We have entered the last 24 hours of the MHI Challenge Coin Kickstarter.

This has been an unbelievable ride. As of right now we are 3098% funded, with $92,929 and 1001 backers. That’s way bigger than I expected.

So if you want to change your pledge or add anything else this is pretty much it. 🙂

Once Kickstarter charges everyone they will send us a final tally. We will be sending out backer surveys immediately after that. I’d like to ask a favor. Please get us back those surveys as quickly as you can so we can have accurate counts. We are going to be pushing as hard as we can to try and get everything produced and shipped before Christmas.

Thanks. The Monster Hunter Nation rocks.

-Larry

It is always fun seeing your books in other languages.  🙂

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I just posted the following update:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/451021352/monster-hunter-international-challenge-coins

this is a heads up for the procrastinators, we have reached the last 72 hours of the Kickstarter. 🙂

I’ve been getting asked if there will be any more stretch goals. This was a tough decision, but probably not. Jack and I talked it over on Friday and had to make a call. Here is a peak behind the curtain for our reasoning.

When we started this project we originally wanted to start several weeks earlier than we were able to. The goal was to have everything done and out the door in plenty of time for Christmas. However we had a technical hold up getting everything approved by Kickstarter, so we launched late. So now it is still possible. Barely. But we will be cutting it really close. So in order to still try and reach our original goal of these being usable as Christmas presents, we sent the artwork over to the mint early so they could start working on the items. This way we could knock a time consuming part of the process out of the way. So now we *might* make it, if everything on the production end goes okay. If we add any more new designs now, then there is no way we’re going to make it.

People have been asking about add ons like display cases, belt buckles, and things of that nature, but those are expensive for you guys and risky to us. One of the dangers of Kickstarter for small operations is that they overextend themselves. Everybody loves stretch goals! So they keep throwing on more stuff, and then they end up hurting themselves in the end because they added something groovy, but failed to meet the minimum order quantity for that particular item and ended up buying a bunch of extra inventory to sit on.

So between the timing and the goal of making Christmas and the risk of overextending ourselves, we decided not to add any more stretch goals.

When we first came up with this idea, I figured that at most we’d raise enough money to do 10 designs, tops. Instead we unlocked 13, with 3 add on items. I never expected this project to be this big. That’s what I get for underestimating the Monster Hunter Nation, because you guys rock.

They did an excellent job on this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxWMbqxgMDo

I just sent out the following update

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We are heading into the last couple days on the MHI Challenge Coin Kickstarter. This project has been a much greater success than I imagined. We’ve unlocked 13 regular coins, and the add ons for Dead Six and the Harbinger Zippo have been really popular.

We’ve been asked:

“Can I up my pledge after the project closes?”  – Nope. When the KS closes, it will no longer accept adjustments. So if you’ve settled on what you want, make sure you tweak your pledge before it closes.

“Will these be available after the project closes?” – Sort of. Maybe. Basically I will be rounding the items up to the next production level based on the numbers ordered. So there will be some extras of each item. However, I don’t know yet how many that is going to be, and how long they are going to last for.

We are almost at the end. The art has gone to mint and I’m hoping to get some work in progress shots for you soon. We are going to try our best to get these shipped in time for Christmas, and that looks achievable, but it is going to be close.

Thanks for you support,

-Larry

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I forgot to add, so will need to send another tomorrow, I don’t think we’re going to add on any more stretch goals. We’ve got the 13 finalized and we’ve sent them off to the mint so they could get started on them. The goal now would be to get them done and shipped in time for Christmas, as I know a bunch of these are intended as presents.

Right now we are at $80,402, 2682% funded, and 897 backers. Just so you know, that’s a whole lot higher than I ever expected. Originally I thought we’d hit stretch goals to get to 10 coins. Maximum. And that was only a maybe. Instead we got to 13, with 2 D6 add ons and a Zippo.

Now we’re heading into the last couple of days, so this should be interesting!