The Retro Hour Book

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Dates: Nov 10th -> Dec 10th (30 days)
Project By: Dan Wood
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Into the Final 12 hours of the campaign!

December 10th - via: kickstarter.com
That’s it folks, we’re into the final few hours of the campaign to release The Retro Hour book, and thanks to your incredible support - we’ve smashed the target and are almost at the stretch goal! Just a reminder, that if we hit that magical... (Read More)

We're almost into the last 24 hours!

December 9th - via: kickstarter.com
As we head into the final 24 hours of our Kickstarter, we just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who has supported the campaign so far. Now that the book is funded, we're just counting down the days until we can hold it in our hands! At... (Read More)

Some exciting new goals!

November 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all our amazing backers, we reached our minimum target for the Kickstarter earlier this week. But, we would like to aim higher and make the book even better! So today, we are announcing a new stretch goal. If we can reach £35,000 on the... (Read More)

Thank you so much!

November 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We did it!  We hit the Kickstarter target earlier today, which means the book is definitely happening.  Thanks so much to everyone who believed in us and supported this project, we can't wait for you to see the finished book and we're sure you'll... (Read More)

What an incredible start!

November 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi to our amazing backers!  Just one week into our Kickstarter campaign and we are 65% funded already, which is really mind-blowing. Thank you so much for all the support. This week we have added to the Frequently Asked Questions section of the... (Read More)

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