Hey all! super quick update. My manufacturer just told me that the pins are done and ready to be shipped! This can mean they'll be here anytime within the next 1-2 weeks 🥳
Here's another pic from them ❤️ I gotta love the mini backing cards for the mini pins hehe :D
The only thing is that they informed me that some designs have a higher flaw rate than usual, and they agreed to remake them but will ship the current batch out to me anyways to avoid further delays. so for some pins there might still be insufficient quantity to fulfill all orders (although i have yet to see how bad they really are in bulk - I ordered so many extra that there might be no problem at all, and by the time fulfillment rolls around the rest may also be here. I'm optimistic for our scheduled fulfillment time!
Once the pins are here i will try my best to grade and prepack them asap, take some half decent pics and then charge the cards according to schedule and then fulfillment can finally start! Yay!
Also if you haven't seen: my next project is having a poll on the best cat color to go with a catnip pin. The cat will be a freebie on that campaign,I thought a few of you may appreciate them :D The poll closes in a few hours.
That's it for now. I hope you're all having a lovely not-too-hot early summer and many cat cuddles ☺️ Best Averil
Hey all! It's been another hot minute since the last update but today I got the first few finished pin pics from the manu! It's not the brightest picture but I think you can see the pins nicely. (Yes this time mini pins get a mini card)
Mini pins on mini cards
These haven't arrived at my place yet, the manu does the carding for the mini pins this time, it should speed up the fulfillment process quite a bit. Some other process pics:
Shroom and Early Bird Freebie
This one looks a little creepy with the empty unprinted eyes lol
Mini shroomies!
My manu is aiming to finish all the pins by April and then ship them to me so that I have all of June to grade and pack them, and still be in time for fulfillment! I'll hope to finish the digital rewards pack in the same time too (currently I'm busier with my upcoming pin project - there's been a new teaser image if you haven't seen! This week I'll announce it officially with launch party and all)
That's it for now, I hope you all are excited to get your pins!
Hello all! It's been quite a while. The factory I work with has been a bit busy so my pins got queued, hence the lack of new updates. But today I finally can show some first mold pictures. Since I had initially planned the production phase to go until June precisely because of things like that, I think we're still within the expected schedule :)
It's not much to show, but I know that some of you like seeing the WIP pins so here we go!
That's all I have for today. I hope from here, updates will roll in more frequently again :)
Hey everyone! Just a super quick status update: I have just placed the final order for this project, based on the survey responses so far. I waited until the surveys were about 75% in, extrapolated from there and put on a generous amount to account for defects, late surveys and and extra pre-orders that may come in.
Unsurprisingly, Inky Cap and Fly Agaric meows were by far the most popular picks, projected to come out at 120 pieces selected! Whew. Most others average at around 50-60 pieces which is not bad at all. The mini mushrooms were overall the least popular set but I expected that much, still every design got picked enough (least popular projected to be about 15) so I consider them all a success, yay!
What happens now: - Manu and I will work on the proofs for the final production (until Mid march, probably) - Mass production may take 2-3 months up until ~June - Pins will be shipped to me (~June) - Your cards will be charged for shipping & add-ons (~June) - I will break my back grading and packing all pins (~July) - Your addresses will be locked (~July) - Fulfillment! (~July)
Hey everyone! It's been a busy few days behind the scenes but today I bring some more fun news.
Sticker Update
The final sticker freebie pack is finalized with two more additions (morel and lion‘s mane). And the edible shroomies have a sticker edition too now! Remember that everyone gets one pack of emote stickers for free, but you can buy extra packs in the add-ons/pre-order shop. The edible mushrooms are a new sticker pack that are also available in the add-ons/pre-order shop.
Pre-Order Shop Open
If you missed the campaign, worry not - the Pre-Order shop is open and you can grab some things. The campaign incentives are gone but some items are still offered at a pretty good price compared to later.
Plus I put a decent amount of old cat pin designs in the add-on shop at a favourable price since I freshly restocked them and my boxes are ever so slightly overflowing :D
Since I currently have sooooo many pin designs available, I decided to only add the ones to the add-on shop that were somewhat related to this campaign (cats!). If you still want to pick up some old designs or other goodies, you can contact me and I‘ll give you a free shipping discount code for my shop. (Business at doombloomart.com)
Survey Smoke Tests are coming
The survey setup has been approved on BK's side. I‘ll send out the smoke tests soon (meaning a small % of backers will get a survey to check if everything is working as intended) and once I have enough responses, everyone will get them. Keep an eye on your inbox so you don‘t miss them! You will then be able to choose your pin options, add any add-ons (to be charged together with shipping in a couple of months), preview your shipping+tariff charge and I will also ask a few questions to help me make future campaigns enjoyable for everyone :)
US Tariff situation remains unclear
As you may have heard, the IEEPA tariffs have been ruled unconstitutional. Yay! But it seems like new ones have replaced them and the EU is looking to re-negotiate some terms too, so I sadly cannot confirm anything at this point :‘) Your surveys will show a tariff value and I‘m planning to either stick to them or scrap them entirely if I can. I will not increase them unless something absolutely ridiculous happens, and in that case I will make sure to communicate clearly.
What‘s next
For now I will wait for the smoke tests to pass, and then everyone gets their survey. Once we have around 80% of orders confirmed I will finalize the order and manufacturing will start! In the time between now and fulfillment I will also finish all the digital rewards.
