There isn't really much to update with everything in production But I wanted to let you all hear from me again to know I'm still progressing on Frogstastic Frogs 2! I did get some photo's from pins from my manu so I'll have to share those of course!
First some important info as a reminder.
Survey info The survey is still open for changes, you can still switch around any choices of pins you'd like. I won't lock the survey until we're closer to receiving the pins. This due to the tariff issue as well in the survey.
Pay Over Time Backers should now also have received their survey!
As a reminder for the tariff costs non-US backers might saw pop up: I will manually remove these before I charge the survey. The tariff percentage might still change so I'm gonna leave this for the last moment so it's the most accurate for all! (It's currently set to 35,5% tariff but I believe it's 18,8% at this exact moment.)
If anything changes with the survey (locking them, charging the cards, etc) I will first give you all a heads up for this with another update.
Desert rain frog socks Yesterday my email was blessed with sock sample photo's! I have asked to change the 'background' colour to a different slightly darker one and will wait on that new sample photo before I approve for the full production. Very happy with the pattern and other colours tho!
Better photo for the colours of the sock. He's so frumpyyyy
Un-edited photo's, love the light differences ahaha. Each sock will have a size in the border.
Status of all products Enamel pins - production Socks - sampling Sticker sheets - done, in house Acrylic keychains - done, in house Early + Returning sticker - done, in house Pin Safari sticker - done, in house Survey filled in amounts - all set aside for fulfillment
Now for some photo's I got! All toad and salamanders will receive UV print. This will give it a bit of a raised effect which mimics the bumpy skin of toads and salamanders. All other frogs will get screen print on it, so those will be flat! Again, manu's send the best flavour unique photo's so lighting will be all over the place. Just trust the process, haha.
Golden poison dart frog
Cane toad
Great crested newt
Marbled salamander
Malagasy rainbow (UV print by mistake, will be corrected.)
Miyako toad
Japanese common toad
Tiger salamander
Giant salamander
Luristan newt
Herpetology collab pin
As always if you need to reach out to me, do not hesitate to contact me via Backerkit support (the 'Contact us for help' button on your pledge page). Or you can use the contact form on my website, that way you reach me immediately by email and I can help you out much easier. Please keep an eye on your email when you reach out. I usually respond within 48h to your questions.
I wanted to pop in with an update to say all the pins have arrived! 🎉🥳🎉🥳
I carded one of each to take photos of every design, which you can peruse below.
Next Steps 📦➡️➡️
With over 4,000 pins now in my hands, I have a lot of work ahead of me. As a one person business, I will be organizing, counting, sorting, quality controlling, carding, packing, and shipping this campaign by myself from my apartment.
However despite the workload, I do want to reiterate that we are still fully on track with my original timeline. I quoted that fulfillment would take place starting in June and would be complete before the end of July, and we're still well within schedule!
I feel confident with this timeline that everything will continue to progress in a timely manner, but it will still take time.
I'll be back again in June to give another update on how things are progressing and if anything changes, I will let everyone know promptly.
When will BCB be in your shop? 🛍️✨
I've had some folks message me asking about when BCB items will be in my shop and in short: I'm not sure yet! I won't be putting any leftovers up for sale until the fulfillment for this campaign as concluded, and after that happens, I'm sure I'm going to need to sleep for 3 days.
At this point in time for those waiting for leftovers, I wouldn't count on them until September at the earliest.
So these arrived today as expected. But when looking at the full set…
I am asking for Jupiter reprints. But what do I do about all the others? Probably only about 15% of backers did not order the Jupiter pin. Do I wait to ship everything? Would some of you mind the smaller one to get them faster?
Ugh. It is always something. Last campaign I ordered two pins too large and one too small.
What is crazy is I made this doc to ensure nothing went wrong this time.
Lots of pretty pictures for you today. The sticker samples arrived recently, and I have a selection of pin photos from the factory.
Pins
Please keep in mind that some of the lighting isn't the greatest, and the colors will vary a little in the photos. However, you can get a very good sense of how the pins are coming along! I'm so excited for how these designs are shaping up. :)
The bright green makes me wish I used glow-in-the-dark on more designs! Especially the two owl faces.
