We've been hard at work in the background working on fulfillment for this campaign after having received the replacement Ningyo Goldfish pins and the Bake Kujira returning backer stickers. There were still a couple hurdles in the way, namely we ran out of large boxes and had to work on smaller orders while we waited for more to come in, but I am happy to announce our numbers!
Currently we have completed 184 of the 296 packages or 62.16% by quantity. By weight we've completed 1,199.2oz of the total 1,517.79oz or 79.01%% by weight. I expect the rest of the packages will be completed quite soon, though we have a birthday to celebrate and a four day weekend coming up, so it's likely they'll be all shipped out by the evening of September 26th!
A few days ago we received the pins for Midnight Festival 2, and now that a lot of our duties for the recently launched Mini Myconids campaign has been taken care of, we took some time this weekend gather photos and counts.
There are unfortunately a couple things that will keep us from fulfilling orders yet, but I'll save those to be detailed down below - now is the time to look at pretty pins!
Standard Pins
Mini Pins
OG Pins
And Now, Delay Details
We have unfortunately uncovered two issues with the products we've received so far; The first, and most disruptive is that the Holographic effects that were used for the Bake Kujira Returning Backer sticker made the entire sticker hard to discern and illegible - too bright and distracting on an otherwise dark background. The resolution is that that sticker is being remade with solid holographic effects instead of the more splotchy effects that we received. The second issue may have already been sussed out by our most perceptive backers who noticed we didn't include the Ningyo colorway. While we did receive those pins with the rest of them, our manufacturer unfortunately forgot to do their UV printing, making them look more like a platinum ogon koi rather than the calico goldfish we were aiming for ;> Those are also being remade.
Had we had only one of these issues we likely would have gone forward with shipping, but with the two combined we're planning to wait for sake of simplicity and to lessen the likelihoods of mistakes made during the fulfillment process. We apologize for the delay, but we hope you're pleased with how lovely the execution for the rest of the pins turned out!
Our manufacturers have been hard at work getting the pins prepared from this awesome project that you all helped to make real! We wanted to share some photos that they had sent us as production steams ahead ;>
All the Taiyaki's (we unfortunately did not catch the titles of the backing cards...)
Melon Kakegori
Ramune Kakergori
Green Ringo
Red Ringo
Ebi Ramen
Tonkatsu Ramen
Takoyaki
Starlight Candy
Star Candy
Red Ikayaki
Pale Ikayaki
Firefly Ikayaki
Lilac Baku
Black Kasha
Chochin'Obake
Firefox by Fairfaxleasee
Pipefox
Midnight Raiku
OG Shadow Kitsune
OG Kitsune
That's all for now, Stay adventurous! - Jacob & Tokii
Letting you all know that smoke test went smoothly and that as expected, surveys were sent out last Saturday! Item counts have begun filtering through, but we've still got a handful of people yet to respond to surveys. For those of you that haven't completed your survey at this time, the deadline is on May 30th! I'll try and be sure to send out another update once we get closer to that day as well ;>
That's all for now! Stay adventurous, - Jacob and Tokii
We'd like to thank each of you for your support and excitement for this project, as the funding period has officially come to a close! With your guys' help we were able to unlock all of our offerings; Each of the pins and mini pins, all of their colorways, even a new run for the original Midnight Festival, and much more!
We are very thankful to have a community that admires our art and loves our work. We're excited to bring you along for our future projects as well :>
Survey Shenanigans:
We have officially blocked out some time for setting up the surveys over the next few days, and the first smoke tests are scheduled to be sent out on May 14th. Once feedback is received from our testers and any/all of the issues have been resolved the surveys will be sent out only a few days later. We're shooting for a Saturday on the 16th!
Once The surveys have been sent out they'll be due after two weeks at which point the payments and surveys will be locked. With everything according to plan this should happen on May 30th!
We'll be mindful to send occasional updates as we progress through the survey process (as well as through production and fulfillment when that time comes) 🫡
Future Funsies:
Currently on our horizon we've got two upcoming projects, the nearest of which being Filipino Folklore a campaign that focuses on the mythology from Tokii's ancestral home in the Philippines. Research and preparations for this project have begun, and you can expect to see inclusions of the creatures and cryptids that haunt the jungles and are the antagonists of many a cautionary tale. If that sounds of interest to you, click the image below to follow that project! Filipino Folklore is set to launch June 16th during the Pinquest event :3
Later on in the year for the Pocket Change event we've been wanting to make a bunch of little mushroom friends for our Mini Myconid campaign. These fun guys will be designed off of different species of real-world mushrooms both of edible and inedible variety. So whether you're a fan of eating Portobellos or a partaker of admiring Destroying Angels from a safe distance, this project will have something fun for you! Plus little guys are just fun even if you're not a mushroom enthusiast. :> Click the image below to follow the project, set to launch on August 6th!
