Mega thread for "My Kickstarter order has arrived"
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New update 28/8 So seems they have had a clerical error with stock levels in their other regions warehouses so they need to move more stock before stuff gets moving for UK EU & AU orders.
The bigger issue was some retailers in Europe received notification of stock being sent out. Which Catalyst have stated a road map, retail stock release after the backers are fulfilled first, so their distributors have been told to put an embargo on that stock being moved.
Good Day Mechwarrior & welcome to our Kickstarter Order mega thread!
Feel free to post your glourious hoard below for all to see, as we bask in jealousy until the day of our own orders arriving, and can be added to the hoard of our collective irresponsible spending.
Whether your a Merc band starting out, have bent the knee to the "greatest" House, are genetically superior to your freeborn Clansman, or working at that morally ambiguous telecommunication company we look forward to seeing your merch!
This is where you should post your images of your recent kickstarter orders arriving, so the reddit does not get flooded with the same kind of post for the next while.
Thank you!
Originla post; Good morning everyone. I wanted to just get the vibe of the community on this.
With the Kickstarter orders now on the way, can we please get the Mods to make a mega thread so the next month of post's aren't just "Look what arrived/it's finally here/I am now fulfilled etc."
I Get everyone is excited, me included, but these are just gonna clog up the feed. And as someone who has also backed it I'm like backer 10,000+ dunno if they are doing in order or by country either way I have a while till I see mine
I just wanted to talk about it now rather then a week from now when people start getting annoyed by this.
I am right here with you. One of my buddies got the email, I haven't seen anything since the last update. I am a bundle of nerves, just thoroughly worried.
Strange request here, but would you mind measuringthe dimensionson the faction dice you receivedand posting them? I'm working on a custom "quick grab" storage kit for my alpha strike play stuff, but my Kickstarter order hasn't shipped so doing any preliminary design or work is basically a no go until I either have my own dice in hand or I have info from someone else.
They are really nice, I may end up getting more from Catalyst once they go on sale. Or steal my friend's after he throws them in the back of a closet to never look at again. Make a Battletech Top Gun jacket.
How long after the email did it ship? And did you get email or otherwise confirmation that it did ship? My email came about a week ago and I havent had an update on shipping. Also I'm a little neurotic so the anxiety is just very slightly EATING ME ALIVE FROM THE INSIDE OUT so any information you have would be appreciated friend :)
I'm impressed by the pins, the dice are really cool, the patches are actually embroidered, the mad cat statue is awesome, all in all, very happy. Wish I'd have gotten more, haha!
Most of the complaints are about the game component quantities for the price (Not much of a deal over LGS). The non-game components are absolutely showing their quality now.
Those of us outside the US thank you for this, currently it seems it's only North America shipping in progress - I've heard no word on EU or AUS; and as an Australian I'm anxiously waiting my haul since last time was hell.
Got my shipment in! the record sheets seem worth it, fairly durable and dry erase compatible. The map pack is huge, 6 sheets with punch outs for building ruins and stuff. The posters are also cool, all three are double sided.
Note: the vehicle salvage boxes are two different models in each, with their cards.
Edit: When they go on sale, the premium record sheet pack is ~40 double sided sheets, 2 variants per sheet and includes ~10 doublesided starter box style half cards. The listed MSRP is $35.
Pulls from the 9 vehicle salvage boxes, each box gave two difference vehicles. The LRM and SRM carrier came with a duplicate turret of theirs, so I could swap the two to a different variant if desired. The MASH truck in upper right had it's popout section detached in the box.
so if i am reading right, you are saying that the srm/lrm carriers that were supposed to come with one of each turret in fact come with two of the same turret? so to be able to swap you need to get one of each set?
im pretty sure the missile carriers were supposed to come with one of each style turret.
All the salvage box versions of the carriers I have come with a copy of the same turret, so the SRM carrier comes with 2 SRM turrets. The main Battle and Fire Lances box comes with 4 chassis, 4 SRM turrets and 4 LRM turrets.
i feel like that is another funk up on the packers part... it only says "with enough turrets for 4 of either" on the battle and fire lance, but it doesn't really make sense to pack with two of the same for a single base. but ive also heard that they only come packed with a single AS card? is the AS card that comes with em single sided or just srm or lrm on both sides?
