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-[{{:ares-model-contents.jpg?475|**U.S.S. ARES** This resin model kit is licensed by Axanar to Starcraft Models, well known for selling unlicensed models. Online reports peg its cost at $85.}}]+<WRAP box> 
 +{{:ares-model-contents.jpg|}} \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**U.S.S. ARES** This resin model kit is licensed by Axanar to Starcraft Models, well known for selling unlicensed models. Online reports peg its cost at $85.</wrap> 
 +</WRAP> 
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 ====== Merchandise ====== ====== Merchandise ======
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 +<wrap lo>//Main article: [[Annual Report]] \\
 +See also: {{tagpage>commercial|Articles on Axanar's commercial operations}} \\ 
 +[[author_author|Website Sells Axanar Merchandise for Big Potential Profits]] \\
 +[[soundtrack_pulled|Bookseller Pulls Axanar Merchandise]]//</wrap>
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 [[Axanar Productions]] operates an organization that goes far beyond the production of its eponymous film, expanding to the sale of entire lines of **merchandise**, including posters, apparel, artwork, Blu-rays and model kits of the starships featured in //Prelude to Axanar//. [[Axanar Productions]] operates an organization that goes far beyond the production of its eponymous film, expanding to the sale of entire lines of **merchandise**, including posters, apparel, artwork, Blu-rays and model kits of the starships featured in //Prelude to Axanar//.
  
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 ==== Apparel ==== ==== Apparel ====
 +From the Axanar Donor Store (operated by Ares Digital):
 +
 +{{::donor-store-3.jpg|}}
  
   * The "USS Ares T-shirt" is a black shirt priced at $21.  It features the USS Ares patch design on the back.   * The "USS Ares T-shirt" is a black shirt priced at $21.  It features the USS Ares patch design on the back.
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 > We sent 20 pounds of coffee with a custom label to Axanar Productions as a gift. <wrap hi>Alec then approached us to do a line of coffee</wrap> to help with fundraising, this is the result.(([[https://web.archive.org/web/20160103161925/http://www.axanarcoffee.com/pages/about-us|Archive.org copy of AxanarCoffee.com, 1/3/16]], retrieved 3/6/16.)) <wrap lo>[emphasis added]</wrap> > We sent 20 pounds of coffee with a custom label to Axanar Productions as a gift. <wrap hi>Alec then approached us to do a line of coffee</wrap> to help with fundraising, this is the result.(([[https://web.archive.org/web/20160103161925/http://www.axanarcoffee.com/pages/about-us|Archive.org copy of AxanarCoffee.com, 1/3/16]], retrieved 3/6/16.)) <wrap lo>[emphasis added]</wrap>
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 +[{{::kane-peters-coffee.jpg?200 |Alec Peters and Hansa Coffee's **Kevin Kane** at the Treklanta convention in Atlanta, April 2016.}}]
  
 Hansa offered five blends in its Axanar line: House of Kharn (pictured), {{::andorianice2_large.jpeg?linkonly|Andorian Ice}}, {{::1.d6decaf_1_large.jpeg?linkonly|Decaf-6}}, {{:1.1izariangold_large.jpeg?linkonly|Izarian Gold}} and a discontinued {{::ramirez.jpg?linkonly|Ramirez Espresso}}.(([[https://web.archive.org/web/20160106004516/http://hansacoffee.com/shop/axanar-ramirez/|Archive.org snapshot of AxanarCoffee.com]], 1/6/16.)) Hansa offered five blends in its Axanar line: House of Kharn (pictured), {{::andorianice2_large.jpeg?linkonly|Andorian Ice}}, {{::1.d6decaf_1_large.jpeg?linkonly|Decaf-6}}, {{:1.1izariangold_large.jpeg?linkonly|Izarian Gold}} and a discontinued {{::ramirez.jpg?linkonly|Ramirez Espresso}}.(([[https://web.archive.org/web/20160106004516/http://hansacoffee.com/shop/axanar-ramirez/|Archive.org snapshot of AxanarCoffee.com]], 1/6/16.))
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 +==== Autographed Photos ====
 +
 +In late April 2016, five autographed 8"x10" photos of some of the cast of Prelude to Axanar were made available on the donor store, including Richard Hatch, Gary Graham, Kate Vernon, JG Hertzler, and Tony Todd.  They are all listed at $20 except for the photo of Tony Todd which is listed at $25.  Also, a pack of all five autographed photos is listed at $100.  The images of Richard Hatch (as Commander Kharn), Gary Graham (as Ambassador Soval), and JG Hertzler (as Captain Travis) are the same as those included in the Amended Complaint filed April 11, 2016.
 +
 ==== Patches ==== ==== Patches ====
  
