Hello folks - great news!! The pins have FINALLY ARRIVED. I had a chance to check them all out very briefly - majority thankfully seem to be great (I have yet to go through every single pin, however, so am unsure about flaw rates). There are, though, some unfortunate issues. I apologize in advance - this is a VERY wordy update, but there are photos of all the pins, including the glow, at the end!

A quick reminder as well - the HOLOday ready-to-ship event is currently live - and I've just updated it with PLUSHIES! Click here to check it out - I am cross collaborating again as well, and you'll get 2 freebie stickers for backing mine & my cross collab partner's campaign; return backers will be getting a 2-pin b grade mystery pack as well!
 

Our little froggy friend is...not so little. Despite the proof stating that he was to be 1.5" wide, the factory instead made him 2" wide...meaning he is LORGE. This might not always be a bad thing, but because I wanted these pins to be roughly proportional, he looks a little...out of place.

I have asked for a full remake - however, if you like the lorge boi Frederico, I will be happy to swap that pin out for you at no additional charge. All the other animals came out looking adorable - I think that Reginald the mouse is my favorite, though the galaxy holo glitter black kitty is a close second!

The potions all look great, however the white and pink potions, which were supposed to be chrome plated, did NOT end up chrome plated. This is a mixture of an oversight on my part (I did approve proofs stating dyed metal, but both pins on the invoice stated chrome metal & I was charged for it...so I am negotiating a paid remake of these, minus the mold fees and chrome plating fees, to be sent along with the froggy & other remakes). The feathers potion needing WHITE tinted translucent enamel seemed to elude the factory as well so it's just...fully clear enamel over rainbow. If you all are happy with this, I think it honestly looks fine, and will not be as nit-picky here. The feathers are half-raised metal and look pretty neat beneath the clear!

The rainbow witch hat used the entirely wrong glitter - and like, the tiniest amount possible of it. I think it looks more like a mistake than anything - and nothing like what I intended (a finer mica-type powder one of my manus called diamond dust). This may be another case of me being too picky, but I intend to receive a full remake of these with the correct glitters, because I'm really not a fan of the glitter they have in there. It's so sparse that it's nearly impossible to catch on camera, tbh (which is part of why I didn't clock it when I was sent update photos). It just looks bad to me, and I really would like all my pins to be something that I am happy with so I feel better selling them to all of you!

Finally, the biggest issue other than the frog and rainbow hat is the white cats - both of them, unfortunately, are basically 100% flawed. The glitter they used is apparently contaminated with other glitters, and that is GLARINGLY obvious on a white pin. I did inspect the other glittery pins, and it appears that many of them have a few differently colored glitters here and there, but it doens't show up unless they are closely inspected due to not being against a white background. 
If the manu agrees to a remake as they should, but cannot guarantee this won't be an issue again, my plan is to swap to just plain hard enamel - OR pearlescent enamel for the white areas. I've attached a poll below for you all to vote on in the case I need to make this decision.  

The glow for some of the pins (namely the freebie space bottle and the white hat cat) are either a bit messy or are missing things like stars...unsure why, but that is a bit more minor. If al lot of pins have issues like this when I check for b grades I will ask for additional remakes of those. 

Feel free to let me know all your thoughts on these pins though! I will hopefully have updates regarding shipping out soon - if you have any questions, comments, concerns, etc., feel free to reach out as usual to my e-mail ([email protected]), through any of my social media, or through my discord! I am trying to be more present online now that events are winding down, and as ALWAYS thank you all so much for your patience with all the bumps and hiccups this time.