Simon Stålenhag's Tales from the Loop

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Simon Stålenhags paintings from a childhood that never was and a future that could have been – collected in a two book volume.
Backers: 3890
Average Pledge Per Backer: $83

Funded: $321,680 of $10,000
Dates: Apr 29th -> May 29th (30 days)
Project By: Free League Publishing
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Latest News

Here’s the first trailer for Amazon’s Tales from the Loop series, set in the world of the sci-fi tabletop RPG

February 28th - via: dicebreaker.com
Here is the first trailer for the Tales from the Loop Amazon Prime series. (Read More)

The final hours!

May 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Right now, we have less than five hours remaining of the campaign. The RPG stretchgoal is less than $7K away. Time for the final sprint - help spread the word! :) Again, thank you all for your fantastic support! /The Stålenhag Team  (Read More)

16th stretch goal met!

May 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! We blazed past stretch goal 16 sometime during the night (here in Sweden) and maybe, just maybe we could reach the RPG goal before the campaign ends. And with that we'll let Simon say something: Hi all. The last month has been incredible. The... (Read More)

15th stretch goal unlocked and TWO days to go!

May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Oh, all this excitement is too much for us. We just passed the level for the 15th stretch goal which means that the second book will also get three small prints included in a special pocket.  The next goal is a nice looking poster sized map for the... (Read More)

14th stretch goal unlocked and THREE days to go!

May 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Something during the night (here in Sweden at least) we passed the limit for stretch goal 14, this means everyone backing book 1 will get a free poster sized map with the book! Pretty nifty right?  Also, it is now only three days left of the... (Read More)

New addons!

May 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
We have received a lot of requests of more addons so today we have a whole bunch of new ones added to the kickstarter page. New posters, iPhone and iPad cases, luxury canvas prints, laptop skins and mouse pads!  To get any of the addons, simply up... (Read More)

13th stretch goal reached!

May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! Over 3000 backers and more than 260K funded. As we passed the limit for the 13th stretch goal we will now add a special pocket to the inside of the back cover of the first book and put three small but very nice looking prints there! This means... (Read More)

Twelfth stretch goal reached!

May 17th - via: kickstarter.com
As we reached the twelfth stretch goal we are now putting more robots in book two. There can never be too much of a good thing! The campaign has definitely slowed down a bit. This is very natural as we are in the mid of the kickstarter cycle and most... (Read More)

Stretch goal 11 unlocked!

May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
As we just unlocked the eleventh stretch goal, all books will now get a practical marker ribbon – so that you instantly can find your favourite part of the book! Next up in line is a block of robot sketches to the second book. Who does not want... (Read More)

Tenth stretch goal unlocked!

May 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to your fantastic support we have now unlocked the tenth stretch goal, which means that all of you will get free high definition wallpapers, suitable for one or two screens. Why not be the envy of the office? We hope you have a great Tuesday!... (Read More)

New stretch goals added!

May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
A new batch of stretch goals have been added to the kickstarter page and we hope you will like them! Among them are, free HD wallpapers, marker ribbons, extra prints included in the books, poster sized maps, a release party in the US and an honest to... (Read More)

New stretch goals on Monday

May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all, We know that you are eagerly awaiting new stretch goals and while we hoped to be able to present them today, we have realised that we need the weekend to finalise them. We hope and think that you will be as excited as we are once you get to... (Read More)

A few words from Simon

May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
(While we are busy working on the next set of stretch goals we'll let Simon say something.) Hi all.  The last week has been insane. The kickstarter campaign for my books have been a huge success and I would never have guessed that we would reach so... (Read More)

Stretch goals 8 and 9 unlocked!

May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
That went a lot quicker than we thought! We are now past 190,000 in pledged dollars and that means that we have unlocked all current stretch goals. So: we will put even more strange machines in the first book and do a final mini making of film of one... (Read More)

Sixth stretch goal and more Gravitron Engineers!

May 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We are well past the sixth stretch goal which means that we will release both books in Swedish (note: this applies to the Standard edition only). So if you have pledged for any of the standard edition books, you will be able to choose in which... (Read More)

Stretch goal five unlocked!

May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, thanks everyone! With the speed of a Dromiceiomimus we just passed our fifth stretch goal and that means that we will put even more dinosaurs in the book. There can never be too much of a good thing, right? Local store ad from late 80s... (Read More)

Stretch goal four reached!

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We continue to be amazed by the power of crowdfunding. Now we have reached stretch goal number four and that means that we will produce a short video together with film maker Magnus Lekberg showing the making of and the background to one of Simon's... (Read More)

A note about the Gravitron Engineer level

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We have received questions about the wording of the Gravitron Engineer (250 USD) level and would like to clarify this. This level only contains two books, that is two signed copies of the limited edition. The wording is a bit unfortunate in that it... (Read More)

Bork, bork, bork!

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We have just unlocked stretch goal number three. This means that you will be able to choose between an English or Swedish language edition of Tales from The Loop (the first book). Perfect if you want to brush up on your rusty Swedish skills! Tack så... (Read More)

There goes another!

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
With your rather excellent help we are screaming past stretch goals faster than we expected. Not totally unlike the way the Riksenergi maintenance worker Sven-Erik used to roam the countryside of Mälaröarna in his much beloved Pipan vehicle. A... (Read More)

First stretch goal unlocked!

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
We did not have to wait very long for the first stretch goal to be unlocked. This means that all of you that have pledged for a physical book or two will get the PDF of the book (or books if you pledged for both) for free! On this note we wish you... (Read More)

Stretch goals added!

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
We're floored with the continued support you are showing this project. Thanks again for making this happen in the best possible way. As requested we have now added a bunch of stretch goals to the projects. The first one will be welcome news for a lot... (Read More)

Modified Pledge Level Limits

April 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all! Just 24 hours after the start of the kickstarter, we're already past 500% of our funding goal. Amazing! Thanks all! Since multiple pledges from a single account are not possible, we have adjusted the limited pledge levels somewhat. The... (Read More)

Off to a great start

April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
WOW! What a start for our Kickstarter campaign. Fully funded in less than four hours is beyond our wildest dreams. We are humbled by the support you have shown. A BIG thank you for supporting Simon's special brand of locally grown Swedish sci-fi. We... (Read More)

A word about multiple pledges

April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We realise that some may want to choose more than just one early bird package. Unfortunately Kickstarter makes this difficult. There is a workaround for this, and that is to register a second Kickstarter account and choose the other early bird pledge... (Read More)

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