Hi all!

After filling up my trunk with small boxes and then emptying said trunk at the post office, our favorite little fear demon is on its way! 

This means you should have your little nightmares arriving at your door as soon as our postal service gets them to your doorstep!

Huge thanks for the support and patience! 

If you haven't already either gotten your toy or gotten an email with tracking info, please reach out and let me know at [email protected]

Thank you!!
-Rick

Hello lovely humans,

I hope you've found the courage to face your fears, as Nightmare-Chan will be heading your way soon, and you know that he's hungry for fear!

So the most important part is that IF YOU HAVE MOVED RECENTLY, PLEASE UPDATE YOUR SHIPPING ADDRESS ASAP!!!

I'm going to try and pack everything up this weekend to try and get them out to the post office on Monday.

I've been busily cleaning, trimming, cutting, and assembling (and then packaging) your rewards, and here's some photos from the process of how soft vinyl toys get made.

So this is me dumping all the parts in a soapy water bath to get off the factory grime. I use a Home Depot bucket, soap and water, and then it's a quick rub and rinse and then they're all set out to dry on my beach blanket custom toy drying station. 

Next up is trimming! 

Notice I have to trim the neck area as well as cut out the arm holes. Soft vinyl is pretty soft once it's heated, so using a trusty heat gun I quickly soften the toys and then use an Xacto blade to cut out the arm holes, trim the vinyl around the neck (of the body and the head), and then while the body is still flexible, I stuff the arms and head into their respective positions.

Then you get a finished toy!

Then it's off to the packaging part of my apartment, which means trimming down cards, scoring them, doing some hand-embellishing, and then stapling them into a bag.

And then I get to pack it, slap on a shipping label, and then it's off to your hot little hands! 

Thanks again for all of your patience, and I can't wait to get these out to everyone. When they arrive, please don't hesitate to take photos and tag me (@rickkitagawa) if you share them on social media!

Thanks and hope you all have an awesome weekend!

Cheers,
Rick

Howdy all!

I'm hoping I get a UPS notification soon, as Mile High Sofubi has shared with me some process shots as he pulls the Marbled Red and Black toys!

Wild how that eventually turns into this:

Anyway, once I get in the toys, the next step is then washing them (they have a slight grime to them from production), sorting all the little parts, heating them and trimming the excess vinyl, cutting the arm holes out, and then assembling and packaging them.

Once I get the toys in, I'll let you all know, lock orders, and then start shipping them out to y'all!

Thanks again for your patience, and if anyone is interested in enamel pins, I've got another campaign going on as part of BackerKit's Pintopia pin extravaganza: Lovecraftian Horrors Season 2!  I know, I know, you've probably already heard of it, but in the chance you haven't, figured I should let you know :) 

Thank yoooooou!
-Rick

Yoooo, happy new year, Nightmare fam!

It's been a minute, but I hope that you are all doing well, and thank you again for your patience!

So Mile High has informed me that the molds are back in, so I'm getting the magenta toys and the marbled slotted into his production schedule. Last time it was about 1-2 months from when molds dropped to me getting that first batch, so while I can't promise shipping is around the corner, it's on the horizon.

If any of you also need more Nightmare-Chan in your life ASAP, I do have a few one offs up in the store if you need some soft vinyl horror right away. 

Thanks again and hope you're all doing well !

Cheers,
Rick

Howdy everyone!

A few quick updates on Nightmare-Chan.

So I just dropped off all orders that don't have a magenta or marbled figure as part of the rewards. Meaning if you only ordered pins, shirts, or robin's egg or glow lime toys, you should be expecting your package within a week or so (although TBH, not sure how fast UPS will get to the frozen tundra of Ontario, my Canadian friend).

The other update: I heard from Mile High that hopefully a new mold will be here in a few weeks. I'm taking that to mean "January or February" given the speed of mold making last time, but as long as we make it before all the early-year holidays (Lunar New Year, Golden Week, etc) that shuts down work in China, we should be solid.

Thanks again for your patience, and I'm working on the first painted release (a micro run of 5-6) to drop at DesignerCon in two weeks(!). If you're planning to stop by, I'll be at booth 1725 right by the larger Hollywood 100 gallery. I'll also have some one-offs, which you're seeing here first!

Hope y'all are having a good winter so far, and hope everyone is staying nice and toasty! 

I don't likely expect there to be much news until next year, so if I don't talk to you before then, Happy Winter Holiday of your celebratory choosing!

Thanks again,
Rick