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Well, down to the last few hours. I went ahead and grabbed the 'Armada' pledge (25 figures for @ $150).
Squad Hydra really did something for me and I liked enough of the over sculpts to go in on this project.
Still considering grabbing the 'Predator girl' add on.

And closed at ~GBP40k

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hfminis/hf-minis-galactic-universe-sci-fi-miniatures

Let's all hope fulfilment goes smoothly. The miniatures world is just a better place with Hasslefree around.

My daughter and I backed. Couldn't quite justify the 25 minis package as we only wanted 13 minis between us. Some great deals there though, for some really characterful, cool minis.

The minis looked great but dont really need any scifi minis. The one that could pass for fantasy (the lady with the basket-hilted sword) I figure i might as well wait for retail.

I did do an order in that last sale. It shipped mid- November, though I haven't received it yet. The minis are great, I have a big wish list...

Quite happy to know the KS did well and hopefully its going fulfil well too.

All the non-politician miniatures look great and very appropriate for Frostgrave[edit]lol I meant Stargrave of course[/edit].
Except for Sister Liberty, who seems really for 40k and where I find the armor design quite ridiculous-looking .
But hey, one person's miss is another person's hit.

Latest update is pledge manager in last January 2023, to give everyone's wallet time to recover.

For those concerned about getting their stuff - I tried to place an order on their new website for the Halloween Sale, but their website gak itself when I created a new account and I lost the cart that my wife and I had put together over the previous 2 hours (£270-ish). I contacted them on FB to share my dismay and the fact that it made me give up and to their credit they got back to me a week or two later with a code.

I later placed a new order for £352.52 with the code and while I didn't get any free models for the large spend and just a few lollies (disappointed, yes) - I did receive the order in full.

I also placed an order (£35.76) during their smaller Black Friday sale, and I've also now just received that - with all models included.

So whatever else is going on, or has been going on with Hasslefree, I've gotten 2 orders (one quite large, one smaller) in full in the past couple of months, internationally over the holiday season and with the rolling Royal Mail strikes.

So there's that, at least...

I'm still waiting on my order from 11/16/22. I emailed yesterday for a status updated. Fingers crossed.

I placed a small order 10/31. It was delivered last week 1/3. Got my minis and some candy.

So took a while but not a super long delay.

 KidCthulhu wrote:
I'm still waiting on my order from 11/16/22. I emailed yesterday for a status updated. Fingers crossed.

I did get shipping confirmation emails for both. if you didn't get one of those I'd be a bit concerned.
The smaller order placed and shipped earlier arrived more than a week after the larger order that was sent later. Because Post Office.

My last two Hasslefree orders never had ship notifications. I would just get them after a month.

 KidCthulhu wrote:
My last two Hasslefree orders never had ship notifications. I would just get them after a month.

Previous websites notifications would sometimes break. for example if multiple people ordered very close to one another, which happened a lot during a promotion, or if I mass sent out shipping notifications instead of individually.

New site should not have those issues

Has anyone heard word on the pledge manager?

If anyone is wondering I saw this today, dated 4 days ago so May 2 (I wish sites would just post the damn date something was posted):

Apologies. Update coming this week.

As some of you may have noticed we missed a trade show this past week due to recent health issues amongst other things.

Manufacturing continues though,I'll post a list of which minis will be delayed this week and we can then put up the pledge manager without people choosing minis they didn't know will take longer than others

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hfminis/hf-minis-galactic-universe-sci-fi-miniatures/comments

So hopefully soon?

The most ironic name for a company ever!

Maybe they should change it to excusefree miniatures.....

It's sad to see the company slip and slide so much over the years, I used to be a regular customer but the spotty service and what seems to be ages for new minis showcased years ago to finally reach metal production has killed off all interest for me.

Some light in the tunnel...

Hi Everyone

So a quick update to let you know that between my various hospital visits and tests I have mostly finished the Pledge Manager (Just working on the multi options to make sure they work correctly)

I 'was' hoping to get it out today, as I like launching things on a Sunday 'but' Backerkit are away for a long weekend and July 4th, and you have to have pledge manager son their system reviewed before you can launch.

So I get to finish off the last little things at my leisure while waiiting for them to get back and hitting the review button.

I don't anticipate any issues with the review so then we'll get straight into it and the next updates will be explaining how it all works


Art

By the time I get my Trump and Biden figures they'll be relevant again

Does anyone know if Hasslefree are still processing orders?

I have no idea; I love their products but my more recent experiences with them have been less than hassle-free.

They're dealing with a KS at the moment, and the most recent update says Artemis Black who runs their warehouse and well as dealing with the KS stuff has been out sick again

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hfminis/hf-minis-galactic-universe-sci-fi-miniatures

so while the warehouse does have pickers/packers it wouldn't surprise me if anything complicated like something out of stock or otherwise complicated in a normal order would also be delayed

I knew it was a gamble when I backed this KS, and I really like their products but I can't see myself ordering from HF again.

Yeah, it's the same story time and again, something bad always happens with HF. Either these people are the unluckiest people alive, they have some serious chronic illnesses they should start planning around, or they are just making excuses.

 Illumini wrote:
Yeah, it's the same story time and again, something bad always happens with HF. Either these people are the unluckiest people alive, they have some serious chronic illnesses they should start planning around, or they are just making excuses.

I've met those involved, the health problems are real, they are also really nice and I have a lot of time for them.

 Illumini wrote:
Yeah, it's the same story time and again, something bad always happens with HF. Either these people are the unluckiest people alive, they have some serious chronic illnesses they should start planning around, or they are just making excuses.

I get the impression that it’s a mixture of all three, although rather than “making excuses” I’d characterise it as “being overly optimistic”.

Possibly wildly off-topic, but does anyone know if the Fantasy Football cheerleader is ever coming back? I think it's been permanently out of stock for years.

 ekwatts wrote:
Possibly wildly off-topic, but does anyone know if the Fantasy Football cheerleader is ever coming back? I think it's been permanently out of stock for years.

A load of the old moulds have worn out. IIRC the plan for this year was to go through and get some new ones made but it looks like that hasn't happened as expected.

For those interested, they're doing a Halloween sale, 20% off with the code HALLOWEEN2023, orders will not be shipped until after the 13th of November at the earliest.

Newsletter can be read here: https://email.acid-product.co.uk/t/y-e-xxldky-emtjmg-r/

With the pledge manager alone (never mind fulfilment) almost a year late I can't see myself ordering from HF again.

Sorry to say it.

I only buy during sales these days, so if something goes wrong, it won't be as painful. Will Rae be miscast this time as well?