That's a lot of simultaneous ICs and GBs to manage. I'd be a bit concerned as to how one can manage this kind of pipeline.
1. [GB] GMK Peaches and Cream
2. [GB] GMK Terra
3. [GB] KAT Atlantis
4. [IC] KAT Goddess
5. [IC] KAT Explosion
6. [IC] PBT R&R or GMK R&R?
7. [IC] GMK Red Dragon
I understand having a lot of ideas and wanting them to be successfully produced as per the designer's preferences, but I am worried this is spreading way too thinly.
More importantly, it is a bit alarming to me that this may be an attempt to "claim" the spot to an idea (by having an IC thread in existence), or worse yet, in the queue of sets to be produced.
But with things being so busy for one person, I can't imagine these would all proceed well with no hiccups.
Just wanted to add my 2c.
I've had the opportunity to work with Rensuya quite a bit recently, with both Peaches N Cream and KAT Atlantis.
I can attest that he treats each of his projects with the same high level of care and detail, and really does work on these sets for an inordinate amount of time.
The number of revisions and changes he goes through to bring a set to IC is actually quite a lot, from what I've seen - and he really wants all of his sets to succeed, and has shown to be receptive to feedback in the past.
While his ICs are quite fleshed out, he has listened to community feedback and made changes - his ICs are "true ICs" in the sense that things aren't quite finalized when they are posted. KAT Goddess was once PBT Goddess, kitting, accent colors, etc. have all changed based on community feedback.
All of this is to say - yes, there is 1 currently running group buy and 4 ICs that Rensuya has posted. (Both Terra and Peaches n Cream have passed the GB phase and at this point, I consider them more in vendor hands than designer hands - though designers certainly still contribute, the ask on time is much less at this point). But I haven't seen any drop in quality despite the volume and if you have, I'd love to have a discussion about that. From my perspective, he's done a great job of handling his pipeline thus far and the quality of content I've seen also doesn't look like someone who is spreading themselves too thin.
I'd also like to state that just because a set ICs does not guarantee that it will ever run, and I also don't see how posting an IC is "claiming" a certain colorway or theme. One doesn't have to look any further than this month to see that similar sets can all find success in today's environment. GMK Lunar, GMK Apollo, and GMK Ashes all share some attributes, and are all different, and are all doing great. GMK Forge is running when the "GMK Forge" moniker was previously ICed as a completely different set (which did not succeed in GB).