I also refunded the paw campaign shipping for those whose orders I combined, if I combined yours but you think I missed your shipping refund please let me know via email t...
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Midnight Springs
8 days ago
Final fulfillment stretch
Hey everyone,
I didn't manage to get everything out before July because I always jinx myself when I set specific timeframe goals; I wound up with a really bad infection pre...
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Midnight Springs
27 days ago
Quick update!!
Just a super quick update: I finally got the last remakes today and they're great! I can start shipping again and they should FINALLY be all fulfilled by end of this month. S...
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Midnight Springs
about 2 months ago
Last progress update *before Colossalcon*
Hi! This update will be bulleted to keep it concise-ish:
• I got out as many more packages before Colossalcon as I could!! That was about a dozen, I had some pending septum p...
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Midnight Springs
2 months ago
Those catmoth-and-no-machine-2 packages are all out! And...Upsetting remake update.
As the title says. The upsetting update is that all of the Abduction remakes have GLITTER in them instead of glowing. Genuinely can't believe this. To make it more clear how ...
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Midnight Springs
2 months ago
Spring update (remakes are STILL not done, I am constantly asking for updates)
Hello to the 98/148 of you who fulfilled your surveys but have not yet received your packages (and the 50 of you who have received them):
I saw some confusion under my last...
I also refunded the paw campaign shipping for those whose orders I combined, if I combined yours but you think I missed your shipping refund please let me know via email to [email protected]and I will check!
Now that this campaign is fully, and FINALLY, wrapped up - I will not be coming back to check on any comments/discussion posts left on here. The notification system is jank so previously I was having to come back regularly to see if anything new was posted (this is the case with all campaigns...). So please do email me if you have questions/comments/concerns. That's not to say you can't or shouldn't say anything here! Just that for whatever reason... I am unlikely to be notified of it.
As I was fulfilling these last orders, I was hit in the gut with the realization some of them should have gone out in the FIRST wave months ago, because they fit all criteria to be sorted into that segment (no "wood" or machine 2 spins, or catmoths) yet the system didn't put those pledges in it. It was 3 people and I feel terrible about it. I double-checked the pledges and there's no explanation for why they were excluded.
This sort of error has happened to me before with backerkit's pledge manager, where pledges that fully fall under the search filter still somehow don't get sorted correctly... So if (hopefully not!!!) a future campaign has enough road blocks to where something like this happens again, I will more thoroughly check to make sure everything is included that should be. This is also a slight plea that if you think something is particularly wrong or not as I've been communicating, to please reach out to me (via the email above) to figure out what's up. I am never intentionally misleading, but always exhausted with bad brain fog and may miss things, so if something is wonky I will need it pointed out to me to be able to address it.
The receipt with tracking for all 53 packages today is longer than a CVS receipt!
Just a super quick update: I finally got the last remakes today and they're great! I can start shipping again and they should FINALLY be all fulfilled by end of this month. Some of you still pending are combined with fulfillable paw pledges so I've been gradually tackling those and refunding the excess shipping charge as I do.
Since I have to hop into overdrive on this I don't think I'll have my shop reopened at all before Tekko but that's okay.
I didn't manage to get everything out before July because I always jinx myself when I set specific timeframe goals; I wound up with a really bad infection pretty much out of the blue and for nearly 3 weeks it was just ruining my life. I finally got rx meds for it (vs otc) a week ago, and those have been sedating me really bad (but they're working!). I got 25 more orders sent out yesterday and now that my infection seems to be mostly gone and my course of meds is empty, I should be able to get everything else physically shipped out on Friday, after packing incrementally throughout this upcoming week.
Jinx or not, it has to be Friday at the latest because I have an event that weekend (Oddities & Curiosities in Detroit) and everyone remaining has been waiting long enough. So it will be done.
Fulfillment of these last orders is kind of at random; I'm not going in any particular order now, so about 20 combined already sent from before Colossalcon as well as in this recent batch included cat paws (and the extra shipping for those was refunded).