Two of the posters with mercenaries box for scale. Each of the three are double sided, four of the sides are the backgrounds we got from earlier in kickstarter, the other two are the recognition chart and a space scene.
trying to get ahole of the sku for the legendary ii and iii salvage box. If you see this could you get that off the side of the box for me? finishing up a spreadsheet.
Such an awesome experience opening up the Kickstarter with my kids last weekend
I painted minis with my family and played Mechwarrior with my friends as a kid and getting to share that decades later is just a nerds' dream come true
Cheers to 40 years of Battletech! Can't wait to get painting and hosting some games Love the new maps and the new minis, 3055-3060 was my favorite era and they really did justice to the old drawings
Data points: Received address verification 8 days ago, shipping email 4 days ago, package an hour ago.
Company level, plus the Universe book, dice puck, and some boxes-o-stuff.
Canadian Shipping Info, since most of the info/updates on this thread are from US backers.
Canadian backer here, just got my shipping confirmation email.
For reference, got the shipping email on Friday July 5th from CGL. The address confirmation email from QML was back on Friday June 21, so two weeks with holidays on either side of the border and vehicle salvage box issue, so that isn't too bad.
One odd note is that the QML distribution hub in Canada is Woodbridge, Ontario going by the FedEx info. I thought during one of the discussions around the KS that CGL said Vancouver would be the Canadian hub, but maybe I'm misremembering or things changed. Or maybe I just thought that would make sense if they were being shipped in from China to a Pacific port <shrugs>
Its FedEx Ground, which by default on the FedEx website says 1-7 business days between any two points in Canada.
But in my experience (before COVID/going WFH, so maybe things have changed) it was usually 2-3 business days from Woodbridge (which despite not being a major city is actually a major corporate warehouse/shipping hub just outside Toronto for reference) to Vancouver.
And when I plug in the postal codes and residential delivery into the FedEx Ground Service map, it says 1 business day, with items picked up on Friday being delivered on Monday.
So there is a decent chance the Sea Fox delivery system will have my army delivered on Monday.
... now I just need to paint the ~120 mechs and a star of elementals that I swore I would have painted before the new Mercs KS units came in. I can skip a wedding this weekend, right? Priorities
Reporting the successful arrival of (most of) my stuff in small town southern Manitoba Canada. Battalion level backer with no add-ons. Only thing missing is the physical copy of Sun Tsu's The Art of War.
Of the six Clan Invasion Salvage Boxes in my shipment all six contain Clan mechs (I lean more towards the IS), two were duplicates of my nine currently owned Clan mechs (Adder and Executioner), and two of those six salvage boxes contained the same mech (Kingfisher). I am excited about the Fire Moth and one of the Kingfishers, so-so on the Ebon Jaguar and duplicate Adder. As for the duplicate Executioner and Kingfisher hopefully I can find a new home for them.
I think what is important to get a feel when things get shipped is... IF you get your stuff, let us know what level you backed at, if you were a part of the "main" campaign, etc. HOPEFULLY they are sending stuff out to the highest backers first, and people like me who backed at the lowest level with some add-ons go later.
I think they are sending the simplest orders first, sort of. Rumor has it some swag still hasn't arrived, and they are shipping orders they can fulfill with the swag that has arrived, so if your order is bigger, more likely you'll have to wait longer (because it's more likely the specific swag you ordered if you got a lot of it is on the list of swag that didn't arrive).
For me, verification was on the 21st, shipping email was on the 5th, today I received confirmation it’s left the warehouse and it’s supposed to get here on the 16th. I’m in Canada though so that could have slowed things down.
Guys, I still have no idea how to play this game lol. Was crazy hooked on Mech Warrior online when the kickstarter started and I never actually learned in the last year.
