Hello everyone! 

Long time no see! Since we last spoke, we’ve been busy bees, finalizing designs, communicating with manufacturers, and participating in three conventions (a fourth coming up this weekend!). A lot’s happened! Let’s dig in!

Okay, important thing first. We will be charging cards and locking surveys on May 1st. That means you have until then to make any changes to your survey selections. At that point, we will be locking down numbers with our manufacturers and finalizing plans for production. If there’s a coin or keeper you’ve been eyeing to collect, now is the time!

Pay-over-time backers and UK backers, hang in there. We see you. Extras of each pin and plush will be ordered to account for seconds quality and to accommodate the extra demand for when you receive your surveys.

LOOK AT THEM.

Purple and Green samples are in! Both are fat, happy, and perfect! They turned out better than we could have hoped. Green Pickles is pretty grounded, while Purple Debbie must be the most soothing of the bunch. Like the others, they are impossibly soft.

The hooks for the straps have been moved down lower on the plush.

Something fun we found out is that the straps can come in different colors. Each dragon will now be coming with straps matching its primary body color.

We’re deep in the design sheets for the coins and tweaking every little detail. Have a look at the Thoughts & Prayers Coin!

Because coins do not need their details filled in with enamel, we can really punch up the detail. That said, we are adding hard red enamel on this coin for the filled side. I’m super excited to see the final coins as it’s like seeing two worlds collide!

Let’s take a look at the details on Gambler’s toss. This coin is a great example of how tight the texture and design can be!

Let’s talk about each part: 

Plushes: Finalizing legal/safety pieces and hang tags. Details around testing, labeling, and timeline are worked out. Final plush detail changes and collecting the rest of the funding are needed before getting started.

Coins: Alchemist’s Flip and FrostFire design details are being finalized. We are also inquiring about fancy finishes. 

Pins: Much of the work around the pin design is complete. Final factory design files are being put together for each pin in preparation to be submitted in May.

This weekend, we will be making our way out to New York for BookCon. This will be our first Convention on the East Coast, and I’m super excited to be a part of it. If you are in the area, please come say hello at booth #1039! We will have the prototype dragons for you to check out in person.

Thank you so much for your patience. We’re almost there.

Until Next time,

Arielle and Ryan