Mon Jul 15 '19 Announcement
almost 5 years ago
– Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 04:55:05 PM
Greetings!
Our next batch of units are due to finish on Aug 2nd and will ship from our manufacturers to our fulfillment house and ship out immediately.
ALL REMAINING ORDERS WILL BE FULFILLED! Every last perk will be fulfilled early to mid-August. US orders will be shipped via 2 Day shipping, and International orders will ship via FedEx 2-5 Day. So once we ship, your Stickybones will get to you quickly. (As always, please ensure your address is current in BackerKit if you are awaiting your perks.)
PACKAGING update. We are making efforts to make our packaging more environmentally friendly. We’re phasing out the use of non-biodegradable foam inserts. We’re realizing now, after shipping large quantities of Stickybones to all kinds of locations and terrains, that the foam is totally unnecessary. Stickybones parts are in no danger of breaking in transit, so adding bulky packaging that will be around for millennia just doesn’t make sense to us. While we redesign our packaging, all orders will arrive in a recyclable white box with a UPC label and image of Stickybones placed on the front. Thank you for understanding our efforts in this department.
We will let you know as soon as the final perks arrive at our fulfillment house!
Happy Summer!
Team Stickybones
Mon Apr 22 '19 Announcement
about 5 years ago
– Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 06:33:44 PM
The next Wave (3) of Stickybones and Fly-Rigs are complete and have already arrived at our fulfillment center. Now, the fulfillment team will need a few days to do their intake and inventory processes (paperwork, inventory, organization/prep, etc…) and then they can begin shipping them out to backers immediately. Shipping should be able to commence either by the end of this next week or early next week.
For those waiting on their perks, please ensure your mailing address is up to date in your BackerKit survey.
As soon as your order ships, you’ll receive a shipping notification email and a door-to-door FedEx tracking number.
(Reminder: International backers will likely be charged import tax/duties charged by your country’s customs agency and every country can vary on what/how much they tax.)
Adding a Wave 4.
New orders will be shipped in newly opened Wave 4--set to complete in June.
Wave 3 will cover the vast majority of all of our backers. Though, if you’re a new backer, there is a chance you’ll get yours in a following mini Wave 4 that will ensure that every single perk is fulfilled.
Along with finishing fulfillment of every backer’s perks, Wave 4 will also include some extra Stickybones inventory that (as of this moment) are not yet spoken for and can still be pre-ordered now via our Indiegogo page.
When the upcoming extra inventory of Stickybones sells out, we will remove the perks from our Indiegogo page.
Once you get your Stickybones, don’t forget to tag us with your favorite poses or animation on Instagram and Facebook and use our hashtags #Stickybones and #Stickybonespose.
Thank you for your patience and support. We hope you love your Stickybones.
-- Team Stickybones
Fri Mar 15 '19 Announcement
about 5 years ago
– Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 12:43:04 PM
Wave 3 Shipping Update
We’ve been back and forth to our manufacturer’s facility the past couple of weeks, inspecting parts and generally helping them prep for Wave 3 fulfillment.
On top of doing Stickybones parts inspections, we’re always keeping an eye on inventory of items we must supply to our manufacturer, for example….
- UPC Code Labels (Dark Storm. Spark Blue. Fly-Rig.)
- Boxes in which to put Stickybones.
- Special Fly-Rig bags.
- Pose Plates.
- IFU’s. (Instructions for Use)
- Materials in Spark Blue, Dark Storm and Chroma-Key Green.
- Magnets in all 3 sizes.
- Tiny Ziplock Bags for inside box.
- Huge boxes in which to ship multitudes of smaller boxed Stickybones from the manufacturer to our fulfillment house.
- Stickers.
Are the final Stickybones done being molded? Close. Our manufacturer says the big day will be April 10th when they’ll be able to ship all the made and boxed Stickybones and Fly-Rigs to our fulfillment house where they’ll be shipped out immediately. We apologize for the addition of a few more weeks for the last Wave--Thanks to everyone for your patience.
Here are some pics from our most recent visit:
[above] Some Wave 3 boxes ready to receive their figures.
[above] These boxes are filled with molded Stickybones parts ready to be packaged into their individual boxes.
[Above] New Fly-Rig UPC label design contains our logo and a new “Registered Trademark” symbols on it— ® — as we’ve been granted official trademark rights.
It’s worth noting that Stickybones requires some of the tightest tolerances in the manufacturing world--So let’s cheer on our manufacturing team as they continue working hard to produce our molded parts to specification and complete this huge order for our FIRST-EVER Stickybones manufacturing run.
If you have not received your order yet, you’ll get it with this next group of orders, thank you for your patience and support. Please keep your mailing address current in your BackerKit survey.
