Badass Kickstarter projects

[Fess]

Pretty cool little stress reliever, anti boredom, dexterity challenge, device. Good video clips on the page showing function.

The Thinket Too

my name is David Weinstock and I created The Thinket.

The Thinket is a patented handheld stress-reliever, boredom reliever, and all around fidget-friendly companion for grownups, young adults, and reasonably mature children of all ages.

This is the second Kickstarter project in my ongoing quest to evolve and improve this engaging device step-by-step.

Yes, I've Kickstarted the Thinket before and it went great!

Thanks to the 711 Backers from that 2013 project called "The Thinket," there are now two new Thinket Handle profiles, some new plated finishes, awesome retail packaging and a pamphlet, and some cool accessories!

If you'd like, you can link to that project  HERE to check out the project itself including 54 Updates and 253 comments, more about the Thinket's history, background, and development, and many Backer testimonials.

BTW, just a side note:

You'll probably want to watch the project video (at the top of this page) all the way through. That's because, in the video there are a couple of very cool teaser scenes by highly acclaimed Magician, Andrew Goldenhersh!

His appearance in my video for this project is a bit of a hint at a Super-Secret-Surprise that will be revealed at some point in this project during the funding period!

Enough said.

What is it that causes the Thinket's "satisfying bounce?"

The core mechanism that makes the Thinket what it is and allows it to deliver its patented "satisfying bounce" to the person using it can be seen in the following visual breakdown of one of the patent drawings:

That makes it about as-clear-as-mud, doesn't it?

Not to fear, for I've put together the following video to help describe the core Thinket mechanism and its "bounce" effect.

[PurpleIce]

This has gotta be badass... 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142464853/hendo-hoverboards-worlds-first-real-hoverboard?ref=nav_search

[Don Boyer]

This has gotta be badass... 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142464853/hendo-hoverboards-worlds-first-real-hoverboard?ref=nav_search

Very badass.  It'll be even more badass when mere mortals can afford them.  Only ten full-blown models are available, all spoken for, at the price of $10,000 each.  At least I could afford the Coolest Cooler or a Veronica Mars DVD or a pack of Name of the Wind! 

I'm afraid to ask what renting them in their hoverpark will cost...

[PurpleIce]

This has gotta be badass... 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142464853/hendo-hoverboards-worlds-first-real-hoverboard?ref=nav_search

Very badass.  It'll be even more badass when mere mortals can afford them.  Only ten full-blown models are available, all spoken for, at the price of $10,000 each.  At least I could afford the Coolest Cooler or a Veronica Mars DVD or a pack of Name of the Wind! 

I'm afraid to ask what renting them in their hoverpark will cost...

I guess that is the price for awesomeness...of course design, material, rarity all plays a part, just a little i guess. 

We could both wait another 20 years, I'm sure it will be cheaper by then.

[Don Boyer]

I guess that is the price for awesomeness...of course design, material, rarity all plays a part, just a little i guess. 

We could both wait another 20 years, I'm sure it will be cheaper by then.

But by then, EVERYONE will have one - it's won't be SPEH-SHUL anymore... 

[Fess]

hahaha I just saw this. It has Poker applications.

Wood-crafted Fishing Tool/ Souvenir Gift/ "Killer" Art.

Patented Essential Fishing Tool That Doubles as Artwork.  Please Help us Secure a Laser for Logos & Other Graphics.
The FISH CLUB is...

    a US Patented product
    for people who fish.                                   
    for people who love the outdoors.
    a great GIFT for fishermen & outdoorsmen
    is attractive--some say with looks that can kill.(ahh, FISH...we're talkin' fish, of course.)

[Don Boyer]

hahaha I just saw this. It has Poker applications.

Say wha?

How, pray tell, would you apply THIS to poker?  Besides bashing the guy caught second-dealing...

[Fess]

hahaha I just saw this. It has Poker applications.

Say wha?

How, pray tell, would you apply THIS to poker?  Besides bashing the guy caught second-dealing...

Haha
Fish get desperate act oddly. That right there, could fix it.

[Magicman29]

Soo with that coolest cooler !

[Don Boyer]

I'm just gonna drop this riiiiiiight here...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1000610379/hashkey-a-dedicated-1-key-keyboard-for-the-hashtag?ref=tag

It topped the list for projects with the tag #LOL...

[Fess]

That cracked me up, hahaha. The cherry on top, is that they actually have 20 backers!

[PurpleIce]

"Where's the hashtag key? How do I do a hashtag?"

My girlfriend and I are both social media nerds. People are always asking us "where's the hashtag key?" or "how do I do a hashtag on my computer?" We thought it was finally time to do something about it!

This guy must be hanging out with idiots....

While he is at it. He might as well create a !@$%^&*()_+|}{":?>< keyboard as well...you know, just in case there are more idiots.

[Don Boyer]

"Where's the hashtag key? How do I do a hashtag?"

