PATCH NOTES APPAREL - HIGH-QUALITY RPG HOODIES

⚙️ Snap Shipping Update + 🎉 NY Comic Con News + 🎟️ Giveaway Alert!
6 months ago – Sun, Oct 05, 2025 at 01:01:22 PM

Hey Adventurers! 👋

We’ve got a mix of updates for you today: a quick shipping timeline update, some very exciting news about New York Comic Con 2025, and a NYCC25 Friday day pass giveaway that we’ll be launching on Instagram today!

Let’s get into it:

📦 Snap Shipping Update

We know a lot of you have been patiently waiting for your RPG snaps, and we’re just about to ship!

Last month, we were prepping to ship everything out, but the initial quotes we received for shipping were way too high. 

So we hit pause, rate-shopped aggressively, and finally locked in much better shipping rates for small packages. 🙌

Here’s what to expect:

• On Monday (tomorrow), each backer who ordered snaps will receive an email from Backerkit confirming they will be charged soon for their snap shipping.
• After 24–48 hours, those charges will be processed.
• Once processed, we’ll immediately begin shipping out snap orders to each backer who successfully paid shipping.

A Note On Shipping Prices:
All shipment charges are shipped with duties paid, so instead of paying a surprise charge to receive the shipments once they arrive at the destination country, you'll only have to cover the one time shipping fee. This can save as much as $20 USD per recipient.

We’re sorry for the delay, between the time it took to secure fair rates, a recent typhoon that impacted our international warehouse, and a national holiday currently underway (ending Tuesday 10/7), there have been a few more bumps in the road than we anticipated.

But the wait is almost over, and we’re grateful for your patience as we get these final rewards out to you!

🛡️ Patch Notes is Coming to NY Comic Con 2025!

We're beyond excited to announce that Patch Notes Apparel will be at New York Comic Con 2025, WHICH IS IN 4 DAYS!

After applying months ago and hearing nothing back, we had honestly assumed it wouldn't work out this year. Then we got a surprise email late last week offering us a booth! 😲
We said yes immediately, and now we’re racing to get everything ready. 

Come visit us at Booth #4520 for all four days of NYCC!
You can also check out our official Comic Con booth page here:
🔗 Patch Notes Apparel – NYCC Exhibitor Page

We’ll be offering some exclusive Comic Con deals you won’t find anywhere else!

• We'll reveal the exact offer on Instagram later this week, be sure to follow us to see what it is!

PLUS a roll for discounts mini game that's free and might win you FREE LOOT 👀

We’re so hyped for this and would LOVE to meet you in person! If you’re coming to NYCC, please stop by, say hi, and get geared up!

🎟️ Want a Free Friday Pass to Comic Con?

Even though NYCC25 is in 4 days...

We’ve got 3 Friday passes for NYCC that we’d love to give away!

This evening (in the next few hours to be honest 😆), we’ll be launching a Comic Con Friday Day Pass Giveaway on Instagram.
It’s super simple to enter:

• Follow us @patchnotesapparel
• Comment your favorite RPG class on the giveaway post 
• Tag a friend in your comment!

That’s it! 😁

If you’re in the NYC area or can make the trip, this is a great chance to come hang out, see the booth, and check out Patch Notes gear in person. Keep an eye out for that post!

Thank you again for sticking with us through this journey. The RPG snaps are finally about to ship, and the Patch Notes Guild is leveling up in a big way this fall. Let’s finish this campaign strong. 💪

With gratitude,
Derrick
Founder | Patch Notes Apparel

⚔️ RPG Snaps Are Ready – Shipping Begins Soon!
7 months ago – Thu, Sep 04, 2025 at 08:19:47 PM

Hey Adventurers! 👋

We have some amazing news to share: RPG Snap production is officially complete! 🎉🎉🎉
After months of testing, refining, and overcoming global production hurdles, all 10 designs with 3 colors each have now been fully manufactured and are preparing to make their way to our warehouse and should arrive late next week. At that point, our warehouse will assemble all of the snaps with their respective snap boxes. After that we'll be gearing up to ship as soon as possible.

🌟 Final Snap Colors Revealed: Ancient Gold & Ancient Copper

We're especially excited to reveal the Gold and Copper snap variants for the very first time!
We chose to go with an Ancient Gold and Ancient Copper finish, tones that feel like treasure found at the end of a dungeon, or a battle-worn artifact from your favorite campaign. While we explored high-shine finishes similar to Gunmetal, these more weathered metals gave us that true adventurer energy we were looking for.

We also made upgrades to several of the snaps and increasing the size of several snaps and making each of them thicker. The RPG snaps are a really special part of each hoodie so we really wanted these to look amazing and add more style to your hoodies!

We’re attaching a full set of images below so you can see all of the styles and finishes in detail.

Yin-Yang Talisman:
-  We added indented circles to both parts of the swirl
- We made the edges of both swirls elevated and the tail ends indented so it has a really nice low to high textured feel.

