Lots to talk about but very little time!
Let’s start with the latest on Titanic.
The set is nearly done, with more sketch cards coming in all the time we are waiting on the final cards to come back from printing and the Hobby sets will be shipping in the very near future, (days not weeks) with retail following a week or so after. These cards look fantastic and we expect everyone will be very happy with the results. The set is late, this is for a few reasons the main ones being technical problems with some of the higher end chase cards which we had to resolve, and unfortunately staff illness. Things are back on course and moving quickly. We will have new images up for you this week! If we slip on our shipping times we will of course let folks know!
We also have some new licensing agreements and sets to announce shortly and we have been talking to some fantastic illustrators you can expect more on this soon. We have been talking to folks like Anne Stokes, Kev Crossley, David Millgate, Manon, Dave Kendall and a few others and you can expect to see some interesting individual sets, along with a large collaborative project that will incorporate a lot of these folks in one project along with the likes of Matt Dixon and Aly Fell.
We have also been talking to Markosa Comics and it looks like we will be doing some work with them, both in terms of sets and promos for some of the books they produce. More details on that as things are finalized.
The art of J.D. Seeber is progressing but his busy work schedule is keeping him tied up so the sketches for his project are fitting in between. The good news is more than 30 are completed so things are moving forward! J.D. has also signed up for our Dracula set out in October, and that set is really taking shape now.
Before that of course you will see Pulp Detectives which is going to be a very small set, with a sketch in every pack and an ultra limited basic set these will probably not be around for long. The sketch cards we have coming back are fantastic and you will see this shipping in the next 60 days. You can see a lot of base card images from Aly Fell and Robert Hack in this months NonSport Update and we will have sketch images popping up on the site shortly.
For a number of reasons Sherlock Holmes has been put back until at least November, with so many sets coming out in such a short time it was felt that not enough time could be dedicated to the project to make it as detailed as we wanted to. We also wanted to give the illustrators more time the cards and it will allow us to source more material for the set. We also have a number of announcements regarding other sets including a very fun licensed project we are finalising the details on! More on that later.
Last thing: Military Propaganda Poster Redemptions:
These are shipping out as fast as we get them, we have had some problems with a few of them, all of this is sorted out now. You will get a “clean” version of the redemption card with your item, OR a card that details the item you have received, so YES you will be able to keep a copy of the card in the collection with your item.