@ShowtneCockatoo And to be clarify, I'm not saying you traced or that this is illegal. Nagano was a small creator first before they blew up. They're still an artist at their core and seeing someone mass produce recolored pieces when the they've made their wishes clear is hurtful.
@ShowtneCockatoo If you love Chiikawa, please respect a fellow creator's wishes and cancel the campaign. The creator of Chiikawa asks to not to do this. The art style is simple but plushes directly lift off the template their existing merch. It's like selling a work that you traced and recolored.
@HattyHatHatter@SuperGroupiesUS Consider the cost of:
- licensing fees
- tariffs to export to different counties
- small batch production (more expensive than mass production)
- paying the designers and workers wages
It sucks to not being able to afford but they're pricing reasonably.