First off, 5 new pins (6 if you count that MISSING ID has a blue and pink recolor) have been added to the campaign. I have added a "Bigger discount tier" that allows you to get nearly everything that is currently unlocked at a slightly cheaper price.

After opening questions, two kind folks got in touch with me to ask if it was possible to save a pet from BLUE HELL. At first I thought that was a ridiculous question. But then I got to thinking....What if we gave it a shot? What if we tried to find and save a pet from BLUE HELL? That being said, missions cost time, and time costs funding, so we'll only be picking one pet in the poll below to attempt saving.

I also have something else I want to offer you folks, free on the house.

It came to my attention the other day that many of you have no idea what a pony is. When I learned this I felt a dread in my soul. How could so many people not know about the wonders and joys of ponies? See, some of you believe that ponies are some sort of foul being, but I'm here to tell you ponies are nothing of the sort.

Ponies are the most intelligent beings to exist. Meeting a pony is a predetermined event. Even if you go out of your way to meet this creature, this event was planned out by the pony thousands of years before you were born. It’s said that every pony has a goal. That it acts in random ways to manipulate the universe itself, random values within the atoms. You do not own a pony. You do not trade a pony. A pony owns you.

So, when I say "I'm offering folks a free pony" it's more like I'm offering you all to get in line and be adopted by a pony. I mean, these ponies are digital, sure, but even in their digital image form their intelligence is said to be beyond ours.

......I'm not sure how that works, but I'm not here to question that. I'm just here to offer you a free pony, and getting one is simple. To request a pony you must be a backer. Please post 1 to 3 colors you like, but know that not all colors might be used in the final pony.

These ponies won't be here forever. They have better things to do than trot around a line of admirers. The sooner you grab a pony the more likely you are to get one so get moving you understand?

If you post your digital pony on the greater internet, do me a favor pal, credit ZooCorp and this campaign with a link. Free pony for free advertising, it's called a win win. Please don't do anything weird like trade your pony for money. I respect a hustle but not like this, you understand?

As it is not possible to post an image in replies, I will be using an imgur link. If you live in a country where imgur is banned please request an imgur alternative be used for your pony.

Update: Yes these are still open. I'm at nearly 100 free ponies. My dedication to bringing the joy of ponies to others is vast. If you request a completely random pony, you will be guaranteed to get one, and you will get it sooner than others, but I do aim to try and deliver a pony to everyone who asks.

Edit: These closed once the campaign finished as seen by the pinned comment, sorry folks but you'll need to wait till RED HELL to get a pony.

Quick update today dear backers. After a long delay at customs, the ponies are here. They look quite wonderful, and have thankfully passed the cat test. Now that all products are in hand we will be preparing to ship. We expect shipping to start November 9th. This means we're early on delivery!

Most USA customers should get their packages by the end of November / Start of December.
Most international customers should get their package in December. (Please note that as it will be the holiday season we cannot guarantee that international packages will make it to you in time for the holidays.) We will inform you of any delays.

As you can see from the images, the pony plushies will come crinkled and look slightly under filled when they get to your doorstep as they will be mailed out in their compressed state. Ponies need a bit of care, or time to fully fluff up. Lightly fluff them like you would a pillow a few times to give them a head start to their decompression process!

Note, pirate ship will be used for many orders, especially those with a plushie. If you see an email from this company starting November 9th don't worry, it's just the shipping service we use for some of our bulkier products.

We have 4 backers who have not completed their surveys, and 7 backers who have completed their survey but have not paid for shipping. Please correct these as soon as possible. If these are not corrected by December 1st please note that it may take 2 months for your product to get to you.

We still have about 2-3 backers who have not finished their pay over time. If payment is not completed by December 1st please note that it may take 2 months for your product to get to you.

Good evening, criminals!

Well, it's about 2 months from our wrapup. I'm fighting whatever respiratory seasonal crud our new hire dragged in. Whatever: the show must go on. 

I got a bunch of factory photos earlier this week. The new manufacturer knows there have been some concerns (to say the least) about accuracy of colors, so they did a complimentary test batch. These are test fills and plating on a bunch of our criminals, and they're missing their final polish and UV print with their crimes.