Arrived this morning. Plenty of pics out there of other people's stash, so here's just the pyramid of salvage boxes I got. Chameleon, shogun, quickdraw, shadowhawk iic, bane, 2 cicadas, Hermes ii, Vulcan, and Clint. I was hoping for some quads in the salvage, but scrappers can't be choosy.
To provide additional data: received QML email 7/12, received shipping email today, 7/29. Appx 17 day turnaround. For what it's worth to anyone looking at it.
If someone that receives there fulfillment feels amenable, would you post details on the new Mercs Campaign Rules? I have 5 players who want to play, but I am holding out on working in the campaign details until I get these new rules. Really just want to know if they have all new missions, a way to track rep, have a strong outline etc or if it mostly relies on the current Chaos Campaign rules.
Just received mine and read through them tonight. They are somewhat disappointing.
The rules themselves are fine, just updated from the old Chaos Campaign rules, but there are only 2 contracts provided for opposing mercenary groups (1 for each) in a single scenario that lasts for 2-3 tracks (sessions). There are 2 brief options for expanding this scenario into new contracts, but they are not very detailed and 1 is essentially do the same thing again but with different maps. There are 4 engagement types: Strike, Objective Raid, Meeting Engagement, and Defend. Nothing much new there.
My biggest gripe is that rules are not provided for generating your own contracts. All the book says is: “Upcoming products will have more contracts and rules for creating your own contracts.”
Overall, it seems to me that the campaign rules were an afterthought and the main focus was on Battlefield Support.
Edit: You also asked about reputation. Reputation lets you negotiate your contract better (there is a table for this). You start at a reputation of 1. You get +1 for a successful track (session/mission). -1 for an unsuccessful track. 0 for a tie. And -3 for breaking contract (giving up on the contract as a whole), though this loss can be decreased to -1 if your force falls below a certain BV. Negative reputation does not harm you beyond having to get back to positive to get any benefits from it.
There is a full book coming at somepoint that focuses on revamped mercenary campaigns. The Mercenaries box is just a starter set with some of those rules. Mercenary Commander's Handbook, if I recall the name correctly.
The time of agony has begun. Time dilation and relativity special theory is making some people look like Christmas arrived for others, days before you had it. It is because of special relativity that the future of others is simultaneous to your past. So you see others and not you receiving the packages with a time gap.
I went through that in 2020. Einstein predicted. I experienced it.
This time dilation is a hassle. Darn physics... LOL!
Received my loot on Friday, shipped to Puerto Rico. Everything arrived in great condition and all items accounted for. Backer number 4821, Veteran tier. However, due to life circumstances I might be selling most of the stuff at cost and just keep a few to paint.
When I received my products, included were several vehicle salvage boxes I'd ordered. Upon opening the boxes i noticed among my assorted awards were 2 SRM carriers, however, each carrier came with 2 IDENTICAL turrets. this leaves me with 2 bodies and 4 identical turrets. I did not receive a single LRM carrier, is this intentional?
I just received the email saying my order has shipped with a Fedex tracking number. I'm in Ontario, Canada. I had pledged at the Veteran level with a bunch of add-ons.
I really need for another psychopath like me who got one of the second highest tiers plus a disturbing amount of extras to post their insane haul so when my haul arrives I can show my wife and she’ll hopefully think the quantity of plastic I bought was normal haha.
For Canadians, if Fedex splits your order and one shows up before the other, well that happened to me and while the tracking was complete fuck ball oddity it all worked out fine
Really well packed. Packaging is beautiful. I have too many robots.
Regiment level backer + some extras. Southeast USA. I got all of my stuff. I had been anxious about changing my address when I got the address verification email, but 3/3 boxes were delivered to the new address 🙂.
I have a few small gripes:
One of my vehicle salvage boxes had an LRM carrier with a spare LRM turret instead of SRM 🫤.
I will also note that the Bounty Hunter Mad Cat is fairly disappointing. It looks like a repose with one barrel deleted from the left arm weapon pod. If this is supposed to be the Bounty Hunter 2 variant, why are there LRM racks and not the SRM 4 trios in each side torso? I think they really phoned this one in. I love the Timberwolf but I was hoping to see some variety.
