>>10989162I actually cancelled my pledge for this before it ended, but I did lose out when his previous KS with the Hero and Skeleton blanks fell through. Of the twenty or so toy KS I backed though, that was the only one that hasn't delivered (though I am starting to lose hope on the COMPLEX Base Series 2 KS). However, I don't really feel like he intended to just take the money and run from those projects, but rather he dealt with a bad factory that put out crap products then sucked his funding dry. There actually were skeletons produced from the first KS, but they weren't in any condition to actually ship to backers and the factory just demanded more payments to fix the mistakes they made in the tooling.
>>10989169This one came out in 2019ish, so right before Classified and Vala hit market I believe. Classified launched in 2020 and Vala came slightly after iirc. I'm sure if people knew what else was coming they might have held back. But still, the Army Alphas were much cheaper then either other line initially, and that made it was easier to army build.
>>10989202I remember seeing the dude post a lot on the Fwoosh, and he always answered questions and took feedback requests in a positive manner. But dealing with a bad factory can easily tank any potential your line had and really screw over everyone. It's especially bad for smaller toy producers as they don't really have any way to protect themselves from getting strong armed by a factory half way across the world.
But overall, all my delivered KS products have been ok to great, and there's a few companies I've pledged multiple times to. Most recently I got my Savage Crucible stuff in, and while I haven't dug into them myself, I've heard nothing but positive praise. Toy KS in general seem to have a higher then average delivery rate if the actual project is successful.
