Hey all, so they've finished the fish early because it's just dyed metal, but because of the chrome plating for some of the moth designs those are still not done and pretty much guaranteed to be charged tariffs upon landing stateside.

I don't know what value he will declare it at so I don't know what to expect. And he just doxxed a customer he considers a scammer on social media yesterday. 🫠 full address and everything. So I am...being very cautious about how I speak to him right now and what questions I'm asking...not that I am or have ever been a scammer, and I'm not mean to him or any other reps. But at this point I am a little afraid of him after he pulled that stunt yesterday as he said to someone else that he doesn't care that it's illegal elsewhere to doxx people.

The current plan for Colossalcon stock specifically is that I will have seconds paws there available, but moths and all other collections will be in the machines as standards only. This is of course after all remaining orders have all of their items set aside and safely reserved (aside from the few I can't fulfill yet because of necessary remakes), something I'm almost done doing.

I don't know yet if I'll need help dealing with the tariffs if they arrive before Colossal, but right now other than reserved shipping for you I am running on empty so it is likely.

BK is working on a feature for all future (American, possibly worldwide) projects where tariffs will be added as a separate line item during the surveys in addition to shipping. So while this sucks and I hate to put it on other people, it's better for everyone than having to do something outrageous like a 200%+ buffer for each campaign goal/stretch, because of needing additional buffers for non-payer pledges and the tariff amount constantly fluctuating. It will be applied to the monster girls campaign next month if all goes well!

The catmoths are here!

 

I am mostly through grading them and they look good. In particular, the print is incredible! Especially the black on black wings, it's only visible when the light hits it and is exactly what I wanted, the perfect subtle texture.

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Sorry for the brief advertisement, all fulfillment updates are below for backers only - but this is a reminder that late May will be my monster girl pin collection as a part of Early Summerween!

We are still moving ahead with this despite the economic uncertainty, a ton of planning went into this group project. Since we have 5 members, instead of cross-collabs we are offering a 5-pin freebie set to anyone who backs all 5 for at least 1 campaign pin each. Here is the list of all participants if you want to give anyone a follow!

(Also, this is my fiance's first solo pin project so it would be amazing if people would vote on his unlock order poll - thank you!)

Backer fulfillment update below: 

Hey all!

The 2nd batch of moths came in!

Something interesting to note - when I got both cow versions first, I was confused to find one regular Cow moth with an incredibly iridescent sheen rather than the usual glitter.

Turns out that was because Sugar Skull was made with a pearl powder instead of glitter, and they are both white enamel on black nickel so they must've confused one. In my opinion, this pearl/mica powder is actually a massive upgrade for Sugar Skull, it looks really good in person. I'm glad I somehow wound up with a shiny Cow for myself.

 
I'm always nervous to receive the end product because the process is mostly out of my hands (pun not intentional). I don't have fantastic news for this run of pins, most of which is detailed in backer-only info, and I tried my best to be objective. Unfortunately these flaws are all pretty noticeable and can't just be shrugged off. 

I'll update again next with catmoth and remade sticker sheet info...catmoth molds are being redone over a miscommunication/something on the approved proof not being followed initially, but this is at no cost to me so I'm not worried about it.

THE SHIPPING DELAY...:

Backers only, please read the section below to know what's going on with the pins right now. I can continue to fulfill about 20+ every ~10 days until I hit another roadblock of [xyz] isn't in stock (catmoths, sticker sheet remakes, remakes of pins) and have to pause fulfillment again.

1) The preorder store for the cat paw pintopia campaign I just did is now open, and the moths with the previously-freebie pins looped into the machines are available to pledge for, if anyone had friends interested in getting them but missed the preorder store for this campaign. Since I am closing at the end of this year and my first in-person event is in May, I can't actually afford to keep the previously-freebie designs separated until in-person gacha spins.

These spins are VERY limited availability for the reasons listed below.

Of course, the paws are available as well! The same concept applies - the freebie pins were absorbed into the paid machine spin options already.

2) I got some glitter sticker sheets of the paws done as a test run with a 3rd person, because I have twice now been sent glitter stickers that are curling immediately upon receipt. These are fine! I need to adjust my cutlines but there's nothing wrong with them. I will be getting the moth graffiti sheets and taiyaki remade with this person too.

3) I also am doing a last hoorah for preorders for the below septum ring designs:

All 3 of these are on my production bucketlist and the Sakura and Thorns are already partially funded. Hopefully we can make it!

These cat paw ones are also preorders through the cat paw pin preorder store via the link above!

Thank you for your support!

Hi all, 

I am closing the surveys in 48hrs, which means no one else will be able to fill them out. All things considered, especially with where we started out, only 2 people who didn't pay shipping and another 2 people who never paid entirely is actually really low! Thank you! 

As a reminder, the preorder store has also been closed for some time. It's looking like Colossalcon will be their in-person debut, I'm not sure if I will list them online sooner in April yet or wait until after.

I sent out 20 packages so far, across the remake jellinom and the moth pledges. I packed them all within about 10 days, my health is up in the air right now and I can't predict the worse days. Unfortunately, I am at an impasse until I get the rest of the moths in. The reason for this is that overwhelmingly, most orders are for machine spins, and I can't fulfill those without all designs in stock or the odds are only in favor of the ones I've received already. Which, frankly, would be evil. The rest all include individual choice designs that are in transit now! So I can resume shipping once the rest have gotten here! 

There were 2 designs they originally printed wrong (sakura was printed with a completely yellow sakura...which is very silly, and menhera was only light pink with no darker pink), so that delayed things quite a bit more. I'm hoping that when they arrive they are as good as they looked in the adjusted photos.

Can't wait to share the updated machine graphics and close-ups once all are here!!!

Thanks for your patience!