Banished_Builds

Hey everybody! Just dropping an update on the M90 kits. Bit of a long read. So, some good news and some bad news. I'll start with the good. When I made the M90 kit, I was expecting to sell maybe 20-30 kits. If I was really fortunate, 40 or so. My following here on X is quite small relatively speaking and I'm a relative unknown. And that's not being self deprecating, that's just the reality of my sphere of influence based on the number of people who see my content. Well, you guys proved my expectations wrong several times over. To say I was blown away is something else. I sold far more than 20-30 kits. And all of those kits have been paid for and are currently in production! I've received a first article of inspection to make sure it all looks good, and boy does it. So, that's the good news. What's the bad? Despite opening orders on August 29th, I didn't receive any money in my bank account until early October. I know many of you reached out to me expressing concerns that you orders had been cancelled because the charge disappeared off your credit card statement and there was no sign of the transaction. Well, this is why. My sales volume went from basically nothing to an insane amount over the course of a single day. It triggered red flags on the bank's end. Because I deal in firearms accesories, I need to use special payment processors that is 'high risk'. That doesn't mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things, but it does mean a lot more jumping through hoops. I was in constant communication with my bank over the 5-6 weeks it took for the funds to get unlocked, and they kept requesting more info before they'd release the funds. They wanted things like quotes from the manufacturer, history of transactions, etc. Eventually they deemed the transactions legitimate and released the funds. The downside to this is it put me majorly behind with production. I couldn't even start the process until mid October because of the delay. The 3d print company (understandbly) wasn't ready to extend an obscenely large line of credit my way to begin production and wanted to be paid in full up front, which makes total sense. They have been paid and production HAS been started. There is one final bit of bad news before I share some more good news. My original quote had a 4-5 week lead time based on 50 units. Because we blew well past that, the lead time has jumped a lot. It will take 20 weeks or so to completely fulfill all orders, BUT, that doesn't mean you will have to wait 20 weeks to get your kit. The plan right now is to have them ship the parts to me every 2 weeks or so with an average of 25 kits being in each shipment. It averages to around 50 kits a month going out. If you ordered in the first couple of days (August 29th-August 30th) you'll probably have your kit by the end of November. From there, things stretch out a bit. I apologize for this delay, and to help make up for it, I've decided to include the LED illumination kit in all orders. You'll receiver everything you need to illuminate your M90's iron sights. This saves you around $30 worth of parts and shipping if you wanted to do it yourself (those oversized pogo pins are $4 a piece on Digikey). It's not a lot, but I hope it helps. You'll still need to solder the kit yourself, as my soldering skills are terrible and if you want to cerakote/paint your kit, it'd be better to have it unwired. I will also be including a set of green iron sights if you want a more Halo 2 vibe. If this extended lead time is going to be an issue for you, please reach out to me via e-mail. I can say that I'm not planning on another round of M90 kits, and there is a very long wait list of people who missed out and would love your order if you no longer want it! Now that I'm fully aware of how much demand there is for stuff like this, I can assure you, when I launch the BR55 RDB kit, I will already have a large quantity on-hand so I can ship them out as the orders come in. You guys are are awesome. Like I said, feel free to reach out to me via e-mail if this is going to be an issue and we'll sort it out. I will be posting as parts come in and kits go out. I'm expecting all of the rubberized buttpads to be here in a few days, for instance.