Hello again everyone,

Good news! The LBD Motors have finally arrived! 

After I do some quick measurements and testing of their functionality to make sure they are identical to the originals, I will begin to cut out all the chassis. That's it, everything that I was waiting for has now arrived. This means all the PopPets should be shipped out before the end of February.

In the free time I've had waiting for the motors, I went over the numbers and discovered I had a much greater margin than originally calculated. I decided that with this extra amount I would add more into the kit to make it the best it could be. I ended up getting every PopPet kit a box to keep all the parts in with compartments so it could be used after PopPet has been built to hold screws etc.

I've also got screwdrivers and USB cables for the Standard and Advanced kits meaning everything you need, excluding batteries, to put PopPet together is included in box. This is something I am very proud of.

That is all for now, will keep you all updated if I need feedback on the instructions :)

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and I wish you a happy new year!

-Jaidyn

Sadly, due to HUGE delays in manufacturing the motors, PopPet will not be in your homes for Christmas. I hope this doesn't upset too many people. I was hoping I would make Christmas when I first created the campaign but I stated not to buy PopPet as a Christmas present because I would've hated delays to ruin Christmas. Here we are, delays are a plenty and Christmas is around the corner.

I'm very disheartened about PopPet not being available for Christmas, I was hoping to do some great Christmas themed add-ons, but there is always next year!

I am however working like a busy elf preparing all your PopPet kits. Due to savings in several areas of part ordering I am making the PopPet kit the best it can be. Every cent saved is going straight back into providing the best product I possibly can. I take great pride in my work and I hope you will all appreciate the extra 10% on the already 100% of effort when you open up your boxes to see what is inside :)

Delays are annoying, but it's giving me plenty of time to come up with great ways to thank you all for supporting me in the first place.

On another note. Just recently there was a copy of PopPet created in China. PopPet is a Open Hardware robot so I expected copies to surface eventually, but not before I even released the plans. 

A small company in China studied this campaign page and created their own PopPet called KAKU. They tweaked the overall looks slightly and replaced the brain, but it was essentially a PopPet clone. What bothered me was the fact they didn't mention anywhere that they got inspiration from PopPet, they didn't link to PopPet and they didn't release their plans to follow in the Open Hardware nature. After negotiations they have pulled their product from their shelves. Thanks to support of those who followed me on social media, those websites hosting the KAKU robot also pulled it down from their sites. I would like to thank you all for your support and I cannot express how much that meant to me. 

Being a young adult trying to compete with huge no name off shore companies is tough. Being a one man show, designing, producing and running operations is also hard, but I love every minute. My point being, whilst I am a one man show physically, I feel like you are all part of operations. We are one big community. I think, out of all that has happened, I appreciate that the most. No government funding, or loan or any other means of receiving funds would have given me access to a community that supports me as much as you all do. Thank you.

Merry Christmas,

Jaidyn