Copper Grimoire Dangler pin
Black Nickel Crystal Ball pin
Black Nickel Sugar Bowl pin
Black Nickel Small + Mini Pins: teacup, bottle, candles, mini eye pins
Work-in-progress pins
These pictures feature the cat and salamander before buffing, plating, and UV printing—so please keep in mind they aren't done and that's why the ink is overflowing.
The colors on everything are beautiful, but the copper designs on the "initial collection" sticker sheet are a bit too light. I will darken the copper lines before bulk printing so these designs are easier to see. Other than that, I love how these turned out.
That's all for now! I'll keep you updated as things move along, but everything appears to still be on schedule for a July-August fulfillment. :) As said before, while orders are locked, addresses can still be updated until after I receive the pins—likely sometime in early July.
Pay-over-time folks should have also received their surveys this month after final payment. Let me know if you have any questions or issues with your surveys.
Long time no update. I have been deep in talking with manus for weeks now, preparing files, catching bugs (and errors), and finalising packaging.
Before I begin, here's a reminder to those who haven't filled out their surveys or had declined cards, please try to get them fixed before the project ends!
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So let's talk about all of this!
SOCK SAMPLE UPDATE? WHERE ARE THE BLUE?
If you've been following me on instagram or tiktok you've probably seen the sock oopsie that happened with the second manufacturer.
TLDR; The socks weren't woven, but instead sublimation printed.
This obviously put quite a strain on the timeline of things. Not only did they take very long getting lost in shipment but also getting these remade was a hassle. I didn't go with the second manfuctarurer in the end, and they're only redoing one of the sock designs in the proper way I wanted (I still have not received an update on that.) This was a communication issue because of the language barrier.
Either way, I returned to my previous manu and word vomitted so much on them that the Arthropleura, who should have been a dark grey (the only edit I asked for) turned bubblegum pink.
This is objectively hilarious, who knew this goth icon came in pastels too?
This is of course fixed and thank you to my manu who decided to make a sample first rather than taking my misread thread number as truth. We both messed up there.
THE BLUE SOCKS.
Right the blue socks. The trilobites!!! Right right yes of course.
They look great! I like how bright the actual sock came out, and they translated the patterns really really well into embroidery! I will not be getting a physical sample of this one, simply because that would delay the project by a month. But I'm very happy with how it came out and it's much simpler than the other two.
The socks are in full production now ✨✨
And here's a snippet of the packaging I desgined for them too! No plastic, just cardboard :)
PINS?! BUT WE'RE HERE FOR THE PINS!!!
Okay okay, I won't keep you all in suspense much longer.
Because the majority of the pins I designed use custom effects, special metals, and electroplating, those will take longer. But I have gotten pictures of the simple technique ones that have been completed!
I'm very happy with how the giga arthropleura came out, as well as the antique minis! So cool. So stinking cool. Man we get to make such cool things thanks to everyone's excitement.... wow....
TIMELINE
Now it doesn't escape me that it's nearly the end of May and we're getting closer to the due date for this project. I am in the process of double checking shipping with USA customers for the last time and tweaking details while I have the EU and UK confirmed as working correctly!
I was hoping to have the stuff done at the end of April, shipped in May, received in June. That obviously didn't happen on account of the many holidays that happen during this timeframe overseas. Which is completely fine. We also had the misfortune with socks happen, making all the files correctly, submitting vectors, getting hired on a contract, and a few community group orders I coordinated for Irish artists; it all took a little longer than I expected it to.
Either way, we're on a good road right now. And if it all goes smoothly, I should hopefully have all the stock by the end of June, or early July. It's not a big time slip up in the grand scheme of things, about a month off, but I still think it's worth being transparent with everyone on how things are going!
The stickers and postcard will be made once everything is shipped off to me, on account that they're made locally and will take only a week or two to be complete. So I am not rushing with them, and also need to clean my 'office' (guest bedroom) first from con season. Con-goers- you know how a room looks during con crunch. Even cosplayers, I'm calling all of us out.
