Good evening, criminals!

Well, it's about 2 months from our wrapup. I'm fighting whatever respiratory seasonal crud our new hire dragged in. Whatever: the show must go on. 

I got a bunch of factory photos earlier this week. The new manufacturer knows there have been some concerns (to say the least) about accuracy of colors, so they did a complimentary test batch. These are test fills and plating on a bunch of our criminals, and they're missing their final polish and UV print with their crimes.

While everything is still being photographed in the balmy yellow basement of a Midwestern church with a Nintendo DSI, there's enough to get a good idea of colors. Our gray background sub seems to be working well enough, with about the same amount of contrast as the old CRIMES line. I'm happy with it.

Here. I'll be nice. I'll give you the daylight picture of the Little White Dogs. The cream tone isn't nearly as Gatorade yellow as the other pictures make it out to be.

Fun fact: you know you have to ask a rep to "go outside" verbatim, pretty often? And sometimes, they have to say no and they send you a video of pouring rain in Hong Kong? Somewhere, totally across the world, some poor idiot got asked to walk outside and take pictures of a metal dog trinket and they had to get their socks wet about it. Xenophobia is stupid: we're all the same, we all hate our stupid jobs.

Sorry, Kaylee. You're a real one. Must have been nice to get out of Captain Clark's ottoman empire for a little, though.

So, barring any major issues, we are probably going to see pins stateside in mid-late November. I know it probably sounds wild to say DOG CRIMES is a fairly small project, but compared to CHALLENGE COIN CRITTERS, this one is going to go fairly quick.

HUSTLE regulars know the drill: stickers will get set aside first, pins will arrive and get graded, and then we'll start getting things shipped. 

I can't guarantee this will be a Christmas fulfillment, but, with the pins' schedule and mine, we might be seeing DOG CRIMES in time for them to sneak their way under trees. You will probably see fulfillment progressing for everything I have active thru the end of the year. And, hey: I have a lot of wrapping paper to use up, so your pins might have a little bit of festive packaging this time around :)

I'll hit you guys back up when stickers are in or when I get a shipping estimate for pins.

Go get your flu shot.