Moving Forward

We are happy to announce that despite whether or not our Kickstarter campaign will reach it's goal, we will be making this product a reality. How you may ask? We'll let me explain.

-First off the fees associated with Kickstarter range in the 10% domain (3-5 for Amazon and 3-5 for Kickstarter). That doesn't seem like much, but then again it is a non-trivial factor.
-Second off our original plan was to increase resolution with a top notch 3D printer, that is a very viable goal, but we set our sights on the wrong printer. The past week we've done a lot of back and forth on the matter and have settled on a printer in the range of $1,000 rather than $2,500.
-Third off, we found the colors we need to make all the dice without having to add the additional extruder at this point. We may end up moving in that direction at some time in the future, but it isn't a requirement.
-Forth off, our main goal with the Kickstarter campaign was to reach out to the EDH community and ensure that there was enough people out there like us who would like to bring a D40 to their gaming table. It has never been about the money, and our intention all along was to move forward so long as we reached enough people who would help us offset the personal costs associated with bringing this to market. At this point, even if we fail the Kickstarter, we have succeeded in reaching our goals and are thus moving forward.
-Fifth off, after re-crunching the numbers we are in zone to make this a reality.
-Sixth off, we have already tossed down a bunch of our personal funds to get the required printer, and materials to make this work (they are on the way and we are anxiously awaiting their arrival).

Finally we are looking for your say. We are 1/3 the way done with our Kickstarter Campaign with 3/4 of the time left to go. We've had backers start trickling in, but not in tremendous quantities. And we believe that was due to our price point taking all the extra fees and more expensive printer into consideration. That being said, how do you, our followers/backers/likers/retweeters/readers/friends/allies/and fellow EDH players feel about re-launching the Kickstarter with lower reward levels? Or would you like to stick it out, finish this up and if we don't make our $4,150 goal, then just purchase the D40 off our website? We'd be looking at a $12 early bird and about a $15 regular reward tier for a single D40. Then changing the rest of the tiers to match.

Weigh in by commenting below, tweeting @MaxStatGaming, emailing Maxstatshelp@gmail.com, or on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/maxstatgaming.

Sincerely,
Max Stat Gaming Team