I suppose I should take some time to talk about this set and what my tentative plans for it are.
I'm sure everyone has noticed, but basically everyone and their mother has designed a GMK keyset in the last couple months. There are a lot of big names with some really anticipated sets (Oblotzky's Space Cadet adaptation, for example) and I'm just not confident in Heisei's ability to hit MOQ if it were to run (against Forge, Necro, Hyperfuse Origins, Taro) at this time.
Now, this shouldn't change much because I always intended on getting this on track in the later half of 2018 -- however I think what I'll do pretty soon here is put out a new interest check form with a bit more solid information as well as including the proper title. Looking at my 9009 R2 base set, I'm pretty pleased with the kit so I think I'll work to get the Heisei base to somewhat match and then start communication with GMK to get realistic numbers on price.
Here's where this might get a bit controversial so I'll try to make this as clear as possible right off the bat;
I will not be creating any specialty kits. That's right: no novelties, no hiragana only, no ortho/40%/DC. I'm determined to have this set run and in basically every group buy I've witnessed (outside of MD, and let's be honest, specialty kits struggle there too) the specialty kits almost never hit MOQ. Compound all that with GMK prices increasing to reflect the changing USD/EUR exchange rate, it makes justifying this set even more difficult.
I'm confident this set can and will happen, but I want to make sure it's run with the best timing possible, the best pricing possible, and with my full attention.
That's all I got for now. Feel free to ask questions/voice concerns and I'll answer/respond as best as I can.
P.S. I'm working on a nicer representation of the kit with Photoshop. Soon (TM).