Hi Everyone!

I hope you all had a great New Years!

We are officially less than 3 weeks of this project launching, and I wanted to pop in quick with some fun stuff!

This campaign will have multiple freebie incentives, including an early bird, a cross collab, and a banner collab.

Early Bird:

I'll admit that I'm pretty excited to share these. I've been working with a manufacturer to make little rubber quackens, and received a sample a few weeks ago:

They function just like any other small rubber duck, meaning they do float!

These will be product tested along with the plush, so they will be safe for children to handle should they want to play with them.

They will be offered as an early bird incentive, so if you back the project within the first 48 hours, you'll get one of these guys for free! I'm also thinking about adding a bulk purchase option in the add on sections. Thoughts?

Cross Collab:

For Pintopia this year, I am collaborating with Abysmal Kaiju! If you back both of our projects, you'll be getting a free pin from each of us. You can follow their project here if you are interested ^^. Pin designs for these will be shared later.

Banner Collab:

New to Pintopia this year are banners. Banners are themed groups within the event that you can earn even more freebies from. Backing 3 projects within a banner gets you a freebie item from each of those projects. I am participating in the Nautical Banner, so you'll be able to get an extra freebie sticker as long as the requirements are fulfilled:

I’m not sure how much time I’ll have, but I’ve been contemplating a returning backer incentive, though it’s not a guaranteed thing right now. 

This campaign will currently consist of 4 standard pins, a large pin, and the quacken plush that are unlockable. As usual, there will also be mini pins, and stickers available. Some notes about these:

-I am currently going through the sampling process for a couple of the pins to hopefully speed up some steps during production. 

- I know someone had asked for shirts, which I am still looking into. I decided that if I go through with them, I'll be having them available during the survey portion post campaign as to not flood the campaign with too many items. I do plan to let you all know before the campaign ends what I decide to do regarding them.
 
That’s all I have right now. You’ll probably hear from me either right before launch or shortly afterwards. 

 Thank you all so much for those of you who are here already! I hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend!

-Kassie