Hi all,

The cookie badges have arrived and are all sorted!
Here is how the 2 new colorways look.

They arrived before tariffs kicked in but I had a snafu with the lenticular keychains I self-funded in the same order arriving damaged, and had a back and forth with the manu. I wanted to see how that resolved - aka my likelihood of ever being able to restock these badges or not - before posting the final reveal. Thankfully, that worked out in my favor, so if I ever need to reorder these cookie badges I can. And they were great quality!

All ordered badges have been reserved already/sorted out. However, I realized very belatedly that I don't have any kind of signature on these, so I put a small name stamp (a transfer sticker) on the backs of all of these button badges. That will not impede the function in any way.

I also want to share this info I accidentally omitted from the last update about the pin flaws:
 
I've been referring to the epoxy coverage flaw as "shrinkage" because the epoxy doesn't go all the way to the edges in random spots. Sometimes these spots that are uncovered are absolutely massive, which are the pins I considered as seconds. It makes the pins lumpy and the way they reflect light is completely non-uniform as a result.

This can happen to a degree even with attempts to solve it because surface tension is occasionally fickle, but in this case it's pretty clear they globbed the epoxy on and just kind of hoped it would even itself out, it may have even been too partially-cured to do so given how thick it is. So I am not comfortable letting those pins represent the kind of quality I'd be okay passing off as standards, when it is clear from 2/3 of the order being fine that this is actually avoidable - which is why I graded those as seconds. There's also a couple colorways with a significant amount of print misalignment (calico and siamese) or dust in the epoxy (donut's paw and a couple others), so there is that as well.

The rep wouldn't have agreed to remakes if she didn't agree from the videos I sent that this was a significant issue, which took me a few hours to record as I sorted through all several-hundred seconds pins again a second time beforehand. If I were to send any of these out I would feel an obligation to refund the difference ($7 for seconds grade pins) and I simply can't afford to, I'm sorry.

They will arrive before production begins for the monster girls, at least...so, at this point I'm guessing that means 2-3 weeks from now.

Lastly, here is a pic of 1 standard grade per each colorway. I don't have updated graphics finished yet for the gacha signs themselves since I won't be using them in machines in person for a while.

I will update again soon once I have more news on remakes! Please read my previous update if you have questions about fulfillment timeline! 

Hello,

I'm seeing some confusion over where things are with my Pintober campaign as well as this one. Frankly, I'm unsure why, as I update frequently compared to most crowdfunds and am extremely transparent. Probably overly so.

However, I will keep this one shorter: the Pintober backers have been waiting a long time because that order had an even worse flaw rate than this order. I have made it very, very clear to them that I am trying my best to get that fixed - and I did tell you all that despite my reservations and guilt about it, I ethically prefer to fulfill my campaigns in chronological order.

However, because some haven't been reading my updates and did not contact me directly regarding this issue but instead went above me, it appears there's been some sort of misunderstanding.

I am genuinely doing my best. This is also not an excuse, but the reality: I am profoundly chronically ill. I can only do so much at one time, and I mentioned this in the fulfillment timeline portion of the campaign. I can only request your patience and understanding, I would never demand it.

While I am still waiting on the moths in which quality and quantity is lacking for campaign fulfillment, and I do feel bad about not immediately sending out the paws upon receipt of them, the only paws I'm bringing to Colossalcon are seconds pins to try to recoup what I will be charged in tariffs on these remakes. The pins being "free" remakes does not mean I don't have to pay approximately $70 per box of remakes in shipping costs as well as whatever tariffs I am charged. The timeline I laid out in this campaign was anticipated fulfillment in Summer of 2025. So we are not yet behind. May is technically still Spring.

I will make a similar update to the moths campaign in a few hours as to not overlap too closely. Anyone still waiting for their moths who has fulfillable paws in their order will have them shipped together and 1 shipping fee refunded.

I truly appreciate your support. Any firmness coming across through my tone is just me being more frank than usual.

Thank you. 

Hi everyone,

So uh, I and literally no one else on the planet it seems has any idea what is going to happen with the tariff situation. What I can tell you is that while the de minimis is still in place (until May 2nd), I was promised by my manufacturer that I will receive the pins and be exempt of extra duties.

I'm genuinely worried that this expedited last track of production has jeopardized quality...but we will see. Nothing else can be done, really, because I already paid for them and I can't afford to pay their same (or more!) value again in tariffs, it would be impossible for me.

Even though I've been told I will receive them soon, I'm still holding off on charging surveys for those of you who opted to wait, April 26th will still be charge day. Please make sure you have the money in your account that day if you want to receive your order. Otherwise, if you continue to not pay throughout this last stretch of fulfillment, I have to consider your initial BK pledge as a donation. 

I am still juggling health things and will sort/grade pins as quickly as I can...I don't know what that means for fulfillment but we are a bit ahead of schedule actually, so I think we're good. I'm still waiting on remake moths, too, as far as the remaining Pintober pledges are concerned. Those I am likely to be tariffed on...and also can't afford to do that for...

😮‍💨 what a mess...