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   * A //Set of all 3 Embroidered Patches/Prelude to Axanar// is also available at the donor store for $22 which includes the //Ares Class Development Patch//, //Fifth Fleet Embroidered Patch// and //Embroidered USS Ares Shoulder Patch//.   * A //Set of all 3 Embroidered Patches/Prelude to Axanar// is also available at the donor store for $22 which includes the //Ares Class Development Patch//, //Fifth Fleet Embroidered Patch// and //Embroidered USS Ares Shoulder Patch//.
 ==== Models ==== ==== Models ====
 +{{::donor-store-2.jpg|}}
  
-Klingon and Starfleet ships featured in //Prelude to Axanar//.+From the Ares Digital Axanar Donor Store: Klingon and Starfleet ships featured in //Prelude to Axanar//.
  
 Scale Model Kits: Scale Model Kits:
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   * Metal Minis: 1/3,125 scale Xenophon miniature kit for $12   * Metal Minis: 1/3,125 scale Xenophon miniature kit for $12
   * Metal Minis: 1/3,125 scale Magellan miniature kit for $10   * Metal Minis: 1/3,125 scale Magellan miniature kit for $10
 +  * Metal Minis: 1/3,125 scale Shuttle (set of 3) minature kit for $10
  
 ==== Books ==== ==== Books ====
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 > I cannot tell you all how excited I am to present to you a project that you will all love. "Axanar: The Four Years War Anthology." A collection of 6 short stories, one on each character in //Prelude to Axanar,// written by current Star Trek authors and NY Times best-selling scifi authors.((Peters named several of these authors, including James Swallow, in his Axanar podcast, as cited in this [[http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/axanar-anthology.263674/page-2#post-10651696|TrekBBS post]].)) The stories will be set during the time of the war and help inform each character who you will see in //Axanar.//(([[face>photo.php?fbid=10152496417732130&set=gm.397168090459361&type=1&theater|Facebook post by Alec Peters, 1/24/15]])) (({{::peters-books.jpg?linkonly|View Facebook screenshot}}.)) > I cannot tell you all how excited I am to present to you a project that you will all love. "Axanar: The Four Years War Anthology." A collection of 6 short stories, one on each character in //Prelude to Axanar,// written by current Star Trek authors and NY Times best-selling scifi authors.((Peters named several of these authors, including James Swallow, in his Axanar podcast, as cited in this [[http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/axanar-anthology.263674/page-2#post-10651696|TrekBBS post]].)) The stories will be set during the time of the war and help inform each character who you will see in //Axanar.//(([[face>photo.php?fbid=10152496417732130&set=gm.397168090459361&type=1&theater|Facebook post by Alec Peters, 1/24/15]])) (({{::peters-books.jpg?linkonly|View Facebook screenshot}}.))
  
-However, not all those authors are committed to the project. One, [[amzn>215SsO7|James Swallow]] ("Star Trek: Titan"), disavowed Peters' claims((Peters' claim was made on the Trek.fm Official Axanar podcast and cited on this [[http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/axanar-anthology.263674/page-2#post-10651696|TrekBBS post]])) that he was writing one of the anthology stories.+However, not all those authors remain committed to the project. One, [[amzn>215SsO7|James Swallow]] ("Star Trek: Titan"), disavowed Peters' claims((Peters' claim was made on the Trek.fm Official Axanar podcast and cited in this [[http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/axanar-anthology.263674/page-2#post-10651696|TrekBBS post]])) that he was writing one of the anthology stories.
  
