Bring The THROTON Back Home

A project in Norwell, MA by David Thomas
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THROTON: The Space Age Football. Beloved by tens of thousands, the inventor needs your help to bring it's production back to America.
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Backers: 72
Average Pledge Per Backer: $44

Funded: $3,181 of $10,000
Dates: Oct 4th -> Nov 3rd (31 days)
Project By: David Thomas
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Latest News

Looking a little tight...

November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
With only 51 hours left to go, it's looking like we will not reach our goal. There are so many Throton fans out there from years back - almost 750k. Apparently, we did not spread the message far and wide enough. We greatly appreciate your support and... (Read More)

Tooling Has Returned Home!

October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
That's right! The Throton tooling has arrived. It came straight off the boat from China to the docks in Maryland. It is currently en route to our good friends and excellent injection molders in Leominster, MA! It doesn't look like much, but that box... (Read More)

More International Shipping Info

October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
I've been looking into international shipping more closely. So far we have found that the US Postal Service seems to have by far the best rates going. I'd like to give a special thanks to Mike L for pointing this method out. Interesting that a... (Read More)

International Sales

October 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We have been asked a number of times about why we are limiting our sales to the US only, so I figured I will address that right away.  We wanted to keep complications to a minimum and just include the shipping charge with the pledge amount.... (Read More)

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