Weekly Update May 15 2014

[Jaymz]

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Hilites:

Busy, busy, busy on all fronts at Palladium Books, so I’m going to dive right into things.

And is typical, pretty much nothing to show for all that "busy-ness"

A lot of people took advantage of the first sale

50% off sales are funny that way

Oh and don’t just think about filling in holes in your own collection or trying some books you've been thinking about – this is a good way to purchase a gift for someone’s birthday, graduation, anniversary, or just to be nice.

Buy more than you actually need because you know, sales are good.

Spring Cleaning Sale #2 of 6: Robotech® & Alien Realms

I wonder if he'll seem shocked that people love the sale like the last sale......

UPDATE: Rifts® Northern Gun™ Two – Ships Tomorrow – May 16

This is actually excellent news. Very good.

UPDATE: The Rifter® #66 – Ships Next Week – probably May 21

Only a month late......is it me or since Kevin became more hands on with the Rifter has it started being more regularly late to press?

UPDATE: Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames™

"I showed Alex a snippet from Megaverse® in Flames™ and a related project, and he loved it."

Is there anything Alex DOESN'T love? Apparently not.

UPDATE: Dead Reign™: Graveyard Earth™

No movement on this yet. Still need to assign the rest of the art. It will be coming in June.

Yeah....right.

An unusual week

Again with the Turkeys and Geese....seriously....Go. Back. To. Work. I don;t give a rats ass about your plethora of damn animals around the warehouse.



I swear more and more that this company is looking like damned joke......

[MacrossMike]

May 18, 2014 1:29:02 GMT Jaymz said:

UPDATE: The Rifter® #66 – Ships Next Week – probably May 21

Only a month late......is it me or since Kevin became more hands on with the Rifter has it started being more regularly late to press?

That seems likely.

May 18, 2014 1:29:02 GMT Jaymz said:

UPDATE: Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames™

"I showed Alex a snippet from Megaverse® in Flames™ and a related project, and he loved it."

Is there anything Alex DOESN'T love? Apparently not.

It's enough to make you wonder if Alex is taking some pretty hefty doses of uppers, or just can't muster the courage to say "Kevin, it sucks".

May 18, 2014 1:29:02 GMT Jaymz said:

An unusual week

Again with the Turkeys and Geese....seriously....Go. Back. To. Work. I don;t give a rats ass about your plethora of damn animals around the warehouse.



I swear more and more that this company is looking like damned joke......

So, who wants to send Kevin the number for animal control?

Also, whaddya mean it's starting to look like a joke?  When I joined the Palladium Books forums people treated me like I was insane because I DIDN'T already see Palladium as a complete joke.  They're long time partners of Harmony Gold USA, so birds of a feather and all that...

[kryptt]

Seems like ND is picking up PB's bad habits. On FB ND lied about the vf-1 being only 6 pieces then when they were called on it they retracted their response and played it off like it was only a joke. I'm glad I'm not into their line of chibi models. I'd rather just boycott them with my wallet.

[Sci-Fi]

They said that they were 6 pieces? How many where they? I seem to remember 20+?

[kryptt]

They went back and rectified the situation by posting updates with pics and info on their FB page. We got more info from nd a short amount of time that better explains the delays. It's not perfect but it's a positive start. One I hope they maintain.

[Jaymz]

Mike - yeah I know but at one point they were not a joke. Even as little as a couple of years ago they were just that company that had a really devoted fan base that would get made fun of a little bit though many would say the loved the ideas that the company created (like Rifts). It is now becoming more along the lines "man they just need to shut up and go away" and that both saddens and angers me.

[MacrossMike]

May 19, 2014 5:23:56 GMT kryptt said:

They went back and rectified the situation by posting updates with pics and info on their FB page. We got more info from nd a short amount of time that better explains the delays. It's not perfect but it's a positive start. One I hope they maintain.

Woah... mood whiplash ahoy.  

May 19, 2014 13:05:30 GMT Jaymz said:

Mike - yeah I know but at one point they were not a joke. Even as little as a couple of years ago they were just that company that had a really devoted fan base that would get made fun of a little bit though many would say the loved the ideas that the company created (like Rifts). It is now becoming more along the lines "man they just need to shut up and go away" and that both saddens and angers me.

Ah, the perils of copying the "best practices" of your business partners when your only partner is Harmony Gold USA.

[juce734]

I pray that someday Palladium will right the ship and make the fanbase happy again. Then hopefully the outside will start to get excited about Palladium again and boom they have at least a cult following. One can dream right?