 > To clarify this point: I was approached to write a story for a Four Years War anthology, but as <wrap hi>the project was an unlicensed work not approved by CBS or Pocket Books</wrap>, I declined.(([[http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/latest-acquisition.192574/page-24#post-11475303|James Swallow post on TrekBBS]], 2/20/16.)) <wrap lo>[emphasis added]</wrap> > To clarify this point: I was approached to write a story for a Four Years War anthology, but as <wrap hi>the project was an unlicensed work not approved by CBS or Pocket Books</wrap>, I declined.(([[http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/latest-acquisition.192574/page-24#post-11475303|James Swallow post on TrekBBS]], 2/20/16.)) <wrap lo>[emphasis added]</wrap>
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 ===== Ares Digital ===== ===== Ares Digital =====
 {{::ares-digital-login.jpg|}} {{::ares-digital-login.jpg|}}
 +<wrap lo>//See also: [[ares_digital_update|Axanar Scrambles to Ship Perks]]// and [[new_ares_digital|Axanar Launches New Fulfillment Platform]]</wrap>
  
 [[https://ares.digital/index.html|Ares Digital]] is a for-profit company created by Axanar Productions to process and ship merchandise (known as "perks") to donors of any project's Kickstarter, Indiegogo and private donation campaigns. Ares operates a [[https://ares.digital|fulfillment website]], including the Donor Store, on behalf of Axanar. [[https://ares.digital/index.html|Ares Digital]] is a for-profit company created by Axanar Productions to process and ship merchandise (known as "perks") to donors of any project's Kickstarter, Indiegogo and private donation campaigns. Ares operates a [[https://ares.digital|fulfillment website]], including the Donor Store, on behalf of Axanar.
  
-[[Terry McIntosh]] made the following statement about the funding of Ares Digital+[[Terry McIntosh]] made the following statement about the funding of Ares Digital on March 9, 2016 
 + 
 +> I cannot speak for anything else -- not my department -- except for Ares Digital.  NO DONOR FUNDS have been spent on Ares Digital.  I've paid for any expenses out of my own pocket, including hours and hours of my time to create it, server, software, and co-location costs, and the data pipe/bandwidth costs, which are a recurring expense. Period.(({{::12814432_1561880374124383_5289494103590369278_n.jpg?linkonly|View screenshot}} of Terry McIntosh's Facebook comment, retrieved 3/9/16)) 
 + 
 +With his [[terry_mcintosh|resignation]] in May 2016, McIntosh said that completion of the Ares Digital platform was halted. Axanar fulfillment director Diana Kingsbury announced in June 2016 that the software would [[ares_digital_update#new solutions, old problems|soon be defunct]], replaced by something new being [[ares_digital_update#starting from scratch|created from scratch]] by a "new tech team."
  
-> I cannot speak for anything else -- not my department -- except for Ares Digital.  NO DONOR FUNDS have been spent on Ares Digital.  I've paid for any expenses out of my own pocket, including hours and hours of my time to create it, server, software, and co-location costs, and the data pipe/bandwidth costs, which are a recurring expense.. Period.(({{::12814432_1561880374124383_5289494103590369278_n.jpg?linkonly|View screenshot}} of Terry McIntosh's Facebook comment, retrieved 3/10/16))+In September 2016, Axanar announced the launch of "[[new_ares_digital|Ares Digital 2.0,]]" which was built by its new chief technologist, Bill Watters.
 ==== Perks ==== ==== Perks ====
-List from Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns. 
  
 +**AxaMonitor**'s [[perks|analysis]] lists all the perks that were offered by the Axanar Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns, with the small subset of rewards that have actually been manufactured but whose [[ares_digital_update|delivery has been delayed]] for two years.
 ==== Donor Store ==== ==== Donor Store ====
 +{{::donor-store.jpg|}}
  
 Axanar's Donor Store is behind a [[https://axanar.ares.digital|password-protected paywall]], accessible only to people who contributed to the production's Kickstarter or Indiegogo [[crowdfunding platforms|crowdfunding campaigns]], or via direct donation. Axanar's Donor Store is behind a [[https://axanar.ares.digital|password-protected paywall]], accessible only to people who contributed to the production's Kickstarter or Indiegogo [[crowdfunding platforms|crowdfunding campaigns]], or via direct donation.
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 [{{ ::60dollardonation.jpg?250|**FOR $60**, "retroactive donors" get a Blu-ray of //Prelude to Axanar// and other merchandise.}}] [{{ ::60dollardonation.jpg?250|**FOR $60**, "retroactive donors" get a Blu-ray of //Prelude to Axanar// and other merchandise.}}]
  
