Updates

We just got an update from the freight company who has confirmed that the Terminator Graphic Novels are expected to arrive at the port in New York by early April (by 4/3 - 4/5).  Once the books arrive, they will be inspected and cleared from US customs.  At that point, they will be unloaded from the shipping container and put on a rail car heading toward our distribution partner.

That means - we should be looking at receiving the books locally some time in mid April (estimate).  Once the books are in our hands, we'll begin prepping packages for the first wave of fulfillment to backers.  

The factory has also confirmed that the Terminator metal slipcases should be shipping to us from China by the end of April and expected to be on hand in the US by the end of June.  We will keep everyone updated on the slipcase progress as soon as we are able. 

We are happy to report the Terminator collections have completed printing.  The factory was able to get them palletized, through customs, and delivered to port the first wave of the collections before they broke for Chinese New Year.  We are waiting to hear from the shipping company what the schedule is for the books to be put in a container and be placed on a boat for transport to a port in the US.  With the holiday we may not have those details until early March.  But they are projecting that the shipment from the factory should arrive in the US by sometime in early April.  

That date is not set in stone yet - we need to get confirmation from the shipper.  But it is what we are currently being told.  

Once they arrive at the port - they would need to be unloaded and then loaded on a train to ship to our fulfillment location.  Usually you add another 3-4 weeks for this process.  

If everything goes smoothly - we could be shipping Terminator Trades, Hardcovers, and Deluxe Editions by May.  We will keep you posted at each stage with updates on the projection for arrival.

Please note - the factory has not completed the metal slipcases.  They will be shipping after the books arrive.  Once we know what the status of that shipment is we can give everyone additional details on that final piece of the puzzle.  We will update again as soon as we have more information. 

We have another update on the Terminator graphic novels production to share with everyone.  The printer supplied the following video which shows the final stages of production for one of the Terminator volumes.  We follow the trimmed, folded, gathered, and sewed final interiors of the book through the cover binding process.  At the end of the video we can see finished books being palletized before going to the next stage (boxing). 

Here's the video:

https://youtube.com/shorts/UVq5lbunYKU

We expect to see additional progress soon showing the books being prepared for shipping.  We are on the precipice of Chinese New Year - at which time the factory closes for several weeks for this national holiday.  Because of that schedule we may have to go a few weeks without additional video updates until they return and are able to show us the progress of the books moving into shipping.  We will keep you updated as we have more information to share.  

We have another update from the factory floor on the production of the Terminator graphic novels.  The printer has begun the gathering stages of the collections.  This means that they are taking the printed and sewn sections and gathering the signatures into the body of the book.  It is like putting your pages in order to compile the full collections.  Here is a short video from the factory floor of this process underway:

https://youtube.com/shorts/_G-K7nzr5pg

This process will compile the collections so they can begin binding them soon.  We are coming up on Chinese New Year which is a period where the factory closes down for several weeks.  But we are hopeful to get another update with further news before the holiday hits.  We will post additional updates as soon as we receive them from the printer showing the progress of the books on their path to completion.  

We have another update from the factory floor on the production of the Terminator graphic novel collections.  This time we are seeing the printed and folded sections going through the machine for the sewing of the individual signature sections.  When a collection is printed it is done so in signatures of 32 pages.  Those pages are then bound together and eventually all of the sections are gathered and bound into the spine of the book. 

This video shows those printed and folded sections being sewn into signatures.  A lot of this process is actually enclosed in the machine - but you can see the start and finish as they run through pretty clearly.  Check it out here:

https://youtube.com/shorts/jKepNLCzYuM

The next step in the process will be gathering of the sections for the binding.  We should have videos of that process by next week.  Please watch here for more updates coming soon as we progress through the process.