Collectors: A solution to store and display your miniatures

Update! Picking up and getting closer to delivery
about 1 year ago – Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 11:54:22 PM

Hi Collectors! 

Sorry for the delayed update. I will be handing updates to a teamate to ensure that these are more frequent and you know what we are doing, but for now here are the general news and timeline. 

Our manufacturer was finally able to re-start the project and fulfill the last parts that we need before packing these guys and sending them over to you. What we are missing now is:

• Adding Magnets, we fianally managed to get all the magnets here (over 10k) and now we need to slot them into the collectors and secure them. 
• Finishing Covers, we needed the magnets to make sure the drilling jig was perfect for the cover/ collector alignment. so we still need to make these
• Boxing Collectors, Our box design is ready, we just wanted to wait so we didn't have unbuilt cardboard lying around (it tends to get moist/ damaged easily so we wanted to avoid having to re-do them). 
• Rounding up numbers, Our initial order was a bit low on a couple models (X and V) so we need to manufacture a few more to ensure that we have enough (including a few extras for misshipping etc). 
• Shipping to Distributor, After we have everything packed up, we will be sending this to our distributor who will then make the final orders and get these to backers. 
• Fulfillment, the distributor will deliver the final product to backers. 
   

What is the timeline for this? Below is an estimate timeline for deliveries, we are closer than you think, now that the workshop is on the project again we should see some speed.

• Manufacturing - End of March
• Packaging - End of April
• Shipping - May - June

We still have some stuff to do, so take the above timeline with a grain of salt, but we think that is a realistic timeline to get these to your hands. We still have a couple of hoops to jump throug (tariffs and other world disorder things that might affect us and we'll let you know if they do, and what we can do about it). 

That is it for now! hopefully I will let you know once each of the above stages is finished and how closer we are to actual delivery. 

Thanks for your patience, we know this has been a hard one, and some of you might already consider it lost, but we will deliver, that is for sure. 

Thanks again, have a good month. 

Quick Update! (more in-form one next week)
about 1 year ago – Thu, Jan 09, 2025 at 04:20:28 PM

Hey Collectors!

Just writing a quick update, we have the metal trays, the factory didn't work most of December so we couldn't really advance then. But the project is picking up again, I'll write a more comprehensive timeline next week. I also added a fulfillment manager for the project you might see her in the comments or receive emails/ messages from here concerning your orders, we just want to make sure all numbers are final and we don't miss something now before we do the last leg of the project! 

Thanks again for the long wait! we are almost there! 

New Timeline, metallic tray errors (fixed) and genreal update!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Nov 08, 2024 at 06:38:54 PM

Hey Collectors! 

Sorry I missed the timeline for the last month's update. We have been advancing in many areas of the project, but facing new delays. We are still going to deliver we just ask that you are a bit more patient, we know it's asking a lot but we want to make sure everything delivered is up to the quality we want. 

Below are some general updates on the project and a timeline on each part. 

Boxes

Boxesare on the way to us, we did a custom box with print so these look and feel great and also protect the collectors on their way to you. We already placed our order for these and will have them next month. 

Metal Trays

The first batch of metal trays was off-scpecs, thanfully we were able to catch this with only a few actually finished and the factory agreed to re-make those. The problem was the final fit was 3mm + the thickness of the tray, the initial tests were 3mm WITH the thickness included making them fit nicely and slide great. These should be arriving mid/ late December. 

Magnets

We have magnets! at least about 75% of them, enough to get started while the rest arrive. I had to space out and split the massive order into smaller ones that are shipping each 5 days. It was a massive hassle, but at least this way they aren't getting stopped at customs and we can actually start building and packing some final collectors!

Sturdiness Test

We have been testing the magnets to make sure they hold the covers correctly, we originally wanted 4 magnets per collector, but we found that the collector H, V need 6 and the collector X needs 8 to hold great and survive a "shake test" 

Timeline

New timeline is telling us we should be shipping in January (we might be done during december but it's folly to plan anything during December). We obviously over-estimated the times and the amount of hurdles and checks we needed to make to ensure this product. We thank you greatly for your continued support here. Thanks for backing and waiting. I will give a final timeline when things start to arrive and we actually have the product in hand, before then please take my estimates with a grain of salt!

Til next time! 

More Delays and new timelines, sorry everyone!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 08:39:19 PM

Hi Collectors! 

We will be posting a monthly update to make sure we keep communications with everyone. 

Sadly there isn't much new to report on our side, most of the missing pieces are in process of being made (metal trays) or in transit (magnets, carry holders and boxes). 

Out factory had to move another project and bump us a bit behind, so when we get all the missing pieces they will face a small delay before they reactivate the project and bring the production back from storage for us. This is just the nature of the processes on their side, and since we missed our window for delivery we were pushed back a bit! 

Thankfully all the stuff should be here about mid-month next month. I will report if anything moves faster but we are looking at Nov/ Dec Shipping for these at this point, sorry for the delays we had a pretty tight timeline for this project and wanted to keep it but the inevitable delays struck us. 

thanks for staying here, if there is nothing new I will post a monthly update towards the end of the month! see you then, and we are in the process of finishing this, we will deliver! so please just hold on a little longer! 

Thanks!  

Metal Trays, and Magnets missing, everything else done 100%!
over 1 year ago – Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 02:51:58 PM

Hello Collectors!

We have a small fulfillment update for everyone!

Sadly our first batch of metal trays was off specifications (even after doing many tests to make sure of accuracy) meaning we had to scap those and send for a new batch, unfortunately this is being handled by a different manufacturer than our wood partners, so they slated us for the new batch on early September. Meaning we are currently on a small one month delay to start our fulfillment (looking at late September now instead of Late August)

The only other missing piece are the magnets which sadly were taken away by customs, meaning we need to order in smaller batches to ensure they get to us correctly. We have already placed the order for the magnets so they should be arriving in the next couple weeks. 

The rest of the production is complete and ready for final packs. We already have the boxes ready, but since all collectors have magnets we need to wait for them to be fully assembled before moving on to the final packing. 

I will do an update as the final things start to move, we are sorry for the small delay, we are still pretty much on track, it's just a one month delay that we are looking into. 

Thanks for your patience! you will be using your collectors in no time!