December 2025 Update!
3 months ago
– Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 09:51:51 AM
Here's the update that we have all been waiting for! We received these photos from the factory on December 18. The factory is currently boxing up the packaged figures and should be finished within the year.
What's next? Everything will need to be shipped from China. Then, once everything is in hand, we start the process of sorting everyone's orders.
We are aware that tariff's could be an issue. We've talked to several peers to understand their experiences, and unfortunately everyone's shipping has gone a little differently.
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November 2025 Update
5 months ago
– Sat, Nov 01, 2025 at 07:32:24 PM
Yesterday, October 31 2025, we received official word that the factory has started production!
On our September 2025 Update, we mentioned that we had paid the production invoice on September 26th, however we did not receive confirmation of the payment until October 16th. Since then, we have been reviewing each character one last time to ensure all accessories, decos, and packaging are correct.
We understand everyone's frustrations and want to thank everyone who has helped us get to this point. One thing that we at Whiskey Jack Toys and ChadMatted have always tried to do is to be as transparent as possible. So here is a timeline that shows how we got here and how the delays have pushed us past our original projected schedule.
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Manufacturing Timeline
June 17, 2023
- 3D files delivered to factory
August 4, 2023
- First figure pictures of factory samples
August 24, 2023
- First accessory pictures of factory samples
September 15, 2023
- Pre-tooled factory samples in hand
September 17, 2023
- Revisions sent to factory
December 10, 2023
- Revisions sent to factory
January 12, 2024
- 3d files, with revisions, redelivered to the factory
February 10 - 24, 2024
- Chinese New Year
May 18, 2024
- PVC tooling complete
July 7, 2024
- Informed that the tooling for the lower arms and hands was damaged, requiring new tooling to be made
August 21, 2024
- Initial injection molding for figures complete
September 27, 2024
- First painted samples provided for approval
September 27
- Decos for Ayakashi, Ikiryo, Badger, Kyonshii, Raiju approved
October 28, 2024
- Decos for Knock-out, Kudan, Shinobi, Reikon, Omen, Daito approved
November 11, 2024
- Informed that the factory does not injection mold metallic colors
- Painting the accessories would interfere with the modular connections
- Decision made to mold accessories in a color that would complement the metallic color, and leave connection points unpainted
November 19, 2024
- Determined that two accessories were incorrectly tooled
- Decos for Torashi, Obake, Furi approved
December 21, 2024
- Deco for Kusa approved
January 20, 2025
- Received first pictures of packaging samples
January 29 - February 12, 2025
- Chinese New Year
February 13, 2025
- Revised packaging bubbles
March 2025
- Physically received packaged samples
- Determine many figure parts and accessories were incorrect and needed to be retooled
June 2025
- Physically received samples of retooled figure parts and accessories
September 2025
- Approved all tooling
- Received and paid factory production invoice
October 2025
- Re-reviewed and approved all figure decos, accessories, and packaging. This was required due to the length of time between initial review from February 2025.
October 31, 2025
- Manufacturing commenced
