First, some good news! Here's the first pass of Quagga, as well as version 2 of Smilidon and Amphicyon!
For Quagga, I'll tweak the body shape a bit and make the mane the correct length, but otherwise he's looking pretty good! The stripes will come later, right now we're ironing the shapes out :)
Let me know y'alls thoughts for Smilo! The face needs reworked a bit and the colors matched better for sure. I think I'm going to make the fluffy cheek spot bigger, and swap the belly fur for a longer one too!
Amphy is ADORABLE!! I'm gonna tweak the ear shape/location, as well as make the body longer and fatter!
Alright... now the not so good news. Right now, Eohippus, Dire Wolf, and Megaloceros are being made by a different manufacturer than everybody else. It was fine at first, but they keep springing more and more costs on me and it's getting ridiculous. Since the samples were done I was going to have them shipped to me, but suddenly they need to be safety tested before being sent to me (even though they're samples and not being sold to customers) and the fee for that is $1,000. Previously, I got my bulk order of 14 different designs certified for $550. Then yesterday, there's randomly another $300 I also have to pay for certification. I'm at my wits end with that manufacturer and I'm ready to swap to my OG manu who did the dinosaurs, and is doing every other plush in this campaign except Thylacine.
I can send pictures of the current Eohippus, Dire Wolf, and Megaloceros samples to the OG manu and ask them to copy them, I think they can do a good job. I want to know your guys' opinions with the poll. I really want to swap, but if enough of you want those plush as they are now, I'll try to make it work. I'm sorry this campaign has been a bit of a mess but in the future I'm gonna stick with my one reliable manufacturer.
Let me know! And thank you all so much for sticking with me, I know it's nerve wracking that we haven't hit all the goals but I think we will pull through this last week! I'm going to try some new marketing strategies and I have high hopes!!