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So that's pretty much it for now! I haven't updated for a while because it's not a very substantial update. Just know things are grand for the moment and production is going ahead 👍
On a half related topic- anyone going to Dokomi? I'll be there in Hallf 4! I'll have my older enamel pins with me to be picked up :) Come say hi!
Hey Guys its been a bit, due to near constant conventions it's been hard to give updates but also hard to make updates due to just the plush shipping in general since it will take about a month for them to arrive! ((the first batch)) Jersey devil, Jackalope and Additional revised Mothman 2.0 will be in the next batch of plush! Due to the payments done after, we have 3 conventions in a row and secured funding we are expected 6 BOXES! of plush of this and previous campaign Jelly Stars, the pins will be ordered soon as they will be a combined order with JellyStars!
THE COLORS ON THIS MODEL WAS JUST FOR THE SHAPING PURPOSES!
Theres a limited fabric selection with this size of plush, so here is what I chose! I'm so happy to see some progress, and hopefully more will come my way soon!
Our Next conventions for May/June are AnthroOhio, Indiana Comic Con & Animate Columbus ! July we will have (1) inperson convention which is DokiDokon, we are hoping to get into TrotCon Online 2026 for an big birthday sale!
THANK YOU AGAIN! For your patience and understanding!
I'm sorry for the long delay. I had every intent of having things sent sooner, but the stars did not align in the ways I had hoped. However... the survey will 1000% be sent tomorrow 5/20/2026 and may trickle down to Thursday and Friday. It honestly depends on the system and your emails. Ensure to check your filters, as the notification e-mail will potential end up in promotions, shopping or spam. I'll provide links in an update to find it quick and easy!
hey everyone ! I finally have photos of all the bags and I've taken photos of all the different color bows and inserts with them ! See below ! Also, surveys will close on May 30th. That will be the last change to make any changes to your order before they're locked. The preorder shop will also close at this time
all four bags
the white bag will have the chain strap as well they just didn't send it to me
that pink and green has me feeling kind of wicked
All white casual ita bows + insert colors
here are some photos of the inside of the bag ! It's easier to see when it's not black I've also added wallet for scale. The casual bag is actually larger on the inside than the coffin due to the shape so it can hold more !
With bag photos out of the way they also sent me this pink version of the bat i didn't ask for but it's cute ! I have a poll attached to this update for you to pick if you want me to order any of them or not :) the skull btw is still being fixed but it's being worked on !
pink bat is same color as pink bag
We're excited to announce that production on the pins is almost complete! Our manufacturer has sent us over sample images for every pin! We're still tweaking Jupiter, which has us slightly delayed, but we do expect to receive every pin by the end of May. Once we receive everything, we'll begin shipping out pins ASAP.
In the meantime, here's some in-progress shots from the manufacturing for Mayday and Mercury!
I've sent out the email for certain items to be removed, you should be refunded for those items if they did not fully fund. BESIDES for Glorp pin, Jersey Devil Plush, Jackalope Plush, and I thinkCryptid Crew pin, Those are from the top of my head but the majority of pins were not enough to be made.
Jackalope & Jersey Devil Plush will be 100 made of each. This is due to how many orders they had (18 each) and to test the waters at IRL shows as well. If they do well enough I MAY order a restock but its not sure at this time.
Plush are in production but we are still paying for the second half of the order, we found a loan but we are having some issues but hoping to hear back in 3-5 business days to see if the bank account used will qualify. We have a convention this week hoping to pay it off, if not we have FWA after but we have low stock as we have not been able to afford any Restocks due to this plush pay off.
Just thank you for your patience and understanding with this project, it means a lot! I wish I can provide more updates but I haven't gotten any pictures since the Glorp 2.0 update. I sent in the jackalope & jersey devil artwork yesterday so hopefully I can show the prototypes for those soon once they get back to me and I pay for the prototype fees.
REMINDER!
About 16 surveys have NOT been answered if you have not filled them out this is the time to do so!
Thank you so so much again and hope to post another update when I get them!
