Loppy is very pleased with the samples! There will be some minor color tweaks, and adjustments to the functional parts of each plushie needs to be made. Loppy's next update will include detailed information on each edit! 

Because of the adjustments that need made and it being Lunar New Year where our manufacturer is located we will be updating our production & shipping timeline. It is so important to us that we have a good final product for you.  Our updated timeline will be revealed as soon as possible. 

We do sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding. Because of the uniquely interactive nature regarding the plushies, Loppy is continuing to take extra due diligence at ensuring perfection. For example: Loppy is making sure zippers are sturdy enough for wear and tear.  In Mishmash's case while he looks great visually, his stuffing needs adjusted so he can be better used as a backpack. 

We've had a number of questions regarding additional charges (ie - shipping charges, pre-order store charges, etc). We will make an official announcement when we will be charging cards. 

Stay tuned for our next update! 

Lops of Love, 
Riot & Loppy 

The survey deadline has been extended to 12/20! Riot and I will be available all week to help answer questions and troubleshoot. Thanks for being patient with us! At the moment, we are shooting for mid-May fulfillment! This means that cards should be charged around mid-April. Orders will be locked on the 20th, so if you change your mind, you can still edit your pledge until then. If you can't find your survey, this link should lead you there!

We have also resolved the issue with the sticker sheet pricing! If you're still having trouble, just send us an e-mail and we will look into it for you! Sorry for the scare!

The Pre-Order Store is now live! If you missed out on pledging in the original campaign, you can place your order here! Your order will follow the same production timeline as original backers. The Pre-Order store will close on 9:00pm ET December 19, 2024.

We are keeping up with Canada Post's strike. Recent news says the postal workers may be off of strike as soon as next week. Since fulfillment is not expected until May, we don't expect this to cause any delays. If for some reason, we are still not able to ship to Canada Post in May, we will ship using UPS. 

Hi everybunny!

The Pre-Order Store is now live! If you missed out on pledging in the original campaign, you can place your order here! Your order will follow the same production timeline as original backers. The Pre-Order store will close on 9:00pm ET December 19, 2024. 

SURVEY UPDATE
Surveys are in the process of being reviewed and will be sent out over the next few days.* If you backed this project, this is where you get to choose your Hurtsies and modify your pledge! You can also add on items. IMPORTANT: If your payment previously failed after the campaign ended you will not receive a survey. You MUST resubmit your payment to receive your survey.

 *Full disclosure, I did not realize that a review was required for the surveys too, and mistook it for the smoke testing. I value honesty so I'm gonna take full accountability for my own blunder! I had everything set up and ready to go but neglected to submit for review because I thought that's what smoke testing was for. >< That ain't anyone's fault but my own, so I'll adjust timelines however I need to account for my mistake. We will be placing orders for bulk this week, so it's important we know how much of each design to order. <3

Thank you all for your patience! I delayed surveys because a lot of backers expressed concern with choosing a plush before they had a good idea of what it looked like. That’s a sentiment I can totally get behind. So I wanted to get a good sample image for each design before sending out the final surveys. It’s important to me that I provide a great product for all of you. These samples still need minor tweaks, but to stay on track with the original schedule as best as possible. I will continue to update y’all, and look forward to getting the samples in hand so I can provide more photos and videos!💖

I’m going to go through each of the Hurtsies, changes I made, and final revisions. Before starting, most of the samples will have color revisions! My manufacturer will be sending a color book with the samples so that we can change them to a more accurate color without all the guess work. (Factory lighting makes it hard to communicate the perfect shade!)

Please keep in mind! I will be able to provide better photos and videos once the samples are in hand. For now, please allow some wiggle room for photo angles and factory lighting. Let’s get into it! 😝

Grimsley (The OG!)
Interactive Feature: Removable Guts

The original Hurtsie! Grimsley features a zipper on his tummy, with removable intestines (actually a cute pink scrunchie and headband!)

Nibbles
Interactive Feature: Removable Brain! Nibbles has a zipper located at the top of his head, with a removable brain coin purse inside.