MORE EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS RELEASED:
We’ve released another free educational video designed to give you a quick start by packing a lot of info into bite-size chunks. If you want to try stop motion but need a little guidance on how to get started, watch these. (Even if you have some experience with stop motion, hopefully something new is in these videos for you, as well.)
Subscribe to our YouTube channel because more videos are coming.
WATCH:
(NEW) LIGHTING—Set Up for Stop Motion Animation—(Part 2 of 3)
There is a lot of useful information in this video about getting your lighting right for stop motion animation. This includes both practical tips you can apply to your scenes as well as actual lights we've tested and recommend for various budgets.
OTHER VIDEOS IN EDUCATIONAL SERIES:
Getting Familiar With Your Stickybones
3 Pro Tips to Create a Successful Pose
Set Up for Stop Motion Animation—(Part 1 of 3) SET
Thank you so much,
Team Stickybones
Tue Feb 12 '19 Announcement
over 5 years ago
– Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 05:45:34 PM
Shipping Update:
Wave 1: Complete
Wave 2: Complete
Wave 3: In active production now at our manufacturers. Once they finish producing Wave 3, it will be freight shipped to our fulfillment center (Just like the other waves were) and begin shipping out immediately to backers. We’re pushing them for a concrete date of when they think they’ll finish and are waiting to hear back. The last we heard is early March and will let you know when we have a more solid date.
STOP MOTION PRODUCTION
While the process of making more Stickybones continues at our manufacturing plant, we’ve been working hard on a number of Stickybones related projects and developments. We’re happy to announce that one of these projects is our first short studio production, featuring Stickybones in a 53 second stop motion/live action production.
***Important to note: The creation of this short did NOT in any way affect the manufacturing timeline of actual Stickybones figures. The two entities are 100% separate and do not affect each other.
Watch our first short, click here: STICKYBONES ALIVE
WATCH NOW
Credits: Written/Directed: Erik Baker, Editor: Mickey Adolph, Stop Motion Animator: Florian Perinelle, Camera: James Allen, Mickey Adolph, VFX: Erik Baker, Producers: Erik Baker and Lauren Baker
Why did we make this short? Two main reasons.
- When we first announced Stickybones, and before anyone had tried them, we often heard things like, “In theory, Stickybones looks great… but can it really be animated well? We wanted to visually answer that question.
- The heart of our company is animation, art and storytelling. We are a company founded by animators who left the professional animation studio world and had to immediately switch all of our efforts and thinking over to complex manufacturing and launching a startup. As many of you know, it’s been a grueling manufacturing phase and quite frankly--we’ve been itching to flex some creativity!
PRO-TIPS
Behind the scenes, we’re also working hard at producing a free educational series for you called “PRO-TIPS:” Videos designed to provide you with professional-level art and animation knowledge quickly, which you can apply to your work immediately. All in bite-size videos.
We’ve released 3 so far, with more on the way.
Watch them here:
Getting Familiar With Your Stickybones
3 Pro Tips to Create a Successful Pose
(New!) How to Set Up for Stop Motion Animation—Part (1 of 3)
Social Media
If you'd like to see what other backers are posting about Stickybones, you can search our hashtags #Stickybones and #StickybonesPose on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. (Instagram has by far the most activity right now so that's where we'd recommend you look first.)
IMPORTANT: Still waiting for Wave 3? You can get your order sooner if you switch your Stickybones order/s exclusively to the Spark Blue color. We do still have some Spark Blue left, and we encourage you to email us at [email protected] with a color change request if you wish to expedite your order.
Thank you for reading.
Kind regards,
Team Stickybones
P.S. By the way-- rock-on to you. All-in-all you guys are next-level amazing backers and we're grateful to have your support. Thanks. :)
Sat Jan 19 '19 Announcement
over 5 years ago
– Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 02:17:19 PM
Hello!
We wanted to give you a quick, Wave 2 shipping update. If you are in Wave 2 and have not gotten your order yet, do not worry, we’re still in the middle of shipping.
Our fulfillment center is continuously shipping out Wave 2 orders Monday through Friday (They are closed on the weekend.) The week before last was a very slow week for them as they were boothing at a conference called CES and so our project manager was not onsite at our fulfillment house.
They have a capacity of around 200 all the way up to 500 shipments a day if they’re fully staffed and really going fast. However, so far, they have not been hitting that quota, so we will urge them to shoot for sending out at least 300 shipments a day.
We still have a few extra Spark Blues available to ship in Wave 2. If you are in Wave 3 and would like to get into Wave 2 by changing your order colors to exclusively Spark Blue, reach out to us at [email protected] and if we have some left when you email, we can help facilitate that.
See, told you it was a brief one!
Happy weekend,
Team Stickybones