While everything is still being photographed in the balmy yellow basement of a Midwestern church with a Nintendo DSI, there's enough to get a good idea of colors. Our gray background sub seems to be working well enough, with about the same amount of contrast as the old CRIMES line. I'm happy with it.

Here. I'll be nice. I'll give you the daylight picture of the Little White Dogs. The cream tone isn't nearly as Gatorade yellow as the other pictures make it out to be.

Fun fact: you know you have to ask a rep to "go outside" verbatim, pretty often? And sometimes, they have to say no and they send you a video of pouring rain in Hong Kong? Somewhere, totally across the world, some poor idiot got asked to walk outside and take pictures of a metal dog trinket and they had to get their socks wet about it. Xenophobia is stupid: we're all the same, we all hate our stupid jobs.

Sorry, Kaylee. You're a real one. Must have been nice to get out of Captain Clark's ottoman empire for a little, though.

So, barring any major issues, we are probably going to see pins stateside in mid-late November. I know it probably sounds wild to say DOG CRIMES is a fairly small project, but compared to CHALLENGE COIN CRITTERS, this one is going to go fairly quick.

HUSTLE regulars know the drill: stickers will get set aside first, pins will arrive and get graded, and then we'll start getting things shipped. 

I can't guarantee this will be a Christmas fulfillment, but, with the pins' schedule and mine, we might be seeing DOG CRIMES in time for them to sneak their way under trees. You will probably see fulfillment progressing for everything I have active thru the end of the year. And, hey: I have a lot of wrapping paper to use up, so your pins might have a little bit of festive packaging this time around :)

I'll hit you guys back up when stickers are in or when I get a shipping estimate for pins.

Go get your flu shot.

Greetings dear backers, other than the pony plushies being stuck in customs currently, something I will hope is corrected within a week, all products have arrived and I am thusly ready to prepare to lock addresses. If you have moved or will move within this month, please update your address before they are locked. I have a few notes about the pins below. Nothing is major or really an issue.


The colored enamel and metal enamel pins have different types of logos on the back. I thought the stamping would look nicer than the engraving but the engraving came out much better. I will be checking if laser engraving for my color enamel pins are possible in the future.

The bonded pin is slightly larger than expected, but the quality of it is so good this is basically a plus.

The colors for the backing cards are different between the colored and metal enamel pins. The colors sadly got washed out in printing on one of the runs. Not sure how that happened but it's not major enough to bother with.

Otherwise, everything looks amazing! Dear backers, these might just be my favorite pins to date. The turnaround time on all of the products was also amazing considering all of the items came out perfectly. I will be posting a few more photos once the address lockdown date comes.

As BLUE HELL will be hopefully all shipped out by the end of November / Start of December I now feel safe to announce the start date of my next project. I am hoping to have RED HELL: Forgive the SIN join Pintopia 2027, and as such hope for it to launch January 26th. If this changes I will inform you all. Please follow the project to keep tabs on teasers and possible.

Blighted Bestiary is my partner, Skipper's (Toadtown's) project and it is truly amazing. I hope you will follow the project as it will have quite amazing interactive elements. That is all the news I have for today. We will meet again once orders are locked down and hopefully the pony plushies are freed from customs.

Good afternoon, gang!

DOG CRIMES' pins are well into production, and we got a little sneak peek of one of our suspects yesterday.

The DOGGUST freebie 1" pin had a plating sample done, to make sure everything looked good. Dark colors on painted or full-plating pins can be a gamble, and the new factory wanted to make sure I was happy with the design. Luckily for them, and for me, I think it turned out well - a little bit of tripping hazard invisibility is the goal here, anyway.

Now, less fun. Over $900 of charges are still in the red for DOG CRIMES. That's almost 1/7 of our base funding goal - that's not a small number at all.

Some of these pledges are incredibly heavy hitters, including a 10-pin sponsor. Usually, things aren't this rough. That number is enough to cover postage for the entire fulfillment of this project, and then some. If you have a pledge over $35, I'll be sending you an individual reminder on October 15th with a warning.

