I agree. I kind of wish in a lot of ways that backer rewards hadn't suddenly become "the item you're backing", rather a discount coupon or something to later buy the item, and they discouraged that direct give away.
I backed the most recent Rifftrax attempt to get "Twilight" for the big screen; and flat out, that project WILL fail, there is almost no chance in hell they get Twilight rights, for any price. But I'm counting on the $250K going to a product I believe in, and they will find something worthwhile, etc. So I will be OK, but we're already getting emails from people complaining about not receiving their "item" etc.
I backed the most recent Rifftrax attempt to get "Twilight" for the big screen; and flat out, that project WILL fail, there is almost no chance in hell they get Twilight rights, for any price. But I'm counting on the $250K going to a product I believe in, and they will find something worthwhile, etc. So I will be OK, but we're already getting emails from people complaining about not receiving their "item" etc.