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**RiTides**

New update:

Pics of Final 5 Sets and "first to ship" boxes being packed!

And we're back! Thanks so much for the well wishes for our (now bigger!) family these past 2 weeks, it has been an absolutely incredible time. The reinforcements have arrived and we are ready to update you all on our progress.

First, here are pictures of the final 5 sets, which we were about to post when all the excitement happened!

This means we've shown all completed sets except for Deadzone, which we are waiting on the new beta rules for and will be shipping separately to backers who selected that set (your cubes and other tokens will ship along with everyone else's, so no delay there!).

White-on-Black Token Care

From a few local players (who we use as willing guinea pigs =)) we have found out that the white-on-black tokens when handled are more susceptible to "smudging", where dust from the cutting process on the sides and back of the tokens gets pressed into the etchings as they are assembled into the cubes (and is very difficult to remove). To help alleviate this, we're going to be putting each white-on-black token set through an ultrasonic cleaner as we pack them up:

In this picture a few white pens are also visible - for anyone who selected a white-on-black token set, we'll also be including a white pen that could help with touching up any "smudging". Between these two solutions, we hope everyone will be very happy with them!

As a preventative measure, it's best to be very careful when touching the white etched faces and to wash your hands from any residue (which could come from the backs of the tokens themselves) when assembling them. We'll be sure to point this out in the instruction sheet! We'll also be shipping out new, ultra-sonic cleaned sets of white-on-black tokens to those we gave test deliveries to =)

You also could choose to spray the tokens with a varnish (for wargamers, just like sealing a miniature), which completely eliminates the possibility of smudging, but just like with a miniature dulls them a bit, so it would make sense to try this on a spare token first to see if you like the effect. We don't personally plan to varnish ours here, but it is an option to make them extremely robust!

Packaging Progress

And with that hurdle out of the way, we are on to packaging! Super-backer Jorge has joined in and is spearheading getting the 200 "first to ship" boxes packed:

We anticipate finishing packing the 200 "first to ship" boxes by this weekend. Then it's just down to finalizing and printing the instruction sheet, and taking them in batches to the post office! They should all be shipped by the end of next week.

That will use up all of the cubes we have in-house, but the factory has updated us that the full production run is still on track to arrive to us at the end of September (it has been en route to us for several weeks now). That will enable us to pack and ship the remaining 500 packages throughout the month of October, likely aiming for a consistent 125 packages a week.

Until next time!

I don't want to copy over the final pic to the forum, but if you want to see who has kept us happily up the last two weeks just check out the update on KS

Thanks again for the great support guys!

**Eldarain**

Very excited to get my modcubes (In a much timelier manner than many KS I've backed)

Can't remember for sure if I got any Black/White tokens but I appreciate you taking the extra efforts to insure the issues with them are mitigated.

**Theophony**

The last pic is the best pic sir, never be ashamed

. Now if your worried about the MODs crushing you for posting the picture then next time place a marine next to it and call it a scale shot of a large ever growing project

.

Congrats again. By the way all three of my projects started sleeping an hour per week of age up till they hit nine weeks and were consistently sleeping 8 hours a night. Hope it all goes smooth for you.

I look forward to my first to ship batch arriving. Tell Jorge to work smarter not faster, I'd rather get my shipment a smidgen late than not at all or incorrectly.

**Alpharius**

Cute kid!

I look forward to the 'cleaned' white on black tokens - and the free pen too!

Overall, this campaign gets high marks from me!

Well Run!
Good communication!
Great product!
On time!

Would totally support again!

**Solar_lion**

Agreed.

Congrats again on your new little arrival.

**RiTides**

Thanks, guys! And I'll pass on the advice to Jorge, Theophony, but he's actually worked as an engineer for GE in the past helping them improve automation - so he's whipping us into shape on the most efficient "assembly line" for us to use here

**Theophony**

So how is planning for MODcube Cubed (The second wave) going?

I think you need a Zombicide: Black Plague set with colored cubes to match the pegs that will come with the dashboards and sets of noise tokens for each. The set would include 12 cubes and 72 tokens (6 for each cube). of course you could toss in a few extras for those really noisy players

.

**Solar_lion**

Hummm what set to get next!

**RiTides**

Theophony - if you mean the bulk of pledges (500 packages), we're still waiting on the rest of the cubes, but expect them very soon - I actually just pinged the factory to see if they have an exact date of arrival in CA (still anticipating end of Sept), so that we can get them over here (to Maryland) as soon as possible after they arrive.

