(Steve edited this video together in, like, an hour. For the record, we were actually playing the music here in the office — no video magic or anything, that take just turned out perfectly.)
We got the PK Yomega proof in the mail today, it’s freaking great. I haven’t played with a (decent) yo-yo in years, so it’s a blast to let this thing sleep, which it does quite nicely! I’ve gotten it to roll for more than 20 seconds with no problems.
Anyway, the yo-yo’s are still on track to ship in early December. It’s gonna rock. If you don’t want to buy an entire Awesomeness pack to get one, you can wait and we’ll sell them separately for $17.
The Awesomeness Combo Pack is ready much sooner than we expected, which means that Shirtness is finally being unleashed after months of research, design, and production!
Good news: if you’re dressing up as Ness for Halloween and don’t want to ducttape a shirt/hat together, we’re offering a Halloween rush for an extra $10! Place your order before 11:59 PM on Tuesday and we’ll get it to you before the festivities begin.
More good news: if you already bought Hatness, you can save a few bucks and get a combo pack without the hat :D
(As a side note, we’ve been preparing an SMRPG update for a while, but unfortunately we’ve hit a few last-minute snags with the shirt/poster production. We’re definitely going to be releasing it before mid-November though, so check back soon!)
Hey folks. This thing is mega-unupdated, but we’ve been staying busy at http://fangamer.net. Luckily Jon is full-timing it now, so he’s busy getting a new (more functional) design prepped for this site. It’s going to be both lovely and good! In the meantime, here’s what we’ve been up to since July:
The 2009 EBFGP came and went and was absolutely awesome
At the end of the FGP we released an online version of the EarthBound Anthology!
Check out Fanboy Stigmata, our PAX 09 panel! (The intro video is, by far, the best part.)
“Fangirls and boys, unite! Then suck it up and stop acting like fanboys — there’s work to do. Listen as we relay the decade-long sorrows and triumphs of a scrappy fanbase. Cackle at the futility of petitions, boycotts, and nerd rage; bask in the warming glow of community and the zen doctrine of “screw this we’ll do it ourselves”. Enter as a fan; leave as a warrior trapped in the doughy and misshapen body of a fan.”
PSI Rockin’ Shirts, easily our most-requested shirt, is finally reprinted!
Escargo Express Messenger Bags were a surprise hit which sold out quick. They’re back, with more pockets and zippers than you can shake a stick at~
Courage Badge Keychains (in bronze!) are being re-minted — we’ll accept orders until Wednesday of next week before telling the mint how many to produce, so get your order in before then!
The MOTHER 3 Handbook PDF is our first-ever digital download! If you feel like your Handbook was a good deal, please consider supporting our work (and ensure you’ll always have a copy) by purchasing a copy of this print-sized PDF :D
The M3HB Combo Pack is a Handbook+keychain+PDF combo which nets you a $6 savings!
Whew. There’s tons of other news that I’ll probably post about later. In the meantime, you should check out our Twitter page where we’re always posting about new stuff, like the sweet Metal Gear Solid stickers which came in today — one will be included with every MGSmerch order!.
I’ll cap this update off with Steve’s super-incredible Pandora video. Caution: you may be compelled to partake of this eye candy for several hours straight; please consume responsibly.
Finally, the reveal: we’ve teamed up with MGS:TUS to create an amazing new line of merchandise inspired byMetal Gear Solid. Thanks to Jon’s design geekery and Ryan’s code monkeying, if you preorder a shirt or bag you’ll not only get a high-quality piece of merchandise, but you’ll get a custom-engraved dogtag too :O
This is our first (of many) sets of merchandise whose profits will be going to support fansites. We think there’s no better way to truly support a franchise than by helping the fans help themselves (of course we’re a little biased). With that in mind, a portion of the shirt profits will go to the MGS:TUS folks and a portion of the profits from the bags will be going to support our friends at The Speed Gamers (who are doing a Metal Gear Marathon soon)!
In other merch news, lots of new stuff coming this weekend :D
Since yesterday, just prior to the very kind Kotaku mention which is going to have us filling orders all weekend (thanks Luke [seriously!]) we’ve been steadily adding new products to the store. You can see all the new stuff in the rightbar, but I’ll save the ‘official’ new-merch update for tomorrow evening.
If you’re subscribed to the mailing list, you might want to hold off on your purchase for another day or so—we’re hoping to send out a small coupon tomorrow night :) In the meantime, some miscellaneous news/announcements:
Yesterday we finished off the initial lottery where we sold the first five (of ten total) figurines, and we’re now auctioning off the remaining five figurines!
If you’re interested in placing a bid on a figurine, all you need is an account on the forum. Once you’re logged in, head to http://auction.fangamer.com, confirm that you want to enter the auction, and then place your bid before Monday night (May 11). Good luck!
We got about 250 lottery entries for Camille’s Shark Punks over the course of the last week! Pretty amazing :O
We were going to simply choose some random names and post them, but we decided to give it a little zazz. So Steve and I (and maybe Camille, if we can get her to show her face) will be broadcasting the drawing live this Sunday at 7PM EST on the Fangamer USTREAM!
If you’re willing to spend $50 to snag one of these super-rare figurines, send us an email with “Shark Punk Lottery!” as the subject between now and May 1st and we’ll put your name in the lottery! Once we’ve done the lottery drawing, we’ll have a blind auction for the remaining five figurines, so consider this your chance to get one cheap ;D
Sarsie and I have been working all day moving to a new server. You wouldn’t realize how much work goes into moving 80GB of data. Starmen.Net and the Forum will be up ASAP.
In the mean time, here’s our newest commercial for the PK Love Jacket!
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