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🌈 Pride 2025

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Lachlan Pierce
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1 day ago

Project Update: This Week!

Hi all,

Just a quick update! I’m at Otakon at the moment, having a lovely time~

Survey took a lot longer to put together - I really need to stop underestimating how much time these things take, especially with massive con prep and moving/unpacking/house selling stress. I have a few things to finish up on the files on my desktop once I get home Monday night, then review, then smoke test, then full send out. That last bit should be later this coming week or very early the week after. 

Because I’m the delay, I’m amending the due dates for surveys. Take what time you need, and I will still lock and charge surveys every Friday. Obviously the faster folks get the surveys done the better, and as always I will make the pin order once I receive 75% of all surveys. This is to make sure I can make the order with a fairly accurate count. 

Pins will probably be in my hands mid October, and send out early November. Of course, there is always a chance the pins will arrive sooner - a new crop of pins usually takes my manufacturer 45 days from order placed to shipment dispatch. 

Just wanted to send this update to make sure you all know that the cog is still turning, just very slowly. I will be so happy once I can finally get settled down for real. 

Cheers friends,
Lachlan
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Nao
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5 days ago

Project Update: Surveys are LIVE! + More info! + Preorder Shop OPEN!

Hi, all!

Good news.. surveys are LIVE! Please check your email used to back this project for your survey! If you can't find the email then be sure to check your spam or promotional folders.

If you missed the campaign then you can still adopt these friends from our preorder shop here!

https://pocket-pride-plush.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

 

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Freebie for completing your survey early!

Completing your survey early allows us to put everything in production earlier, as well as get a better idea of the quanity of each item. To thank backers for completing their surveys early, we are offering a FREE ITEM!

Complete your survey before August 15th for a FREE CLEAR VINYL STICKER!



Note: there was a typo with first notification! The freebie deadline is August 15th!

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ What is the Survey For?

You will be able to select the items you want, pay for shipping, input your address, and even add additional items to your pledge!


πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ What if I change my mind and want to change my selection after I submit my survey???

You can change your selection until we close surveys on September 30th! In addition, you can still add additional untils to your survery until that deadline as well.


πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ What if I need to change my address?

You can change your address through your survey, even when we close them! 


πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ I have another Question!

You can send us questions directly through your Backerkit survey for the quickest response, or via email [email protected].


πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Kitty Prototypes!

As a reminder, the white Kitty plush is pretty much done and will give you a solid idea of what the Rainbow variant will look like. Don't worry, you can still edit your pledge if you change your mind about any of the kitty plush toys!





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Royarach
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5 days ago

Project Update: Surveys Locking Tomorrow! LAST CALL Aug 6th

Hello everyone! Just a quick update.

This is a reminder that many of you still have not filled out your surveys. If these are not filled out on time, you may see a significant delay in your items! This is a last call for tomorrow!

And a repeat of the last update if you missed it: It also looks like the pins that are unlocking are the Trans Nine Tailed Fox, and the Bi Unicorn! So this is your warning to adjust your pledge now if needed! You will not be charged for these designs that didn't unlock. This is NOT the last you will see of the designs that did not unlock! I will be bringing them back for next years pride event, that I will actually be participating in a larger group with other pin makers! So you will be seeing them come back then!

Thanks again! And not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!
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Nao
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8 days ago

Project Update: Bandana Photos + More Kitties!

Hi, all!

I hope you are all doing amazing! I am still taking photos of the plush toys but in the mean time, here are photos of the bandanas! They are sooo so soft!! Next update will include all the plush toys + when the surveys go live, so it will be exciting!!!

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Bandanas!

 

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Calming Kitty Progress!

 Look at this little guy, ahh!! Didn't it come out so cute???? Kitty is going to get one more round of revisions (just tiny things), then the manufacturer will go ahead and make the rainbow version, yay! Should be next week! 


πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ When Will I Receive the Survey??

