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They have arrived.
145 caps now in stock.
They'll be on the shop this evening, cheaper than last time but newly designed construction (3-panel) and with 100% re-designed elastic area (a proper bit of good elastic now that cannot become detached in any way).
I've been wearing a prototype of the new cap for a few weeks (Leo spotted this, and the fact that it didn't have LFGSS written on it), and it's way more comfortable than the old cap, it looks better (doesn't have bits sticking out), smells less when not washed for a couple of weeks (the sweat band on the inside works better). Basically, this isn't the same cap that was made last time, this one is much better.
The only reason it's cheaper is that the most expensive part of the production last time was the manufacturing of some insane amount of grosgrain ribbon. But as we had so much left over, we are able to use that without incurring the cost again... so we're only paying for the basic cap this time, the ribbon is effectively free (as it's already paid for).
Will be on the shop around 8pm this evening.