My girlfriend and I are both social media nerds. People are always asking us "where's the hashtag key?" or "how do I do a hashtag on my computer?" We thought it was finally time to do something about it!

This guy must be hanging out with idiots....

While he is at it. He might as well create a !@$%^&*()_+|}{":?>< keyboard as well...you know, just in case there are more idiots.

No, not idiots.  Just the tech-unsavvy masses who still think the optical disk tray is a cup holder...  Y'know, like in the Esurance ads!

[Fess]

LightBox Photography Cards
by Paul Michael Kane

[Don Boyer]

Interesting.  Not in my wheelhouse, but I imagine a blocked photographer might make good use of them.

[Fess]

Interesting.  Not in my wheelhouse, but I imagine a blocked photographer might make good use of them.

I thought it was interesting enough to back and check it out. I didn't know where to put the campaign so I stuck it here. This is the same guy who brought us the Foto Grafis ( Foto Grafis article on Kardify ) deck of playing cards. The campaign is pretty close to a playing cards campaign with uncut sheets, card cases, coins, etc including the Foto Grafis deck itself in there somewhere. He's even shipping these in U-Line boxes. Good things, good things. Would be better things if there were some Jokers in there too haha.

[Fess]

Very cool looking board game, absolutely Badass. (I'm a huge REH fan)

Conan
by Monolith Board Games LLC

[Rob Wright]

Exploding Kittens (KS)



This just started today! 

[Don Boyer]

Dude, it's friggin' INSANE!  They're at about eight hours open, and they're approaching SIXTEEN THOUSAND PERCENT of their goal!  Watch for more than a handful of seconds and you can see the numbers increasing!  Nearly 41,000 backers coughing up $1,582,429 in pledges!

[Fess]

hahaha a pig-a-corn. I think these guys have found the cord that struck well on KS. That's pretty great, a card game with an odd subject matter doing so well. Good things, good things.

Edit: I considered backing this just now. I don't think they need my help. if it's fun I'll pick it up retail later, looks like they'll be printing a gazillion of these. Gazillion, that's a lot.

[Don Boyer]

And now, the most-backed Kickstarter project of all time - and it's a CARD GAME!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elanlee/exploding-kittens

The goal was $10,000
It's presently at over $5.25 million, with over 133,000 backers!

15 days remain, if you want in on the action.

Rob wrote about it when it first launched, three posts ago.  This is NUTZ.  Shit - the numbers just got HIGHER while I watched, before I could even finish the post!

[naggarwal]

And now, the most-backed Kickstarter project of all time - and it's a CARD GAME!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elanlee/exploding-kittens

The goal was $10,000
It's presently at over $5.25 million, with over 133,000 backers!

15 days remain, if you want in on the action.

Rob wrote about it when it first launched, three posts ago.  This is NUTZ.  Shit - the numbers just got HIGHER while I watched, before I could even finish the post!

I am keeping track of this since its day one. It seems that the authors are already famous with their oatmeal series. That gave them a really good fan base to start with. I am guess that is the main reason for the millions they are going to get.

What I am amazed at is the game Conan. I think that this game is going to change the future of board games. Those little figurines will be there pretty much everywhere from monopoly to clue. Thank you 3D printers!

[Rob Wright]

And now, the most-backed Kickstarter project of all time - and it's a CARD GAME!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elanlee/exploding-kittens

The goal was $10,000
It's presently at over $5.25 million, with over 133,000 backers!

15 days remain, if you want in on the action.

Rob wrote about it when it first launched, three posts ago.  This is NUTZ.  Shit - the numbers just got HIGHER while I watched, before I could even finish the post!

I haven't backed it yet, but plan to. I plan to get 5 sets. 1 for me, and 1 for each of my kids(adult kids). $35 for a gift that they will love to play is a no brainer. Add a couple pair of socks, and Christmas 2015 is done 


ok I'm not quite that cheap. Maybe a $10 gift card to Taco Bell or something 

[Fess]

The kittens game looks funny. I won't back though. Two reasons, first reason being I believe it will flood the market after this game is fulfilled or before and I can probably pick it up a few months later on some bargain bin for much cheaper. Probably 20 bucks for both. Second reason, no KS exclusives. Over five million clams have been pledged on it and they don't need my support without giving me incentive to support them on kickstarter. Since I'm not a big fan of animals that explode in general, I can wait on this indefinitely without a problem.

It is insane to see this doing so very well. I'm sure those guys never thought it would take off like that. They stand to make quite a hefty sum off of the KS, even after a massive hasbro quantity print run. That's great for them. Whatever fulfillment center they use, hahaha, it's going to be clogged for a couple weeks.

I just read they're going to use AdMagic. Good company with the ability to have very decent quality card stock, especially for board games. Will be interesting to see their final product and extremely easy to see if they went for the whole nine or skimped on quality.

[ecNate]

Second reason, no KS exclusives.

Well they did say the NSFW deck is a KS exclusive, don't think that changed just because of the new box either.