We want to update everyone with where we’re standing now:

Our molder has now received ALL our revised mold files from the manufacturer.  I’m supposed to meet with him Monday morning (9-28-09) to approve the revised mold files.  At that time, we will be given a date of completion for the manufacturing of the molds.

We’ve been told in the past that upon final approval, it takes eight weeks for completion.  We do not expect any further delays.  Upon completion, we will be sent three or four stock sets to check for fit and finish.  This is our guarantee that the molds are per specs.   After signing off on the completed molds, the manufacturer will then ship the molds to our molder.  This takes three to four weeks for arrival.  Upon receipt, it will take several days for the molder to set up production lines.

Please be assured we are trying to expedite this process to the best of our ability and your patience is greatly appreciated.

As some of you may know, there has been a change of date in our original plan in regards to shipment of our product. We had originally set deadlines, based on information given to us, in order to make the first shipment in late September. Due to a number of delays in the making of the tooling files we must unfortunately delay our shipping date.

At this present time, we are unable to estimate when that date will be. Hopefully, within the next week or so, we’ll have that information. The good news is, our manufacturer has received the finished design files for all the main parts for production, and will know very soon how long it will take to create them; with this in mind, watch for close up pics and an assembly video in the near future.

This delay is, of course, very disappointing for us, and we know it is for you as well. We also know there may be some of you who would not have taken advantage of our pre-order price if you had known that our shipping date would be later than the end of September. If this happens to be you and you prefer a refund, we only ask that you call us so we can determine the method of refund.

We want to assure our customers who have contributed to this product by pre-order that the only change we have made in our plans is the shipment date and that we are still going “full steam ahead” with the fulfillment of this product. Knowing that all you have is our word, we want to thank you for your patience and trust.

Finally, we would like to clarify how long our introductory price will be in effect. We believe that we had inadvertently told someone in an email that it would be in effect until the day we begin to ship. However, this was incorrect. Our introductory price will go until the date that we must make the final payment for the purchase and shipping of the tooling. After that date (we’ll post this date as soon as we have it) the retail price will then be in effect.