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Hi, everybody. Just a quick update to let you know where things are. We are in the murky phase where most of pre-production is done and some actual production has begun. All of the print materials are done with the exception of the rulebooks. We are taking some extra time on the consolidated Maximum Chrome book. Rather than just jam all the individual rulebooks together, we're trying to interweave the various rules so it's a more cohesive document, and that's a big challenge. I hope to get that wrapped up in the next week or so. We're also waiting to finalize the individual rulebooks in case we end up making any tweaks from this work that should find their way into those. I'll post the final rulebooks when those get done.
The punchboard, road boards, dice, and most of the plastics are done, and tooling has begun. We made a couple of tweaks to some plastic colors and the Big Rig model. We've started designing the custom Maximum Chrome insert. We also updated the chopper model, notably in the shape of the stand to give it a more "swoopy" feel appropriate to an aircraft.
As of now, we are still on our initial fulfillment timeline, and the logistics situation seems stable for now. That said, there is another wave of COVID lockdowns hitting parts of China right now. We should enter mass production by next month, and we'll have a better idea then if the overall timeline will be impacted.
Pre-production continues as scheduled. We are finishing up all of the last few details: one more proofreading pass on the rulebooks, generating UPC codes, tweaks to the 3D models (the chopper stand is curved now!), that sort of thing. We did just recently hear from Panda that they are experiencing COVID-related delays, which have impacted some of our other projects. But, for now, no change to the timeline. If that happens, we will let folks know. In the meantime, the Picture People finished putting together the box bottoms -- you know, the thing you immediately flip over to when you grab a game off the store shelf. Let's have a look.
Back behind the wheel after my vacation, and I'm happy to report that things are still going smoothly. I'm still digging out from the DMs that built up, but should get through those over the next day or two. So if you sent me a message and haven't heard back, that should happen shortly. Reminder that BackerKit pledges are now closed. If you haven't completed your survey in BackerKit yet, please do so as soon as possible. If you're having an issue with your survey, please reach out to BackerKit help first. If they can't help you out, they'll direct you my way at that point. Pre-production is already underway, as Panda are finalizing print files and "cutting steel". I should have some fun photos or videos of the process in future updates. In the meantime, I thought you might have fun checking out the final road board art from the Carnage at Devil's Run expansion. You can see some of the fun details on the board along with the lovely title art on the border.
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