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Mantecore was Siegfried and Roy's bitey tiger.

montecarlojoe wrote:Mantecore was Siegfried and Roy's bitey tiger.

"The tiger didn't go crazy, the tiger went tiger" -Chris Rock

Digging it! Some cool art touches you've done there. I'm in when you're on.

Presenting to you guys the Mantecore joker

I'm in...any closer to finalizing a launch date?

A good joker card could be of the tiger riding a bicycle, that's one of the reason's why it lost it's mind...

shermjack wrote:I'm in...any closer to finalizing a launch date?

End of June

Bikefanatic wrote:A good joker card could be of the tiger riding a bicycle, that's one of the reason's why it lost it's mind...

That's a great idea. Hah! Maybe

Guys we have a launch date

15 June 2015

Mark your calendars

Here are a few photos, of prototypes of Mantecore by myself and a few friends around the world.

siegismyname wrote:Guys we have a launch date

15 June 2015

Nice! Do you have a time?

vasta41 wrote:

siegismyname wrote:Guys we have a launch date

15 June 2015

Nice! Do you have a time?

We are still working on a time but, there WILL be early bird specials. I'll update you guys when I have confirmed a time.

Ok, I wanna see what those faces (courts) looking like.

Here are the courts from the prototype that I have. They are pretty close to what the final product would look like. Pardon the quality. It was taken using my phone.

Cheers
Ben

Some courts look custom, some don't.

They all are! We simplified their clothes, enlarged them, (tried to)made the faces more youthful and edited the colour scheme.

I don't mind the nearly standard courts - you'll buy this deck for the backs anyway.

montecarlojoe wrote:I don't mind the nearly standard courts - you'll buy this deck for the backs anyway.

Thanks. I love the backs as well. The courts are nearly standard but they we have tweaked it to be more modern.

Also, I am doing a small contest over on my instagram @siegismyname. I know the price is not much but I appreciate your help.

Hey guys, we are on the last leg of preparations for Mantecore, which would launch on 15 June 15, and would need your help to spread the word. I am hosting a contest over at my Instagram page https://instagram.com/p/3qqKokOne6/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; where you could win 1 of 4 decks. Thank you for taking the time to read.

Yahoo! Do you have a time yet?

Ugh, IndieNoNo.

Nothing wrong with IGG as a platform - but the only deck on there I've seen succeed... funded on kickstarter after failing on indiegogo. Fact is KS gets better exposure and people trust it for these kinds of campaigns.

I'll likely pledge for this - but i don't have much hope in it funding there.

Actually The first Fontaine deck (the red one) funded on Indiegogo and raised over $21K

vasta41 wrote:Yahoo! Do you have a time yet?

Hey. It is gonna be 20:00 SGT (GMT +8)

PrincessTrouble wrote:Ugh, IndieNoNo.

That's the currently plan for now. As a campaigner from Singapore, I am unable to start But we are trying to get a friend on board to help do the campaign on Kickstarter. I hope you understand. I would very much hope for Kickstarter as well.

PrincessTrouble wrote:Ugh, IndieNoNo.

montecarlojoe wrote:Nothing wrong with IGG as a platform - but the only deck on there I've seen succeed... funded on kickstarter after failing on indiegogo. Fact is KS gets better exposure and people trust it for these kinds of campaigns.

I'll likely pledge for this - but i don't have much hope in it funding there.

I hope with the right marketing and your help, we are able to get the decks funded. Like I said, I was really hoping to get it on Kickstarter. Also, kickstarter seems to not allow funds collected for the campaign to be donated to a charity, which I am still working out with them.

It has been a mad race. But stay on your seats guys. There will be an Early Bird discount as well so be there early. I will try my best to answer all queries and make this campaign smooth sailing for you guys. Thank you for all the support. For those that are not able to paypal, I hope to work something out or you could always group buy . Our goal (USD 7k)will also be set low such that it will be to break even for it to be easier for us to reach it and fund the project. Hopefully this will help.

So that's 5am pacific time right?

badpete69 wrote:So that's 5am pacific time right?

That is correct. You can always go http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; to convert. My time zone is GMT +8 See you guys there.

siegismyname wrote:

vasta41 wrote:Yahoo! Do you have a time yet?

Hey. It is gonna be 20:00 SGT (GMT +8)

PrincessTrouble wrote:Ugh, IndieNoNo.

That's the currently plan for now. As a campaigner from Singapore, I am unable to start But we are trying to get a friend on board to help do the campaign on Kickstarter. I hope you understand. I would very much hope for Kickstarter as well.

PrincessTrouble wrote:Ugh, IndieNoNo.

montecarlojoe wrote:Nothing wrong with IGG as a platform - but the only deck on there I've seen succeed... funded on kickstarter after failing on indiegogo. Fact is KS gets better exposure and people trust it for these kinds of campaigns.

I'll likely pledge for this - but i don't have much hope in it funding there.

I hope with the right marketing and your help, we are able to get the decks funded. Like I said, I was really hoping to get it on Kickstarter. Also, kickstarter seems to not allow funds collected for the campaign to be donated to a charity, which I am still working out with them.

It has been a mad race. But stay on your seats guys. There will be an Early Bird discount as well so be there early. I will try my best to answer all queries and make this campaign smooth sailing for you guys. Thank you for all the support. For those that are not able to paypal, I hope to work something out or you could always group buy . Our goal (USD 7k)will also be set low such that it will be to break even for it to be easier for us to reach it and fund the project. Hopefully this will help.

I'm confused, what charity would you be collecting funds for?

We are donating a portion of proceeds to Panthera's Save The Tigers funds. Panthera is one of the largest organizations involved in tiger conservation

A gentle reminder that the project will go live about 24 hours from now at http://igg.me/at/mantecore" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. Thank you all for all the comments and love so far.

Also, be there early for the early bird specials

Cheers
Ben

Indiegogo only take Paypal Was really looking forward to getting these, will have to wait till resellers are stocking them.

Strange, I just processed my pledge through Paypal...

As much as i wanna help, the shipping is wayyy too expensive.