First off, I wanted to give a formal THANK YOU to everyone these past 3 weeks, and for believing in the project! My body pretty much crashed on Thursday night, and I spent Friday recovering and catching up with other projects, hahaha. I didn't realize how both tense and excited I had been for days on end. Also, I wanted to give everyone a nice break from the constant posting on my end. 

Now that the week has started, I want to explain what the plan is moving forward:

As I mentioned previously, we unlocked all 6 pins and the Schnell pin! For those who ordered the 6-pin set will get Schnell for free. Anyone else can either choose or add him in the final process. 

At the tail end of the campaign, someone removed their pledge, and we lost the stretch goal for the lore booklet. But don't worry! I'm already going to get it printed either way, but without the stretch goal, I couldn't promise to add it for free on the set. The 60-page lore booklet will be available as an add-on if you wish to include it in your final order. 

Tomorrow, CNY (Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year) begins, meaning that manufacturers won't be available for a week or so. Despite that, I encourage backers to look forward to future updates since I'll be finalizing the designs this week and would love for everyone's votes and input. I want backers to feel like they are a part of the final say, and I'm hoping to start sending order updates by the end of the month.

The final versions won't be too different from these prototype pins, by the way. It's mostly approving tiny details like extra glow-in-the-dark spots. 

If there are any items you'd like to add to your order, the final surveys will go live next week!  So, don't worry if you missed something and wanted to add it later, you still have time!

There's a secret fifth update, but I don't want to make a promise before confirming it, but look forward to it! Heheh!

As is, I hope this answers any questions you may have had and at least set a rough roadmap for the month of February. If you have any other questions, feel free to let me know in the comments!
  
Thanks again for everything! And keep an eye out for future updates!

Eliana/Cosmo

Hello everyone, ¡y feliz jueves!

This is it! We're less than 3 hours away from wrapping up Pintopia 2026!

Once again, thank you to everyone who helped bring this project to life, and to those who helped by spreading the word and sharing the posts. Genuinely from the bottom of my heart, I'm crazy excited for the next step of this project!

We still have a few hours left (although Backer Trains might be activated if people keep funding this and other projects well past the due date) we'll find out! Anyway, in this last hoorah, I wanted to let everyone know I contacted the place that prints my comics, and I now have an invoice for the Lore Booklet!

Aside from the free Schnell pin and any bonuses from the collaborations: if we unlock the 60-page booklet, you will receive a copy for free if you have pledged to any 6-pin tier.

That's another gift from me if you buy the set! If you have pledged on any other tier, you'll be able to add the booklet to your order at a later date.

And if you would like to raise your tier to unlock all the freebies,  you still have time!
 
We're only $89 away from unlocking the booklet that covers Caribbean/Puerto Rican anthropological and cultural inspiration for the comic, the pins, and the characters, so here's hoping we make this a reality!

Once again, thank you and have a wonderful day!

-Cosmo

The first bonus stretch goal has been reached! Remember, if you order the 6-pin pledge (any of them), Schnell is added as a bonus. Just inviting himself in, why not? Typical!)

I've added the final stretch goals, including a booklet full of the lore and inspo that has been posted so far. Now that Schnell is unlocked, he will be added to the booklet, as well. (Which, we're already REALLY close to unlocking!)

Our next pin is none other than the titular Cosmic Fish!

And finally, one more pin has been added, it's LHEUR! The representative of...someone? Who summons Cosmic Fish? Who is just a little odd lad? He is here now!

Next tiers:

And that's it!!

We only have a few hours left, so if you want to raise your pledges or have been considering nabbing the pins but weren't sure, now is the time!

If you're good with your pledges so far or have just been helping in spreading the word and cheering on the sidelines, THANK YOU! Every little bit helps!!

Let's keep doing our best!

Eliana

 

We still have some time, but we are WELL on our way to unlocking the bonus pin for Schnell. $360 to go, actually!

The goal is that, if you upgrade or pledge to any of the 6-pin set categories, you will receive this pin for free (if unlocked). If you aren't in the 6-pin set tiers, you would still have the chance to add it to your order.


Once again and from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU! Thank you for believing in me, for believing in the team working to make this project a reality (@stellartoons), and Dragon Coop for the mentorship, support, and pretty much being so hands-on with this project. We're already planning and organizing the next steps, so stay tuned for that. 

Did you know that if you also support Lumpia With A Vengeance on backerkit, you will not only unlock an exclusive Acantha pin, but a Lumpia stickersheet drawn by yours truly?

 

 

So if you support them and myself, all you'd need to do is support one more person and get this awesome crest pin AND the Biddy Fanud collab as well:

Once again, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!

-Cosmo 

This is for the real ones, haha!

For those who know me by my 5-hour-long animatic series for the Midwich Valley Original Character Tournament that wrapped up last year, now is also the time to get your hands on the book!

Digital and physical copies can now be added to your pledges! Both choices also include textless digital wallpapers of the covers! 

Note: If you only have eyes set on the Space Bee books, a hidden digital copy pledge has also been added.

This allows you to get the books and help unlock the Bells/Raju pin! We are SO SO close to getting our hands on Bells, and if we get that last 48-hour boost as well, who knows, maybe we'll get Schnell too! Fingers crossed!

Remember: the acrylic Space Bee and Bells/Raju keychain is another add-on if you can't get enough of the little prison-breaking bee.

Thanks again for all of the support so far, we're almost at the finish line!