Marauder Task Force WWII Series Update July 29, 2019
almost 5 years ago
– Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 02:05:20 AM
Hey "Marauder Fighting 783!"
We are in daily communication (often, several times a day) with our factory concerning our MTF WWII figures and accessories. The vast majority of our figures and accessories are either complete or soon will be. A small handful of accessories and the intricate paint scheme for the Panzer Grenadier are the holdup. Correcting the accessory issues just takes time and our factory is getting an all new "cutting edge technology" paint machine to handle the intricate paint applications for the Grenadier. Unfortunately, this means we won't have all the items by mid August and will miss our scheduled end of August ship date.
Our original Marauder Task Force figure release was just 1 (ONE) body design, our Val release was just 1 (ONE) body design and our Contract/Agency Ops release was just 3 (THREE) all new body designs. Contrast those releases with the MTF WWII series with an astounding 7 (SEVEN) ALL new body styles. Each all new body style was successfully tooled, engineered and resolved any "fit & function" features (not to forget the hundreds of new accessories & dozens of new WWII weapons). Considering everything we have completed and issues resolved to this point, to have the release of the entire project delayed due to some accessories and a paint job on just one figure design is most upsetting.
The delay will be a few weeks, with the chance the delay could be less time than we estimate or possibly a little more. To avoid any further supporter disappointment, we will not announce another planned ship date. We will post a HUGE update when the reward packages ship. As soon as we get "all" of any one figure style, will post images. The Kickstarter reward packages will ship when we receive ALL items. Sorry, multiple partial order shipments are not an option.
Thanks again for the support!
MJ & MGR Crew
Marauder Task Force WWII July 17 Update
almost 5 years ago
– Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 02:10:37 AM
Hey "Marauder Fighting 783!"
We are working daily with the factory, have folks at the factory overseeing production and are closely involved with all production aspects of our MTF WWII series. We are dealing with 7 all new fully articulated body designs, dozens of weapons and hundreds of new accessories & body parts. Vast majority of items are going smoothly, which is a testament to our designers and engineers. There are slight concerns regarding some weapons, a handful of accessories and some VERY intricate camo paint patterns. Solving those production issues could take a short time and allow us to hit our planned ship date. Or it could be a longer delay, which would result in a later ship date. We had held off posting an update until we had some actual information for our supporters...but we do not know yet how long a delay, if any, is in store. As of now, we still plan to air ship all the items into our domestic facility by mid August & ship out reward packages to our supporters in late August. Also, we have not posted images of the first production items because the colors were wrong (very slight color variances). Posting product images that didn't accurately reflect the final production colors would have just created unwarranted supporter concerns.
To summarize, we are dealing with any issues encountered during the production process as they arise. Some concerns are more complex than others and there may or may not be a delay. Regardless, any delay would be measured in WEEKS and NOT YEARS. Will post another update as soon as we get more up to date info.
Thanks again for your support!
MJ & MGR Crew
Marauder GR 5/18 Marauder Task Force WWII Update
almost 5 years ago
– Sun, May 19, 2019 at 12:47:58 AM
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Message from Marauder GR
about 5 years ago
– Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 02:22:51 AM
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Marauder Task Force 3/2 UPDATE & NEW Paint Masters!
about 5 years ago
– Sun, Mar 03, 2019 at 02:02:35 AM
Hey "Marauder Fighting 783!"
We hope you are all doing well! A quick note to say your "Gun-Runners" have been very busy with the OVERWHELMING response to the recent MTF Contract Ops, Exo-Suit, Agency-Ops and K9 dog unit release...but NOTHING interfered with the MTF WWII project! We are still on track to ship reward packages in June. We are planning a trip to the factory to give final approvals and oversee production.
Speaking of approvals, here are the paint masters for the Kickstarter exclusive German Panzer Grenadier (German's neck post will be flesh color) and the USMC "Full Camo" uniform (waist section will also be camo). A BIG Thank you to the talented Alex Wu for the AMAZING work on the paint masters!
Thanks again for your support and patience!
Take care!
MJ & MGR Crew
