Short but important update! I have mostly good news for this project! Most of the remaining pins are currently getting packaged and will be on their way to me next week sometime.
Demi Girl and Demi Boy Pins are getting remade:
These two pins are the only two ones where the entire amount need to be remade. Replating was attempted, but they ended up too damaged to save. This will push back fulfillment for anyone who backed these two pins, but my manufacturer will try to get them done asap.
According to the list of what's arriving in the next shipment, I should have enough of the others to complete fulfillment for all other orders. Once they arrive, I'll double check them to be sure.
Addresses will Lock August 4th for everyone except Demi Girl/Boy backers.
The goal for these pins is to finish shipment for most of you before September. I will be at a convention between August 7th-9th, most pins will probably start to go out August 10th.
If you have any questions regarding your items, please send me an email at [email protected] and I'll try to get back to you asap.
Missing Surveys and Errored Cards: I am still missing a lot of these. If you haven't yet, please fill out your surveys or fix any errored payments. Without these complete, I am unable to send you items! Once fulfillment is finished, the project will close shortly afterwards.
I wanted to pop in and let you all know that the following pins should be shipping to me within the next week or so:
-Reverie: Lesbian, Aro, MLM, and Polyam
-Blossom
-Frolic: Ace, Pan, and Demi
-Paw Print Collab Pin
The rest of the pins have been re-plated and are either currently getting screen printed or checked by my rep. She needs to double check a few thousand pins between my pins and the others that got affected, so it’s going a little slower than usual.
Updated Shipping Timeline:
Once I receive the pins that are set to ship to me next week, I’ll get them out the door asap to corresponding backers, so I’ll be locking addresses for those on Friday, July 17th.
Thank you all so much for your patience during this. I had hoped to get these out to you all a lot sooner, so I apologize for the extra wait. I’ll pop in again when more pins are completed and are on their way!
I have a little bit of an update regarding the pins, though it's probably not one you'll want to hear.
My manufacturer messaged me this morning to let me know that some of the pins ended up oxidizing during the electroplating process. While the quality of it isn't great, she sent me a photo of one of the pins for reference. The blackened looking spots along the mold line is the damage.
The quality of these pins is not what you all paid for, so this is the updated plan:
Step 1: Figure out how many of the pins were damaged- My rep hasn't gone through all of the pins yet and notified me when she first spotted an issue. I was not the only creator this has affected, so I'm guessing there's a decent amount of damage.
Step 2: Shipping any good pins- Once my rep gets back to me on numbers, if there are any pins that came out unscathed, they will be shipped to me, and I will send them to as many backers as possible after double checking them myself.
Step 3: Replating and/or Remaking- For the damaged pins, the first plan is to see if they can get replated. If they cannot be re-plated, the pins will be completely remade. Depending on the process, it could take another 1-3 months to get these.
Please note that this does NOT affect the remaining pins on the Release the Quacken Campaign if you have backed for both. I switch between my manufacturers to not overwhelm them with every project. I also had the pride mask mold with a different manu, so there were also no issues with that one.
I'm really sorry for the inconvenience and the extra wait. Once I get a better idea of what all needs to get redone, I'll pop back in and let ya'll know.
Sorry for the double ping for those of you who have backed the Quacken campaign as well, but I do have an update for this campaign!
Keychains are officially on their way to me. I should be getting them in the next week or two as long as they aren’t held up in customs.
I also received the pride mask pins today!
Once they keychains arrive, I’ll be continuing shipping for those of you who are only receiving stickers, keychains, and/or the pride mask pin. Addresses for these will lock on June 1st.
I was sent a few photos of the other pins in production, so I’ll share those as well ^^
Thank you all, and I hope you have a great weekend!
I just wanted to pop in and let you know that the stickers have arrived!
For those of you who have backed for only stickers and aren't waiting on pins/keychains, I will be starting shipment at the end of the weekend into next week!
As for the keychains, I did check in on these and am waiting to hear back from my manu. Pins are still in production.
Once shipping starts, if you have any questions regarding your items, please email me at [email protected]. I try to respond to most emails within a few hours.