The location of the zipper was moved up so as not to distort the shape of the head. The original placement had the head looking a bit flat up top. The brain, rather than being a stress ball, will be made into a coin purse. Due to the scale, getting the shape and detail correct was difficult. The small coin purse allows more detail and also more functionality. This way a real stress ball could be inserted into it, or other small items.

Revisions for Final Sample

Mishmash
Interactive Feature: Doubles as a backpack! Mishmash has two storage compartments: a large pouch in his head, and a smaller compartment in his body. 

Mishmash’s base pattern differs slightly from the other Hurtsies so that he looks more squishy and floppy when he hangs around on your back! His legs are a bit longer so they can dangle, but can be posed to mimic the sitting pose of the other Hurtsies. In this photo, he is posed head-on.

Wiggles
Interactive Feature: Brain Worms! Wiggles has a zipper located at the top of her head, with three plush worms inside. The worms double as little fidget toys, with a fun spiral design to whirl around your fingers.

Like Nibbles, we raised the zipper placement to keep the head shape from distorting. Not many other changes need to be made to Wiggles except for adjustments to her color!

Revisions for Final Sample:

Grave Robbert
Interactive Feature: Removable Bones! Grave Robbert has a zipper located on his belly, with a set of removable bones, as well as a headband in the shape of a spinal cord!

NOTE: We have not yet received the latest sample image of Grave Robbert. Our biggest challenge has been his mask marking. Due to the position and size, there is a bit of puckering with the stitches due to close proximity with the seams. 

Revisions for Final Sample:

Interactive Feature: Removable Stomach Riffraff has a zipper located on his belly, with a removable stomach pouch inside.

Our little sugar fiend is basically good to go, aside from color revisions! We changed his facial embroidery to match his hyper attitude after many suggestions from backers!

Revisions for Final Sample:

Mumble
Interactive Feature: Removable Bandage Headwrap + A Bandage Ear!

Mumble’s zipper is located on his back, disguised as a claw mark. In his zipper pouch, he has an additional bandage head-wrap. His long ear can be wrapped around him (like a mummy!) We have been making slight adjustments to his bandage placements. I will be able to provide a better selection of photos when the samples arrive at the home office!

Revisions for Final Sample:

Interactive Feature: Zipper Mouth (with hidden teeth and tongue!) Gruff’s silly little mouth opens up to reveal a long tongue to roll up and tug on and four cute teeth! 

Gruff has been one of the more difficult designs, but I love him in all his silly glory! Unfortunately, due to the size of the plush, we couldn't really do the removable teeth, so we leaned into the zipper mouth! He functions much like Mishmash for storage. To resolve the teeth issue, I designed a cute little toothy charm freebie to go with his design for backers. A pink design is available as an add-on, but a candy corn-themed design will be included with Gruff. <3

Gruff also has similar issues as Grave Robbert in regards to his marking, so we are working for a resolution to that!

Revisions for Final Sample:

Here's a full view of the journey each sample went through (not including Grimsley!) Grave Robbert and Gruff are still in their ugly duckling phase, I fear! But they'll turn into beautiful swans here soon, or maybe more like, radioactive geese.

Here is our revised production timeline. Please note that this timeline may change pending any delays to shipping that are out of our control. 
 
UPDATED PRODUCTION TIMELINE

GPSR LAW
We have had inquiries regarding if GPSR will impact our backers in the EU. While it isn't clear yet, we are in the process of getting a representative established for us to avoid any potential issues with shipping Hurtsies to the EU.

What to Expect After Surveys:

Don't worry! I don't plan on disappearing on y'all. I plan to make monthly updates (at least!) from now until the plushies are shipped out. These updates will include photos of plushes, behind-the-scenes like designing packaging, etc. Y'all have put your trust (and hard-earned money) into this project, so I fully intend on being present and bringing you along with each step of this journey! If at any point, you're feeling nervous or kept in the dark, just send us an e-mail or hang out with us in the community tab!

