Wave one shipping update!
about 1 year ago
– Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 01:55:53 PM
Wow, Tribe!
Where are my AWOK figures?
Sorry I've been off the radar. We have been grinding it out with packing every day (I was sick with food poisoning for 4 days) to get these orders out as fast as possible! We have had quite a challenge getting UPS and USPS to make daily pickups for these orders with limited success. I was able to finally secure daily pickups for UPS starting this Monday, March 13th! We are working hard to get the exact schedule locked in for USPS, I feel confident that we will have that taken care of this coming week. That being said I knew we have room for improvement and plan on having more help and a better-streamlined packing process set up for when wave two arrives.
I appreciate your patience, I know we are all really excited and want the figures ASAP, the truth is I didn't anticipate just how popular these figures and brands would be! We are getting huge orders in the store every day and that's thanks to your support and excitement in raising awareness about Animal Warriors of the Kingdom! It's not easy launching a new IP and this has exceeded my wildest dreams so thank you again!
Why did I only get half my items? Do I owe anything?
In order to make sure that products are getting to customers on a regular basis (our goal is to deliver waves every 3 to 4 months) I made the call to ship out wave one orders ASAP. Also, our warehouse area is too small to handle the entire order.
Any items highlighted in Orange are part of wave two and we will start shipping those items as soon as they arrive in our warehouse (at no extra cost to you.) Speaking of extra cost, if you see a balance due or money owed message on your invoice please disregard that. We imported all orders from Backerkit to our Shopify fulfillment website and Shopify didn't factor in the discount prices the items were sold for during the Kickstarter.
It's on its way!
We aim to have the last Kickstarter/backerkit order out by the end of next week! If we haven't resolved the USPS pick-up situation by then I will personally rent a box truck and take it to USPS myself.
Thank you all so much!!!
Love Spero
Jason
This is it! The UPDATE you've all been waiting for!
about 1 year ago
– Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 01:21:28 PM
Hello Tribe!
Shipping has begun!
The day has finally arrived! We are currently packing a small test pool of orders as I write this and will most likely have continued onto the entire Kickstarter backer's orders by the time I publish this! We have about half of the backerkit/Kickstarter orders integrated into Shopify and as soon as that is completed everyone's orders will ship!
The warehouse is packed to the brim with just enough space for us to do the work and package your outstanding figures and weapon accessories!
Customers may see items highlighted in Orange, these are items from your order that are part of Wave Two and will ship separately (as soon as they arrive). Don't worry you're all set unless you have an address change.
Outstanding or Balance Due message: If you see some sort of balance due or money owed for your order please disregard it. All Kickstarter/Backerkit order items were sold at a discount and the Shopify integration simply didn't factor that in.
Thank you all for this amazing opportunity!
I want to thank the Tribe again; this has truly been a life-changing experience and it means the world to me that yall got in from the ground floor to launch AWOK Primals into the stratosphere! We have some amazing products planned and will be moving orders directly to our website on www.sperotoys.com with waves of four characters each with little extras like armor sets and weapon sets. This will mean that our turnaround time from order to delivery will be so much faster and our goal is to deliver three waves of four figures per year, with a few exclusives peppered in here and there ;)
Thank you to the Spero Team: Dave Proctor, Alren Pelletier, Dan Mitchell, David Legnon, Jeremy Jernigan, Eddie Salvatore III, William Cruz, Drew Chase, and Bobby Catoe!
I also want to give special thanks to my Mom and Dad who have been so supportive and encouraging!
"Primal Battle" Wave Three
Wave Three will be offered for pre-order on www.sperotoys.com shortly after Wave Two (Thane wave) has been delivered. Primal Battle Wave features 3 new characters Horrid - Brute, Feralist - Stalker, Primal Battle Exclusive Chunari - Praetorian Guard, and V2 of the Horrid Ravager with an alternate "Captain head"!
Will you fight for good as the noble House Chunari or succumb to the wickedness of the evil House Horrid? The choice is yours in Animal Warriors of the Kingdom: Primal Battle
Savage Crucible: Have you seen this amazing project?!
Our friends over at Harbinger Studios have an amazing Kickstarter project that is LIVE now! introducing Savage Crucible! Click the link to head on over and check it out!
Thanks again so much! Make sure to follow us on social media at:
Instagram @sperotoys
Facebook - www.facebook.com/KingdomActionFigures
Official Store - www.sperotoys.com
Official Website - www.awok.fun
Love Spero!
Jason
p.s. I will be in the warehouse or printing order slips for the next couple of weeks so I may not be able to reply and answer comments or emails as quickly as I would like; thank you in advance for your patience and understanding!
WAVE ONE: Figures have left the Factory!
over 1 year ago
– Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 10:13:27 AM
Good Morning Tribe!
WAVE ONE: Has left the Factory!
