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Here's a cool new feature added to SSV...Forum Views! Here is a quick video demonstration of how this works. Traditional View - This is the forum view you're most used to. This is the default view, which makes browsing forums easy. I also find it easier to create new forum threads in this view. Grid View - This shows each of the forums in a nice grid with pictures. Not my favorite, but it looks nice. Dynamic View - This is a great way to keep up with what's new in the forums. It shows the latest threads and comments. You can filter it to show only the forums you like to read. Hopefully, folks will enjoy these new options and don't find it too confusing. If we don't like it, I can easily remove the forum view options and go back to what we had.

Howdy All. All kinds of things happening behind the curtain. Most of it is admin/techy stuff and troubleshooting. But I did make a nice improvement to our SSV Supporter system and simplified the process! We now have 1 screen that shows all of the subscription options for SSV Patrons. You can only have 1 active subscription active at one time and this will easily manage that. You'll have the option of switching between plans, which is much easier with this new system. Updating and renewing is also easy to find without having to dig through menus. You can find the subscriptions or manage your subscriptions under the Support SSV tab in the navigation bar. You can also manage your subscriptions in the pulldown menu in the upper right corner of the website (next to your avatar). It's located under the Settings section and called Manage Subscriptions. On your profile page, you'll see a new block in the left column showing your supporter status, which is a nice touch. I've also changed the Supporter tiers a bit. The standard supporter level remains at $10/yr and that works pretty well. We have a handful of folks who choose to support SSV on a monthly basis of $5/month at the gold level. We also had a silver level at $3/month, which was a complete flop. I had several folks want to support SSV a bit more, but the jump from $10/year for the SSV Patron to $60/year for SSV Gold Patron pretty steep. So I changed the Silver level from $3/month to $20/YEAR instead. So I figured the $20/year easier to digest. All options now offer Paypal or Stripe to process payment and offers handy recurring payment. Payment info isn't stored on SSV for securtity reasons and payment processing is taken care of by either Paypal or Stripe. Anyway, the new system should be a bit easier to manage. Everything seemed to go well during the conversion. But if you see anything strange or you need help switching between plans, please let me know. I'm happy to help. Again, thank you for your continued support! I greatly appreciate it!

Finish I've chosen is a polyurethane hand rubbed finish which I applied to this toy and the others posted earlier.