Hey guys! Everyone who reached out to me regarding  shipping their bag out early has been shipped, and those who ordered split shipping have been sent out as well! All I am waiting on now is the plush toys to finish production, and then the bulk shipment of Conpanions to arrive within the next few weeks. I'm hoping they come while I'm still home because I have conventions the next two weekends haha. If you have your bag/will be receiving your bag for Metrocon and Otakon, I have booths at both shows! So if anybody compliments your bag or asks where you got it, you can direct them to my booth! My booth is called Art by Kino and I'll be at Metrocon booth V124 and Otakon booth B404 (My partner Jesse will be proxying for me at Metro but I will be at Otakon myself). I will be taking pre-orders for leftover Conpanions at those shows to be shipped out after all the BackerKit peeps get theirs.

Once you get your bag and deck it out, you can show it off and tag me on Instagram @itskinotastic or Bluesky @kinotastic.bsky.social !! I look forward to seeing your Conpanions all decorated!!

As always, if you have any questions or need anything from me, I will do my best to help you! You can email me at [email protected] with your name and backerkit email and your request.

I calculated that there's about 65 man hours worth of grading for the ~1150 Conpanions being delivered next, so I'm trying to recruit some of my local friends to help me quality control them so it goes by faster. That being said, it's going to take me at least a week to grade all the bags I need to send out, so I'm really hoping I can start shipping the bulk out mid-August. As I mentioned in the previous update, if you need your bag by a certain date, please email me and I'll see what I can do!

That's all for now, I'll update you guys when I have new information for you!