Zombicide, Kingdom Death, and Heavy Gear compatible sets are the 3 we'll start working on first after the campaign is fulfilled most likely

although I'm not sure when they'll release - ideally by the holidays, but there is a lot else to do after the campaign with getting the web store up and running and getting ModCubes in a few local stores!

The next official update on the Kickstarter will be next week, at which point we will have shipped all of the cubes we have in-house. Talking to the factory right now regarding the main shipment of cubes - hoping we will have it next week!

**Theophony**

I was just messing around suggesting a second kickstarter, wasn't actually asking about the non-first to ship. JUst talking out loud really as my hands are full of issues right now and escape to dakkadakka was needed.

**Sinful Hero**

RiTides wrote:
Theophony - if you mean the bulk of pledges (500 packages), we're still waiting on the rest of the cubes, but expect them very soon - I actually just pinged the factory to see if they have an exact date of arrival in CA (still anticipating end of Sept), so that we can get them over here (to Maryland) as soon as possible after they arrive.

Zombicide, Kingdom Death, and Heavy Gear compatible sets are the 3 we'll start working on first after the campaign is fulfilled most likely although I'm not sure when they'll release - ideally by the holidays, but there is a lot else to do after the campaign with getting the web store up and running and getting ModCubes in a few local stores!

The next official update on the Kickstarter will be next week, at which point we will have shipped all of the cubes we have in-house. Talking to the factory right now regarding the main shipment of cubes - hoping we will have it next week!

I personally would be interested in Kingdom Death themed cubes, but I'm not sure how useful they would be or how well they would sell considering how... Boutique the product is.

**RiTides**

Theophony - In case it wasn't clear (and it probably wasn't

) the sets I was talking about were for a retail release (not a Kickstarter).

That's a good point Sinful Hero - will think about it more once past this delivery push! The full production run is actually arriving in California today, so I've been on the phone a bit working out getting it over here.

**Nevelon**

When is the retail release going to be?

**RiTides**

Aiming for mid to late November for the existing sets, Nevelon (although that is mostly the webstore opening and a few local stores - I haven't reached out to many stores yet since we're focusing on fulfilling the Kickstarter first).

**Nevelon**

Cool. Hobby budget is a little more fluid ATM. We’ll see how it looks then.

**RiTides**

Shipping update - full production run of cubes received, and "first to ship" packages sent (with the last batch going out tomorrow morning!). Would love to hear what you Dakkanauts think of them, since many of you are in the "first to ship" tier

The production run of cubes has arrived right on schedule at the end of September - here is a pic of the tower of boxes (it was cheaper to ship from the port to here that way!) along with some of them pried open =)

We've shipped almost all of the "First to ship" packages, with the remainder going in the mail tomorrow! Thanks to those who have helped (you know who you are =)). If anyone has advice about printing out postage, please message us here or post in the comments - we're looking into weighing and printing out the postage along with the addresses for shipping the full run, to avoid angry looks at the post office with our tower of boxes!

Finally, one of "First to ship" backers let us know that they were able to still change their address in BackerKit, which wasn't supposed to be possible! We'll be locking that down now, but if you were in this first batch and changed your address in BackerKit between August 30th and now, the package will be on its way to your address as of August 30th. Sorry about that! If anyone is not able to get their package as a result, just shoot us a message and we will make it right =)

The goal now is to send out about 125 packages a week throughout the month of October to have everything shipped this month - we will keep you updated on our progress in the comments and with an update when we are halfway thru the remaining 500 packages. When you receive your package, there are printed instructions inside, or you can just watch this under 2-minute video:

If you're already familiar with how to put the cubes together (they go together by far the easiest WITH the panels in place, by the way!) just skip to the end and watch how to pop them apart using the ModCube Tool. It's really easy once you know where to press but hard to figure out without the instructions or video

Until next time!

**Theophony**

That is the glorious picture of plastic that I want to Scrooge mcduck dive into....if I wouldn't get jabbed to death by the edges.

Congrats on a well full campaign.

**Anpu-adom**

This makes my day... granted, today was a pretty rough day.

**Theophony**

Anpu-adom wrote:
This makes my day... granted, today was a pretty rough day.

I've been through a few of those friend. Hope yours gets better

**Solar_lion**

Anpu-adom wrote:
This makes my day... granted, today was a pretty rough day.

Once you get some ModCubes you'll be happier!

