We have geolocated the ship carrying MechaTop
over 2 years ago
– Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:44:50 AM
Good morning dear pilot,
today we want to share with you the real-time position of the vessel that is transporting MechaTop from China to Italy.
...and this is its updated position as of 17 hours ago:
...and this is the distance it still has to go:
The vessel is supposed to reach Italy next August 19th.... One week for customs operations and then it will be shipped to our hub where we could finally prepare the shipments for all the backers! 🥳
It is therefore very important to confirm your address, if you haven't already done so. 🤓
If you have not received a confirmation email from us following your confirmation email, please contact us by email.
and write a short message like "address is correct!" to our email: [email protected]
At the moment this is the situation:
We only have 111 confirmed addresses.
For those who are still in the "send & remind" we ask you to proceed as soon as possible otherwise we would be forced to proceed as follows:
- Backers who have pledged but not paid - in early October, when one year has passed since the pledge manager opened, we will cancel the pledge.
- Backers who pledged and paid only for the rewards (without shippingcost) - when we run out of MechaTop stock we will proceed with a (full) refund of your pledge and sell your copy to a new player.
Finally we propose the video of the unboxing of MechaTop basic set: don't miss the last 17 seconds where Christian lays everything out 🤩
The long wait is about to end!
We wish you a happy weekend!
MechaTop team
DLC #2 available now!
almost 3 years ago
– Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 10:29:36 AM
Good morning pilot,
we are writing this update to remind you that DLC #2 "Gaia's revenge campaign" is available now! 🥳
The story takes place after the numerous nuclear explosions described in the first book of the campaign...
Don't miss this important event in the storyline of MechaTop:
MechaTop narrative timeline (so far)
We kept the same price as the first DLC although we added, in addition to the campaign in 3 levels of difficulty, the ten kaiju cards involved (including the Dragon Kraken and Fenrir 2nd form). 🤩
Each kaiju has a special ability, a power that can disrupt the course of the campaign itself, which the pilots will only discover by fighting it. 😎
...and for those who are eagerly devouring our adventures we anticipate that the third DLC will be released in late October/early November !!! 🥰
Meanwhile, the mass production of MechaTop is getting closer and closer, by sea, to its first destination: our hub in Italy! 🥳🤩
We will keep you informed of any progress!
Have a nice week! 🥰
MechaTop team
Another step forward
almost 3 years ago
– Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 12:58:08 AM
Dear pilot!
We are pleased to announce that MechaTop has left China and is now sailing across the ocean to its first destination: our hub in Italy.
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We therefore estimate that the shipment will reach our hub in late July to mid-August...
Then in a few days we will be able to send out all the rewards!
Let's keep our fingers crossed!
Please remember to confirm your address if you haven't already done so.
At the moment we only have 104 confirmed addresses out of 460.
Good news also for digital players: next week we'll release the second DLC, "Gaia's revenge":
...an anti-kaiju campaign playable in three difficulty levels, from one to eight players.
We involved some active players from the Facebook group in the playtest and the games turned out to be really exciting!
MechaTop future
Given the excellent feedback received from many players in different parts of the world, we decided to continue this adventure; here are the next steps of the MechaTop project:
MechaTop narrative timeline (so far)
We decided to launch the spaceship expansion first because the game is really WOW!
...while the infantry part still needs some improvement before it is satisfactory to our high standards.
That's all for now!
We wish you a great start to your week!
MechaTop team
A small step forward
almost 3 years ago
– Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 09:42:08 AM
Good morning pilot and have a great start to the week!
This brief update to let you know that MechaTop, just this morning, has finally reached Chinese customs. As soon as the customs operations are completed, it will (finally) leave for Italy.
The situation in China seems to be stabilizing and hopefully the shipment won't take too much longer than expected.
Below is an article describing the China situation, for those who may not be aware:
In the meantime, please confirm your address (if you haven't yet) so that when we receive production from China we can immediately ship your reward as well.
We take advantage of this update to congratulate the Italian pilots who last night won the European soccer Cup!
The European Cup will finally return to Italy after 53 years!
From this game we learned that you NEVER have to give up and believe in it all the way to the end!
Congratulations also to England who played a great soccer!
That's all for now, have a great week!
MechaTop team
With bated breath
almost 3 years ago
– Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 04:20:16 PM
Morning Pilot,
sorry we haven't been in touch for a while but we are on hold on the China shipment situation.
As we're sure you know, in the port of Yantian, China, there is a stalemate situation worse than that of the Suez Canal a few months ago.
Below is an article, dated 5 days ago, which gives us hope for the resumption of maritime operations and the return to normality:
We have asked the manufacturer to look for an alternative solution: use another port or send everything by train but we are still waiting for an answer...
Surely it's not easy for them, since the situation involves all of China, but we promised ourselves that if they made it we would NOT write a too negative feedback (in the appropriate sections of Kickstarter and BGG) because of their delay in production.
We will keep you informed in real time but as of today the situation is this: Mechatop mass production is still in the manufacturer's warehouse. 😞
In the meantime, MechaTop is continuing to grow: the storage folder now contains over 600 cards!!! 615 to be exact and more than half of them have been created by the players, following the instructions in the rules and using the practical excel sheet to calculate the🔧 points.
Then we're running a playtest campaign, with active players on Facebook, where we take turns playing remote battles against dangerous kaiju!
The campaign "Gaia's Revenge" takes place after the events described in the first manual of the campaign and introduces the 1/2000 scale that will be the basis of the next expansion "MechaTop Space Ship" of which will be launched the Kickstarter towards the end of the year.
As soon as the playtest phase is completed we will make it available to everyone as a second DLC (given the success of the first DLC).
