hey there, everyone! I have some exciting news to share with you guys today!
if any of you supported my flying friends pintopia project this year, you'll know that quite a few people had asked if i'd have extra batpacks available as add-ons! i didnt want to promise anything at the time, since i wasnt sure what the timeline was gonna be on me receiving extra batpacks! but, GREAT NEWS:
extra batpacks have FINALLY started to arrive!! 🦇❤️
so, what does this mean for you guys?
i would love to now offer original series batpacks as add-ons through the upcoming pre-order store for flying friends! this means that you'll be able to use the pre-order store to purchase an original series batpack even if you didn't support my pintopia campaign this year!
there IS one big catch, though: because these batpacks will be sent out to you guys from here in canada, as opposed to my stateside fulfillment company for the original batpack project, US customers will need to pay tariff fees if you order from the flying friends pre-order store.
so, if you're a customer in the US & you don't mind waiting for a bit, i'd recommend waiting and snagging an original batpack during my series 2 batpack campaign in may, which will be fulfilled by the same fulfillment company as the original campaign!
the tradeoff for this, however, is that i only plan on restocking the most popular series 1 designs in may, in order to focus on the series 2 ones -- so some of the original designs won't be available in may at all. this is all good information to keep in mind!
i also know all the fulfillment specifics can be a little confusing -- i'm sure some of you are wondering why i even had the leftover batpacks sent to me at all! the truth is that i'd love to be able to sell the batpacks wholesale & consignment wise up here and canada, and id love to bring them to conventions with me & to have them in my online store; all of that means i need to keep at least some of my stock up here in canada with me. plus, in order to offer them as add-ons during my pintopia campaigns, i need to have them here as well!
maybe in the future i'll end up consolidating things a bit more, but this is kinda where things are at for now. i hope that makes sense!
for now, the pre-order store for flying friends won't be opening for another week or so. (maybe a bit earlier, we'll see!) once it's live, i'll push another update to you guys in case you wanna snag a batpack (or anything else available in the pre-order store) -- just be prepared for those 33.3% tariff fees 😭
that's all for now! we're still working on series 2 batpack samples, so i dont have an update for you guys on that quite yet. hopefully we'll have some pics by the end of the month!