Surveys will go out next week or so! Don't worry, once they are live, I will be making another update to remind you all. If you are a backer who doesn't want Kitty then you can complete your survey immediately. If you want kitty then you can wait a week or so until prototypes are 100% finished before completing your survey. 
 

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Complete your survey early to get a freebie!

 Who doesn't like freebies for completing things early??? Completing your survey early will help me determine which quanities I need to order so I can get everythign into production sooner, which means there is a possibility of your rewards arriving sooner too! If you are still waiting for Kitty's prototypes to be finished then don't worry, the freebie window will stay open until the prototypes are completed with a couple of days buffer added as well.

I will reveal the freebie once the surveys are live! 

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ What if I complete my survey but want to change my selections?

If you change your mind after completing your survey, you can still go back and change the plush toy/ pins you want to other designs, especially if you want to see how both Kitty plushes turn out!

Thank you all so much! As a reminder, if you need to email me, please do so at [email protected] and I will get back to you as soon as I can.


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Luke Beatrice
CREATOR
2 days ago

Project Update: Next Stretch Goal!

We've added the Genderfluid/Genderflux coat of arms to our unlocked designs! Only four more coat of arms to unlock.
Genderfluid, Genderflux
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Luke Beatrice
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5 days ago

Project Update: Halfway There!

We're halfway to unlocking ALL the stretch goals and we still have 26 days to go. Please share the project with anyone who you think might be interested. There's a post on my Instagram you can share, too.

This weekend I will be at Terrificon in Connecticut so come say hi if you're local!

Thanks again to everyone who has backed the project. I can't wait to make these pins a reality.
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I pledged for two as my friend is a demiboy and I thought we unlocked the demi-fox, but can't see it in the survey?

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We were $3 away from unlocking the next stretch goal, so I added another explanation mini-print to get us over that line and therefore one pin closer to the lesbian pin unlocking! (Also shoutout to the genderfluid/flux people backing this campaign, your pin's design looks very cool.) Making posts and comments in the community tab also helps boost this project in the algorithm, which is why I made this post in the first place 🫢🏻 β™€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ€πŸ©·β€οΈβ™€οΈ I also just wanted to say thank you to Luke Beatrice Art, the campaign's creator. You have so thoughtfully designed each coat of arms with so many layers of meaning, incorporating mythologies of many cultures, magical symbols from tarot/astrology etc, having animals that so clearly represent who we are, finding and creating quotes that resonate deeply... A lot of pride pin campaigns are more simple, mainly incorporating each flag's colors in a single design element. That is of course awesome!!! But something like THIS, each coat of arms packed with layers upon layers of meaning, imbued with a sense of protection? A campaign like this really stands out in such a beautiful and meaningful way πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ The Sappho quoteS (plural!!!), the professionally translated Latin mottos with wording carefully explained, your strong stance against genAI, the emphasis on making room for nuances, the acknowledgement that each pin represents more than one individual group (discussing how none are interchangeable, but ARE bound by shared traits and struggles and triumphs), all of it means so much to me <3 I also want to take a minute to talk about how amazing the women-loving-women pin and the nb pin are. I'm old enough that I came of age before most of the flags that these pins draw from were in not wide circulation or even in existence at all. The six-color rainbow flag was what I and so many others rallied under and displayed and wove into our lives.*** A /definitive/ separate flag for lesbians/women-loving-women never really gained traction at that time. I'm sure you know all this; it's for the benefit of any others who might read this lol. Anyway, because when and how I came of age, plus my own experience of gender, I've never really gelled with the 2020s lesbian flag, even though I am (nb butch) lesbian. For me, some of it is probably the emphasis on femininity. "Will no one think of the butches, the studs, the mascs, the nbs?", I have wondered. And yes, I know the orange striple is supposed to, yet for whatever reason it doesn't have that association for me, personally. But oh, this wlw coat of arms, it makes my heart sing. The moons, the warrior-4-warrior Valkyries, the axes, the shield. The incorporation of the lesbian AND the bi colors, drawing on the long, LONG history of our communities being forever intertwined. Athena's owl of wisdom, flying fiercely. The iconic, timeless Sappho quote, at once forever poetic & strong AND somehow also resonant with the current "useless lesbian" meme. So many layers of meaning. And so, finally, my wishes were answered: someone HAS thought of the butches. Luke has thought of us! (Maybe others won't feel the same, and maybe this isn't wasn't even part of the intent of the pin. But it's resonated with me and made me feel represented in a way I'm not sure any other lesbian/women-loving-women pride pin ever has.) As for the nb pin... it's hard to even put into words. My relationship to gender is,,,,,,, shall we perhaps say: "complex"? Yet, the explanation of how you chose "valeo" and its meaning of "whole" and "strong", combined with the "plainly" part of the quote, really reminded me of the nb character Haruka Tenou from Sailor Moon. Haruka's statement of "I can only live in this manner", has stayed with me and kept me going for decades now. This pin resonates with that same unapologetic energy (to me at least). The phoenix, a creature assigned differing genders depending on time, place, and culture, rising out of the flames anew regardless of what others think. Saturn, inexorable, shifting infintesimally yet profoundly, not easy to love like the Moon, yet powerful beyond measure. The multiple keys, to open and close (metaphorical) doors as needed. Anyway, all of this long rambling post is to try and convey my thanks, appreciation, and understanding of how intricate these pins are, and full of care, protection, and love. I hope this campaign continues to bring in new backers and quickly unlocks the remaining pins! For all the reasons I talked about before, I am not going to get the last stretch goal lesbian pin, but I know that so many others WILL want it. This is my attempt at helping it happen! **** TO BE CLEAR, I am discussing my own life and the historical occurrences in it (wow it's weird to say but that's literally what it is, soooo). The progress pride flag version plays such an important role today and IMO has become a de-facto contemporary resistance symbol.

