First off I am pleased to announce that I will once again be cross collaborating with Kage Davies, who will be running a cephalopod themed campaign this PintopIa: Pods and Pots!
Octave is a high-level interpreted programming language for performing numerical analysis--
The perfect friend for Array!
--but in the Short Circuit 'verse, they're also a bot board you can get your hands on by supporting both of our campaigns!
Octave will be 2" long and plated in silver nickel, with the finish of the Water line. From Pods and Pots you'll receive a delightfully geometric blue ringed octopus, sized at 1.5" with copper plating. Definitely pop on over to their launch party page as well and give them a follow!
New this Pintopia are "banners", themed sub-groups of participating campaigns~
ITTY BITTY. TINY. MINUSCULE.
Soft Circuit is flying the Animal Akademia banner, which encompasses the theme of animals & science! Back 3 or more projects from Animal Akademia and you'll receive a free mini pin from each - which from me, will be an itty bitty variant of the Pause board!! Above is a photo of the real deal! I wanted to make sure the design would work at this scale, so had it sampled along with the Light units.
Then of course, as with all Short Circuit endeavors, backing the project within the first 48 hours nets you another free pin:
WRITE YOURSELF 🐺💚
A pun I've been desperately wanting to include, anyone who backs for at least one pin within the first 48 hours of the campaign will bring home this 2" Softwere pin completely FREE!!
Returning backers will also receive a free selective holographic sticker of Softwere as a thank you for continuing to show up for these lil friends! I ALSO have additional freebie stickers in the works -- to be revealed soon. :3
The first five pins of Unit Line: Light have all been sampled by my amazing supplier, who came through on them in record time!
For your contemplation, here are photos of each --
Our Light co-ambassadors, Hash:
And Heap!
I'm delighted that so many of you loved them both, and they will share a joint unlock goal!
Next, the bot board that solidified going with yellow as the primary Light pantone for me outside of its sunny associations, Honeypot:
A shining spirit, Trojan:
And the "elemental" board of the line, Transistor:
Samples of the rainbow anodized + white + glitter alternates for Heap and Honeypot were ordered at the same time, but anodized plating takes a bit longer to work with, so a real life peek at those effects will be forthcoming in a future update.
Lastly, while the small bandana accessory will be manufactured by the same supplier who produces the plush robots, I've paid a separate manu to sample the large bandana! Both will be available to add-on to your pledge separately, if you're just looking for a snazzy way to wear and display pins.
Alternate colorways of the bandanas that match each of the Unit Lines will be scattered throughout the stretch goals - more on those in a future update as well!
With launch less than 10 days away, I hope you're getting EXCITED to bring all these new friends online!! As ever, thank you for reading, and if you know anyone who you think would enjoy any of this - pass them the Launch Party link! The more folks get involved, the more cool stuff we can make together!! <3
