It's now a week since we launched the Heavy Gear Blitz Utopia armed forces plastic miniatures Kickstarter to fund the expensive plastic-injection mold needed. So far, $14,488.00 CAD has been pledged or 48% of our initial $30,000.00 CAD ($23,000 USD) funding goal. There is now just under ten days left in the campaign, which ends on Saturday, February 3rd, 2018, at 7:02PM EST. Dream Pod 9 really needs this Kickstarter to fund successfully so that the subsequent Peace River and NuCoal plastic miniature Kickstarters can go ahead at the end of February and March as planned.
To hopefully entice more backers, and to thank and reward those already supporting the Utopia Kickstarter, we have decided to add nine more plastic miniatures to the Captain and Above Reward Level packages. This brings the Captain and Above Reward Level packages to 27 plastic Utopia miniatures when the Kickstarter hits its initial funding goal. We are also keeping stretchgoals 1 to 6 that can add an additional nine plastic miniatures when they are all unlocked, bringing the total up to 36 minis. Previously announced stretchgoals 7 to 12 have been removed, and their potential nine additional minis are what we used to add to the Captain and Above Reward Level packages announced in this update.
The Captain Reward Level at $70.00 CAD ($53.85 USD) is an even better 'backer thank you' reward package, now with 27 plastic miniatures (about $2.60 CAD or $2 USD per mini). Attached (below) are the updated Captain Reward Level and Hero of Utopia Reward Level graphics, that are now on the main campaign page. The original 18 plastic miniatures made three combat groups with primary units of strike, recce (recon), and support (fire support). The nine additional plastic miniatures will make will make three support units of strike, recce (recon), and support (fire support) that can be placed with their matching primary units or with another to give your combat group different attack options.
Thank you all for your amazing support, please continue to share these updates with friends and the online community. We'll keep working hard to make the Kickstarter a success, and any help you can give us getting the word out to potential backers is very appreciated. We are working on some more Heavy Gear Blitz rules and game-play videos that will be posted in upcoming updates. Visit the Utopia Kickstarter page and show your support of Heavy Gear Blitz with a pledge.
