Hello, all. If you're a backer of both of our projects, then I apologize about sending you the same information twice. But many of you are only backers of this original Heroes of Metro City project, and have been patiently for the expansion reward, and we have great news on that front: we got the proofs back from the manufacturer! I'll be posting pictures below, and walking you through what we're looking at (and including a big surprise that we were planning to sit on but are too excited about to keep to ourselves). But the quick summary is that we are VERY happy with the quality of the work that we've been shown. In several ways, the proofs exceeded our expectations for a first-try from this new manufacturing company. Details and plans below:

Sidekicks and Storylines -- box

So there are three things to look at in this picture. In the background is a printed-out proof of the artwork that will be wrapped around the box. The quality is very sharp, and the box will be striking, without varying much from the same aesthetic of Heroes of Metro City (they'll look cool on the shelf together.) On the right side of the picture, you can see the low-res mockup that the printers threw together so that we could see how the art will wrap around the box. The actual production quality of the art, though, will match the sheets in the background of the picture. On the left side is the box itself. We'll see and comment on more of it below, but I can tell you now that it is Solid. The cardboard is thick, high-quality, and the gloss-paper wrapping it is extremely flush and well-secured, so you won't easily get frayed corners, torn box-lids, etc.

Sidekicks and Storylines -- back of the box

Here is the back of the box. Again, the production art work is in the background, the mockup is on the right, and the blank box is on the left. We wanted to show the backs to you, because we were really happy with how snugly the top fits to the bottom of the box. The cardboard is thick and the materials are flush against each other. The box is not difficult to open, but holds itself together well and is structurally thick and solid.

Sidekicks and Storylines -- inside the box

And here's the reveal: The box for Sidekicks and Storylines will hold ALL of your cards from the original Heroes of Metro City game, along with the expansion cards. We know what a pain it can be to lug extra game boxes around to your friend's house to play your favorite game with them. We worked hard to make sure that we can afford to manufacture and ship a game box that has everything you're promised in this expansion Kickstarter, as well as all of the original (and bonus) Heroes of Metro City cards you already own. These proofs are using a cardboard space-filler, but the production version will have foam blocks to fill out any unused space you may have.

Sidekicks and Storylines -- divider cards

The Sidekicks and Storylines box will have full-color tabbed divider cards for every card in the base Heroes of Metro City set, all Kickstarter-bonus cards, and all of Sidekicks and Storylines. So whether you already own all of the cards or fill out your collection later, you'll have tabbed divider cards ready to go to organize your game.

Sidekicks and Storylines -- divider card details

The divider cards are printed on both sides, so that you can reverse them in the box for easier viewing of all of the divisions of cards. We're very excited that the Sidekicks and Storylines box and divider cards will be of the highest quality. When you add in all of the Sidekicks and Storylines cards, you'll really be taking Heroes of Metro City to the next level.

Did you miss the Kickstarter? You can still pre-order Heroes of Metro City: Sidekicks and Storylines! Pre-Order Here

Thank you to all of our backers, who are making such a great product possible. We're sending the final okay and tweaks to the manufacturers tomorrow, and the presses should be rolling very soon! We'll be back with more updates as manufacturing completes and the game is ready to ship to the U.S.

James and David.