IFAM's Monsterobots go to the Coney Island Mermaid Parade

A project in Kingston, NY by Gagnakon Agnorak a/k/a Dan Green
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Help IFAM's Queen Atlantida and General Limulus Bring Their Marine Monsterobot Menagerie to the 2013 Mermaid Parade in Coney Island NY!
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Average Pledge Per Backer: $76

Funded: $2,420 of $2,400
Dates: May 20th -> Jun 21st (33 days)
Project By: Gagnakon Agnorak a/k/a Dan Green
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Latest News

Final Update: Help our Performers and Put an Antenna on a Hagfish

June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you for your support! Our drive is in its final day. We have framed, skinned, detailed, furred, and painted our monsterrobots, planned our staging for the parade, and are starting to pack for our journey to NYC.  Please give to this campaign... (Read More)

Second Stretch Goal Announcement

June 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Things have gotten to the point where the glue gun is heating up to put fake fur on our six monsterrobots and support vehicle monsterrobot built on a children's cart.  While all further funds will go to the marchers, the Institute guarantees that it... (Read More)

Assembled Monsterrobots

June 19th - via: kickstarter.com
All that's left is skinning our support wagon (for water and emergency repair tools) and putting black fake fur on the monsterrobots.  (Read More)

Third Hagfish No-Altitude Fighter Completed

June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
This bigger than others because General Limulov is bigger than Female Underwater People's Republic Hagfish Piloting..  (Read More)

Second Hagfish No-Altitude Fighter Completed

June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Of Glorious Hagfish Mounted Unit Former Zhashakk Autonomous Zone Oblast U.S.S.R.  (Read More)

We have met our goal!!!

June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you everyone for your support!   From here on in, additional donations will be split nine ways (among our 8 marchers and 1 dedicated documentarian), to compensate them for their sweat, pain, uv exposure, and oceanic monster wrangling off the... (Read More)

Just a little bit more to go!

June 13th - via: kickstarter.com
With just $72 to go, what remains unfunded is far less than taking your kid to mediocre or even bad seats at a baseball game, less than moderately expensive yet bad food, less than a night of clubbing for two (or one). What do you get? Six... (Read More)

All Framing Done, Monster Assembly Lineup

June 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Just skinning, painting, and fake-furring left, the fun part comes now.  (Read More)

$72 away from meeting our Goal, Stretch Goal 1 Announcment

June 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you everyone for your support!  We are just $72 away from our goal of $2400.  If we go over our goal, we will split the surplus evenly between each of our marchers/performers and our dedicated video/photo documentarian.  We don't just march,... (Read More)

First of Four Hagfish 90% Done

June 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Time to move on to the other 3, will put finishing touches the week before parade.  (Read More)

Hagfish Design 06.05.2013

June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hagfish Design: Ergonomics first.  We will build the supporting structures off of an ALICE backpack frame.  Then comes the fun stuff, fitting out with fins, a circular jawless mouth, eyeball, and various types of lifesize greebling. Then comes the... (Read More)

Clawdius Costume Tour, $242 to Go

June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks for all of your contributions. Here is where we stand with Clawdius.  (Read More)

Just $427 to Go....

June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
And we will make our goal! Small donations will put us over the top. For the price of a few of fancy schmancy coffee drinks ($10 to $20 depending on your caffeine habit),  you can put us over the top.  Here is what we are working on:  IFAM usually... (Read More)

Funding Status: Little Donations Will Get Us There!

May 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Colleagues and friends! With $730 or so dollars to go, we can meet our goal with a bunch of not-so-big contributions. If you can give $10, $20, or $30, that's great.   70 donations of $10 will get us to our goal, 35 donations of $20, 21 donations of... (Read More)

Redesigned Monster that is Claw for Glorious Hagfish Mounted Unit

May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Music: "Don't Splash, Sea Wave", Boris Terentev Lyrics: Aleksandr Oyslender 1951. — at People's Republic of Zhaashack Zone Automomous Oblast Former S.S.R.  (Read More)

$250 Challenge Grant Announcement

May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Challenge Grant Announcement: If we raise another $250 by midnight tonight, May 24, Pacific Time, we will get a generous donation of another $250 from one of our donors. Give what you can, and it will double your support if you do it today!  (Read More)

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