Hey Caretakers, Thank you for your patience. I seem to have bad luck when it comes to manufacturers becuase its always just another thing.... Anyways as you know, we've moved to a new manufacturer (the ones doing our keychain plushes), in an effort to save costs (even before tariffs but even more importantly so now). That was going alright, and I thought things were shaping up to the point where payment for production was submitted and was switching teams to coordinating with production staff. Turns out, person I was coordinating with, is no longer with them, and there were a few things that we've gone back and forth on emails that just never made it to the production staff — like confusion on the dragon turtles green, and the need to produce purple owlbears -_-. Ideally, I was hoping to have all this product fulfilled and by or before GenCon, but it's likely it'll only begin its freight journey in July/August. Im currently working the missing/issue items with my new rep, esp since ive already put down payment for production, and manufacturing has begun on our other items (which are all shipping together). ---------- New Items in Backerkit, I've added everything that is being produced in this project's backerkit (which was a little bit of a pain, since i changed my pin numbering since, and so i had to check every single item to make sure they were updated and correct and didnt accidentally delete anything). But now we have the Keychain Plushes, new Dragon Turtle and Phoenix plushes, and all of the pins that were shown off. (for those who just backed for a non-purple owlbear and/or just pins, after we collect shipping we'll start fulfilling these ASAP, since the product is on-hand and you're not waiting for anything.
Shipping added When we first invited you to backerkit, we turned off shipping, as at the time we had no idea what costs might have evolved into at the time. It has now since been added. SURVEY /ADDON LOCK will happen June 30th And CARDS WILL BE CHARGED JULY 12th!
If you have any questions id be happy to answer, and also I apologize for not getting to your comments. I wish backerkit would send me an email right as they happen so I can see them more visibly, but for some reason (as compared to Kickstarter) they are just harder to find/have visibility on and i apologize for now responding to any remarks as soon as possible.
I really did not expect this project to run as long as it currently has, but at least the finish line is in sight (assuming the Trump administration doesn't do anything else stupid). Thanks for bearing with me,
Andreas
Also, since I have you, we have begun work on the 2026 calendar (illustrated by Koit Paales, who did soo many of our pin artwork), which will be themed on video game nostalgia (each year we feature a new artist and explore a fun theme. We will probably be launching this campaign in August, so production can begin in October and allow early fulfillment in November. You can follow the campaign here!
