Suckpax 2 assembly

(above is the prototype box)

We begin Assembly Nov 1st, with first day of sale Nov 5th.

Status as of today:

Cards – artwork delivered to the printer.  I go visit them to view proofs onsite Friday 10am.

Boxes – Blanks are printed, and the die-cutter will be punching them early next week.

Wrappers – Artwork is at the printer, should be run by middle of next week.

Hot foil dies – Artwork sent today, die maker will ship back to me next Tuesday.

Special inserts – My current focus, lots of little details and aspects to still nail down.  Part research, part design, then ordering.

Lots of little details, like I just remembered I need to order a rebuild kit for the shrink wrap cutter.

I am hoping cards will arrive on or before Oct 30th.  There is 2 days of labor to go get them from the printer, and to unpack and collate into handling bins.   Which reminds me, I need to build more handling bins.

Suckpax 2 trading card artwork delivered to the printer

At last, all the artwork for 110 trading cards have been sent to the printer for pre-press.  It has been a hectic few days, a lot of emails and phone calls flying around.  Now we can take a break to catch our breath, and the printer can get busy.  We expect finished cards by the end of the month, and assembly to start on Nov 1st.

I had space on the layup to fill in a few prototype cards, for 3 new series I am developing.  It was a last minute scramble to finish them.  I learned I need to have a batch of ready to go prototypes (all electronic artwork finished) on the shelf.  As a series goes to press, it is only at the final stage I learn how many open card positions exist.  In this series, there were a few more than I expected, and I did not want to let them go blank or simply duplicate an existing card.