Hey friends!

FINALLY, after a couple months of back-and-forth with my manufacturer, I have half-complete sample photos of the pins for you guys!

Please keep in mind: these are half-complete, which means they were just used to check enamel color accuracy and don't have any of the correct plating colors, pendant attachments, or screenprinting layers. 

Full size pins:

I thought i'd include a photo of the back of the Rumpelstiltskin pin because the manu and I had to do quite a bit of thinking to figure out how to get the spinning part to work while also allowing 3 pin posts.

Small pins:

Note about the Poison Apple Skull:
to get the desired effect I wanted with the metal on this pin, it had to be made as a pin with 3 levels instead of the typical 2. This meant that the lowest fill level with the dark red under the cheek bones has to be done with soft enamel since the polishing machines can't reach that area to polish down hard enamel. I think it looks really cool still, but if it bothers you, email me at [email protected] and I'll help you change your selection on the survey.

Now that these samples have all been approved, the pins have FINALLY moved on to mass production! 🎉

I deeply apologize at how long this has taken. Between all the back-and-forth with the manufacturer making small edits, adjustments, and fixing mistakes, it just took a lot longer than usual this time to get them to this point. Paired with the 3+ week long holiday during Feburary for the Chinese holiday, it really caused delays. Thank you so much for your patience!

For this campaign, I was experimenting with waiting to charge cards for shipping until farther along in the process. The intention behind this was to wait until I had the pins in-hand to weigh them so I can get more accurate shipping costs to you all.

I still intend to wait until I've received the pins to charge the majority of backers' cards, however, if you want me to charge yours now, I can accommodate you - send an email to [email protected] and let me know your BackerKit email so I can find your pledge and charge your card.

On that note - do you prefer my previous way of doing it where I charged cards shortly after locking surveys, or do you like it better doing it this way where I wait until later on in the fulfillment timeline? Feel free to let me know your thoughts below. :)

Thanks for reading!

Cheers,
Rain