Im just worried the drop isn't going to sell well outside of collectors and diehard Angel Stans and then they're gonna be like "See!! The faggot doesn't sell!!!" And then we'll never get Angel merch again :/ this drop feels so rushed & I genuinely feel like the artists have never drawn Angel before - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Im just worried the drop isn't going to sell well outside of collectors and diehard Angel Stans and then they're gonna be like "See!! The faggot doesn't sell!!!" And then we'll never get Angel merch again :/ this drop feels so rushed & I genuinely feel like the artists have never drawn Angel before

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rio-polilla.bsky.social•1 day ago

this thread exactly.
i wanted an angel dust official shirt so bad, but this feels like it was approved by someone who didn't like the character. =\ Its all limited to such a degree that it may as well not be the guy we love. u_u

corruptdoctor.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I think the standee and cutout are cute personally in a canon show type way but the rest feels like a bit weird to look at man, I wish they would hire the artists viv had on shark robot or people who know how to lay down sumn they know the fans will love..

corruptdoctor.bsky.social•22 hours ago

LIKE THE ART ON THE CARD IS SO PRETTY? HIRE THEM FOR THE MERCH ART? SOMEONE?

eucheon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah I only started buying any Hellaverse last year, technically October 2023 with the Ultimate pre-order bundle, so looking back at all the merch that came before compared to now, Angel has gotten the shaft in comparison. To me he’s part of the trinity with Alastor and Charlie.

eucheon.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s cool he’s part of the 1st lineup to get merch when they do a product line like with YouTooz or Bandai/Banpresto, but he needs to be part of every merch drop they do. Thankfully fans like yourself help with filling in those missed opportunities. Of course I remember what Morgana said about this

eucheon.bsky.social•1 day ago

and the sacrifices that had to happen to get the show made in the 1st place.

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

YEAH I KNOWWW, like I genuinely understand spindlehorse had nothing to do with this because even with their most fucky merch drops it was nothing like this. I feel like such a brat for complaining but if I don't bitch about it online for a day I'm not gonna be able to stop thinking about it 😂

eucheon.bsky.social•1 day ago

As the consumers, I believe we are allowed to share our frustrations as long as we aren’t directly attacking others or the people behind it. You are just sharing your thoughts and wished it was better.

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

TRUE OTL I wish I didn't struggle so much with having negative opinions like this, I'm trying to working on it 😮‍💨

ivandubs.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's a shame as a big acrylic standhead, when you look at the Sharkrobot ones like they fucking cooked man there's sovl here

Meanwhile, with the new one it's like: "At least it spins???"

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bellarosierose.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nah they ate so hard w these. Idk why they’re de-cuntifying him. That’s literally his character design.

ssylveon.bsky.social•1 day ago

These are so stunning I’ll forever be baffled by Amazon looking at sharkrobot and saying NAH make it cheaper and more generic for wider appeal. Know your audience bc we can always tell lol

violinistdemon.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I bet that's exactly what some corporate rube at Amazon said when making this current merch.

fruitytuti.bsky.social•1 day ago

No cuz, u are so right! I’m surprised anything didn’t get sold out right away (which good for me but still), and it has me worried cuz Angel is my all time favorite and I want more merch of him and Husk too, we barely see anything of him also, and it’s sad😞

blakmorte.bsky.social•1 day ago

I kinda want the pin, but idk how big it is. I wish that was listed in the description.

whittertwitter.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s so weird seeing Angel go from being the last Hazbin character besides Alastor to consistently get SR merch to Amazon treating him like he has the plague. :/

ssylveon.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m happy the small amount he has at hot topic is good. It’s corporate sanitization bc of Amazon you’re right 😓 it’s like do we want the production budget and exposure or the freedom to produce everything on our own terms.. and this is where we see the pros and cons we see with hh vs helluva

ssylveon.bsky.social•1 day ago

However we couldn’t have gotten the huge beautiful musical numbers we get with hh without the Amazon budget… but it’s at the expense of running EVERYTHING including merch by the corporate overlords which is kinda ironic considering s2 😂

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah like I'm ngl I expected the merch to degrade in quality in general and it's not like the merch pieces by themselves are horrible or anything, if these were fanmade I'd think they're great because individuals don't have budgets and teams and pipelines overseeing them it's just people having

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

fun, but was there no art lead for this?? There are so many glaring mistakes that should've been caught?? Like I genuinely believed fans were playing an April Fool's joke until I saw the link to Angel's birthday site and the fact that the card looks so official

helluvatroll.bsky.social•1 day ago

Can you share some of the mistakes you found in the merch?

