Okay, big milestone. But remember that, due to Trump’s stupid trade wars… I had to choose the slowest shipping method possible to avoid $1000+ fees and keep it in the hundreds. This many pins are heavy, but this used to cost me something like $400 and would arrive in less than a week. Now I pay something similar, and it takes 3+ weeks. Then I’m also hit with a fee upon arrival, which I assume is the tariff? Not sure, but it's usually $200+, and I've never had to pay it before the reelection of Casino Mussolini.
PROOF
A look at the approved Voyager Proof
A look at the approved Perseverance Proof
I was suprised at how small they were able to make cut outs. See the tiny red X marks. Remember this is 2.25" due to the boom.
Once they are bagged, they will be on their way to us for shipping.
SUPER LEAGUE OF SCIENCE
We will launch our second annual Super League of Science on Sept 7. Last year, we had only 8 projects. This year there are 15 and possibly more to come as we are still accepting applications.
Scene Maker: Space Stamp Set
PEST! Pins
MURF·BOT Pins
The projects that I am most excited about are…
SCENE MAKER: LINK Of course, my own project to create a suite of rubber stamps that will allow the user to create a whole space scene. Based on REAL features on planets and moons from our own Solar System.
PEST! Pins: LINK A set of enamel pins that celebrate the uncelebrated heroes of our animal ecosystem. If we got rid of all the mosquitoes, who would feed the bats?
MURF·BOT: LINK He is a laboratory scientist robot who learns more about Murphy’s Law than any law of physics. Explosions, infestations, mutations, and contamination! Hard enamel pins featuring robotic disasters.
Mock-up of what the Artemis Holo-Style sticker will look like. This is 4" at its longest width.
I have the surveys all ready to send, but BK actually makes me wait 14 days to send. Not sure why that is so long. They say it is to make sure they collect from everyone, but I am not sure why if someone does a survey before paying, they couldn’t just interrupt the process to have them fix their method of payment.
In this shop, you can only do two things: purchase a full set of all 13 vehicle pins and add a Golden Record mini-pin at checkout. That's all—no additional options, no campaign tiers, and no levels.
As with the campaign rewards, these items will ship as soon as the pins arrive at our warehouse.
So surprised that an after-thought campaign is now the reigning project for us on BackerKit. Who would have thought that a bunch of feats of engineering would fare better than Cat Planets!?
There they all are—thirteen objects meticulously crafted solely for performance and efficiency. None of them, except perhaps the Space Shuttle, was ever given consideration as to aesthetics. Yet, some of them are quite beautiful, aren’t they?
