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Final Longclaw Approvals
We received the final Longclaw approvals back from GRRM today. This means we’re really really close. There are a few changes we need to do, just minor things, but as soon as those are done and we have a proof we’ll get some photos taken, put them up, and start taking preorders.
The main change that I think you all may be interested in is that we’ve decided to make the plaque white on gray. As you may recall the idea is that a bastard will use his father’s colors in reverse, however originally we were doing white on black instead of white on gray, as would be the case since the Stark colors are gray on white. Once we had the first prototype though we noticed a mockup of a gray plaque looked better, and well, since it was technically more accurate GRRM agreed and we decided to go with it instead.
On the topic of preorders, for our International customers, could you please respond with what country you are from? We need to compile of list of shipping costs for Longclaw to various International destinations and I’ll make the countries of fans that post here a priority so that those ones are done when we first start taking preorders.
In Non-Longclaw news, the Needle concept art is nearing completion.
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May 1st, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Hi, I’m from France, maybe some of the people here will be interested.
Anyway, I’m really looking forward to seing more of Longclaw soon, good luck with the neraly released sword!
May 1st, 2008 at 1:44 pm
I’d be interested in seeing Canadian pricing
May 1st, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Looking forward to seeing the pics! Shipping costs to Australia will be nice….
May 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 am
Whoo. How long will it be until preorders are actually taken? I don’t want to miss out on this :
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:27 am
I’m from France too !
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:35 am
Shipping to Australia would be great
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:36 am
Ireland
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:40 am
I know myself and a friend both want a longclaw, a needle, an ice, an oathkeeeper, a dornish spear… ok 1 step at a time, we’re in the UK
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 am
Shipping cost to The Wall would be appreciated!
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:21 am
Send some Valyrian Steel to ireland! I’ll take 7!
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:05 am
i’d love to see shipping cost for Italy
Thank you very much !!!!
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:53 am
Wondering how the shipping to the North would be, in Alaska
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 am
Canada please!
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 am
Canada
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:25 am
Hi, London (UK) Calling!
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:42 am
Austria please
May 2nd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Belgium here and highly intrested!
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Canada Please!!
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
One more to Canada, please!
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Jon Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 am
Shipping cost to The Wall would be appreciated!
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“The Wall”, eh?
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:45 pm
If you could make shippings to Spain, that would be awesome.
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Another for Canada!
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:23 am
Ireland here. It’s good to see plenty of Irish ASoIaF fans out there!
Great to see Longclaw coming together at last. I’ve been here since the start!
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:55 am
well i’d like to know the shippings for Germany.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:22 am
Wahey! You don’t know how excited this makes me! *happy dances*
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:58 am
Hey folks, I don’t need to know how many people from a country want the sword, just which countries have fans. So, if your country has already been mentioned, you do not need to mention it again.
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:26 am
Belgium too
May 4th, 2008 at 6:25 am
Italy!
May 4th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Here’s a different sort of request for ya… I live just 20 or so minutes away from Lansing and was wondering if I might be able to pick Longclaw up and skip the shipping time/costs all together?
May 4th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
As long as you’re able to do it during business hours, it shouldn’t be a problem for you to come and pick one up from the warehouse sure.
May 4th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Canada!!! Quebec/Newfoundland
May 5th, 2008 at 7:53 am
We in Russia too in awaiting ;P
May 5th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Shipping to GERMANY, please
May 6th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Count one more for Ireland
May 6th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Oh Canada!
May 6th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I had no idea you guys were based out of Lansing! I’ll definitely be making at least one appearance while I’m up north. As soon as Ice and Dawn are available, most definitely.
May 7th, 2008 at 8:15 am
USA
May 7th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
A fan here from the Netherlands. I see all our neighboring countries are already represented, but I’d still like to know shipping costs to Holland.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Germany too! I’d like to feel the steel in my hand!
May 9th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
yes, since you guys are in America, can you go ahead and post shipping costs on that one?
May 9th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Yet another for Canada
May 9th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
mexico would be nice…in case ive left before getting one…
May 9th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
mexico!!!!…PLEASE!!!
May 9th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
I’ll have to doublecheck, but Mexico, I believe, forbids the import of swords. So there may be such shipping problems.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Hey Guy’s
Great to hear that you are making wonderful progress. Longclaw sounds fantastic. Keep the updates coming. Fan from downunder!
May 10th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
dat sux…in that case ill take it with me when i go back…but please hurry up…
May 11th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Hungary
May 11th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Singapore.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Argentina
May 13th, 2008 at 9:01 am
West Virginia!
Okay, okay, technically it’s not a foreign country; but I think the mail takes just as long to get over the mountains.
Can’t wait to get my hands on Longclaw. My wife is keen on the Needle sword as well.
May 14th, 2008 at 2:47 am
nobody mentioned it before, so: Luxembourg!
little country with some nice castles
http://www.castles.info/luxembourg/
http://www.castle-vianden.lu/
I am just looking forward, running with Longclaw through one of these
greetings to the world an to all the sword-lovers
May 14th, 2008 at 5:00 am
Hi
Im from Australia and I’d LOVE to get my hands on a Longclaw replica. I’m dying to read the next book.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:54 am
I’d personally love to see the Lightbringer concept. I have a guilty pleasure for Stannis.
May 15th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Highlands of Scotland, or just Scotland.
How much to my holiday hovel in Flea Bottom?
May 17th, 2008 at 4:53 am
I may be down here at the arse end of creation but it would be good if New Zealand was in there. Pricing and shipping costs would be great.Thanks
May 17th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Im from America, new england
May 17th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Please include shipping for Germany! am excited to see pictures of that awesome sword!
May 19th, 2008 at 7:28 am
I’m from America, mid-west, and I’m interested in pre-ordering.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Hi, so how close is ’so close’??
May 21st, 2008 at 4:04 pm
From the UK here, most certainly interested in pre-ordering.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Ireland, might as well start a factory over here. We need to see more pics though and that concept art wouldn’t be terrible to look at either…
May 25th, 2008 at 9:46 am
I’m sure Spanish folk would be interested and grateful for the opportunity. I know at least five friends looking forward to hold Longclaw!
May 27th, 2008 at 3:04 am
In Italy there are many people interested to buy LongClaw. Thanks
May 28th, 2008 at 1:32 am
I’m from Russia
May 28th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Another for Canada
May 28th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
So close…so close…I’ve waited and waited and waited and waited and waited. Now, it’s almost here! Hurrah!
May 29th, 2008 at 9:57 am
I’m from the UK. So looking forward to these things shipping!!
June 1st, 2008 at 4:09 am
I´m from Austria
June 4th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Hey guys, this sounds really really great. My friends and I in Greece can’t wait (if you’re gonna do Italy, might as well go for Greece)! Needless to say we’ll buy ‘em all, because frankly, Valyrian steel is something you can’t have enough of.
Thanks!
June 5th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
So it’s been a month…. not to sound so impatient, but can we at least get a picture? Please?
June 11th, 2008 at 10:23 am
I buy all swords from Lord Of the Rings Series and now hope to buy swords of another great novel . I’ live in Italy
June 15th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
will this be available for shipping in the Philippines? really, really interested.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Well, some consider Texas a foreign country…
June 20th, 2008 at 7:23 am
I’m from Isreal, and really looking foreword to this.
Please, do make a shipment to my country.
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:12 am
Please add Japan too!
June 24th, 2008 at 6:28 am
Spain, again.
June 24th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Slovenia
July 11th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Are we ever going to get pics?