Dream Keep Dragon Plush

Carrying Bag Update Photos!
about 1 month ago – Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 06:40:01 AM

Hello Dreamers,

I’m still working on finishing up surveys I got really sick so that slowed me down but they should be done soon! In the meantime we got some early pics of our bag prototype! It’s a bit TOO big so they will be shrinking it some and still revising it a bit but I’m super excited for how it is looking! My rep was laughing that it makes Tranquil Dreams look like a little dragon due to how huge this bag is 😂 

The final bag will have one outside pocket and one inside zipper compartment. It also has adjustable straps! All around a very nice quality bag. I’m so excited for how the pattern and colors came out! We will see the blue one on the near future once we perfect this one. 

For those that didn’t grab one you will be able to pre-order a carrying bag on the backer kit survey once they are approved by the backer kit team and I can send them out! 

Here you can see where I drew my estimate of how much smaller the bags should be. 

Holiday Dreams _ Dropped Pledges Update
about 1 month ago – Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 08:07:40 AM

Hello Dreamers, 

So we finally got the final payout from kickstarter and currently we are almost at 10k in dropped pledges which means I don’t have enough funds to produce Holiday Dreams. 

The kickstarter fees were more than I expected as well I didn’t remember the processing fee which is another 5k lost by itself. For those that have already pledged.

I WILL still have him as an option for selection for those that already pledged, and I may just have to fund a very small run with my own money and credit, somehow unless we can get enough pre-orders or raise enough through the backer-kit pre-orders. For extra Add-Ons I will have to have him locked and done the way we will be trying to unlock Dark Dreams, and Hyena Wildest Dreams etc. 

This lock will go away if we get our numbers back up through late pledges, or pre-orders. 
 

Below is a breakdown so you can all see. So we still have hope to unlock the other characters, but we will need all of you sharing and also pushing late pledges because we may be able to raise enough through that as well! Somehow we need to come up with another 10K + because keep in mind we also must pay 25K to Backer-kit before production starts. This is a fine balancing act to produce all these Dream Keep Dragons. 

So please if you have any social media and any following keep sharing and keep spreading the word about our dragons! Surveys will be completed soon! I’m working like crazy on them. 

In OTHER news here is a wip on Star Dreamer design B from the other factory we are testing. He is still not quite right, but is getting there, and if he is approved we may have him available also as an add-on pre-order as a limited variation of Star Dreamer. We may give him another name like he is a brother of him. 

Socials and Update
about 2 months ago – Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 07:40:53 AM

Hey everyone! I seem to have caught a cold from my husband but still working on surveys. We had hit a small snag where one of the tiers wasn’t showing on backer- kit but they BK team seems to have fixed it. 

China factories are all shut down for a week for a Chinese holiday so prototyping has been stalled but when they resume they will be hopefully finishing Creative Dream and the first pass of revisions for Star Dreamer.

 I’m also working on some more realistic dragon paintings for an upcoming showcase. We will also soon be announcing what shows we are going to be at for 2025 on one socials.

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Companion Update
about 2 months ago – Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 07:27:01 AM

Ok! Voting is closed! I’ve spoken to my manufacturer and made a decision: 

It turns out I can do half and half for our order of stuffed fully finished no zipper and zipper with just skins! So this will be an option on your surveys to choose between. They will still cost the same since they cost ME the same but this way for those worried and overseas that would rather stuff themselves with local sourced polyfill you can save a lot more on shipping! We will also be wholesaling weights as an add-on that people can purchase extra of to go in either the giant dragons or companions. I don’t have a price yet on the weights as china is going on holiday for over a week so I’m going to just be working on surveys and hopefully getting those out to you guys. 

Companion Plush Updates and Info about Pre-Order Store
about 2 months ago – Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 09:33:26 AM

I am still working diligently on getting all the Backer-kit Surveys and Add-ons listed and uploaded so we can send out your surveys. We will also soon be opening the Backer-Kit Pre-order store so you can tell friends and family who didn’t get a chance to pledge. 

For new pledges we have enabled a new feature on kickstarter for “Late Pledges” for just a select few tiers which will be open through halloween. 

I some good news and I have some not great news. After much pushing and negotiating and discussing with my manufacturer it turns out that in order to keep the expressive detailed face of the companion dragons that they can’t make it any smaller than the first sample (we will still be correcting the shape of body and other revisions) So the good news is you guys will the size plush that the sample I was showing is. He is a larger plush than I had planned, but wont be as tiny as the smaller green dragon. 

I wanted him the size of the smaller green dragon puppet I showed along with him and in the videos. 

I was able to simplify the spikes to cut costs a bit, but since we don’t want to use cheap scratchy fabric for nails and spikes (that awful thick felt) PLUS they said they couldn’t keep the process of the face/details if we made the head any smaller, and they said it would look very bad to have the head stay the same size but make tiny body because they also couldn’t make the arms or legs any smaller and keep the shiny 3D claws,  so we couldn't really get the landed cost where we need to. We will still be honoring the prices for everyone that pledged at 85 but for the majority of the designs for Add-ons they WILL have to be a bit more expensive and priced also depending on the character as some are more complex. We are still keeping them below what we will be retailing them for so pre-ordering or adding on some are only increasing 5.00 while others will have to increase by 10.00 or more 

So between $90 and $95 except for vivid dreams with the rainbow feather wings and other features who may be $100 and more retail, depending on how complex and what we get quoted after the prototype is finished. It was this or give you a sub-par product. We also may only be able to make the weight on them 2 to 3lbs not 5 because freight costs will be crazy. 
 

SO I have some questions for you all : Please answer for 1 2 and 3 

1. 1. Would you rather have more weight and pay an even HIGHER price? 
2. 2. Would you want me to do less weight less stuffing and have a zipper like the Giant ones have and possibly offer additional weights as a separate price to order to put in the dragons as an additional Add- on as you want? 
3. Leave them as I plan with less weight no zipper fully stuffed and small increase in price? 

This is a revised simple breakdown the for the factory of the body shape and size. The colors are not final on this they are just for blocking it will still have the colorful tie-dye fur.