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It's been a solid couple hours there.

Not really impressed with the stretch goals. I guess more will be added later on...?

 Riquende wrote:


Yeah, I can see that on the sprue pics now. I'd be interested in a small pledge to get some of them and a shadow walker then if possible (and maybe some of the terrain sprues). No interest in the other guys or the game, sorry.

It has been mentioned on the KS comments that selling separate sprues is not on the cards right now due to postage. They will see how the campaign goes and possibly add these as options later.

So backing this when I have the money.

Gotta have dat plastic crack

Gragga Da Krumpa wrote:
Not really impressed with the stretch goals. I guess more will be added later on...?

under the current 2 stretch goals it says

Additional stretch goals will be revealed if and when these two are met. We will be pacing the reveal of stretch goals over the life of the campaign to keep things exciting. In total we have thirteen stretch goals lined up!

Gragga Da Krumpa wrote:
Not really impressed with the stretch goals. I guess more will be added later on...?

We will be adding more stretch goals as we (hopefully!) hit the ones that are up. We have plenty in mind for later depending on how the campaign goes.

Thanks for all the support so far!

Pledged. Good luck guys.

From the comments

Lord GreyWolf - 'what is the possibility of getting just add ons?' - The logistical overhead for this would mean much higher shipping costs and much more complex quality control, meaning delays and expenses for everyone. We'll continually revisit this as an option throughout the kickstarter but there is no intention to offer individual unit purchases at this time I'm afraid. We've tried to ensure the sweet spot pledge is such a good value, that it would make more sense to go for multiple boxes of them instead.

which is understandable but a bit of a shame

Gragga Da Krumpa wrote:
Not really impressed with the stretch goals. I guess more will be added later on...?

What's not to like about a new character type and bits to help build terrain? I think these are pretty solid stretch goals that add nicely to the existing box.

One thing that would be pretty neat is to have instructions on how to use the terrain sprue to turn the MEdge box into a large building... possibly using some of the leftover cardboard elements from the template sheets too. Challenge for Insaniak?

Of course now the project has launched I've tossed aside any concerns and followed the voice in my head telling me to buy moar plasticrack

My willpower stat is abysmally low...

Pledged, 90th backer! Wooo!

Where do we request a Copy of the Beta Rules?

"Jun - Kickstarter ends, Beta rules go out to backers who requested them."

 Alex C wrote:
Of course now the project has launched I've tossed aside any concerns and followed the voice in my head telling me to buy moar plasticrack

My willpower stat is abysmally low...

Haha that's awesome, Alex!

MongooseMatt wrote:
I'm in! Went with the 'double' pledge...

I did, too! In surprised more people haven't selected the double option (most are at single) but they're likely waiting to see where the box contents end up. I already know I'm going to want to go double, though, and likely trade my Karists away so I can field ALL THE DRONES

Backed for $90 for now.

The terrain sprue is listed as a stretch goal, will it still get created post kickstarter even if that goal is somehow not met?

Officially 100 backers now,

So 30 minis and game aids for 90 bucks? It'll look better with that extra character and scenery locked in too, I suppose.

Not sure I want double everything, so 90 bucks it is.

Only a 20k goal? That seems... low. I realise all the sprues and what nots have been paid for and such but I was expecting a 50k goal or something at least.

We're almost half way there already!

 Snrub wrote:
Only a 20k goal? That seems... low. I realise all the sprues and what nots have been paid for and such but I was expecting a 50k goal or something at least.

We're almost half way there already!

Hopefully they just blow this out of the water then.

Come on, $1 million!

Feels like this is moving a lot slower than I expected, but then again most of the mantic kickstarters get crazy funding up front from return customers and I haven't backed much else lately.

I guess I was expecting a large flood of dakka-folk to be on it instantly too, but 9k is particularly slow either.

 GrimDork wrote:
Feels like this is moving a lot slower than I expected, but then again most of the mantic kickstarters get crazy funding up front from return customers and I haven't backed much else lately.

I guess I was expecting a large flood of dakka-folk to be on it instantly too, but 9k is particularly slow either.

Well, it's only 8:30am for me and I'm in lecture, so I'll be joining in as the day progresses.

 Accolade wrote:

 Snrub wrote:
Only a 20k goal? That seems... low. I realise all the sprues and what nots have been paid for and such but I was expecting a 50k goal or something at least.

We're almost half way there already!

Hopefully they just blow this out of the water then.

Come on, $1 million!

Not a million

Kicktrak is projecting $330k and they aren't even no 1 on that yet! ( no 2 behind posthuman)

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/medge/maelstroms-edge-a-next-gen-sci-fi-miniatures-warga/

Oh I know, I was just joking. Though I do hope this is quite successful nonetheless!

Isn't kicktraq just a linear projection?

So what's the hook?

 GrimDork wrote:
Feels like this is moving a lot slower than I expected, but then again most of the mantic kickstarters get crazy funding up front from return customers and I haven't backed much else lately.

I guess I was expecting a large flood of dakka-folk to be on it instantly too, but 9k is particularly slow either.

I know what you're saying, but do keep in mind:


1) It is early still!


2) Although Dakka is a big community, not even everyone that uses this site will have noticed this thread. We have a lot of tricks up our sleeves to help get the word out over the course of the campaign, such as the MEdge banner at the top of the page here. But many of these things are scheduled to happen throughout the campaign to keep the momentum going. So even if we don't hit blockbuster numbers on the first day, we should still see some nice growth throughout.


3) Unlike many KS, we are not looking to have the biggest total ever at the cost of damaging our ability to function effectively as a company for the long term. Other companies have allowed all kinds of options and add-ons in their campaigns and behind the scenes what many people don't realize is that the difficulties involved in fulfilling all those different options have made many the KS campaign a net loss for the company.

The goal of our KS is to put us on great standing to move forward into the future, and that does mean it likely won't be the biggest total you've ever seen, but that's okay as long as we hit our goal and a bunch of people get the models they want for a good deal.

I pledged as promised, and am excited to see where this goes.

Mymearan wrote:
Isn't kicktraq just a linear projection?

I think so but some of the forecasts aren't. At this stage though it is much too early to tell

Over 10K already just a few hours into the morning (US East coast time). A nice start

whoops... I misread something.
the terrain sprue is cool. any idea on a price point?

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
From the comments

Lord GreyWolf - 'what is the possibility of getting just add ons?' - The logistical overhead for this would mean much higher shipping costs and much more complex quality control, meaning delays and expenses for everyone. We'll continually revisit this as an option throughout the kickstarter but there is no intention to offer individual unit purchases at this time I'm afraid. We've tried to ensure the sweet spot pledge is such a good value, that it would make more sense to go for multiple boxes of them instead.

which is understandable but a bit of a shame

Oh well, throw this one onto the 'wait for retail' pile then.

I know it's a long shot;

But what would happen if the kickstarter did raise the "trending" $438,659?