No new pictures this time, sorry y'all. But I do have info for backers!

As of today manufacturing will officially be underway! 900 plush total are being made split a variety of ways between the 4 colors (black, trans pride, and gnoll as new, + a reorder of grey because we were really low.) The first steps are a combination of safety testing and getting tags printed and cut. At this time I'm anticipating a full 4 month delay instead of 3 months however, simply due to the tariff circus. Recent weeks have revealed just how difficult it is going to be to get stuff in to the country.

We had to go fully for unstuffed plush due to the jump in shipping costs. Stuff has gotten seriously insane for anything of significant volume (more so amount of space taken than overall weight.) That means I will be putting in significant labor once those plush arrive to stuff and sew them.

I have handled a backlog of stuffing triple the number of plush for the whole backerkit so this won't be an area of inexperience, but doing that triple amount was a nightmare. I have a fortunate solution that will he talked about more below!

Stickers and non-custom shape name tags (default and blank) went in to production, got completed, and landed stateside. They will be arriving with me soon for photos!

On the bright side, we have an industrial stuffing machine that just landed stateside and we're just waiting for it to arrive via freight, so we have several months to get experienced with it before the plush arrive! These machines shoot stuffing at high pressure. Think a build-a-bear machine on steroids, basically. This will speed up stuffing the head and limbs of these plush massively. The body cavity itself will still be faster to stuff completely by hand, but it is also wide enough that there is no challenge to stuffing them at all, where as the face and limbs are rather difficult to manage fully by hand.

I was not able to swing an out of pocket Udon. We're expanding sorely needed storage and getting our own dedicated cargo vehicle instead. Lairbrew changed from my fun lil project shop that kept enough money in my pocket for chicken treats in to a full time job last year. I'm still adapting how we do things around my disabilities. Most could build up to these changes over time but our needs evolved too rapidly for that approach.

That is all I have for now, I will be back with another update when I have photos or a meaty info dump!

This campaign is a newer one in the lineup but might be launching in the place of our Deadweights campaign. It will depend on the prototyping process for Deadweights- we only have 1 completed prototype so far. Meanwhile for Cauldron of Cryptids we already have 2: Mothman and the Fresno Nightcrawler. There's several other designs that will be stretch goals, so if you like cryptids and are in to the idea of helping me release plush that don't cost so much to obtain I hope you'll follow the project over here!

This campaign will have something for pin and plush lovers, so please consider following the project! A strong start means more designs for everyone in the end, so it is much appreciated. The initial line includes 7 designs, and there are many surprises in store if it happens to be more successful than that. Here's an incomplete prototype of Switchblade the Dead or Alive Cat:

His final prototype is a good hugging size and weighs in at about 2lbs thanks to weighted beads in his tail tip and paws!

This time we'll have more of a pin focus that will appeal to animal lovers, especially those of you with a fondness for carnivores both past, present, and fantastical! But our 3 most popular Premium Cut bags will also be a part of it, so please check it out to see everything we're expecting to release!

Kobolds are our bread-and-butter plush. They are the design that holds all the weirder ones I like to do out of pocket on their backs, and I am constantly getting asked for different varieties from color changes to themes. I could never afford to make all the things people ask for or that I think of, but I want to give them all a fair shot someday. That is where KOBOLDS - Plush after your 5 gold! comes in. The date and scale is currently undetermined, but if you love these little guys and are interested in getting some novel additions to your hoard that are likely to be one time production runs then it won't hurt to follow the teaser page!

Here are some very early, not finalized examples: albino, copper, and gelatinous kubeold