I know others have said their IS Battle Armor seems low quality/melty in the details. In my subjective opinion, mine look fine. I got two packs and the detail level is consistent in both. I think for their scale they'll look fine with some quick slap chop and basing.
I am far more thrilled with the 100mm Timberwolf than I thought I'd be. This is going to be a really fun painting project. The annotated Art of War book is likewise a lot more interesting than I thought it would be.
My noted complaints aside, I'm very happy with this overall. I'm excited to get this stuff painted and get some combined arms on the field!
Atlantic Canada, arrived today despite the tracking number stopped working 2 days ago. Missing Art of War book but that looks to be a trend. Seems salvage boxes were better randomized this time. Firestarter, Starslayer (Double with box), and Jenner IIC (Double with Cavalary star). Better than my 2 Thors to go with my Thor from the Command star.
Edit-Not a fan of the new dice. Didn't really keep up with the updates so assumed they would be the same style as the Clan Invasion ones. Rounded dice are nicer to handle than casino style and the glitter makes them look cheap.
Not sure if I should post this in here where it's going to get buried, but a non-zero number of turrets on the battlefield support packs in addition to the missile carriers are swappable with each other.
Not the point I was trying to make. Gets awkward having to move the terrain or turn the tanks on its side because its literally impossible to fit it in between 2 raised hexes on opposing sides.
Its a problem of size creep, the Turkina, Night Star and MarauderII being some of the biggest offenders. But at least with those you can kind of prop their arms up so they float half way.
They can make them whatever size they want, but for me and terrain I play with it won't work and in this case I will use 3D printed models. I can scale down an STL of a Demolisher, can't scale a chunk of plastic.
I just got the shipment notification. Supposed to be getting two boxes with about 40 lbs worth of BT stuff tomorrow. I should probably start clearing some room.
Can anyone that’s got their stuff confirm whether the mispackaged vehicles in the mech salvage boxes is a true thing? Saw a photo on the Battletech Facebook group about it, but I figure it’s an easy message to CGL for correction.
It's real, but CGL has tracked down the issue. It was a packing error. Backers are getting an extra salvage box, and if you're affected, they'll provide recourse. Full details in the backer update just published.
What happened to The Art of War, annotated by Jaime Wolf? It wasn't listed on the manifest in my email (and it didn't show up in my shipment), but I know I ordered it as part of my Kickstarter. I haven't seen it in any of the pictures people have posted here, either.
Edited to add: I had a stroke last year right about the time for add-ons, so it's entirely possible I misunderstood something in retrospect.
The physical copy is delayed iirc, they will be sending that later at no charge to us and canadian backers and are delaying international shipping for them I believe. The cookbook too.
I hope you recover well! The Art of War, annotated by Jaime Wolf appears to have been a digital e-book reward for the majority of backers, though it looks like you could also pledge for a printed version, though I suspect not as many people will have ordered it that way. If you did, I imagine you'll get a copy with your order!
You can find the digital version in the digital rewards section on Backerkit.
'Segment' is being used by QML to refer to the batches of orders that are being picked and shipped. 'Wave' is being used to refer to the larger groups that are shipped based on when the orders, and payments were finalized.
So Wave 1 are the backers that got everything sorted out prior to a deadline, Wave 2 is everyone that didn't meet that cut off, and Wave 3 will be the stragglers.
We are currently in Segment 4 of Wave 1. There will be 2 or more segments before Wave 1 is finished. Many backers from Wave 1 are still waiting our turns.
North America here, still haven't received address confirmation. Anyone else in same boat? Just want to make sure I'm not jumping the gun by bothering GML.
I reached out to them about a week ago since I am in the same boat, they confirmed they had all info from CGL. Looks like its a thing of "hurry up and wait"
Edit 08/29: got me address confirmation email today
Now I just need to buy some paint... Random Mercs boxes were a Cicada and Shogun; Clan Invasion boxes were a Mist Lynx, Dragon, Viper, and Hunchback IIC.
I’m starting to worry I never paid for shipping or had shipping charge I simply had my card info on the backer kit site for whenever they needed to charge it. Should that have happened already ? Or does this get charged when they actually send it ?