First I want to thank you all for hanging in there. We realize it's been a long journey and that we overshot our delivery timeline. Hindsight is 20/20 and we didn't realize that funding three times the proposed initial funding goal would result in the delivery time being stretched out as well.
Packing Images.
This is a fun "how it's made" collection of images of Wave One: figures being packaged. I personally love these types of behind-the-scenes process images. Note: Please forgive the blurry photos; these are actually screen grabs I did from videos.
MOVING? LEAVE A FORWARDING ADDRESS 🙏
In all the excitement and chaos of moving to a new home, it is easy to overlook leaving a forwarding address from your old residence. Please do not forget to take this extra step in order to help ensure that your Animal Warriors make it safely to your new residence.
Thank you all so very much for this amazing and truly life-changing experience. We can not wait for yall to have your Animal Warriors of the Kingdom™ in hand and see all the great photos and collection images yall share!
Love Spero
Jason
p.s. I will post another update before items begin shipping stay tuned!
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
over 1 year ago
– Sun, Dec 25, 2022 at 10:41:32 AM
MERRY CHRISTMAS TRIBE!
We would like to thank the entire Tribe for your continued support and patience in this giant endeavor that we have undertaken. We have made a TON of progress and are now finally in the home stretch!
All Hands on Desk at the Factory
Almost the entire factory is working to get wave one finished and shipped before the Chinese New year on January 22nd, 2023.
As of the time of posting this update, these parts are created painted, and waiting for their torso's to come off the molding and painting line for accembly!
Thane WIP Images
I received these images from Dave recently and was blown away by how cool Thane looks, I feel like we are really making a strong statement with the first Deluxe figure of this line and I can't say enough how proud we are of these early images of this "chunky boy!"
Thane - Test Shots
Helmeted Alternate head:
Dave is so great at posing these figures!
Pre-Production Sample Reviews
We sent out a few of the pre-production samples from wave one in order to help raise awareness about the brand and "grow the tribe!" Here are a few that we think you'll enjoy!
The Fwoosh - Artreiu "In Royal Armor"
TOY BRO - Reviews "Adventure Armor" Pale
Loose But Complete - HorridRavager (Army Builder)
Unparralled Universe - Chunari Legionary
Updated Delivery Timeline
We wanted to make anyone who isn't aware that the zero covid lockdown policy in China has been lifted and that has resulted in a rapid and mass spread of the Covid virus.
What does that mean for us?
At the time of writing this update, both the senior painter and production line managers both have covid with several other workers having high fevers as well. We have the majority of the factory working hard to get wave one finished and shipped to use before the Chinese New Year effectively shuts down China for the better part of a month but this is something we want to factor into the projection and make you all aware of it.
TLDR - Wave One and possibly accessories will ship on or Before January 22nd, 2023!
Have a wonderful Christmas & Holiday Season!
Thank you all so very much, we truly hope you have a wonderful Christmas & Holiday Season. The next update should be telling everyone to make sure their addresses are updated and please if you do move, don't forget to leave a forwarding address.
Love Spero!
Jason
Legions Con Recap and Factory Samples!
over 1 year ago
– Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 11:07:41 PM
Good Evening Tribe!
Legions Con
Well...I’m finally recovered from Legions con, I got the flu and segwayed right into a cold after that. Luckily I felt better for the week of Thanksgiving, but enough about me, onto the cool stuff!
Legions Con was fantastic! This was my first Legions con and I have to say that the community is outstanding. I was not prepared for how excited and kind everyone was at the show as well as the visitors at the booth. The whole AWOK crew was at the booth and even though we didn't have product to sell we had a lot of great stuff to show off.
We had wave one factory samples (at that time the part that created the sonic weld wasn't ready so these all have a noticeable seam on the toro area) that being said they look and feel fantastic!
The amazing Dios are courtesy of "Crashbox Customs" and they will be offering these AWOK sets once wave one is available.
It was such a pleasure to have old and current fans get to handle and pose the figures and see and feel the quality of these figures.
Authority Figure was there as well and we got to do a LIVE demo of the game with audience members, I can personally say it is as fun to watch the gameplay as it is to actually participate in the game itself!
Wave Two Samples
I got a second care package from the factory yesterday of wave two. Blight actually has a sonic weld sample and the figure feels 99% complete other than the “whites” of his eyes not being black and the disc joints not being black.
You’ll notice in the images that I showed off the alternate “Feral Felines” headsets on Lexion and Khor Doon as well as the Vile Villains ape head as one of Blight’s henchmen. I couldn't help myself and also started adding armor and weapons to two of the Primal Ancients which are intended for tribe members to create their own characters. I can say that they are quite fun to mix and match extra armor pieces and weapons from the weapon sets!
We are so proud of this product and can not wait for yall to have your figures in hand. The factory is making a lot of great progress and now that the part that creates the sonic weld is completed they have started putting together the figures from wave one. I will post another update as soon as I get another update with photos from the factory. Thank you so much for hanging in there and we hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
