldn't count towards SGs anyway.

**gohkm**

Blimey, I got re-suckered in by that pregnant creep.

**alanmckenzie**

prankster wrote:
kendoka wrote:
Upped my plea to $250 (and lost my early bird Lieutenant special price in the process?) to be able to buy the characters and mecha I wanted.

Had plans to do this with the plea manager - but thought I would help out with this KS reaching the monetary goals.

Yeah, if you increase to a different pledge level you lose the EB perk, unless you can grab an EB at the newer level.

Probably good that you've done it now, as they've not fully confirmed that we'll be able to add post KS. Even if we can, it wouldn't count towards SGs anyway.

So, if I have an EB lieutenant slot, but add on to take my total pledge to be above the commander level, I don't get the extra $10 mini that commander gives? But with my EB lieutenant I save $11, so I'm saving a total of $1?

**prankster**

alanmckenzie wrote:

So, if I have an EB lieutenant slot, but add on to take my total pledge to be above the commander level, I don't get the extra $10 mini that commander gives? But with my EB lieutenant I save $11, so I'm saving a total of $1?

Yes, if you increase your EB LT above the commander level, but don't increase your chosen reward level, then you'd save $1. Unless, you can snag an EN Commander to increase the saving.