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OtherWorld Menagerie
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8 days ago

Project Update: Rainbow Terragryff Sample Plush Photos! - Survey Update


 


I was finally able to get photos of all of the Rainbow Terragryffs! They look amazing in person. The colors are very very crisp for printed fabric plush. And the embroidery for their eyes and toe beans looks great as well. 

---- Survey  and Life Update ----


I will be working on the survey this coming week. I hope to get it out sooner rather than later. 

I'm sorry for the delay on it, life has been throwing some wild stuff at me since I returned from TrotCon last weekend. So I'm doing my best to deal with those things, along with working on things for my shop. 

One of the things being I will be moving in the near future. Which has been a very sudden development. Beyond figuring out the moving stuff, I have two events this month I also need to prep for. 

Pickerington Wizard Faire on the 9th. And then Akron Pride on the 23rd. I also have some fall events I need to prep for as well. 

The weather has also been unkind to me as well, with all the storms and big air pressure changes we have had in Ohio, I have been in and out of POTS flares the last couple of weeks. Though the worst was Sunday of TrotCon, whatever storm came through took me out for a few hours. 

I will keep you all updated on the status of the surveys and then once those close we can get production rolling on these plush! 

---- Accessories Update ----


Almost forgot to mention I will hopefully have some time soon to work on a mockup of the harness/vest for the Terragryffs to send to my manu soon. I really want you to be able to wear your Terragryffs around and take them on adventures with you. 

Also will work on a mockup of the bandanas for them too. 

As always we are open to other accessory ideas if anyone has any suggestions for something that might think would be cool or fun! 
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I really love the mlm design and this probably feels nitpicky or something but could we go from green to white or light blue for the text at the base? The previous one is on my pin board and I feel like the text just gets muted entirely when the main colors are green and blue. The yellow works with the trans masc pin, which I also have but the yellow isn't surrounded by *more* yellow like the green mlm is surrounded by green. maybe even just a white outline for the green text?

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