And on a final note,
I probably sound like a broken record right now, but thank you all sooooo much for your support! I have been avoiding crowdfunding projects for a long time now because, let's face it, as a single human, they're super scary. I really appreciate the grace and kindness and excitement that all of y'all have shown me as I figure out how to do all of this. I've been learning so much, making notes on what I can do to improve next time, and I hope I can continue to iron out my process so that I can continue making silly and unique projects to share with all of you!

I hope all of you are having an excellent holiday season, and that you're eating plenty of delicious sweets, wherever you are!!!

Lops of love,
Loppy Rae & Riot! <3

I'm going to go over each design individually, and then I'll post a more general overview of design changes that will affect all of them! 

The lil guy that started it all. When I first started this campaign, I seriously thought that he would be the only one that got produced. Not much has changed with this lil green ghoul. I've been doing some testing with his zipper, trying to ensure that they can stand up to frequent play. Since I have had Grimsley the longest, and I also have more than one sample of him, I've been doing a lot of testing on his zipper. I kept one of the plush's bellies unzipped with his "guts" peeking through, without zipping him back up. After about a month in this state, I found that the invisible zipper had sort of gotten stuck in that position. It was difficult to open and close after it had already become warped.

While the Hurtsies are intended as collectible novelty toys, and not meant to stand up to a child's level of playing, it's still important to me that their features hold up over time as much as possible. I also want their features to be fun instead of frustrating. Trying to fix a jammed zipper? Definitely not fun. (More on this below.)

For some reason, there was a miscommunication about Wiggles's markings with the manufacturer. While her foot is white, her other markings are a peach color. Other than this, it's just a matter of matching up her markings and adjusting her zippers and stuffing ratio.

Wiggles comes with three brain worms and who could have thought that parasites could be so much fun... The wormies have wire in them so you can wrap them around your fingers or pose them in various ways. They definitely have the Fun stamp of approval. I like winding them up into little coils to make them bounce. You can also wrap the worms around her paws or have them peek out of her head. Due to the positioning of her zipper, her head can appear a little flatter from certain angles when the worms are removed. The inserts also serve as "stuffing" to give shape, so this is normal. Without removing some of the stuffing, there would be no space for the inserts at all. 

Just like Wiggles, Nibbles's features a zipper on his head. Due to the size of his brain zipper pouch, however, we'll be adjusting the width and location of the zipper to provide ample room inside. 

The brain coin purse features an invisible zipper and... it's gotta go. The invisible zipper gets stuck very easily at such a small scale. It will be swapped out with a matching pink zipper in another style to prevent technical difficulties. There's just enough space in his brain to hold his single brain cell! (Or you can add your own stress ball or other material to give it a squish!)

No thoughts... head empty. Instead of having an insert, Mishmash functions as a plush backpack. Plush backpacks are notorious for not having a lot of storage space, so I opted for two zippers on Mishmash to give him a lil more room to work with. There is a larger cavity on the back of his head, and a smaller pouch on his back. His paws are sewed in place with a couple stitches, but if the owner really wanted to, they could easily snip these to let the paws dangle more freely. It's up to you. Once they're yours, I won't oppose if you want to maim them a lil bit. They're already dead, right? 

Additionally, as an added perk, since Mishmash is stuffed less than the other Hurtsies, he is by far the most cuddly! The hardware straps can be removed in order to give him a snuggle (and bonus: you can store the straps inside his noggin!) Another minor change I requested was for the silver zipper to be replaced with a matching red-coated zipper. 

His face finally got fixed up and he looks much better! Grave Robbert follows Grimsley's base design, so he didn't need much tweaking either. His belly opens up to remove two removable bones and a ruffled headband designed to look like a spinal cord. The headband ruffles are supposed to be along the full length of the elastic, or at least most of it, so I requested those changes.