Night Blade:
- We made the circle at the top (or technically bottom) of the hilt hollow
- We made the blade guard risen in the center
- We added an indented fuller to the center of the blade.

📦 Snap Shipping Starts Soon!

Once the snaps are packaged in their respective snap boxes at our warehouse, we’ll begin packing and sending orders out to all backers who pledged for snaps. You’ll receive a tracking email when your order goes out, just like you did with your hoodie shipment.

We can’t wait to finally get these into your hands so you can complete your gear and customize your hoodie the way it was always meant to be.

💸 A Note on Shipping Costs

We want to be fully transparent here: we will need to charge a small shipping fee for the snaps. However, we want to make it clear that the snap shipping be will be no where near the same cost as the shipping cost of the hoodies.

As a small business, we’ve invested everything we’ve got into making this project happen, including personally bootstrapping the snap production in recent months. While we wish we could cover shipping for everyone, we simply can’t afford to absorb those costs at this stage. We hope you understand, and we deeply appreciate your continued support. 🤝

Thank you again for being a part of this journey. The snaps are finally real, and soon they’ll be in your hands. 🔥🔥🔥

We're also so glad that we were able to get these ready to go in time for the fall! With hoodie season coming up, we're so excited to see how you guys are rocking your adventurous spirit this coming season! 😎

Until then stay bold, stay geared up, and keep adventuring.
—
Derrick
Founder | Patch Notes Apparel

🛠 RPG Snap Update – We're Getting Close!
9 months ago – Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 05:15:04 PM

Hey Adventurers! 👋

Thank you so much for your patience while we’ve been hard at work bringing the RPG Snaps to life. We know many of you are excited to complete your hoodie builds with these final pieces, and we want to share where things stand and what’s been going on behind the scenes!

📦 Production Challenges & Adjustments

As many of you know, 2025 has been a wild ride when it comes to global production, tariffs, freight, and shipping costs. The quote we originally received for snap production—including the custom box design we created—came back significantly higher than expected.

In order to move forward and still deliver the quality we promised, we made a smart pivot: the snap box is now being reworked from a square shape to a circular format. It still looks awesome and keeps it's cool factor, but the shape change actually simplifies production in a big way.

We’re currently waiting on the final sample of the new circular box before we greenlight mass production. Once approved, production will take approximately 20 days.

🧩 Snap Refinements in Progress

While finalizing logistics, we’ve also been making key refinements to the snap designs themselves to make sure they’re perfect:

• Adjusting sharp edges on certain styles
• Correcting slight misalignment where snap attachment wasn't centered
• Strengthening the chain on the Claw Mark Shield especially to ensure it’s both durable and not overly heavy

These small adjustments are critical to ensuring the quality you expect and deserve, and we’re excited about the progress so far.

💸 A Personal Note

We’ve been incredibly grateful for the support this community has shown. That said, producing these custom accessories at a high level has required us to invest significant personal capital beyond what we raised on Kickstarter. To help make this happen, I (Derrick) even picked up a side job to keep things moving.

That’s also part of what’s caused some delay, we didn’t expect to be handling both fulfillment and fundraising at the same time, but it’s what we’ve had to do to deliver on our promises.

⏳ Timeline & What’s Next

We know delays are frustrating, and we appreciate how understanding so many of you have been. Right now, our projected timeline is:

• Snap production to be fully completed by late August
• Shipping to begin from late August through late September

That means you’ll be able to rock your full RPG class look just in time for fall!

We’re still waiting to confirm final shipping rates once production is complete, but we’ll share those details as soon as we can. We're trying our best to keep the shipping costs as low as possible.

Thank you again for sticking with us through the ups and downs. We're doing everything we can to make sure every backer receives the high-quality snaps they ordered, and we can’t wait to get these into your hands.

We will circle back with another update in August, stay tuned!

Cheers,
Derrick
Founder | Patch Notes Apparel

RPG Snap Update – What’s Going On & What’s Next
11 months ago – Fri, May 16, 2025 at 06:09:11 PM

Hey Adventurers! 👋

Now that 99% of the hoodies have made it to their new homes (🙌), we’ve been fielding a lot of questions about the RPG Snap Accessories—when they’re shipping, why they’re missing from orders, and what’s going on behind the scenes.

Here’s where things stand:

🔄 We’ve Been Reevaluating Snap Production
Due to the ongoing trade war, tariff and import restrictions between the U.S. and China causing delays, producing the snaps with our original supplier became extremely difficult. Over the past few months, we’ve been actively exploring alternative production options—trying to find a balance between quality, cost, and international logistics that wouldn’t break our budget or compromise the product.

✅ Good News: Tariffs Are Beginning to Improve
As of this week, the U.S. government has announced a reduction in tariffs. While tariffs haven't fully lifted, but the easing of these restrictions has, the door has reopened for us to go back to our original snap production partner—the one who made the best-quality versions we’ve seen to date.

We’re now gearing up to kick off production with them in the coming weeks and will begin shipping out RPG snaps to backers as soon as possible after that.

