After being angry at me for calling out some shadiness with their DIY Miss Cupcake XL vinyl Kickstarter, the folks from Discordia Culture Shop have canceled that project and restarted a new one at a much-reduced monetary goal. The old project looked to raise $3,023 in funding, while the new version has set a $999 goal.

Based on the listing, this "is your chance to get advance copies of this Platform Toy before anyone else!" Also, it state that "We are not asking you to chip in on our Development, Design, Model, Prototype, or Molding expenses." So why Kickstarter? Isn't that the whole idea of Kickstarter?! Couldn't you just sell pre-orders via your website?

I put a disclaimer on the last Kickstarter project from Discordia Culture Shop, similar to what I post on every Kickstarter project I post about. Well, the folks from that site didn't understand/like that I might have intimated that backers don't always receive their rewards...so I received several angry responses from them. 

With that said, they're back with a "new" Kickstarter - trying to fund the DIY Miss Cupcake XL vinyl. So this isn't really new. The DIY Miss Cupcake was released by Dreamland Toyworks back in 2009 - article here. I guess the XL is new, as the size has increased from 3 inches to 5 inches.

I'm a skeptic...especially when provoked. So I did some calculations on the current Kickstarter campaign. You can see backing levels and the number of backers for each level on Kickstarter. I assumed each backer gave the amount at their backed level. That amounted to $300 pledged...however, somehow, the project is at $1,618. That's a fairly substantial sum (average of $85.20) for a project that only has 19 backers and none of them at a pledge level over $32.

I noticed that one of Discordia's owners backed the project. That's a little odd...backing your own Kickstarter. I always wondered if some of these Kickstarter projects temporarily inflate their current pledged amount in order to look more attractive to other backers (there is a herd mentally about Kickstarter). Could that be what's happening here?

After months of teasing us, ZICA Toys has launched their new Kickstarter project. They'll be bringing Sectaurs back to the world of action figures with the Sectaurs: Warriors of Symbion Kickstarter. They're going with a smaller 1/18 scale (4-inch), offering up a pair of characters in Dargon and General Spidrax (the main hero and villain of the series). Both come with updated versions of their original accessory pieces from the vintage line, plus four extra sets of interchangeable hands which offer a wider variety of display options. The figures will be packaged on a 6" x 9" blister card with character specific artwork.

You can pick up each individual figure at the $20.00 funding level. This project will only be funded if it reaches its goal by Tuesday, February 27th 2018 at 12:01PM EST.

As I say with all Kickstarter project I post about. Remember...this is not a pre-order. There are many instances of crowd funded projects that have been funded never making good on their promised goods. So back all Kickstarters with caution.

Fresh Monkey Fiction is adding a new figure to their Amazing Heroes Retroverse Line, which is inspired by vintage action figures from the 1980’s. This new Kickstarter project is looking to produce The American Crusader figure. Each figure stands in at 4.5 inches tall and has 5 classic points of articulation. This is the first of quarterly figures, with each one limited to only 100 pieces worldwide. 

The American Crusader figure is available in two editions. The Modern Age Edition is available at the $33 funding level, while the Golden Age Edition - a Kickstarter Exclusive - will be available at the $38 level. Funding for the Kickstarter project ends on Sunday, March 4 2018 at 3PM EST.

As I say with all Kickstarter project I post about. Remember...this is not a pre-order. There are many instances of crowd funded projects that have been funded never making good on their promised goods. So back all Kickstarters with caution.

Vincent Scala has taken a new toy project - the Lucky Cat Japanese Sofubi Toy - to Kickstarter in order to raise funds for production. He will only be making 100 of this cat in his true color of Tiffany Blue. (See...he's really unlucky because his number is 13) There are two rewards - Pin and Toy (with a bunch of extras for each). The pin funding levels begin at $20.00, while the toy is available beginning the $50.00 funding level.

This project is 2/3 of the way to funded and it will only be funded if it reaches its goal by Thursday, January 4th 2018 at 11:11AM EST.

As I say with all Kickstarter project I post about. Remember...this is not a pre-order. There are many instances of crowd funded projects that have been funded never making good on their promised goods. So back all Kickstarters with caution.