While my manufacturer doesn't offer the hair clips that I want for the bones, I'm considering requesting the bones to be shipped separately so I can assemble them here in my home office. (I'll be doing this with the bandaid accessories too... Is there a certain style of hair clip y'all prefer? That's so oddly specific, but there are many styles, so it's something to consider. Let me know if you have any personal preferences! As for me, I have short hair and don't really style it often... so I'm kind of a novice at this hair stuff... Non-bald people, please help.

Additionally, some people requested that he have his flower like in his character art. Unfortunately, adding more accessories will increase the unit cost by a lot. Because he already has three inserts, he is pricier than the others. Adding a flower, would increase his unit price even further. In the future, I'm hoping to do a Hurtsies Series 2, where I will largely expand on the accessories for each Hurtsies. I hope y'all understand! 

Again, Riffraff follows the same base pattern as Grave Robbert and Grimsley, so he's pretty much good-to-go! I requested some color adjustments, but the fabric he is made of doesn't have a lot of purple options for some reason... So I did my best with what I have. In person, he is so bright and poppy and looks great with all his other friends!

Riffraff comes with a "stomach" zipper pouch. Like Nibbles, I will make adjustments to the zipper and internal stuffing to allow more wiggle room. The sample pouch has a white zipper, but I have requested that a purple zipper be added to match.

omg Mumble... The fan favorite. I can't believe that his design was last minute, and yet he even blew Grimsley and Grave Robbert out of the water in terms of popularity! I have such a fat stack of Mumble stickers right now, and I'm so glad y'all love him so much. Mumble's zipper is located on his back, and it's designed to blend in with his scratch marks. He is supposed to feature a white headband designed to look like extra bandages, however, there was a miscommunication, and it was not included. I've seen photos of it in production, it just somehow did not make it into his back. This will be fixed, of course, but I unfortunately cannot provide pictures of it at this time!

Speaking of bandages, his left ear is designed to mimic a bandage, and because of its length, it can be wrapped around him like a scarf. You can even tuck it into the pouch on his back. Normally, Mumble's eye would be hidden under his head bandage, but upon inspecting it personally, the bandage can be moved a little bit. I've requested the another eye be added under the wrap. 

Poor sweet Gruff. His pattern definitely strayed off the beaten path, so we've struggled a bit with his zipper mouth in combination with his markings. I think the pattern designer got the markings down, but now it's a matter of fixing the functionality. Gruff has cute little felt teeth sewed behind his zipper lips. He's supposed to feature a tongue that can stick out (y'know, like :P.) However, after many rounds of sampling and testing, the tongue also pulls out his inner pouch and it just... it doesn't look good. Instead of a flat piece of fabric for the tongue, we're going to do another elastic headband that can be pulled out. Same effect, but this one is more functional, which is an added boot! 

And speaking of colors, his colors will be adjusted thanks to the fabric swatch book I received. He is also missing his other ear marking, but it will be added back in this round of adjustments. His tongue will feature the same candy corn colors as the rest of him!

(Bonus note that I don't really know how to fit in... After removing his inserts, you can make it look like he's eating your hand which is fun.)

Because we've got the base pattern down pat, there's not much that needs to be changed aside from functionalities! However, I am making some overall adjustments to further improve the plushies. It was often mentioned that the ears looked a little limp. If you'll notice in Mishmash's design, his ears look a lot more supple, without being overly stuffed. This is because his ears are lined with a soft sponge to keep their shape. All of the samples will get some sponge lining in their ears, so hopefully it'll make them look a lot less withered. I'm hoping they will also retain some flexibility so their ears can still be styled, but that remains to be seen.

As mentioned above, I have also been testing the functionality and making sure that they can stand up to play. Originally, we used invisible zippers because they're less apparent. However, the invisible zippers have a tendency to get stuck because they are so small. We're going to opt for coil zippers in matching colors. This will ensure they stand up more to the test of time (but they'll still blend in to the design!) In my opinion, there's nothing more frustrating than fighting with a stuck zipper, so it's important to me that they unzip smoothly.

I'm overall very pleased with the plushes, and once I work out the kinks with the zippers, I'll be chuffed as chips. 

