I was estimating the pins to arrive next week after the small delay we had in getting Lucifer made correctly, but they somehow made it all the way from Germany to Ireland in ONE DAY so the two MASSIVE boxes have arrived with me last night! Wow

(excuse my messy room, look at how big they are compared to my bed, super heavy as well)

This means I have to go and sort through all the pins out now and check for quality!

But lads they are SO pretty. The chrome came out wonderfully, and these are the THICKEST backing cards I've ever seen.

Needless to say I think the postal workers would have to drive over these to bend anything during shipment (knock on wood knock on wood knock on wood)

It came out wonderful. I'm absolutely enamored with how this turned out, and I've learnt a lot about this process as well to apply to new projects.

So we're about 2 weeks delayed with these arriving, mainly because of the very early concept issues with Lucifer. But 2 weeks is much less than several months so we're still pretty much on track!

During these last few weeks I've been chipping away at the wooden freebies.
I engraved all the pins for my partner Toldentops a few weeks back and they just arrived with them yesterday too.

All of my freebies are almost done now too. I just need to get the last few engraved, all of them varnished, and then pin backs glued on.

(they kinda look like cookies and I want to bite them)

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Once I quality check all the pins, which will take me a few days because I don't work on weekends, I will slowly bus steadily start rolling out packages. Which brings me to...

ADDRESS LOCKING.

Addresses will be locked in 48 hours.
This is an automatic process. So if in the next few weeks you know you'll be away, moving, or otherwise, please change your address to your new location, or a loved one's address that can pick the mail up for you.
A reminder that majority of orders will not have tracking either.

If your card failed at any point, I cannot fullfill your order or send it to you. If you still haven't fillled out the survey, I also don't have your address to send your pins out.

I will be rolling out mail steadily over a few days as I can't overload the poor 60 year old postal worker and the system that loves to break down if you breathe air on it too hard. If you order gets marked as sent, it will mean the shipping label has been generated and will be posted in the next few days.

Thanks so much everyone!
I'll update about the pin quality if I see anything that stands out. Toodles! ✨

Hi everyone!
After some thinking and taking in suggestions, I drafted up some ideas for an Intestines angel pin. I would plan to make this a stretch goal at $4000! Here are some design ideas, please vote for which one you'd like! And of course, if you had any design feedback, feel free to drop it in the comments.

I do not plan on making any more pins after this, but I would love to make some nice 3 inch holographic stickers of the current designs. Are people interested in this?

Thank you everyone who has backed the campaign so far!! We have 10 days left, so please be sure to share this around!

Hello my fiery followers!

I’ll cut right to the chase—our first production photos have arrived from the manufacturer, and they are looking divine (and a little bit devilish)! 🎉

I’ve already asked for more, and I’m hoping to have some glorious shots of the XL pins for you next week. But for now, feast your mortal eyes on these first glimpses of the beauties we’ve been conjuring.

And because even the most infernal updates deserve a touch of sweetness—here’s your kitten report! They’ve shot up like little beanstalks (beanpaws?), bigger paws, fluffier coats, and twice the mischief. Still professional troublemakers, still heart-melters, and still staging midnight zoomie rituals. Look how big they’ve gotten!

Okay, end dose of adorableness.

The forge is still hot, the infernal fires still burnin', and your pins are one step closer to leaping from the realm of design into your hands.

Get excited!
Bunni

Hey Cryptid lovers! 

Exciting news - the pins have arrived! I’m very excited to open them up to take a look, however I am currently on my way to my next convention in Denver (my friend is driving the car currently, don’t worry I’m not texting and driving XD)

But I was thinking—in the past, I have sometimes done hangout streams where I open up the pins for a campaign live on camera, and I was thinking it might be fun to do that for these! What do you guys think?

It would be sometime next week later in the week after I get back from Denver, maybe Thursday or Friday. Would you guys be interested in watching that?

Besides that, I wanted to give an update on what the fulfillment timeline looks like right now. 

I am obligated to fulfill my previous campaign, Sugar & Spice, first. It’s possible I will be grading all the pins for that one and Cryptid Crushes at the same time so I can get grading out of the way all at once. I plan to begin this process ASAP after I get back from Denver.

Once grading is done, I can begin shipping for S&S. I hope to be done with that by mid-late September. Then as soon as I’m done with that, I can move onto fulfilling Cryptid Crushes. Right now, I am confident we are still on track to get all the pins out by the timeline I originally outlined, but if that changes, I’ll keep you updated.

Thank you for your patience as usual and I will make another announcement once I know when I will do the box opening stream. 

I hope you’re all having a good week so far, and I’ll talk to you again very soon!

