Hi everyone!
Now that plushies are in production I will be locking orders next Friday. This means you will not be able to change the choice you made for your items. If you wa...
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SMTorama
18 days ago
Husbands now in production!!
Big news everyone, this week I was able to get production started on the husband plushies! Since the US president put the tariffs back down to almost normal levels for 90 day...
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SMTorama
25 days ago
Freebie stickers and buttons have arrived
Hello again! I hope you all are enjoying the start of May! First I'll update about the plushies then show the freebie photos.
Presently there is not much I can share about ...
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SMTorama
about 1 month ago
Plush buttons and charms arrived, plus update from manu
Hi again everyone
Here's another little update to keep you in the loop. On Friday the plush button and acrylic charm add-on items arrived thankfully before the president gets...
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SMTorama
about 2 months ago
Little update, ordered merch and awaiting info from manu
Hi again everyone
I will try my best to keep you updated regularly, I know there's a fine balance between too much and not enough so hopefully like 3x a month or so is a good...
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SMTorama
about 2 months ago
Regarding the tariff situation
Hello everyone
I just wanted to post an update, although its less of a positive one. Probably you are aware of the trade war now going on between the US president and China. ...
Hi everyone! Now that plushies are in production I will be locking orders next Friday. This means you will not be able to change the choice you made for your items. If you want to change any of your choices please do so by next Friday morning!
We have been sitting at 98% of surveys completed for a couple of weeks, if you are of the 2% who have not completed your survey please do so as the earliest possible convenience. This is very important to ensure you get the items you want. If you do not fill out your survey you will receive the most popular character option(s) (which are the Astarion naturally lol).
Also just quick update about Gale's hair, I wanted to let everyone know I included a little hair piece on his front hair which was not shown on the prototype, please see this picture:
Gale will now feature a little piece of hair along his upper right hairline
I think it looks really cute and was in my original design but it got lost in communication somewhere along the line so I'm glad to have it in the design again. Plus he looks more accurate with it lol. If this is not to your taste it is easily removeable
Big news everyone, this week I was able to get production started on the husband plushies! Since the US president put the tariffs back down to almost normal levels for 90 days I jumped into action right away lol
I was quoted about 65 days for production time, but of course there may be delays. But they should hopefully be able to arrive within the 90 pause period. I also choose airmail which costs double (and I did not budget for lol) so I'm hoping that will also get the plushie here faster and with less issues.
the invoices I paid (I couldn't put over 20K on one card so it was split haha)
quote for the production time, they take a bit longer because I chose the highest quality clothing they offer
In the mean time I will work on finishing the other freebies and merch items and keep you updated with any progress photos I receive from the manu. Thanks again for your patience!
Hello again! I hope you all are enjoying the start of May! First I'll update about the plushies then show the freebie photos.
Presently there is not much I can share about the plushies, I am still checking in regularly with my manu, but as the situation is so unstable most manufacturers are holding off on shipping anything until things improve. I know this isn't the most exciting update, but please know I am not ghosting anyone and I will do my best to get them made asap
But for more concrete and positive news, the freebie stickers and buttons have arrived. I was able to get them just 2 days before the president got rid of the under 800$ exemption which was a big relief TOT I am really happy with how they turned out and I hope you are too. The cost of these was not factored into the money you pledged for your plushies, I paid for them out of pocket so they are well and truly freebies XD
All of the freebie stickers, you will get one heart and one chibi that matches the plush you pledged for
The heart stickers have a really nice holo heart lamination
Check out the amount of Halsins vs Astarions TOT
The colors are a little washed out here, they are v bright and beautiful I love them T^T
Two big bags stuff with husband buttons!
Thanks everyone for your continued patience and support, if you ever have questions please feel free to reply, message me or backerkit support m(_ _)m
Hi again everyone Here's another little update to keep you in the loop. On Friday the plush button and acrylic charm add-on items arrived thankfully before the president gets rid of the de minimus exemption on May 2nd. The charms I need to assemble myself so I will be taking a day or two to get that done in the next couple of weeks and I will share progress photos of that as well.
all plush buttons and acrylic charms
a packaged Hypnos plush button
As well I just wanted to update everyone about the plushies themselves, right now the manufacturer is working hard to find shipping solutions and waiting to see how the tariff situation progresses. Many manus are holding off on shipping right now, and I really appreciate how much work they are putting in to help deal with this situation.
responses from my manu
The manu rep has told me they have been able to send some other makers' plushies without any tariff troubles but they want to wait a bit more before moving forward with the production. There is a holiday coming up in China this weekend so I will ask for another update afterwards
Thanks again everyone for your patience and support!
Hi again everyone I will try my best to keep you updated regularly, I know there's a fine balance between too much and not enough so hopefully like 3x a month or so is a good amount.
Right now my manu is working with a logistics company to find the best ways to ship without incurring too much tariffs. Presently tariffs have been raised to a comical 245% and some companies are simply not shipping to the US until the US president becomes more reasonable. Again who know what will happen 6 months down the line, but hopefully in the next few weeks it can be settled enough to move ahead
In the mean time I have begun ordering supplies and the other campaign items. I have shipping supplies, packaging, stationary etc and ordered the acrylic charms and plush buttons. I hope they arrive before the de mininus (shipments under 800$ are not subject to tariffs) gets revoked but even if they do not I figured I can handle that cost for now
Can you tell which button and keychain are Astarion's based on the numbers? lol