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is just for the pin, like I could really criticize all of it but the pin was the most audacious to me. If it was fan merch this would look alright & I'd probably buy it bcus I love the concept, but there are just SO MANY mistakes with this. Even if it was just a couple mistakes I'd be like w/e

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vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Even now I'm like maybe I'm being tricked and throwing a big old baby fit for no reason lmao

ssylveon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well just have to party harder and gayer than ever on our 2 week bender at seas… DO IT FOR HIM 🕷️💕

zoomzeta.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not that I disagree with you on the merch proper (It's very hit and miss).

zoomzeta.bsky.social•1 day ago

Buddy, you need to stop worrying about what some far-right assholes are going to say about a character from a show they don't even like to start. They would say that even for merch that is a lot better than this (Collectable card aside)

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Im talking about Amazon hahah

zoomzeta.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeeeeeah my point still stands, Amazon or otherwise.

lexipop398.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nah, you’re so right for this, man. It’s really not fair that certain characters not only get more merch, but also better quality at that. Not that that’s the team’s fault, but it sucks knowing that they could definitely do better if they didn’t have to get approval from the big whigs first

therandomdragons.bsky.social•1 day ago

I enjoy Angel but he isn’t my fave but I’m getting my hands on that promo card if it’s the last thing I do 😤😤 if nothing else the card is so sweet

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

The card is beautiful!! I love the card, but I'm also sick of buying 10 dollar cards I just want some pins...my kingdom for some angel dust pins.....

therandomdragons.bsky.social•1 day ago

FR the pin is probably the biggest disappointment for me, it just looks off 😭

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Im shocked the pin even got approved ngl. The concept was great but the execution was so bad....and like they were all very fixable mistakes so I don't know why the art even got approved unless this was all incredibly last minute which I suspect it was 💀

therandomdragons.bsky.social•1 day ago

A friend of mine said it looks similar to the OLDDD angel pins which were some of the first ever on SR, so I wonder if maybe they were trying to call back to that w/o using it directly?? Who knows lol

ashharts.bsky.social•1 day ago

It just sucks seeing the merch we got on SR of him to the Amazon produced merch...
I guess I'll get the standee so it can go with my Moxxie stripper one but even then I'm sorta just...eh....

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

I wish I cared about helluva even as fraction as much as I care about hazbin cause maybe it wouldn't sting so bad 😭😭

ashharts.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hhhh I'm sorry...
I mean even when we had pilot Hazbin merch on SR there was still more care to it than this drop

smashthatashe.bsky.social•1 day ago

While Alastor has been my favorite since the pilot, Angel Dust has always been another fave of mine for many, many reasons. I adore him and I adore artists like you that give him the respect and love he deserves. 🥺💙

I just wish I could support a lot of you, but it's hard living in Canada [cont]

smashthatashe.bsky.social•1 day ago

How expensive the shipping is what with everything going down atm.

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah definitely, I for sure never expect anyone to buy from me!! I don't really do merch for income I mostly just do it for fun :3 and obvs fan merch is always going to have a lot of love put into it, but sometimes I just want to be a little bird with my little collection of trinkets and I want the

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

collection to be a full one and that's impossible to do with how much Amazon fan merch is out there 😭 official merch collecting is the only way to scratch my little pea brain because it's more feasible to have a full collection rip

smashthatashe.bsky.social•1 day ago

I feel this on a spiritual level LOL
I'm like a corvid that way, shiny things make me happy. The most I can contribute to fandom related stuff are friendship bracelets with character names and color themes for when I hit up conventions.

I'd love to hit up more artists and buy their merch

smashthatashe.bsky.social•1 day ago

not just because it's of my favorite fandom/character but because I love supporting artists. I know it's hard for y'all out there and the lot of y'all deserve to know your works are very much loved and appreciated. 💙

motokumakko.bsky.social•1 day ago

"diehard Angel Stans" im being called out in 4k

motokumakko.bsky.social•1 day ago

but i do agree and i wish they'd release spicier angel merch... how about those old sharkrobot-era pin-up enamel pins?? how about that valangel deskmat?? angel in drag??

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Im also calling myself out lmfao

haunted-stardust.bsky.social•1 day ago

Depending on how things look when I actually finally see them, I may end up buying like *one* item if I can even afford it but honestly I prefer to just support fellow artists anyway. Esp when they're more reasonably priced in a lot of cases-

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

All of his merch so far is so painfully generic and corporate and sad...and it fucking sucks because I know Viv probably had to fight tooth and nail to even get THIS. And I hate seeming ungrateful when I've been crying about not having any real Angel merch for like over a year now but it reminds

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

me of the time I listened to a comic artist speak about his thoughts on social justice issues in comics, esp wrt black characters and the entire response was really profound but at the very end he was like "either represent me well or don't represent me at all."

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

And that stuck with me even all these years later. Like Angel is a loud, individualistic, unapologetic gay man who does sex work and drag. I'm obviously really sensitive to survivors having their light dulled by polite society (fucking obviously) so this feels like an entire slap in the face.

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's just so upsetting. They're obviously trying not to make waves and I do sort of get that given like...yknow...the fascism...but I don't think meeting that with ultra sanitization is appropriate. And, whatever, I know, cartoon merch this, it's not that serious that,

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's just like...represent me well or don't represent me at all lol. Nothing would have been so much better, I wouldn't have even been mad because I was already expecting nothing. This just feels like a slap in the face tho

vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Anyway I think that's everything off my chest I'll shut my mouth now lol