Hi everybirdie!

I hope you had great holidays and I wish you the best for 2026! It's been a while since the last update, but I finally have some good news!

I'm expecting to receive them at the end of the month. Here are some pictures!

They still need another round of alterations to become closer to how I envisioned them. I've added my messy revision notes in case you're interested in seeing what that looks like. The current sample is shown on the left, and the revised design is shown on the right.

Usually production time on these is around a month, so they should arrive around the same time as plushie batch 1. 

Shipping from my country to the US has resumed. I've been fulfilling webshop orders for a couple weeks now and things seem to be going well! So here's the most up-to-date information I have for you:
- US orders will ship with UPS.
- I will collect and remit tariffs for you.
- The survey will be updated and a tariff line will be added. The tariffs will be collected at the same time as I charge your cards for shipping costs and survey add-ons.
- The items in this campaign have China as its country of origin. Currently, tariffs on Chinese items are set to 20%. However, the US government keeps changing things out of nowhere. If the tariffs become unreasonably high again, I may hold on to your orders until they come back down again.
- Please take into account an extra 20% charge on your order value.

I will give notice through an update when the tariff line has been added to the survey, and I'll give notice through an update before I'll charge your cards.


In short, things are finally moving! I'm keeping surveys open until plushie batch 2 samples are finished, so that you can take those designs into account too for your final decision. 


See you soon with another update, hopefully at the end of the month!


Doreen