I'm sorry it's so slow-going, it has been taking so long to ship out the packages that are several combined orders at once, sometimes up to 45min just to pack one of those between me and Cryptic, as they sometimes contain over a dozen pins as well as other things. This is because many packages contain not just our cross-collab orders, but also Chocolat Chaud's Ghostly Gallery pins, and Cryptic and I's Early Summerween campaigns, and snake preorders from the Holiday Market. My first line of priority was doubling back to get my snake pin preorders out which was why I wasn't focusing on single-order packages.
As a result, currently there are 17 MGR2 orders sent out (and a couple corrections fixed), as well as 63 MGR1 orders. Most of the MGR2 orders are repeat backers from MGR1 (seriously thank you for your patience) so the fulfillment for both is closely entertwined. Almost every single MGR2 order fulfilled so far was a combination of those + Ghostly Gallery pins, if not also the other orders mentioned above as well. Chocolat Chaud's pins were already packed by them but Cryptic and I are packing ours per order. For most of the MGR 1 +2 remakes I have to QC as I go because of how ridiculously long it took to receive so many of them and my April sickness winding me. A recent example is the other day it took me 7hrs straight of packaging just to get 9 orders done...I'm much slower than I used to be. I do the final combined packing and double-check then label every box regardless of whether there are also Cryptic Compendium pins in there or not which is why I'm so slow, but I digress, I could probably speed it up.
The snakes are all sent out now, so I will resume my monster girls packing later this week!! I'm really trying to pace myself, especially because I got recent 2-week-long EKG results back and they were kind of concerning, yet there isn't a cardiologist I can see anytime soon. 🥴
While it's called "ready-to-ship," what it really means is we get the funds faster than for normal crowdfunding and we are selling only premade merch. The exception is our cross-collab freebies and our returnee freebies, those are being produced with the funds made from these which will extend the processing time to at least 4 weeks. It will run for 2 weeks, and I'll try to send out the survey within 2 weeks of it ending, and by then a lot of pledges will hopefully have been packed already since these are mostly pre-packaged grab bag items. We'll just be waiting on the rainbow snake sticker and arcade flooring bat. So really, that processing time shouldn't actually affect it much, what will is my limited energy lol.
The monster girl gachas will be available at their updated pricing of $15/spin for "normal" girls and $20/spin for more complex girls, for people who didn't catch these campaigns in time but wanted to!
Cryptic Compendium pins and stickers are also making a cameo! Plus both of us have grab bags available on top of the other types of lucky boxes/bags of my merch and mini pin gacha spins. Here's a preview with examples of what could be in each price point:
Snakes are also possible as seconds pins now, and so are Cryptic's pins, both for the first time.
You guys and MGR1 backers are highest priority for fulfillment and will of course be sent out before backers from this (2nd) Gacha Market.
