Quite a few hints have been given in various threads.

The problem with random scatterings is they get missed.
Which then Prompted....

Oh, I must have misunderstood one of your posts then.

So...

Nute Gunray
Darth Maul
Naboo Pilot
some other Naboo (Soldier?)
a new droid

that's all I remember...

I don't get why they don't just adjust the total needed based on the Kickstarter/Amazon cut (which is given in the FAQ and works out to about 15%)?

I think going through Kickstarter gives a certain level of assurance that they might not get by doing it themselves, meaning fewer donations and less money to fund the printing. I guess we'll see.

The problem with kickstarter is that the money isn't "gauranteed". They don't collect the money until later which means that you could not have enough money when they come to collect, could have been on an old card, etc. So for instance, let's say that $3000 dollars is pledged (ala V-set1) and then kickstarter goes to pledge and 25 of the pledges are unable to pay for whatever reason there goes $1000 dollars that you needed to make sure the project wasn't just an out of pocket cost right down the drain. I would be surprised if Dean didn't lose a ton of money on the first V-set.

Seems too risky when we have an easy alternative just sitting there.

Kickstarter gives some ways to protect funders if the project falls through, which means a project doesn't always get all the declared funds. But that also means that people are more comfortable to buy in on project, knowing that if it doesn't get the funding it needs, their donation isn't going to just disappear.

Look at the number of people who got antsy over Shadow Troopers being sent out, vs how long people waited for the DotF funding cycle to finish and have it be released.

On the other hand, the name of the site is apt. "Kickstarter" is meant to help commercial projects get a start, covering production costs so that the creator of the project can then sell a product. Obviously, for DotF, that's not an option. And I guess it's why map projects like JC's, MM's, and plenty of others continue to use Kickstarter to successfully launch new products.

The DotF kickstarter raised significantly more money than its goal, yet the project was still underfunded and almost didn't manage to meet the demand for cards out there. Chalk it up to inexperience, but there better be a lot more attention paid toward financial planning this time, looking at the prior set as a guide for what to expect.

I think using PayPal as the central funding repository is asking for a whole new world of problems that could potentially rival any had with Kickstarter.

All that said, I don't have the numbers, I'm not involved with the project, and whatever means of funding is used, I'm probably in. I just reserve the right to link back to this post if the funding goes wonky.

See I just dont understand why we don't have more trust in this community. Whatever hiccups DOTF faced, they were overcome, and the people involved proved themselves to be beyond reproach in terms of trustworthyness. I have no problem donating dircetly to Gamers for 2 reasons. First, I trust those guys, and second I want ALL the money I donate to go toward the priject, NOT to Amazon or Kickstarter.

That said, I'll go with whatever is decided, but I just don't see why people need to cast aspersions on the character or competence of the guys involved in the project, when we all know that's not an issue.

Where is the trust?

As soon as something is decided, I will be there with my donation. I still haven't got my cards yet, my brother has them and keeps forgetting to send them to me, but I just love the set and am doubly excited for Renegades and Rogues.