Hi everyone!

Here's a picture of our very friendly postal worker who was excited to see so many boxes going out!

All of the natural steel Fire Imps shipped out today via USPS priority mail. You should have them by the end of the week. I also shipped all the 5x7 and 8x10 photos. Those went out priority mail in the US and regular mail for overseas backers.

I am told that the color Imp series will be ready for pickup on Friday, December 4th. I was hoping for much sooner than that, but it will still give them plenty of time to arrive in time for the holidays. I will ship those priority mail as well and will get them all shipped Monday, December 7th.

I did ship a couple Imps from the color series today to those who had already reserved one on Flickr. I've moved the remaining (unclaimed) color Imps that are currently on Flickr to the Legal Defense Fund sale on 1000Markets.com. All the Fire Imps sent to backers will be from the batch currently being coated.

I'll photograph them all before they go and add them to Flickr. If you ordered a single Fire Imp from one of the color series and wish to choose which one I send, you'll be able to do that over the weekend before I ship and I'll post an update when they're live to remind you to pick one.

Thanks!

John

This has been a fantastically successful project so far and I am really excited to start shipping out the Fire Imps and photos in a few days when the deadline on the project is met.

I went to drop some new sculptures off at Wheelock + Sons Welding yesterday to have them powder coated and discovered that they had had a fire and are temporarily closed. They are working really fast on the building and anticipate being up and running again by the 13th. So, all of the color series will still be able to ship in time for Christmas. I'd prefer to have all the color series done by the original company so that I can be sure of color consistency… plus, I've worked with these guys for years and I know that they do great work.

I'll ship the natural steel series as soon as the project reaches deadline. I'll also ship the sets of 3 or 5 color imps then. Individual color series Imp should ship about November 20th.

If you haven't reserved an Imp Sculpture on Flickr yet, please do so that I know which one you would like (or send me a message here on kickstarter if you would like me to pick one for you).

Also, if you donated at the one dollar level, let me know if there is a twitter name and/or website you would like me to twitter about.

Fire Imps are not like sausage… you actually can enjoy knowing how they're made.

Marcie had a great idea while we were shooting the "Making Of" video… She suggested that if we put the sculptures on a merry-go-round, it'd be a great way to show off a selection of them without getting jerky camera moves. We lucked out by finding a merry-go-round on the first try (I wasn't sure they were still allowed on playgrounds any more). I love the way the fall leaves look with the sculptures too!