Because of the back-to-back holidays and some unforeseen circumstances, there have been some delays in getting the samples perfected. As some of you know, Chinese New Year is a BIG time for manufacturers, so the samples have been a little bit behind. I've produced plushies in the past, but because these designs are so uniquely functional, I not only have to ensure that they look good, but also that they stand up to the test of time. Designs like Mumble, Riffraff, Grimsley, and Grave Robbert came together easy enough, but the others have definitely been more of a challenge.

That being said, the factory has said that the new samples should be ready again this week. Once I confirm that everything is up to snuff, the bulk will take about 1-2 months. I will arrange for safety testing during this time. Freight shipping will take about 3-4 weeks to reach the port. I'm going to tentatively set fulfillment for around June-July, but if I get them done sooner, that's even better.

I love this project with all my heart, so it's important to me that y'all get a unique design that you can proudly say "I helped make this possible!" I hope that this update has provided further insight into everything that's going on behind the scenes regarding this project. I can't be more grateful that y'all have trusted me with this project by investing your hard-earned money, so I intend to give y'all my best!

Plushies aside, the other add-ons have also been in the works! The stickers have already arrived and charms and sticker books are on their way to the port! I plan to start putting together orders ahead of time so that I can just pop the plushies in once they arrive. (I'm just trying to clean my garage because it's gonna take a lot of space... woof!)

I plan to check in at least once a month, if not more! I think that about covers everything for now... so if you have any more questions, please let me know! Thanks everybunny, and as always...

Lops of love,
Loppy Rae

Did you have a hoppy holiday? I hope y'all got everything you wanted and are starting this New Year off on a good foot! I'm hopping in here real quick with some updates!

Charms, sticker books, and zipper pouches are preparing for production! I am currently waiting on proofs. Once those are approved, the production will begin. Stickers should be arriving mid-to-late January. It's mainly the plushies that take the most time to produce, as we almost sold a thousand plushes overall! I can still hardly believe it! 

All nine Hurtsies samples should be shipped by the end of this week. The factory is currently making copies to be shipped out to me. Once I receive the samples, I can take better photos and videos to share with y'all! After I confirm the samples, production will begin around February. Keep in mind that China celebrates their New Year from January 17th-February 5th, so this may cause a lull in updates, but not too terribly!

But words aren't as fun as photos, are they? So here's some cute photos and snippets courtesy of my factory rep!

I can't get over how cute Grave Robbert is... I know that a parent shouldn't have favorite children... but can you blame me? (The headband is not pictured, but again, please don't let it alarm you. I'll take more detailed photos and videos once they're in my home office!) I also received some questions on whether Grave Robbert would have his flower prop. Unfortunately, having so many props would greatly increase his overall cost, since he already comes with toy bones and a headband. (However, I'm already planning another Hurtsies campaign with different guts and add-ons for our spooky pals.)

Riffraff's cute little face got minor adjustments on the embroidery placement. I am a stickler for detail, haha.  Mainly it was an issue of the angle and lighting! I'd like to thank the follower who wrote in with the initial suggestion for his expression. <3

Many users wrote in about the ears looking a bit floppy. The original factory we used suggested no stuffing in the ear, however, my current partner will be adding sponge in the ear to give it a lil more oomph. Mishmash's ear looks so squishable.

We also have some photos of the embroidered patches!


Again, thank you all for your patience on this project. I did not expect my first ever campaign to go so well, and it's honestly been a little overwhelming. (But like, in a good way!) I initially only made the sample of Grimsley because 2024 was an incredibly hard year financially, and I couldn't fathom so many people coming together to help me make this dream project of mine a reality. In the future, I will definitely have all the samples ready in advance before the project begins, haha! But for now, thank you all for rallying around me as I learn to navigate this exciting new chapter in my journey as a merch designer! A rabbit couldn't ask for a better crowd. 

I hope you're all having a great night. (And I hope you're staying warm if you're also experiencing this awful cold front!) I'll be back with another update soon.

Peace!!!
-Loppy