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Looking at that all I can say is

needs more yellow

**RiTides**

Yes, I agree Orlando

. That the yellow is only a half-box in that picture is by chance - the lowest quantity ordered was light green, but I think this is just because there are 3 different green options. Light green is actually my favorite of them and I'm using it for my gators!

Theophony - They are quite pokey, so that might not be a good idea

. Yours and Solar_Lion's are with me to go in the mail today (actually a second box to SL, as he was a first-to-ship backer but I left out something the first time!).

Anpu - Sorry to hear that =/ hopefully the cubes will cheer you up! What is your Kickstarter name, by the way?

I will be attempting to figure out the black magic that is Stamps.com or a similar service this weekend, so that the full run boxes can be just dropped off at the post. Fingers crossed it works out as that will make shipping the batches much easier!

**Alpharius**

Tell the truth - ORANGE and BLUE where the best sellers, weren't they?

You're welcome!!!

**d-usa**

Just got my box of cubes!

Now to put them together and then take them to my gaming club in 2 weeks for some X-Wing.

Now perchance there is a place somewhere online that has a list of all possible token combinations needed for each ship that would make it easy to put cubes together?

**RiTides**

d-usa - My preferred loadout for "basic" X-wing ships is:

Focus
Evade
Stress
Target Lock
Target Lock / Focus
Target Lock / Stress

I don't put on Target Lock / Evade as usually once I get a target lock, I'm focusing and hoping to use it. Obviously, the target lock letter needs to match up for that whole cube (so for example, Target Lock Y for each of the above) and I save the red Y for putting next to the enemy ship (not in a cube).

There should be a resource showing what each ship can do, but I tend to save the weird stuff for a spare cube (such as Ion, Slam, the new Tractor Beam, and maybe Critical Damage). Some ships can't target lock, but they could still use one of your basic cubes (there are enough tokens in each X-wing set to build 8 basic cubes like outlined above, or even with half evades if you prefer that).

The only ship I personally configure differently for is my Phantoms, who get Cloak symbols everywhere I put Target Lock above (since they can't Target Lock, anyway). But that may be just because I was always running a Phantom so knew how I wanted it

. There are some spare half tokens if you know you have a ship that generates double focus or double stress, for example (I never have, but it is possible). But unless you're building your list that way and know you'll have that case often, I prefer just to use a second cube. If you do build cubes differently, it can help to use a different color cube for a special one so you know exactly which it is and don't have to hunt for it!

Alpharius - Orange was quite popular, but not the most! The most popular was Black, then Red, then Dark Blue, and a tie between Orange and Grey. So they were pretty popular - thanks! Broncos colors... now if Peyton can just win the Super Bowl (he's on my wife's fantasy team, which basically means he's on my fantasy team

).

**Anpu-adom**

Fel would use 2 dice:
Evade
Focus
Evade/Focus
Focus/Stress
Evade/Stress
Stress

For stress on him, I'd use a normal cardboard token. There are many times where he would take an Evade, PTL to a Focus (and a Stress) and then receive another Focus due to to stress.

**RiTides**

Yeah, there are a few crazy configurations where pilots just pile on the stress - in that case an ingenious fellow has come up with this thing

But most pilots aren't going to get more than 1 or 2!

**d-usa**

Did you every give a date for potential retail sales?

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Putting together cubes for my small rebel list and they go together perfectly. The only pain in assembly is making sure that all your dice are lined up the same way with each token facing the same direction on all dice, but that is only if you are a bit OCD

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Speaking of OCD: Steve! The half-stress symbol doesn't face the same direction as the half-target lock symbol! I never noticed that until today, how will my anxiety cope with this!!!

**Anpu-adom**

d-usa wrote:

Speaking of OCD: Steve! The half-stress symbol doesn't face the same direction as the half-target lock symbol! I never noticed that until today, how will my anxiety cope with this!!!

Much like the liberal sonic cleaning helped with the metallic tokens, a liberal dose of an adult beverage will help with this issue.

Mine arrived today, and they did improve my mood. At least until I got the "What the crap did you buy?" look from my wife as I was assembling.
So far, I've assembled the following:
40K Objectives
2 Dice for Fel
2 Dice for Phantoms

**d-usa**

So I put together three dice with the standard x-wing layout suggested by Steve.

I was thinking about putting together a couple "utility" dice like this:

Focus
Stress
Ion
Critical
Critical/Ion
Weapon Disabled

I'm thinking one regular cube and the utility cube should cover pretty much most possibilities that I could run into as long as I'm not using anything too fancy.