Hi everyone,

I'm back with some more news on Haruki! After my manu shared some final photos with me, the plushies were shipped out earlier this month. They are being sent by sea so the carrier will update the tracking once the packages reach the US in a couple of weeks. Around that time, I will have a more exact arrival date. For now, I am expecting them to arrive mid-September. 

Last week, I finalized the order for all of the accessory items. I had to do some back and forth with my sticker manu since the last update, as I needed to adjust the designs and make sure that they were correctly sized. This was to help ensure that they would get “kiss cut” correctly for the sticker sheet. As for the pins, my manu is currently preparing vectors of the two designs I sent for production. I should hear back from them in the next week or so on the designs before they make the pin’s mould for production.
I wanted to mention that I've been trying to keep a consistent relative size on my character pins. After checking some pin design print drafts and in the interest of keeping consistency, the Haruki pin's final size is going to be a bit bigger than the 2" mentioned in the campaign. The running Haruki design will be (2.5 x 1.5") and the standing will be about (2.25 x 1.8"). 

I have also recently found that the correct term for the style of pins I'm ordering may be called "dyed enamel". The pins will have no hard metal border like soft/hard enamel pins that separate the colors but instead will have a soft color border with a dye color painting of the design that will give the pin a closer look to the source drawings.

The figures will likely be shipping around the time the plushies arrive so I'm running a bit behind on my fulfillment estimate for those. When they do ship, they will also be sent by sea so they should be here near the end of October. 

I'm super excited that the plushies are coming soon and hope you are too! When I do have the plushies in hand and fulfillment begins, I will be personally brushing out each Haruki and cleaning up any small issues I notice on the plushies to ensure you receive the best and cleanest looking plushies I can provide. Cleanup and packaging will take some time for the 100+ backers, so I am expecting fulfillment to be done in waves throughout late October / early November.