-Some time after the [[lawsuit]] was filed, Axanar's ongoing Indiegogo campaign suspended, but the production has continued to ask for donations on its main website and Ares Digital portal. As of this writing,((Written 2/17/16)) Axanar continued to accept donations, with $10 offering entry to the Donor Store, where contributors can purchase additional merchandise, with proceeds going to the production.+Some time after the [[lawsuit]] was filed, Axanar's ongoing Indiegogo campaign was suspended, but the production has continued to solicit donations on its main website and Ares Digital portal. As of this writing,((Written 2/17/16)) Axanar continued to accept donations, with $10 offering entry to the Donor Store, where contributors can purchase additional merchandise, with proceeds going to the production.
  
 === Retroactive Donation Packages === === Retroactive Donation Packages ===
  
-[[http://www.axanarproductions.com/donate/retroactive-donor-packages/#!/Prelude-to-Axanar-Retroactive-Donor-Packages/c/11039150/inview=product43195647&offset=0&sort=normal|"Retroactive Donor Packages"]] for the already completed //Prelude to Axanar// continued to be advertised on the main website, bundled sets of merchandise, as well as the $10 donation to access Ares Digital.+[[http://www.axanarproductions.com/donate/retroactive-donor-packages/#!/Prelude-to-Axanar-Retroactive-Donor-Packages/c/11039150/inview=product43195647&offset=0&sort=normal|"Retroactive Donor Packages"]] for the already completed //Prelude to Axanar// continued to be advertised on the main website. They are bundled sets of merchandise, accessible for purchase after the $10 donation to access Ares Digital.
  
 The packages offer //Prelude// DVDs, Blu-rays, soundtrack CDs, patches, posters and other merchandise. The packages offer //Prelude// DVDs, Blu-rays, soundtrack CDs, patches, posters and other merchandise.
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 Buried in a Facebook thread on another topic, Axanar staffer Terry McIntosh warned donors the [[lawsuit]] and increased international postal rates may prevent creating and shipping supporters their promised merchandise: Buried in a Facebook thread on another topic, Axanar staffer Terry McIntosh warned donors the [[lawsuit]] and increased international postal rates may prevent creating and shipping supporters their promised merchandise:
  
-> {{::terry.jpg?nolink |}} **Terry McIntosh** \\ Almost forgot to mention this, as I had intended.<wrap hi> It is highly unlikely that we're going to be doing multiple or partial shipments of perks for the feature round,</wrap> save perhaps sending out patches (since those can be included in a standard letter envelope and don't require more than a stamp). The price of postage, especially with the recent and significant increase in international postage, just make that cost-prohibitive and we learned a very painful lesson on that with Prelude to Axanar's perks that we won't be repeating.. \\ \\ <wrap hi>If there is 'good news' with the litigation, then we'll proceed with creating the film and then all of the other perks can, of course, be made from it. If there is not 'good news' ...</wrap> but with that said, we're choosing to remain very optimistic.((Retrieved from screenshot at [[face>groups/556229697833050/permalink/808956642560353/|Starfleet Headquarters Intelligence Taskforce (closed group), 2/9/12]].)) (({{::terry-shipping-post.jpg?linkonly|View Facebook screenshot.}})) <wrap lo>[emphasis added]</wrap>+> {{::terry.jpg?nolink |}} **Terry McIntosh** \\ Almost forgot to mention this, as I had intended.<wrap hi> It is highly unlikely that we're going to be doing multiple or partial shipments of perks for the feature round,</wrap> save perhaps sending out patches (since those can be included in a standard letter envelope and don't require more than a stamp). The price of postage, especially with the recent and significant increase in international postage, just make that cost-prohibitive and we learned a very painful lesson on that with Prelude to Axanar's perks that we won't be repeating. \\ \\ <wrap hi>If there is 'good news' with the litigation, then we'll proceed with creating the film and then all of the other perks can, of course, be made from it. If there is not 'good news' ...</wrap> but with that said, we're choosing to remain very optimistic.((Retrieved from screenshot at [[face>groups/556229697833050/permalink/808956642560353/|Starfleet Headquarters Intelligence Taskforce (closed group), 2/9/12]].)) (({{::terry-shipping-post.jpg?linkonly|View Facebook screenshot.}})) <wrap lo>[emphasis added]</wrap>