Sorry for the lack of updates on this campaign specifically. If you follow my other projects you know fulfillment of My Cryptid Crush has been an absolute rollercoaster and ironing out all the kinks has really sapped my brain power these past several weeks. Between supplier hiccups like forgetting to apply barcodes to some of our products, sending the wrong version of other products, or packing them in such a way that our fulfillment partner can't make heads or tails of what they're looking at and customs inexplicably taking forever to release large chunks of our goods, it's kinda been a nightmare!!
But customs has released the last of our items as of this week and most of the other issues have been resolved to the best of our ability, so I can finally breathe a little easier.
The good news is that despite these hiccups, we continue to be full steam ahead on S3 prototyping! These issues don't effect S3 in any way, just my ability to weave my thoughts together into a coherent status update. So now that I can think again, let's dive into it!
✅The jumbo snughoul samples are complete! (barring any changes I make after I receive the physical samples)
I will, of course, take much better pictures when they get here but here's a small sampling of supplier photos! Right now they look a bit wonky due to the poor lighting and lens distortion (Bites-a-Lot had this problem too) but I have no doubt they're going to look amazing in a more natural setting.
✅We received a promising mini snughoul update and I have high hopes for the rest of the mini samples.
The first mini update was uh...interesting, to say the least lol. Somewhere along the lines there was a miscommunication and instead of using my concept art they just shrank their larger counterparts down. And honestly? It's kinda cool! I wouldn't be opposed to making minis like this some day, but it wasn't the vision I had for this batch.
They came back with the revised samples in a matter of days and really knocked my socks off!
Pretty sure I audibly gasped when I first opened these images. I can't overstate how close to perfect they are, and the revisions I sent back were very minimal.
Extremely excited to see what they do with Dandyheart, Nessie, and Luna!!
✅Two more standard snughouls are complete, and all other samples are currently in-progress!
Frogman went through quite a few revisions, but ultimately turned out really stinkin' cute! The mossy gargoyle came together much quicker and I really love the different textures. Can't wait to run my hands all over em in person.
Our focus has largely been on the jumbo snughouls over the last couple months, so now it will switch entirely to the standard size critters. That means you can expect a deluge of snughouls in the next 2-3 weeks! I know it sucks having to wait to see your fave in the flesh (or...er, fur) but I promise they're now right around the corner 💖
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Thanks for hanging in there, critters! I'll be back in the next 1-2 weeks with more pictures (I expect additional mini 'ghoul updates VERY soon) and some polls to help us determine the final names for some of our nameless friends.
