UPDATE ON BOOKPLATES AND SKETCHES!
over 1 year ago
– Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 04:19:07 PM
Stan was finally able to ship out the bookplates and sketches and they are OFFICIALLY arrived at our UK intermediary safely!!! We ship to and from the intermediary all the time, so this SHOULD MEAN WE'LL GET YOUR STUFF IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO!!!! INTACT, AND NOT LOST SOMEWHERE IN RUSSIA!!! OR LOST AT CUSTOMS IN THE US!!
High fives for everyone, and I can't wait to ship out your plates and art. :) Thank you for your patience for the wait! :)
UPDATE on bookplates and commissions
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 01:30:51 AM
Hey all!! I hope you're doing well. We have sent out ALL books that do not include bookplates! If you haven't gotten yours, please make sure you filled out your backer survey or send us a message if you didn't get one! Keep in mind that international shipping can take up to a month; but we are happy to provide you with a tracking number if you did not receive one by email.
For ANYONE receiving signed bookplates and commissions: unfortunately, Stan lives in Russia, and the war is not going well over there; with the sudden decision of Putin's this week to "mobilize" Russian troops and citizenry, people are hiding in their houses and there hasn't been postal service at all. This means he HAS the bookplates done but is unable to ship them to us until further notice.
As such, we have two options: We can wait until he is able to ship them (we obviously have no idea how long this will take), or we can ship out the REST of the book orders without bookplates, and send the bookplates (they are a large sticker with a backing paper) in envelopes to you guys later so you can stick them in.
Feel free to chime in with what you would prefer in the comments.
Commissions are also awaiting the reactivation of the postal service and there's nothing we can do about those, but they will ship separately in any case.
Thank you all so much!! :)
~Laurie
SHIPPING!! POSTERS! BOOKPLATES!
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 07:15:53 AM
Hey guys!! Great news. Books have started shipping out, and Stan ACTUALLY GOT the bookplates and postcards, so he is working on finishing off his commissions and signing all of those for you!!
Just a heads up that the TMNT posters had a bit of a glitch on Backerkit, but NEVER FEAR!!! All it means is that you MIGHT get a folded poster AND a rolled one later on when they ship next week. So if you get a folded poster but wanted a rolled one, please be patient and wait a bit, because you should likely get an EXTRA poster the way you wanted it. Fun bonus, right?! :P
Thank you all so much!! Can't wait for you to see the books!!
~Laurie
UPDATE ON BOOKS AND BOOK PLATES!! VIDEO!!
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 08:29:18 AM
SHOW AND TELL AND UPDATE ABOUT Stan Yak's art books!! HOLY SHIT THEY LOOK GOOD!
Too Long Didn't Watch Edition: We have everything except commissions and bookplates...the bookplates were stuck in the UK for a month but have finally moved and are on their way to him...fingers crossed. Anyone NOT receiving a bookplate will receive their books in the next two weeks.
Reward Progress! Some Good News, Some...Irritating.
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 12:53:55 PM
Hey all!! So, an update on where we're at with everything:
GOOD NEWS: ALL the rewards and stretch goals are produced and look amazing!
GOOD NEWS: Books are on the press and they're telling us we get them the first week of August. Fingers crossed that's the case!!!
BAD NEWS: We shipped a batch of bookplates to Stan from our UK office on July 4th (so even before we had KS money) for him to sign and they haven't MOVED. Royal Mail insists this is normal, but we don't like it.
The current plan is to wait until the books get here, at which time we are sending a HUGE box of stuff to Stan's US forwarding address, and if he still doesn't have the bookplates by that time, we will send a BACKUP batch that we purchased to him at that time. Here's the tracking below so you can be irritated along with us (yes, this is literally all it shows):
GOOD NEWS: Stan is making progress on the commissions, and our plan is to send them to our UK office and then on to here to avoid the pesky US customs straight from him:
