>>6144354The infrastructure was there from the Bird KS, but the steel mold tooling process takes over half a year on it's own to get everything right. With the molds already in place, it took them 5-6 months each to ship the subsequent waves to buyers between production times, shipping of the stock to their warehouse and whatever unexpected delays pop up (because there's ALWAYS an unexpected delay or two).
With Kickstarters, it's always best to expect the worst in terms of production schedules. You'll save yourself a lot of stress that way.
Also, new pic popped up showing the new female buck compared to the wave 1 figure. It's noticeably smaller, but as long as the balljoints are the same size, the sallet helm looks like it'd fit the old bodies just fine.
