Injection Molds Completed!
over 5 years ago
– Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 10:37:00 PM
Good Morning Tribe!
We are committed to sharing each step of the production process, today's update will feature images of the Basic Scale Injection Molds!
Production Process
(For Basic scale)
Complete - Basic Tooling (this is a re-order of existing tooling)
Complete - Color Matching
Complete - Injection Molds
In production - Paint Samples
Not completed - Sorting and Assembly
Not completed - Packing and Shipping.
SERIES ONE (MISSING ITEMS)
AWOK Critters Heads, & Weapon Sets are part of this production, we will share images when those are completed. Joe is 80% done with the eagle force play-sets and will finish ours up as soon as those are done, Joe is also printing the T-shirts as well. The water bottles and buttons are being produced by a custom online vendor.
Thank you all so much!
Love Spero
Manufacturing Delays
almost 6 years ago
– Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 02:41:52 PM
Friends and loyal AWOK supporters,
It falls to me to me as the head of our project, and one of its creators to communicate to you some difficult news concerning the timelines on our second series of figures and outstanding items from KS 1. I have been agonizing over this message for quite some time now, and how best to communicate this information to our loyal fans, but as the old saying goes, "rip the Band-Aid off quickly!"
Manufacturing is Delayed
While the news is unhappy, I feel that it is critical that we remain forthcoming and honest with our supporters as we move through Series 2. Please take a moment and read through everything before commenting.
In early August of 2018 we sent all of our paint masters for Series 2 to the factory in China for work on the new deluxe tooling as well as paint deco and color samples. Everything appeared to be on schedule, and we were told to expect examples of the first pass of production paint and new/revised tooling samples around mid to late November. These samples allow us to check and change anything that does not meet our standards, ensuring you receive the best product.
The factory missed this November deadline (a common occurrence when working through manufacturing in China), giving a new date of mid to late December with promises that they'd meet this deadline. We stressed that any tweaks we required would take a bit of time to implement, and we did not want further delays.
December passed and in early January we were told to expect paint and tooling samples of new figures for us to finalize and approve shortly.
Sadly, we now move into the end of February without those much-needed samples. Our set deadline of March for shipment from China appears unachievable.
After some thought on how best to get this project back on track, we reached out to a respected industry veteran from the US who is currently in China working with other factories. We've asked Chris Gawrych to intercede on our behalf to get an accurate assessment of our project and where it stands.
While the situation has resulted in some sleepless nights and a great deal of anxiety, we have done as much we can on our side of the project. In an effort to reduce any delays we have provided all possible print materials, artwork and design input.
On a positive note, we are doing everything in our power to restore a timely working relationship with the factory. We want nothing more than to get this project back on schedule and build forward momentum.Now that the workers are back from the factory they have updated us with the following "milestones" that Chris' team will be over seeing to make sure they hit all of these milestone deadlines.
MILESTONES
1. Paint samples for basic figures early March. Basic figures only (including series 1 missing and corrected items)
2. Production for "Basic" figures completed in April.
3. "Deluxe" figure tooling complete in early March.
4. Painted samples for "Deluxe" figures early April.
If all goes to plan we will have the product in May.
I have every confidence that the factory will deliver the figures to us and we will get them to you.
Thank you for bearing with us and for your continued support of our project. As always, I will answer any questions you may have and update the Facebook page with any new information and pictures. I am anxious and eager to put this speed bump behind us and get back to sharing our original designs and story with you.
All my best!
Jason
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
almost 6 years ago
– Fri, Jan 04, 2019 at 02:52:28 PM
HAPPY 2019, TRIBE!
Here is the monthly update, if we have any further news during the month we will post another update!
Production Status
Tooling is done and the factory is doing injection molds for both the Basic, and Deluxe sized figures. We are expecting the paint samples sometime this month. This includes parts and accessories from series 1 (heads & weapon sets.)
Series One Items
Items from Series 1 (mentioned above) are part of this current production schedule and will ship along with those items. All Series 1 rewards will be shipped in one additional package. We are looking forward to another great year with you. Thank you for your continued support!Love,
Spero Studios
December Update
about 6 years ago
– Sat, Dec 01, 2018 at 12:23:13 PM
Good Morning
December update
Our entire order, including item corrections from series 1 (critters heads, weapons, armor sets), Series 2 figures, Series 1 (repaints), and weapon/accessories sets are all lumped into one production slate. Is it Ideal no, frankly we are frustrated about it too, but we are a small toy company placing orders in a big toy factory that like most toy factories are rushing to complete orders for the Giant Toy factories we all know and love. As soon as we get any news we will make sure to share it, hopefully, we'll get a nice Christmas surprise and have these items completed before the new year but we don't want to get anyone's hopes up.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Spero
