The first goal of this Backerkit is to add more color varieties to my popular grilled 2-Bone Meat Bag and Haunch Meat Bag! These are currently being prototyped, though the last change is just the zipper on the zebra versions being changed to white! Here are photos of the complete and available grilled bag to show structure!
The grilled variety of the haunch bag
The grilled 2-bone meat bag
The sliced face of the grilled haunch bag
The interior of the grilled 2-bone meat bag
Designer October wearing the bag in fursuit. It scales well!
The interior of the grilled haunch bag
2-Bone bags are a whopping 16 inches deep with the entire inside as usable space! It can be folded flat or filled to the brim, and it fits things like laptops, tablets, books, and phones. The strap is adjustable!
Haunch bags are slightly smaller with a conservative measurement of 12 inches depth. There are no separate compartments, just lots of open space inside! Other than the size and appearance differences it has all the same great features as the 2-Bone bags.
Premium Cuts Bags
Bear Chow's final design sheet
Alley Chow's final design sheet
Royal Chow's final design sheet
Mako Chow's final design sheet
Bear Chow: A limp chunk of spawning color sockeye salmon. The interior would be a matching bright salmon flesh color!
Mako Chow: A thawing slab of yellowfin tuna. The interior would be a matching bright red color!
Alley Chow: A trash animal buffet! This would have a banana peel arm cushion. It may or may not be shiny metallic fabric depending on availability. The interior has a cartoon puddle of ooze printed at the bottom.
Royal Chow: A suckling boar fit for the table of a king. The interior would be a fleshy pink to match the nose!
Mini Bags Currently Unlocked: T-Bone Steak
T-bone final design sheet
Salmon cut final design sheet
Egg final design sheet
These are smaller bags for items like keys and room cards. Instead of a strap they have fabric loops on one side that can attach to things like lanyards or belts. Still stylish, but lower priced than their meatier cousins! The detailing will not be double sided since only one side is meant to be displayed. By popular demand the T-Bone Steak bag has been unlocked early, but the other 2 are a shared stretch goal!
WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN PINTOPIA, a creative celebration featuring over 175 creators launching pin and plushie projects on BackerKit from January 23 to February 13! Lairbrew is partnered with grind3h, who's making amazingly adorable dragon pins and plushies! If you back both our campaigns you'll receive a free pin with your rewards from both of us: a hungry kobold and meat loving dragon to decorate your new bag with! There's lots of incredible projects in Pintopia this year, and I hope you'll consider supporting ours.
We are on the way to unlocking our first community choice premium cut bag!
Why Backerkit? The vast majority of my plush projects are actually funded out-of-pocket, but crowdfunding for projects with variety is vital however! There are 3 big costs to shoulder when making many designs: prototyping, safety testing, and shipping. Pre-orders are key to supporting this, and doing them via Backerkit means:
You are not charged until the campaign ends!
You are only charged if it is successfully funded!
Sticker Packs - A set of 3 glossy meat stickers! These 3 inch stickers will be waterproof, UV resistant, and able to withstand the weather for several years. You can also add single designs as add-ons if you don't want the whole pack!
Plush Keychains - Based on the grilled meat variety, these little keychains are about 3 inches long. These have been fully prototyped, and while these plush are exceptionally simple they're super cute! They are equipped with a double keychain head that allows you to pick how you'd like to attach it to your bag of choice.
2-Bone Design Sheet
Haunch Design Sheet
Lanyards - These lanyards have a flat bottomed oval clip to make sure they play nice with badges, and a quick release buckle to make them extra compatible with the mini bag designs! These are about an inch wide and are available in 5 colors: black, blue, green, purple, and fleshy pink.
Lanyard mock-ups!
The lanyard colors!
Sticker Sheet - An add-on only 5.8 inch tall sticker sheet with toon versions of the haunch meat, 2-bone meat, fried egg, chicken leg, and grilled squid! Each one has one sticker in both a 2 inch and 1 inch size. There are also 4 half inch shrimp stickers! The egg, grilled squid, and chicken leg are also all available individually as 3 inch glitter textured stickers!
Premium Meat Buttons - 2 inch metal button badges that come in 3 designs, one themed for beef, one for poultry, and one for seafood! Show your poke-tolerating object is a prime cut above the rest according to the 100% Fantasy Not Real FDA (short for Fake Deluded Accessory.) These designs are also available as UV resistant, 3 inch Window Clings!
Meat Label Button Designs and Mock-Ups
Pintopia 2025 Reward - If you back both my campaign and A Colorful Horde - Dragon Enamel Pins and Plush by grind3h you'll receive a pin from both of us! I'll be sending out this cute kobold having a bite to eat, based on one of grind3h's designs.
Enamel Pin Mock-Up
Returning Backer Award - Did you back Comet & Friends? If you back this campaign you will get this dragon tail meat sticker for free! This sticker will not be rated for outdoor use, but it will still be waterproof. It will have a matte glitter effect that provides a bit of texture and sparkle. If you didn't back the campaign you will still be able to get this sticker as an add-on too!
Sticker design and mock-up
Previous Campaign Spoils - Did you miss our last campaign Comet & Friends? You're still in luck! 20in dragons are available at their previous campaign pricing! Get them alone or in a bundle.
All 5 designs
3.5in Acrylic Keychains
3in Stickers
Guz Sticker The Lairbrew mascot Guz the Potion Dragon is cute! These 3 inch, glossy vinyl stickers are a small way to make a big impact. It will be an option on the single sticker choice!
Guz Sticker
Many ingredients, but one flavor dominates the brew!
Plush manufacturing is super expensive! For this project, the majority of the funds (well over 50%) would go to the manufacturing cost. Plush prototyping, safety testing, and shipping nearly double it! Then after Backerkit fees and transaction fees we have the smallest expenses: fulfillment materials (like packaging) and non-plush rewards (like stickers.)
About the Shop
Our logo with Guz the Potion Dragon
Lairbrew is a queer owned, disabled operated plush shop. I specialize in collector quality plush toys made with older audiences in mind. That dragon-like urge to snatch a new shiny to bring to your lair when you find a perfect piece that speaks deeply to your love of a favorite animal, monster, beloved character, or aesthetic is great. I want to bring that kind of giddiness to others with plush that bring smiles every time you see them! If you'd like to see how Lairbrew operates as a business, check out my extensive history of Etsy reviews or my previous Backerkit campaign. You can even check out the shop social media with the longest history!
About the Team Who'll Handle Your Orders
October Owner, Designer + Artist, Customer Service + Order Fulfillment Hello! I'm October, they/them! I wear almost all the hats related to running Lairbrew. I design all the plush and artwork, handle customer service, stuff and do final sewing on plush, take care of con plans, do the typical shipping, and so on. I struggle with chronic pain and mobility problems, so Lairbrew is my only income. I'm 35, non-binary, and I'm an ace panromantic. I love chickens so much and am a bird nerd in general. Tig Logistics Support, Order Fulfillment Support, Moral Support I'm Tig, she/her or secondarily they/them, and outside my IT job I wear any hats I can wrestle away from my very hardworking wife. Usually I move stuff around (at home, shows, and in between) and also stuff and sew. I'm a 37yo demisexual panromantic agender girl, the hairless one if you've seen us at a show! I love games of all kinds, programming, and lately sewing.
All done perusing the deli? There's still a lot of amazing stuff! All these projects are participating in Pintopia this year and so much of it is top shelf. Give 'em a look if they catch your eye!
