Project Update: Incoming Peddling Update!
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On to updates!:
We know that a lot of you want to know where the pins are, and the good news is that they're within the White Squirrel warehouse now (yaaaay) after several months of waiting from the manufacturer. We greatly appreciate your patience with this! These are finally within grasp and are waiting for fulfillment.
As for the orders with the pins themselves, they are ready to be issued out when the books to pair them with arrive. The Smut Peddler hardcover books are currently waiting in our fulfillment warehouse, while the paperback versions are in US port and now being sent to join the hardcovers. Both of these copies will be sent from there to White Squirrel (the crowdfund fulfiller) once the paperbacks arrive, and it's that point that the pins and books will be paired together and be mailed out to all of you!
Right now Smut Peddler X is set be in stores June 25 and My Monster Girlfriend should be in stores July 2nd. We will be doing everything that we can to attempt to get them to you before the books hit stores.
Speaking of: My Monster Girlfriend has been printed and is on its way into the US as well! We've got a few copies early for review that we can share some pictures of below to get you excited to receive yours. A second update will be coming here as soon as we ourselves receive further information.
The posters that are to be signed by Clair are currently within the works with a printer and will be mailed separately by White Squirrel after she pays a visit for signing. An update for this, if available, will be included in the previously mentioned second update.
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If you still don't get an email in your box or spam, reach out to us at [email protected] so that we can manually work through your order.
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What's the point? My Monster Girlfriend on amazon says it's coming out July 2nd. With so few updates on here I have a feeling we're not getting the books any sooner then that. Next time I'm just buying off amazon
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I’ve followed Iron Circus since it was just Templar AZ floating around on the internet and I’ve never seen a delay like this from them. I think it’s possible that for once they really bit off more than they could chew by not wrapping some of the secondary projects before launching a frickin animation studio that affluent furries would throw money at like our government throws money at the military. And frankly, I get it. Those little cats and their moonshine represent a whole new (potential) chapter for the company with a lot of opportunities on the other side. Unfortunately, I think it means our project got shafted because it’s not as delicate or promising. I do think they will eventually fulfill our orders, but I don’t think it’s happening until something shifts with Lackadaisy and more resources are put into *finally* tying off the major loose ends. Am I disappointed? Oh f**k yeah. But I do think they’re coming. It just might be 2 full years OR MORE after we backed the project. Honestly, I’m still game because I want my horny comics and I love this company. I’m choosing to trust that, behind the scenes, they’re taking feverish notes on how *not* to shoot themselves in the foot so effectively in the future.
Project Update: Book production progress!
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Is there an eta on these books yet?
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Still no news... Your past projects have never been like this, with such a lack of communication and extreme delays. This is therefore even more disappointing : I backed because I felt confident from positive past experiences with your company. No more. Next time, I will wait for the comics to hit mass market to buy and won't waste my time crowfunding.
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I would like to understand the factors behind the disconnect between "We're aiming for a Spring 2023 release date." and where we're at. Certainly supply chains have been disrupted since the pandemic. However, the extreme delay (and still without the end in sight) has been coupled up with the total lack of interaction (there is no two-way discussion). This leads me to suspect that the problems have been more about the organization than outside issues. @IronCircus - please help me understand what went wrong and what could be improved on any future projects?
Project Update: The pins are done at last!
The Dinah Might pins from our 200k stretch goal have finally been produced! These will be sent out to all of our day-one backers at no extra charge.
Meanwhile, production on Smut Peddler X has started, and we're currently waiting for proofs of My Monster Girlfriend. It's been a slower process that we expected, folks, but it is happening!
Thank you again for your bottomless patience and understanding! And stay tuned! we'll let you know here when the books are going out!
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They're funding other projects before this one and completing others. Any ideas on what we can do to have them hear us?
Project Update: Smut Peddler Double Header Progress Update (October)
Both SMUT PEDDLER X and MY MONSTER GIRLFRIEND are in the pre-production phase. MY MONSTER GIRLFRIEND is in the middle of color-corrections, while SMUT PEDDLER X dummies are here for us to sample materials for binding. Attached below is a photo of one of our hardcover samples from the printer while we consider cloth and velvet binding options.
Thank you for your patience, and we look forward to bringing you regular updates and behind-the-scenes sneak peaks!
- Amanda L.
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We're coming up on the end of the ETA for the last update, any news on when our books will finally be shipped?
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I was really excited about this, I wanted to give one of these as a Christmas gift to my sister, thinking they would arrive a couple months after.... Maybe I will be able to give it as a gift for this Christmas... Next time I will be smarter and not support spike and just get the PDFs directly from the artists, that way I know the people who deserve it get payed, not someone who badmouths people who don't do what they want like some highschool bully (If you are wondering just Google it like I should have done before boarding this ship)
Project Update: Update on the physical books
Heya, folks! Apologies that we haven’t been posting updates here for a while, or directly answering comments pretty much at all. Things have—and sing this along with me if you know the words—been really busy. We’re in the process of fulfilling several crowdfunds and preorders at the moment, fixing a bunch of stuff with our internal processes, and gearing up for big projects in the future. As a small company with limited resources, we often find ourselves forced to choose between production and communication, and we choose production every time.
Iron Circus has always fulfilled our crowdfund obligations, every single time, and we’re very proud of that record.
The other physical rewards for this campaign—posters, pins, etc.—will be produced around the same time, but will likely ship separately, due to packaging requirements.
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I have emailed them, DM'd them, and commented on their twitter threads. They won't answer. We need to band together and make them hear us. Please reach out on twitter. That's the only way I can imagine they will actually hear us.
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