We want to thank all of you for 265 Backers for Pintopia 2026! That is almost 200 more than we had during Pintopia 2025! 🤯

Quick update: Production is beginning on pins & plush now, because if you're anything like us, you're a freak for the creek and you need your aquatic friends asap! 🐢🐍🦆

Surveys will be going out in mid-March, so be on the lookout! 👀

Our team is proud of the cute critters we created this year, and we can't wait to share them with all of you. Again, thank you for making our 2nd Pintopia a huge success! ✨🎆

3 Mini Pins with your pledge, just for backing early! This ends at 1 PM EST. Remember that your card is NOT charged until the end of the campaign in 19 days

Wowee folks, thank you to all 160+ backers who have already gotten here early!  We are fully funded and just getting started.

We're curious, which pin/s are your favorite? If you got the Pick 1/3/6 pin bundles, let us know which ones you're thinking in the comments!

The triples, a set of 3 mini pin are FREE when you pledge in the first 48 hours.

These adorable goslings are equipped with decorations that they bring home to their mama's bonnet

You all have made us the #1 followed Pintopia campaign for 2026... WOWEEE!!!! We feel super special, and as soon as it started taking off, we went to work to make this campaign extra special, right back at you.

Today, we're pleased to reveal:

We set out to capture the magic of our pale blue dot's freshwater wonders with TWO brand-new Cuddle Core plush and a fresh collection of enamel pins featuring some of our favorite fluvial friends.

Mark your calendars for Thursday!!! ALL returning backers from ANY QuasiReal Publishing or CuddleCore project will get a FREE caked-up capybara pin, and everyone who backs in the first 48 hours gets these ultra cute gosling pins that literally made Heidi cry (If you look at Mama Goose closely, you'll see their gifts are in her bonnet)

Two brand new plush from CuddleCore Toys! We're excited to introduce you to Xochi the Axolotl and Alexander the Salamander. These super soft new friends are about 14" long with embroidered details.

We've teamed up with Parable Games as Cross-Collab partners — this means that if you back BOTH projects in the pair (for a physical reward), you will get a limited FREE pin from us, and a cool patch from our partners! There will be a link right in the campaign when we launch on Thursday, making it super easy to earn these sweet rewards

That's all for now, folks! Thank you again and we'll see you on THURSDAY
-Grant, Heidi, and the whole Vala, QuasiReal, and CuddleCore crews.