Still looking for Fulfillment solution
about 2 months ago
– Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 10:24:09 AM
Hey guys,
Quick update since it has been a while, I am so sorry this delivery process has been so tough for everyone. I know many of you are angry and many of you just want your product, I am thankful for everyone for standing by.
We are currently working with a new operation that seems to be giving us fair prices, higher than originally expected but within our budget...
I hope to get more good news soon, with the world cup here many things are stopped for a while, but I hope they pick up fast.
update on personal shipments
We decided against doing personal shipping of the product, at least not until we find a fulfillment solution for everyone. I did quote a few backers that requested it but the prices were outrageous, and with personal shipping of products we could not ensure that products wouldn't arrive with added tariffs/ taxes that the final users would have to pay on top of an already very expensive shipping (our shipping quotes were about $80 USD for a single collectorX prices dropped a bit for compund pledges, but these are heavy boxes; for those interested in why we dropped this, it was also taking my time off from finding a general solution for the whole project)
Thanks for holding on, I am still here and this project will get fulfilled, I am hoping to see it through before end of the year, and get everyone a surprise for the holidays (will be before if possible)
Update: still looking for shipping solution
4 months ago
– Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 06:30:47 PM
Hi! Sorry this has taken so much.
So, a couple updates since the last one, Many backers have requested shipping of their pledges individually, however I have found the costs to be exhorbitant. A single Collector X shipped to the US costs about $200, prices for more collectors get higher (while not doubling, still increasing steadily to very high numbers). We would discount whatever we already charged for shipping in the backerkit for each order, but the backer would need to pay the difference.
Still I will follow through with backers and offer this option, I wanted to have another option and an updated timeline before having backers choose this much more expensive option.
I have followed up with another freight forwarder, I went to the storage facility where we have everything today (the manufacturer's warehouse) everything is still there, we have not mounted the final pallets since each freight forwarder has their own specifications of weight and dimensions we need to follow.
I have a meeting to check all the numbers I sent today next week, and we'll see where we are there.
It's really sad, I know faith for this project is very very low, but we are still here, and still trying to find a solution to this, we have even looked at taking out a loan to pay part of the increased price quoted to us by the past shipping partner.
I hope to be writing with better news next week. I'll try to slowly catch up on the backlog of DMs and offer individual pricing on shipping for pledges from backers that have requested them soon too.
Sorry again, I know words aren't much, I am hoping to soon have an update that gets the product closer to being in everyone's hands.
Thanks for the patience, I know there is little of it left, and some people are very rightfully angry, but I wanted to make a short update to show that we are still here, and the project is still going and planned for delivery, we are moving everything we can to get this delivered.
Shipping update
7 months ago
– Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 01:06:06 AM
Hi everyone,
Short start of the year update. I know we are very delayed, a lot of backers started asking for direct shipping options, unfortunately they are incredibly high (3-4x the cost that backers already paid to get it shipped directly) I will send those to backers that requested them anyway so they can have them handy.
But now for the actual good news! I found a freight-forwarding service that seems to have a cost that is higher than we originally anticipated, but not as much as I got last year, so I am in talks to see if we can get everything shipped which would mean we would no longer need to ship to individual backers.
I have a meeting with them next week, so I hope to have more news on that front then.
Sorry for the delay, I know this is not a great update, but thought to share where we are at. I will try to get through direct messages next week and answer to those that have them pending.
Fulfillment update
9 months ago
– Sun, Nov 09, 2025 at 06:32:00 PM
Hi collectors!
Sorry about the lack of updates, we are manufacture and package complete.
The project is stored at our manufacturer's site. Unfortunately the price rises from internation shipping combined with the tariffs has made it a bit hard to find a solution within our budget to ship to our fulfillment center (price compared to our quote when project launched is 5x which is just not doable).
We are working very hard to get the finished product in everyone's hands. We worked really hard to make them and now they are all ready, but moving them has been the hard part.
We hope to find a solution for shipping soon, we'll keep you updated although it does present a challenge since we have limited funds, and have already spent (from our pockets) more on storage than intended.
I wanted to share a better update with better news, but thought I would share where we are at. We are trying hard to find something November, since December will se Holiday price-hikes which would most likely mean delays until next year, in any case if that happens I will let everyone know.
Sorry again for the not-good news, but we are still working on getting the rewards to your hands, if we find ourselves at an impasse we will let you know.
Thanks for understanding, I know these are not the news everyone wanted, and while the outlook looks grim at the moment we will work to find a way forward.
Fulfillment status and general update - Backerkit address unlocked for requested backers!
12 months ago
– Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 07:51:02 PM
Hello Collectors!
The project is being boxed-up as we speak, we finally got our boxes and envelopes to our manufacturer, and they are starting the packaging process. I will upload pictures of the process later this month.
We are still looking for a freight solution, we have found a couple options which are sadly a bit out of budget for us. The Collector boxes are slim, however they are a bit heavy for their size. A Collector X weights at 8lb and a VY weights 6lb so in the end we are looking at about 4 pallets of quite heavy stuff we need to move to the fulfillment partners, we are looking into shipping the whole lot to the US and then freight forward to other places from there (shipping direct from Mexico is quite expensive, even by boat, so we are looking at alternatives).
We have a couple more leads to explore! so hopefully one of them pans out and we find a fast solution to ship these out sometime November is our current estimate.
The current world is a bit chaotic and logistic partners are changing costs week by week, so we are adapting as we can. Once we have the project completely ready to ship we'll have to make a fast decision, and we'll keep everyone in the loop.
Backerkit address unlock requests!
I have unlocked the addresses for people that requested it through DM's and caught up with those, so if anyone still needs an address change, please send me a DM so I can unlock your pledge!
Thanks as always! Hope to have more news by the end of the month!
