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Long time lurker, first time poster. I came into this kickstarter via the late pledge in Gameontabletop and so cannot respond on the kickstarter page itself, but have posted on Gameontabletop. I saw all the warnings, went all in (including the dragon and shela the paladin) because Paizo was backing it.
I've seen people asking how many miniatures have people gotten, since the average is implied at 12 miniatures. I actually received 25 total, with most being repeats (first group in July and then a second in October). Therefore, you can probably deduce that many others, randomly, got more than 12 miniatures. I'm in the US and a late pledge and got more than most who were right there via the kickstarter way earlier than me and some were all-in pledges. I can't explain how they chose who got what, it makes no sense to me, but clearly they only sent out miniatures to US backers.
Also, many who have gotten miniatures, being angry, have been a bit too critical of the miniatures in my opinion. Many forget these are resin and not plastic, therefore they are brittle and can easily break. In what ND sent me, I received miniatures of the iconic minis that Paizo has been selling along with new ones that were exclusive to the kickstarter. The new ones are equal in quality of detail to those iconic ones on sale before the kickstarter went live. They are very good in my opinion. However, being resin, some did arrive with weapons or staves broken. Others, once on a base showed to be bent and had to be heated to bend them back to stand straight. A small group, six total, came shiny and/or sticky; these may not be usable. The only truly piece of rubbish ND has sent me are the bases. First the slotted type and then flat discs that if you glued three together would equal the thickness of a standard base.
Based on everything I've read, I count myself very lucky to have received what I have gotten and also feel bad for the vast majority who have gotten nothing. Based on the quality of what I've gotten, I truly hope that Paizo and ND can find a way to send out the miniatures to everyone; their quality lives up to what was promised in my opinion. For some it may be cathartic to trash the quality of the miniatures they got since it appears no more will come, but I hope the rest do come based on what I've seen so far. Don't get me wrong, I'm really angry about all this, but not giving up hope yet. Many will say, "sure that's easy for you to say, since you got something." That's probably true, hard for me to say how I'd be if I'd have gotten nothing.
Clearly ND screwed up, leaning toward the criminal in how funds were allocated in my opinion. Their pie chart for this kickstarter is not accurate, since they did not include the amount made via the late pledge, which bumped their total over $600K.
Hope the information above is of help in deducing who got what and the quality of what has been delivered. Also, please don't think I'm trying to defend Ninja Division. I'm not, just providing information on what I have gotten. If someone here wants to post this in the Kickstarter, I'm okay with that, since my response is actually responding to questions first posted there.