Cheers,
Rain

Hello backers, I have another update for you all: the pins have arrived and I am in the process of grading them. There are a lot of pins so it may take me a bit to get through all of them. I will send another update with photos once all the pins are graded. You can find my pin grading policy in my About Page/FAQ.

For now, I've posted videos on Instagram, TikTok, and Tumblr showing the pins in action.

While you're waiting, now is a great time to review your survey to make sure your address and payment information is correct. Please be prepared to pay for shipping as well as any addons you added during the survey. If you lost your survey, you can recover it here.

To tide you all over until the next update, you can vote in the attached poll on your favorite set! I'm curious if it will match the results from the surveys.

That's all for this update, as always leave me a comment if you have any questions.

Hello everyone! This is going to be the last update before the final one where all shipments will be completed.

I have finished grading the pins last week and am super happy to say that my manu pulled out all the stops and we have a VERY low quantity of B grades (and no C grades) yay!

Here's a little run down how I grade my pins...

B Grades are with:
- Any scratches
- Underfilled enamel
- Very visible stray glitter
- Small missed enamel spots
- Incorrectly cut metal (this happens in tight spaces sometimes)
- Visible bubbles in epoxy
- Tarnished metal/not properly coloured chrome metal
- Misaligned screenprint

A grades DO NOT include:
- Any mistakes on the back of the pin
- Small specks only visible if you're extremely close
- Dust particles in the epoxy coating

I want to raise the dust particles specifically because while it's not on every single pin ever, but it can be seen on a good few of the pins that are chrome or rainbow metal. The way these pins are made is by using soft enamel with an epoxy fill on top to make the pin smooth and high quality. However that means that it's prone to dust while it cures, and dust is near impossible to get rid of entirely when you're working with epoxy. So just keep that in mind when you open up your pins!

I also want to mention that the pearlescent enamel is actually pretty faint with its pearlescence. The pins which use dark pearl colours show up much better.

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Moving on! I am very slowly packing up mail. I fell ill last week after a crazy weekend and was only able to start going back to work around Friday.
Because the pins were delayed flying over to me as well, the fullfillment days have crisscrossed with preparations for a convention I'm vending at too. This week I will spend preparing for Dublin Comic Con, the biggest con in Ireland, and I'm still probably going to be heavily underprepared. If you're attending the convention come on by and say hi, I'll give you a trading card if you mention you're from the Backerkit :)
After this weekend, I'll be going full swing on shipping all your pins out and I will not rest until they're all flying in an airplane around the globe.

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Lastly! There is still a few of you who haven't filled your surveys and are having trouble with cards. If you aren't able to fix either or, then your pledge will be considered a donation.

See you next time!

Hello everyone!

Welp, the move happened and it was sure something. I didn't have internet for most of July. Moving an entire business on top of all my personal stuff is a lot! I spent so much time carefully organizing and labeling everything just to have all the boxes mixed up anyways ;;-;;

I finally got a chance to unbox the pins that are here so far and wanted to share photos.

I took these on my phone camera so it's *fine* but not nearly as good as seeing them in person. The pictures don't do them justice. The white enamel in particular is hard to capture.

Hawk

The necklace and skull pins will take a little more time but I will share those as soon as I get them. The keycahins are in but I can't find them - a lot of my merch got jumbled in the move and it's been frustrating trying to find everything! But they also look very good!

I've unlocked surveys (in theory - BackerKit is saying that they're locked and unlocked at the same time?) so you're welcome to add or exchange pins in your survey. Keep in mind that the refund window is over so you will not get refunded if you remove pins from your order! I'll keep them open for a week and then close them again.

Pre Orders are still open! If you missed out on the campaign, you still have a chance to order these pins!

And also, I'm going to be at these cons coming up if you will be attending and would like to pick up your pins in person:
- Otakon (Washington, DC)
- Fort Collins Comic Con (Fort Collins, CO)
- Matsuricon (Columbus, OH)
- Mesa County Libraries Comic Con (Grand Junction, CO)
- FanX (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Anime Nebraskon (Council Bluffs, IA)
(and maybe more than that, just waiting to hear back from some cons!)

I have the keychains and most pins in stock right now, and should have the skulls and necklace by FanX. Any shipping fees will be converted into store credit if you pick up in person!


Anyway sorry again for the skull pin and calendar delay, and sorry the pictures aren't super polished!

Enjoy this picture I took from my porch - there's so much elk in my new town! They just sort of wander everywhere. I also got to find out recently what the babies sound like!

Cheers, and thanks for being with me on this (slightly sloppy) journey!
- Lachlan