What was that noise? A Game Changer!

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

  • EB Saga DVD plus free poster (!)
  • Shark Skateboard (limited edition of 50!)
  • New, non-auctiony Meeellla figurines (!!)
  • Chronometer reprint (plus a new color combo)
  • A little something to go with the CT shirts :)

Covert Merch!

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:

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Shark Punk Auction

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!

Shark Punks Part 2: Drawing!

Shark Punk Figurine Lottery Drawing! Live on Sunday, May 3 2009 @ 7PM EST

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!

And yes, there will be snacks.

Shark Punks Part 1: Lottery!

If you’ve been keeping an eye on Starmen.Net or the Merchazawa forum you’ll be glad to know that we’re finally selling our very first handmade fan creation: Shark Punk Figurines!

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

Please Ignore Our Mess

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!

Track Jackets and Pork Army Shirts!

In addition to the Handbooks, we’ve been keeping busy this month preparing three excellent new products for launch: StarguyPK Love track jackets and Pork Army shirts!

The Pork Army shirts, like all of our shirts, come with some sweet 1” pins you’ll recognize from the first pin set. The Track Jackets are both embroidered and come with painfully cool patches.

And, of course, we’re almost done shipping the Handbooks, so we’ll soon be catching up on orders from the past week! If you’ve placed an order recently (or are planning to place an order soon) we’ll be shipping your order sometime early next week.

With these new updates out of the way, Jon, Ryan, and Reid are going to get back to work on the MOTHER 3Handbook website, which we hope to launch in a week or two. In the meantime, please, spread the word about the Handbook and our other merchandise! We live and die by word of mouth from you guys, the fans.

A quick look at some of our upcoming merchandise:

  • FaB Pins
  • Patch Set #1
  • Shirt reprints
  • Gummie Plushies?
  • Shark Punk Figurines?

MOTHER 3 Handbook, Now Shipping!

In case you haven’t been reading anything else, or you haven’t gotten your tracking number in your email, the MOTHER 3 Handbook is now shipping!

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Handbooks and New Merch Coming!

Long time no update, but we’ve been keeping uber-busy with the MOTHER 3 Handbook which is currently being printed! A few quick facts/updates concerning the guide:

  • The team has put thousands of hours of work into the book. Jon finished the design/layout work last week, and it’s a masterpiece.
  • The Handbook source files are more than 10 gigs!
  • The final page count is 240, with hundreds of illustrations and nearly 50 clay models.
  • In a few days we’re flying out a handful of Fangamer/Starmen.Net folks from all over the US (and we’re even importing a Canuck) to get the books packed and shipped. We’ll be posting some pictures from the Packy Party this weekend!
  • Barring any unexpected problems with the printing, the preorders should be shipped by the end of next week.
  • We’re going to be posting the free online version sometime in April, after everyone has gotten their books in the mail. More on that later.

In other news, we’ve got another big batch of merchandise coming in a week or two, including:

  • Pork Army t-shirts (these are going to be awesome)
  • Embroidered “PK Love” and “Starguy” track jackets!
  • New pins and magnets, maybe our first patch set?

More updates later this week!

Follow us on Twitter!

So recently, I got addicted to Twitter. So I created a Fangamer Twitter account. Follow us on Twitter! @fangamer

Also, you can follow me (@ROFISH) and Reid (@reidman). Although it looks like Reid won’t be updating sometime soon, heh.

Also some news on the Mother 3 Handbook: We’re about to send it to the printer, so it’s exciting times for us. We also officially got an ISBN code! ISBN-10: 0615282024 ISBN-13: 9780615282022 As always I’ll make an empty promise to update more often!