Your deadline to get everything fixed is October 20th. I'll be cancelling any pledges that don't reach out to me for help or extensions by then. The economy's fucked, I know some of you might need a little longer, but, you gotta talk to me.

Until then, I am waiting on European pins for CHALLENGE COIN CRITTERS' final fulfillment bracket. Henrieke's project is looking good, but, if you're a backer, you should check about remakes and substitutes for her Aardwolf pin. I believe she is reaching out to all buyers via email. Give that a look.

Anyways, November project is in a decent state right now. I have an updated teaser if you want to go follow it. This one isn't gonna be for everyone, it's a fanart tribute passion project, but, if you're a JRPG person, give this a look. We're launching November 7th - there are Early Bird and Returning Backer bonuses to claim.

Hey ya'll! 

I just wanted to pop in real quick because I have progress photos of all the pins and I was too excited to wait to show you guys! :D [I know I posted a few on the last update, but I wanted to put them all in one place so you don't have to switch between posts to see everyone.] Suffice it to say this will be a photo heavy update. And as always, please keep in mind that these are under factory lighting, so the colors may be just a bit off. 

Without further ado, here are the photos! 

A couple of these puppies were troublemakers and there were some color misprints, but luckily they've all been fixed up now and I'm so happy with all of them! I hope you all love them as much as I do! 

Stickers and keychains have all arrived as well, so now we're just waiting on pins to get to me so they can come home to all of you. :D

Hi everyone! 

Just popping in with a quick update so you know I haven’t disappeared into a giant pile of donuts and corgis! 😂🍩🐶 

Orders are now locked, which means we’re officially moving into the next stage of getting all those Donut Corgis made! 

There isn’t a big production update to share just yet. China is just wrapping up its National Day holiday this week, so things have been a little quiet on the manufacturing side while everyone has been away. 

Everything is still moving along, though, and I’ll share another update as soon as I have something new to show you! 

In the meantime, thank you as always for your patience and for making this ridiculous little army of Donut Corgis possible. I am so excited to get them made and into your hands. 💕 

More soon! 

Jess
 Momo Patch 

The new pins and reorders are in production still, just wanted to update that I'm deciding to lock addresses early! Some of you may have orders of pins that are in stock, but I can't easily see that until I lock addresses and get the list. Currently I have to view backer by backer and it's a little difficult.

I'm guessing maybe only 20 or so will be able to ship immediately, so if you don't get a tracking number within 2 weeks it'll be safe to assume that your order will go out when the big batch of pins gets here.

I'll be posting another reminder when it gets closer to ship time so that you can let me know if there's any address changes by then

tl;dr
-locking addresses so I can ship out in-stock orders
-if you don't get a tracking number soon, it means your order will ship later
-you'll be able to change your address at that time

Please send me a message if you have any questions
[email protected]

Thank you!

Other project promos~

And another project, I'm not sure when I'll launch this one, but just gauging interest early

And early next year for Pintopia I'm going to add more birds to the tiny bird series

Hello backers

Pins are almost done and should be shipped to us soon. So, we will be charging shipping cost in 48hrs from this post. We are going to work hard to get orders out asap. So please make sure your survey is completed and make sure your cards are not expired. 

Thank you so much

Good afternoon, criminals! It's a horrible, humid, cold day over here in New York. You can't be cold and humid. Pick a damn struggle.

DOG CRIMES' shipping and addon funds were charged Tuesday. Most of you guys are in good shape, but, as always, we do have some stragglers.

Did your payment fail? Go double check for me, if you can! I have a few extremely high-ticket pledges, including one of our sponsors, who didn't have a successful charge. BackerKit will automatically send you an email badgering you about this, and how to fix it.

You have until October 30th to get cards fixed. I won't cancel pledges until then. But, after that, all bets are off - you will forfeit any pins at campaign price, as well as any freebies you might have picked up.

Pins are in production, and I'll be checking in with the new factory after they get back from a break on October 7th.

I'll contact any egregiously large pledges with card fix instructions next week. If you have questions, or need a hand fixing things, reach out at [email protected].