I truly wish this hadn't taken so long but I am doing my best. Thank you so much for waiting and I hope you all receive your pins soon if you have not already. 🖤
Hi! This update will be bulleted to keep it concise-ish:
I got out as many more packages before Colossalcon as I could!! That was about a dozen, I had some pending septum preorder packages I had to fulfill too and unfortunately with all of that included, I hit my physical limit quicker than anticipated. They're officially going out tomorrow, because I wasn't able to get out of the house until we head out to set up for the con tomorrow afternoon.
This puts us at only 78 left to fulfill.
I actually found more standard grade Abduction at the bottom of the box of sorted pins (they slipped out of the bag), so I had over 30. (Meaning almost another 20 can go out after the con!)
I have closed this campaign on the pledge manager, what that means is just that no one who still hasn't filled out the survey/paid shipping can do so. Basically: if you neglected to make sure you'll get your rewards from this by now...you will not. I can't keep the door open indefinitely. Everyone else is totally unaffected by me doing this!
The result of confronting the manu about the glittery ones: REMAKES WILL BE PRODUCED (again). Caps for emphasis of my relief. I'm so glad they agreed. I've already been sent proof of them glowing this time.
All machine 2 spins for this campaign (and paws) have the new, correct Wood - this should be clear by now but I want to reiterate.
ALL machine 1 and 2 spins AND the individual choice ones are set aside and were quadruple counted. I added a few extra just to be cautious.
My gacha machines will be at the con as originally hoped, but the difference is that Abduction in the machines will be the glittery one...and the Wood one will be the first iteration (as I mentioned before). I also, due to the sheer volume of seconds grades, only have about half the stock for machines compared to what I anticipated I would.
Moth seconds pin grab bags are available with my Monster Girls campaign (live now)! I have...a lot... but the ones I've listed are going pretty fast! May have to add more.
In his own Early Summerween campaign, my fiance has a moth as his freebie for 5+ pin pledges (the moth mold is a collab between us, hence the backstamp - but all of the designs from this campaign were solely mine except Wood) or also available as a separate add-on, in case anyone is interested!
You and the paws campaign backers SOLD ME OUT OF PILLS!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! 😭 I am so grateful!! The only ones I have left are red nebula, constellation, and r18 (and that's because more of those were made than the others...regretting that lol). The ones still needing to go out are set aside with the rest!!
Will update again in a few weeks if I have more news!! Otherwise, I will continue quietly sending out rewards as I can!
As the title says. The upsetting update is that all of the Abduction remakes have GLITTER in them instead of glowing. Genuinely can't believe this. To make it more clear how big of a deal this is, 73 orders pending have Abduction in them and I only have around 20 that aren't seconds pins (that are made the right way). This....is seriously insane. Genuinely can't believe it.
I haven't actually graded these remakes yet, just peeked at them, that will take me another day or 2 of doing that then attempting to negotiate for any other problems... I don't even know how long they've been done, I've been bugging the guy weekly but he only finally said last weekend (they shipped really fast), when I reached out, that they were finished. He also constantly leaves me on read now, I guess he's feeling as done with me as I feel with him. So I'm really nervous about the outcome here and will keep you updated.
I will have to pay shipping yet again if he sends me more remakes...I'm positive I was ripped off on purpose as this package was $65 and a pound of bubblewrap for no reason. I haven't been sent a tariff bill yet. That I might have to pay them twice for these remakes is very distressing.
Also, I now FINALLY have glitter laminate sticker sheets without any kind of peeling/lifting issues so those can now be fulfilled without incident. This was the 4th total time having those sheets remade. 😣
Once all remakes are sorted, those last orders sans 50+ Abduction-inclusive ones can begin going out....
At least wood is now made correctly. 🥴
Thanks for your patience. This is really upsetting for me as I truly just wanted this to be the last hurdle to getting everything out.