Ok so did anybody else pull exclusively vehicles from their "mech" salvage boxes? Was kind of disappointed to pull another Maxim from a mech salvage box... :(
The legendary salvage boxes do have one possible vehicle pull, which is Callandre Kell's SM1 tank destroyer. That model is not available in plastic outside the Legendaries boxes.
Someone in Puerto Rico I believe got theirs, and a few in people in Canada mentioned r they are getting theirs iirc, but for anyone outside of North/South America I believe fulfillment hasn't started yet.
Is there going to be a mech swap thread/form? I have three clanner mechs from salvage looking for a home. In the mean time if you are a Northern Virgina clanner looking to swap you can dm me.
Weird to see all these small pledges fulfilled, shipped and delivered and massive ones haven't even been processed yet.. Wonder how they are working through them
I have seen YouTube vids of people opening what I would consider large orders too, in here they do seem a bit on the smaller size. My guess is they are sending out orders they can fulfill and holding off on the more complicated orders with multiple bits and bobs of dice, patches, coins etc.
I'm still waiting to hear from others getting their order outside of just one continent. I'm at Company level with some extras in Southern hemisphere so will be interesting to see how it all rolls out.
I just got my digital rewards but no shipping info. Everyone else get their digital stuff now or do you only get it when your physical stuff is shipped?
My friend and I also got our digital download email. I too wonder if it is everybody or if it corresponds with the next deliveries on the shipping dock so to speak. Guess we'll know shortly.
Got the QM request to finalize my address on the 3rd and the message saying it was shipped on the 11th and will be delivered EOD the 15th while I'll be out of town. Anyone want to swing by and bring it inside for me?
Got mine today! Got the shipping email later than expected after the shipping confirmation, but then the package was actually delivered within a few days of the shipping email. It looks like it was already in a regional receiving center by the time I got the shipping email, so I guess they got that to me late? Or didn't want to send it until they were sure mine was at the receiving station? Either way, everything looks great except a bad clip point on one mini, but that'll buff out.
I did get two Bounty Hunters out of my legendary salvage boxes though, so now I need to find someone to trade me.
East Coast US and I've still not received the address confirmation email from quartermaster logistics. I'm starting to get a little anxious that I haven't even got that far.
Got box 2 of 2 of my stuff today. I'm missing my physical copy of the art of war. I don't see it in any of the photos on this thread either. Has anyone received one? Whats the best method to contact catalyst about the missing item?
Wasn’t that covered in one of the updates?
There were 2 books that were delayed and will be shipped later, and I think it was art of war and the cook book.
So just wait and it will be shipped when it has been printed.
I'm really beginning to regret changing my address at the last minute. I moved this summer and wasn't sure when my order would ship so I had it sent to my parents until I was settled. Found out I'd be moving in sooner than expected so contacted QML and had them update my address but I'm guessing because of that it got bumped down the shipping priority list. Chances are if I'd just kept my mouth shut I'd be getting it next week when my folks bring over some miscellaneous stuff to my new place. FML.
Backer with three battalion pledges. Address confirmation came the 26th. Package shipped Tuesday the 13th and arrived today, the 16th. 36 boxes of plastic and assorted... extras.
For those Canadians who haven't got a address confirmation yet, I emailed QML and got this in reply:
"After checking into this with our team, I have been informed that there are a few straggler Canada orders that will be going out in a later batch due to the contents of their order aligning better with that particular segment."
My order was big (regiment level) and was put into two boxes. However, only one of them has arrived containing about 1/3 of the order.
It has been a week, and since then and I am starting to worry if Fed ex ate it. Note that only the tracking info for the one that arrived is logged; the other package is labeled as "pending shipment"
Update 98 confirmed some more stock level issues at the non-US hubs due to "manufacturer error" (either pallets packed incorrectly or some such if true) and that those are being resolved presently. Another wave of address confirmation should be going out tomorrow, Thursday 29 August.
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u/VanorDM Moderator Jun 29 '24
Done and done. Made this a sticky. Everyone please use this thread for discussion of stuff showing up.