🔧 We’re Still On It
We know how excited you are to receive your snaps, and we’re just as eager to get them into your hands. As a small startup, we’ve had to navigate some major global changes this year, especially around fulfillment and production. It hasn’t been easy, but we’re committed to making good on every part of this campaign, no matter what it takes.

Thanks again for your patience and support—we’ll keep you updated as we lock in production timelines and move into fulfillment.

If you're one of the few who haven’t received your hoodie yet, please don’t worry, we’re actively working with our shipping partners to resolve these last-mile issues. Feel free to reach out if you need support—we’re here to help.

The Adventure Continues! 🙌🔥

Cheers,
Derrick & The Patch Notes Apparel Team

🔥 Hoodie Production is Complete! Shipping Begins This Week!
about 1 year ago – Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 06:48:42 PM

Hey Adventurers!👋

😎 Drum roll please... 🥁🥁🥁

🎉 Hoodie Production is Complete – Shipping Begins!

Adventurers, we have some incredible news: Hoodie production is officially complete and we’ll begin shipping rewards the week of 3/31! Thank you so much for your patience—this is the moment we’ve all been waiting for. 🔥

We wrapped up hoodie production last week and are now prepping for fulfillment! Here’s what to expect:

• We’ll be calculating individual shipping costs starting Monday 3/31, and will begin charging cards on file as early as Tuesday 4/1 or Wednesday 4/2.
• Once your shipping is charged, your order will be added to the warehouse packing list for that day.
• As soon as your hoodie ships, we’ll send you a tracking link via email—please keep an eye on the email inbox tied to your Kickstarter account!
• Shipping will happen daily, so expect tracking emails to start rolling out throughout the week and beyond.

We’re so excited for you to finally receive your gear—and we’re working to make the shipping process as smooth as possible.

➡️ Also! Our site is now live, refreshed, and officially open for orders!

If you want to grab more gear or share Patch Notes with friends, we’re ready. Visit patchnotesapparel.com to check out the full collection!

📦 Shipping Costs & Transparency

We’ll be real with you: as a small startup, we’ve poured everything into making sure your hoodie is worth the wait. From premium materials to custom designs and careful fulfillment, we’ve absorbed a lot of costs behind the scenes to keep quality high and your price low. While backers received a major discount on their hoodie, global changes to shipping logistics have caused rates to fluctuate in ways that are out of our control. We’re doing everything we can to keep it affordable, and while we can’t fully absorb shipping costs, every order comes with tracking and fast delivery (7–10 days!)—so your hoodie gets to you quickly and securely.

While hoodies are ready to roll, our RPG Snap Jewelry is still in production. We had originally hoped for a simultaneous completion, but we’re making careful tweaks to get these just right. After multiple rounds of revisions, we're getting closer!

We’ve attached some behind-the-scenes photos of all close to finished 10 snap designs in gunmetal. We're still fine-tuning measurements to ensure the best look and quality across all 3 colors (gunmetal, gold, and copper). We'll keep you updated as production continues—thanks so much for your patience!

🎲 Bonus Use for Snaps: Game Night Ready

Something fun we’ve been enjoying: Using the RPG snaps as character tokens during our D&D sessions! It’s been an awesome way to give them two functions—not only are they wearable and fashionable, but they’re also practical and physically ready for game night. Whether you're rocking them on your hoodie or dropping them on the table as your player piece, they’re built for adventure.

We want to take a moment to pull back the curtain. 

Although we raised over $150K on Kickstarter, 100% of those funds—and more—went directly into production. We’ve raised additional funding behind the scenes just to keep Patch Notes Apparel running strong. From warehousing and operations to quality control, product development, and marketing—we’ve spared no effort to make sure your gear is top-tier, because that’s what matters most.

If you’re loving your hoodie when it arrives, we’d be incredibly grateful if you helped spread the word to help us take the next step. Here are a few ways to support: ⬇️

1)Refer a Friend: We just launched a referral program! Give $10, Get $10. Share your personal link with a friend, and when they buy, you both get $10 off.

2) Tag Us on Social: We love seeing you in your gear. Tag us @patchnotesapparel so we can share your look!

3) Engage With Us on Instagram: Comments, shares, and likes really help boost us in the algorithm. We read every message and try to reply to every comment—it means the world to us.

4) Leave a Review: You’ll get an email 4-7 days after your hoodie arrives asking for a review—if you include a photo or video, you’ll receive a discount for your next order!

We're so proud of what Patch Notes is becoming—and with your help, we can do even more: 

• New hoodie colors
• Alternate class designs (like a full-length Rogue hoodie),
• And even entirely new class designs (Like Paladin, Bard, and Warlock).

🎯 Thank You for Believing in the Journey 🙌

This community brought Patch Notes Apparel to life. Now, you’re about to wear what you helped build—and that means everything to us.

We’ll send more updates as we continue revising snap samples and work through snap production. In the meantime, thank you again for being part of this adventure. We can’t wait to see where we go next—together.

More Exciting updates coming, Stay tuned! 🔥
Heroically,
Derrick and The Patch Notes Apparel Team