The end is finally in sight! I have shipped 742 packages so far. I dropped off half of the batch on Wednesday, and the rest are scheduled for pick-up on Monday! For US-based orders, please check your e-mails for your tracking numbers. The tracking will come via PirateShip.com. Make sure to check your spam if you don't see it in your inbox! Orders should be arriving within the next week or so.  ❤

There are 166 international orders remaining. I will be shipping North American orders first, and then moving on to overseas orders. I'm currently in the process of packing and pulling all remaining orders and getting shipping estimates for the remaining regions! As much as I would love to get the rest of these orders knocked out, I need to take another quick intermission to try and gather more funds.

As I've stated in previous updates, due to the theft, I lost nearly $13k (all of the funding that was supposed to go towards shipping.) However, as many of my US backers may know, the cost of living has SKYROCKETED in the past two years. The original shipping quotes were made in late 2024. With the tariffs and rising cost of fuel, the shipping has gone up exponentially.

In full transparency, US shipping so far has cost over $10,000 USD. In order to fulfill the orders, I had to take out a credit card. My personal credit has already taken a big hit due to the wire fraud and financial struggle, so I am trying not to max out my credit and make it worse, in case of emergency. Sales from my online store and conventions have been increasingly slow due to the state of the economy, so despite making payments on the card, it kinda feels like trying to fill in the Atlantic ocean with a tiny bucket and a shovel.  I am just hoping to pay down my debt a bit more before tackling the rest of the shipping. 

I've got a few ideas to keep raising funds to fulfill these plushies. I have accumulated a few B-grades from plushie fulfillment, so I will be hosting a Seconds Sale later this month on my shop. These plushies have minor defects like dirt smudges, off-center embroidery, loose threads, missing inserts, etc. They're still perfectly lovable and will look good as new with some tender love and care. I also have some... cursed plushies. I've found two Grave Robberts with upside-down faces so far. These will be hosted via an eBay auction. All proceeds will go towards fulfillment. 
 
I finally cleared out my storage unit in Knoxville. Now that all of my plushies are back at my home office, I'll be quality checking all of them and setting aside the plushes needed for international orders. Depending on how much is left over, I will be selling extras at markets or online to pay down the accruing debt. Depending on how much I can raise from sales and markets this summer, I may also do some fundraising streams. 

Again, I am so sorry for the continued delays. There isn't a day that goes by that I'm not thinking of y'all and trying to come up with a way out of this mess. If you don't want to continue waiting, there are options! Please e-mail me at loppydraws(@)gmail.com to discuss them. Some international patrons have come up with solutions that I figured are worth sharing!

It has come to my attention that quite a few resellers have been trying to profit off of these plushies. I have seen some listings for $80. (And one for $400. Yikes.) There ARE extra plushies that will be for sale. They will not be more than $45-50 USD. I am so happy that people want these plushies, but if you can wait a bit longer, you won't have to pay extra for a secondhand plush.

Remaining Surveys & Declined Cards/Insufficient Funds:
There are still 52 incomplete surveys! Some of these surveys have credit on them. I've been sending monthly reminders to no avail. I'll be attempting to reach out directly, but if surveys are still incomplete by the end of the campaign, I will refund and cancel. Some orders are paused as the shipping has not yet been paid. If you have lost the link to your survey, you can recover it here! If you can't remember or access the e-mail you originally pledged with, send me an e-mail and I'll do my best to help you get it figured out. 

 

I think that's it for now. We're so close to being done! I am more than ready to put this project behind me. To be candid for a moment, this project has been so deeply traumatic. Sometimes it feels kinda dumb to say so, but my therapist has been trying to knock it through my thick skull that being the victim of fraud is a traumatic experience. Imagine that. That being said, being able to check off those last few US orders was a tremendous weight off of my chest. For the first time in over a year, I feel hopeful for the future.

Y'all have played a big part in that. I have seen many crowdfunding projects blow up, and the aftermath is not pretty. I never wanna disappoint my supporters, and every month that goes by is another blow to my ego. Every day, I open my e-mail and I'm terrified of seeing angry e-mails or comments. And yet... I rarely ever see them. Like ever. Out of the 900+ orders I received, I think I've only received 10 unkind messages overall. Only 10 out of 900. That's wild.

It still blows me away how supportive y'all are every time I post. I'll say it as many times as I have to: thank you so much for believing in me.