Once There Were Dragons - A HTTYD Fanzine

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Hello! Late night post to say that the aftersale date and time will be live at 2:00 pm (EST) on Saturday, June 18. There is a reminder on this post you can use!

Hello all!

Very quick post to say that I’m working on preparing all of the items for the leftovers sale! As of now, it’s likely that the site will open up on Thursday the 16th or Friday the 17th. (EST)

Shipping update: I’ve prepared 150+ boxes this weekend, which will be going to the post office tomorrow morning!

I will definitely be needing to complete the shipping process over the weekend however instead of all in 1 go. If you haven’t received your tracking number, don’t worry: I’ll be completing the label purchasing and email sending as soon as possible! Once all of the boxes are done, I’ll post again to make sure you’ve gotten your tracking information or to inform of changes.

Digital PDF zines will also be sent in this second batch hopefully!

I would have liked to power through and do all 300 orders at once, but my university semester is ending and this requires my attention as well.

So some of you will be receiving your boxes very soon! The rest of the boxes will be sent out in a week’s time as long as all continues going according to plan.

I’ll post again when I have more to update! :) Thank you all again!

Today’s update is that every last box (an entire 300!!! This particular step took me approximately 100 or more hours) is filled and all are ready to be shipped in one huge batch this week.

Thank you so much for your patience while I worked on this every possible moment that I didn’t have to work on university!

The goal is to be completely shipped by Monday, November 29 at the absolute latest. If by Tuesday, November 30 you haven’t received an email from [email protected] regarding your package, then please send an email so we can make sure we mail your order!

Dana / @faerie.ana is posting this update. Due to deeply unfortunate and unforeseen circumstances very recently, my zine partner has needed to step away for now and I’m going to be working on my own as quickly as I am able to complete the project. As such, the very best way to reach me regarding any zine questions will be through [email protected] . If I miss your message, please feel free to send another to make sure I’ve seen it! :)

Thank you again for your patience. I’ve been increasingly unwell myself and am working very hard to make sure your packages truly arrive as quickly as I can make them!! It won’t be long now!!

Books are in!!!

First of all, I’m terribly sorry for the quality of these photos, I just wanted to get this update out as soon as I could!

Zines are here and all merch is packaged up and ready to go! This morning I ( @faerie.ana ) received 22 very large boxes of books! They are in remarkable condition and absolutely beautiful. The fics are delightful and the art is incredible.

The plan now is to put all of the packages together and then mail them out! If you’ve purchased anything physical, you should receive an email when your shipping label is printed, and your package will be trackable. Digital zine orders will be emailed as soon as physical zines are being shipped. To ensure that everyone who purchased safely receives their order, we won’t be holding any after-sale until all physical zine recipients have received their order.

A quick note about the past few months; we are both deeply sorry about this unavoidable delay. Both of us had been very unwell for quite some time and there has been a death in one of our families as well. The past few months have been very difficult. Thankfully I’m doing well enough now that I can anticipate no further delays with the project and hope you will understand the wait, and be able to enjoy the zine when it arrives to you soon!

I’ll update when boxes are filled and shipping labels are being made!

Hello dragon riders!! We are so sorry for the delay and lack of updates; we've had some production problems and a few big personal things to deal with on the mod team, but we have the coolest update for you today. Here is the test print of the zine!! Isn't it massive and magnificent?! Our mods have worked so hard for so long on this. We're working on some changes for the proper print, which we'll be ordering next week. As ever, you are all amazing and thank you for all your support.

It’s been quiet from us for a while, so just a quick update on how production is going: Most of the merch is in and packaged and it’s just down to finalizing the zine itself and making tweaks so that it’s right for the final printing. We’re aiming to ship out packages at the beginning of June at the latest, a month later than scheduled.

We just want to be completely transparent with everyone and to give you the best zines possible! If you ever need to change your delivery address before zines ship out, please just send us an email at [email protected] :)

Every zine takes a unique production process, and it’s our goal to do our absolute best for you and to be as transparent as we can be!

Thanks for reading!

Pins featured in the photo are beautiful designs from @ferisae 💕

Little update for you!

We've had samples in for our charms and they are incredible! We cannot thank the incredible @dillydalleydoodle and @byghostface enough for these absolutely beautiful designs, we love them so much!!

We've approved these samples and have gone into full production with them!

We've also ordered the stretch goal sticker, and we'll be ordering the prints soon. The zine itself is still being put together and we should sent it to the printers at the end of April!

We'll post more updates soon. As always thank you so much for all your support!!

A little update for you all! We are so excited to share these!! Here are our enamel pin samples, and we're delighted with them, so we've told our manufacturer to go ahead with full production of these pins!

We cannot thank @ferisae and @kandymation enough for these beyond beautiful designs; you are both amazing!

We can’t wait to package these and take better pics of them too!

Once There Were Dragons Zine Update and announcement!

As you can see we've started to receive merchandise!

Button badge by @ivygeorgi

Pink sticker sheet by @eliphantart

Epilogue sticker sheet by @mijisi_

Stickers by @searyuu @/eleastars and @/ghostdog.s

More merch is coming in soon and @faerie-ana is busy ordering more and packing them up! The zine is also coming along really nicely, and we have some surprises for you too!

Today's preview comes from our fic writer @vannahfanfics and fic illustrator @linearaya The first slide is @linearaya's illustration and the second is an extract from @vannahfanfics's fic. They are both utterly wonderful so enjoy!

I just wanted to give you all a quick update. We have been very busy behind the scenes doing lots of maths and starting to order the merch! The zine itself is having its finishing touches before being sent to the printer. So it is all go and we will of course keep you all updated as much as possible.

We would like to say an enormous thank you to each and every one of you for you support on this massive fan project!

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As our campaign has now come to an end, we want to thank our:

⭐️ our amazing contributors who we literally couldn’t have done this without

⭐️ our lovely beta mods who have made producing this zine so much easier, and have supported us so much

⭐️ everyone who has bought something in our store, which has made this project a reality

⭐️ everyone who has supported us on social media, liking our posts, sharing the project and leaving lovely comments.

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You are all amazing!

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We cannot wait to share updates on production with you. Cicely did the maths yesterday (we should have a fantastic amount to send to our chosen charity!) and @faerie.ana is going to start ordering tomorrow! We are beyond excited!

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As ever any questions, just get in touch.

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Today’s absolutely adorable preview comes from @pepper-arts! You don’t want to miss the other baby dragons in this piece!

Today's stunning preview comes from @maiiyoz, and we love it!

Tomorrow is the last day to preorder and guarantee you'll get the zine and/or merch.

Reminder that preorders for the zine close on the 24th, less than 3 days!

I love this Toothless from @/windlessleaf (Instagram + twitter) !! He looks so wonderful here!!