It’s been about a year since the campaign for an articulated Scary Godmother doll, to which I contributed, ended. The last update that we got on the progress of the actual doll was at the end of April, April 23rd, to be exact, when Jill Thompson, creator of the campaign and the character, stated:

"We need to get this right. It might take longer than we all expected, but if that’s the only way she will turn out to be beautiful then that’s what will happen. I have no money to waste. It’s OUR money for OUR dolls. I can’t start at one factory and spend a ton of cash on tooling and then find out it’s not right and then go somewhere else. Or let them use cheap hair or clothing materials because they have it on hand. She has to be exactly how I want her to look before they can move forward because that’s what they say they could do! If it turns out they were fibbing, then we have to find someone else who follows through!

"This is not discouraging news in any way, so do not be disheartened! It just means the doll will be the most excellent!"

Fine. I get it — making a doll to spec, especially on limited funds, requires lots of communication, time and perfectionism. But we contributors have just gone for almost five months, a significant span of time, without any communication from Thompson. I’d be more convinced that we would eventually receive "most excellent" dolls if Thompson kept us updated.

I’m beginning to think I’m never going to get a cute little pointy dolly, which is too bad because I wanted one! 🙁 🙁 🙁 Bad communication pisses me off so much.

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