Mar 11, 2009: Long time no update, but we’ve been keeping uber-busy with the MOTHER 3 Handbook which is currently being printed! A few quick facts/updates concerning the guide:

  • The team has put thousands of hours of work into the book. Jon finished the design/layout work last week, and it’s a masterpiece.
  • The Handbook source files are more than 10 gigs!
  • The final page count is 240, with hundreds of illustrations and nearly 50 clay models.
  • In a few days we’re flying out a handful of Fangamer/Starmen.Net folks from all over the US (and we’re even importing a Canuck) to get the books packed and shipped. We’ll be posting some pictures from the Packy Party this weekend!
  • Barring any unexpected problems with the printing, the preorders should be shipped by the end of next week.
  • We’re going to be posting the free online version sometime in April, after everyone has gotten their books in the mail. More on that later.

In other news, we’ve got another big batch of merchandise coming in a week or two, including:

  • Pork Army t-shirts (these are going to be awesome)
  • Embroidered “PK Love” and “Starguy” track jackets!
  • New pins and magnets, maybe our first patch set?

More updates later this week!