Lighted Pony Project (back it!)

[derelict]

Nice surge of backers on the last day

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[eltonlin]

Just threw my hoof into the ring as well. Hope this ships out within a reasonable period of time!

 

[RedDragon]

love the last minute drama of all this - haha

 

[KennyPratt42]

I've been on the fence (probably because I'm still waiting on my Mach-e to be manufactured), but just under the wire I'm in now too.

 

[ValentinoRossi]

crazy how we were looking iffy on hitting the goal and then blew through it by over $5k in the last few hours!!! I guess a lot of people were waiting to see if it funded before they backed or something.

 

[Chuck]

Nice finish. Now the hard work comes. In my experience of backing 30 or so Kickstarter campaigns only about half of them ever deliver on the promised reward.. So, just remember, you backed a project, you didn't buy a product.

 

[derelict]

I'm soooo looking forward to this!

 

[TruWrecks]

Congratulations on making your goal! Thanks to all the great people here and on other MME forums!

 

[Buddyzer]

Hello,

For those that have missed the campaign will there be another way to order one? plan on going to my local dealer this week to pick up one And just found out about this project.

 

[Snowrider69]

I've not see any updates from John since full funding. I've not seen anything on Kickstarter either. This is the first project that I've supported. Is this normal?

 

[Astraea]

I've not see any updates from John since full funding. I've not seen anything on Kickstarter either. This is the first project that I've supported. Is this normal?

I've backed a few projects and generally there is an update when the goal is met. Usually with a rough timeline of sorts or at least a "Woooo! We did it!" On the kickstarter page.

 

[Chuck]

I've not see any updates from John since full funding. I've not seen anything on Kickstarter either. This is the first project that I've supported. Is this normal?

There is no normal with Kickstarter. I've backed a couple dozen projects and about half actually deliver the reward. Keep in mind that you funded a project and didn't buy a product. Often, in my experience, the project fails.

 

[Skelton]

There is no normal with Kickstarter. I've backed a couple dozen projects and about half actually deliver the reward. Keep in mind that you funded a project and didn't buy a product. Often, in my experience, the project fails.

Ouch, that's a pretty awful track record. I've backed, or attempted to, just over 200 Kickstarter projects. I've had only a handful that were unable to deliver the promised reward, although admittedly some didn't live up to the promised results.

Kickstarter commissioned a study by University of Pennsylvania several years ago, and the failure rate (in terms of delivering the expected reward) at that time was 9%.

FWIW - Kickstarter usually doesn't even release the funds from a successful project for 2 weeks. Creators are usually going to be very busy during this time, and I believe he was on vacation toward the end of the project too. I wouldn't be concerned about no grand updates at this point.

 

[Gullwingdmc]

@supared Any update on the progress. Haven’t heard anything since it ended.

 

[supared]

MME Forum,

When the project funded, Kickstarter removed my ability to post normal project updates. There is a new beta feature for very short notes (100 characters) that they want us to use. I went ahead and did it, and now the prior version of updates are back. I'm confused tbh. But I sent this email below. I'll also put this in a typical update now that it is back. Please also note that when this funded, I was on vacation with my son in Aspen, Colorado. This was an important trip for me and him to bond due to the loss of my mother late last year. Rest assured, I was still busy working throughout that vacation. This week has been about catching up for my day job after a full week vacation, and keeping this moving. Here is the note I just sent.

Hi MME Family,

I know you are due for an update, and I'm trying to keep up with all of your messages. Things are definitely busy on this end, so please bear with me while I focus on keeping the project going. I'll be sending weekly updates. If anything comes into focus and is clearly off track, I will let you know between updates. Otherwise, know that everything is on track.

I'm still waiting on Kickstarter funds. They advise a minimum of 20 days from funding completion. Part of that is processing all of the payments. It looks like that is complete and only one was not able to be processed. Everyone should have received a message from me to confirm their shipping address. All but four people have replied, so I will be following up with them. This is critical so that I have all of the correct information when Kickstart forwards me a fulfillment report. If an address is not included, I don't know where to ship to. So part of the last week and a half since funding has been logistics.

While I was on vacation, I was also working on this project. I had a new version of the circuit designed. According to the simulation, it is a little better than the earlier design. All circuit boards finished production this week, and Pole Position boards were also assembled. I'm hoping they arrive by the end of next week, and then I'll be working on assembly of the remaining PCBs.

The high-quality scans of OEM plastics were also converted to CAD. This took quite a few revisions to get accurate results. I'm also in the process of working on the CAD design now. This is the critical path.

As you can see, there is a lot going on, and everything is progressing well. It is a very aggressive timeline, but I still feel good. Thanks again for all of your support!

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