Hello again,
Today I wanted to share with you the design video for the Quantum Cats!
There will be a design video for every design in this project, it will just take me a whil...
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Frost Dragon Designs, LLC
7 days ago
May Update - More Cats Doing Science!
Hello again,
I have a few quick updates for you regarding the More Cats Doing Science pins.
Pre-Order Shop
For those who have asked or who might have friends who missed the ca...
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Frost Dragon Designs, LLC
11 days ago
Design Video - Computer Science Cat
Hello again,
Today I wanted to share with you the design video for the Computer Science Cat!
There will be a design video for every design in this project, it will just take m...
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Frost Dragon Designs, LLC
19 days ago
Design Video - Rocket Science Cat
Hello again,
Today I wanted to share with you the design video for the Rocket Science Cat!
There will be a design video for every design in this project, it will just take me ...
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Frost Dragon Designs, LLC
22 days ago
Design Video - Pipette Cat
Hello again,
Today I wanted to share with you the design video for the Radiology Cat!
There will be a design video for every design in this project, it will just take me a whi...
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Frost Dragon Designs, LLC
25 days ago
Surveys have been sent!
Hello again,
The surveys have been sent out!
Please fill them out as soon as you can.
These surveys are SUPER important. I use the data to make sure I order enough of each p...
Backers from the campaign as well as Pre-Orders will be shipped out before I start listing any of the new pins on my site.
Pin Production
The second pin order is now in production as well. I ordered from my prodiuctionpartner in two batches. The first batch I just ordered a 'reasonable number' of each design before the surveys just to get production started sooner.
The second order was placed after I hit 90% surveys completed. This was needed as some designs needed more pins that I had made in the first order. Both orders together should cover all of the backer selections, pre-orders, and give me a bit of stock for my website later.
Shipping in Waves
Because I placed my order with my production partner in two waves this likely means that I will ship out in two waves as well. It will likely be 'random' regarding who is in which wave, as I will just be trying to fill as many orders as I can with the first wave, but some folks will unfortunately have to wait until I get the additional pins form the second production partner order.
I HOPE to be able to start shipping in late June or early July, but that really depends on when my production partner finished making the pins, as well as if they pass my quality check.
Shipping, Add-Ons, and Pre-Order Charges
I will likely let BackerKit initiate these charges once my production partner gives me the tracking numbers for the first order of pins. I hope this will be in mid to late June. If you would like me to let your card charge sooner for personal accounting reasons please let me know.
Still a Long Wait
I know we have all been waiting a while already, and that we still have a while to wait, but I wanted to thank you for being on this journey with me!
Thank you!
Thank you so much again.
If at any time you have any questions or concerns please reach out to me and I will do my best to address them.
These surveys are SUPER important. I use the data to make sure I order enough of each pin design from my production partner.
My hope is that 80% to 90% of the surveys will be completed in the next two weeks. That should be enough for me to get good rough estimates on the total number of each design I will need to have produced.
The good news is, 60% of you have ALREADY filled out the survey!
I know I am always curious to see which designs are the most popular, so I thought that I would share the top 5 designs so far.
Astrophysics Cat – 139
Chemistry Opossum – 130
Library Science Cat - 122
Computer Science Cat – 121
Quantum Cats - 117
If you have any questions or concerns please let me know and I will be happy to address them to the best of my ability.
I wanted to provide a general update regarding the survey and the pins.
We are still about a week away from the survey being sent out. Backerkit recommends that the survey be sent out two weeks after the campaign ends to allow for the payments to be settled. So look for the survey emails in about a week.
Having said that I have put the pins in production with 'minimum orders' of 100 units of each of the designs.
I will need more than that for some designs, and less than that for others. So once I have the survey data I will make a second order of the designs that I will need more of. This helps logistically by getting things moving now, as well as spreads out the task of inspecting and packaging.
This also means that shipping will likely take place in two separate waves, or maybe just one long wave, haha.
I have also added the Scientific Wonder coin as an option in place of the Lab Rats for those who qualified for the free 'pin'. If you qualified for that freebie you will have a question in the survey to select either one of the Rats or a coin.
We still have a long road ahead of us before anyone gets their pins, but if you have any questions or concerns along the way please let me know and I will be happy to address them to the best of my ability.
This is NOT the survey for backers who backed the campaign while it was running. The surveys for campaign backers will be sent out in about two weeks.
The Pre-Order shop is primarily for folks who missed the campaign itself.
I was getting a lot of messages from people who missed the campaign and wanted to know how they could make sure that they got some of the pins from More Cats Doing Science.
I decided the best solution was to open up a Pre-Order shop through BackerKit. The Pre-Orders will flow into the same pin counts that the survey results will flow into, and will ship out around the same time as the backer rewards, but before anything gets listed on my website.
This seemed like the cleanest way to handle the still growing demand for these pins before I actually have them in hand.
So if you know someone who missed the campaign, but still wants some of the pins from More Cats Doing Science, please pass along the link to the Pre-Order Shop!
Thanks to you, More Cats Doing Science had an amazing finish! But now that the project had ended, what happens next?
I am carefully reviewing all of the design files to make sure that there are no errors prior to manufacturing, and I am also setting up the pledge manager.
BackerKit will be charging your card in the next day or two if they have not already done so.
In about two weeks, you will get an email from BackerKit with a link to the post campaign pledge manager/survey. With it you will tell me which pins you want, where you would like them shipped, pay for any additional optional add-ons, as well as pay for shipping.
I will use the data from the pledge manager to make sure that enough of each pin design are produced. With over 750 backers I need that data to make an accurate order, as right now I don't know which designs are very popular, and which were less popular. So when you get the survey email, please fill it out as soon as you can.
A week or two AFTER the pledge manager I will be placing my Main Order of pins with my production partner. It will likely take them a month or two to produce the pins. Once I have them in hand I will do my own inspection of them, package them up and begin to ship them out.
It is still a LONG process from here before the pins make their way to you. I will do my best to keep you updated, but if you have any questions along the way, please feel free to reach out to me. I don't mind at all!
First I wanted to say thank you for making this project such a tremendous success!
Did you know that this is now my second highest funded pin campaign ever!?! The only project that I have done that had more funding was my original Black Cat RPG campaign.
In celebration of your tremendous support I have decided to unleash my silliness and add one more design to the campaign.
Not a single person has ever asked for this. It was just a little doodle in one of my sketchbooks that I did along the way while designing all of the science cats. When I felt overwhelmed at the size of the project that I was trying to put together, it always put a smile on my face when I would flip past it.
Please give a warm welcome to the Chemistry Duck! I like colorful labware filed with colored liquid. I think rubber ducks are fun. I don't know what more to say...
