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Good evening, bird gang!

Not a particularly exciting, triumphant or special ending here, but, we're finally tying up the last loose ends from GOLDEN AGE PARROTS this weekend.

Replacement 2" kakapo pins have been graded, whiteface cockatiel stickers are in, and any packages held back for these two items are going out tonight. Our last custom pin order is going out as soon as I can go get a shipping box for it.

It's been a hectic summer. CRITTER CRIMES is hitting its fulfillment phase (and, you'll get an email about that a little later tonight), and that means the apartment is in gear to start sending stuff out again. It's time to wrap up GOLDEN AGE and send out the stragglers.

If you are also a CRITTER CRIMES backer, your kakapo will be going home with your criminals. I know they're a bad influence, but, come on, we have to take what we can get in this economy. Watch the tracking for that order!

There's not too much to say about GOLDEN AGE PARROTS that I haven't hammered into the damn ground already. While this was a fun project, and I'm glad people liked the pins, it was not the type of learning experience I wanted. I'm glad to see it go and move on to other things.

All GOLDEN AGE PARROTS stock is up on the HUSTLE store. A-grade 2" #16 pins should be up soon.

Thanks for checking in. And, go keep an eye out on CRITTER CRIMES' updates for what's coming there, and what'll come next.

Good afternoon, bird gang!

Quick one here, since the majority of fun stuff is gonna go to a CRITTER CRIMES update later tonight.

Factory remakes for our flawed GOLDEN AGE PARROTS pins (most importantly, our kakapo color correction) have shipped, and will be coming to the United States shortly.

If you're waiting on a tan beaked kakapo, this is going to be for you! All of these packages are sitting nice and pretty on my desk, waiting for pins to hit the States. I don't have a delivery estimate for them right now, but we're expecting 1-2 weeks.

Whiteface cockatiel stickers also got picked up at Anthrocon, and orders waiting on those will be going out as I gear up for CRITTER CRIMES' fulfillment this coming week.

Thank you for your patience - not ordering these was a mistake, on my part, and they should have come in the order for GAP.

As I said up there, CRITTER CRIMES' pins and stickers are now in, and we're going to start switching gears to get that project out to backers. GOLDEN AGE PARROTS is almost over, and you can probably expect one more update after all our fixed kakapos go to backers.

Before I get corporate: thank you for sticking with this project.

I enjoyed the art style and the nostalgia from GOLDEN AGE PARROTS, but there are a lot of things I wish I did differently. It's clear that there's some promise to doing GOLDEN AGE pins, but I picked a poor timing window and stretch goal format.

I'm throwing some ideas at the wall, for what to do for this year's final project. An overhauled, smaller GOLDEN AGE project is on the list, either with more birds or with friendly, familiar dog breeds. Who knows, yet? I want to get CRITTER CRIMES set, first.

This project hasn't really been a success, and it's not one I'm exceptionally proud of. I like a few pins, but ultimately, if they don't sell, I don't care. It's time to move on and figure out something else that works. Thank you for giving me the space to make mistakes, and learn from them, and thank you for holding me accountable when shit doesn't work.

Did you miss GOLDEN AGE PARROTS? All our stuff from this project is up and ready to ship on the retail store - KEN'S PIN HUSTLE. Check these beebies out!

Good evening, bird gang! I hope you've had a peaceful weekend. I sure haven't.

GAP pins are taking flight! By the end of tonight, 47% of GOLDEN AGE PARROTS will be either on porches, in the mail, or ready to drop off at the post office tomorrow.

Have you gotten yours, or a notification about yours yet? Chances are, if you're in the A-C part of the alphabet, your pins are either at your house, or will be Monday or Tuesday. D-K's are packed up and should start moving tomorrow afternoon. If you don't have tracking yet, or your tracking hasn't moved by tomorrow, feel free to reach out to me.

Sorry we don't have more out. A lot of you are named Elizabeth, Heather and Jennifer. Naming trends kill, people. Maybe give your kids real names, like Sephiroth or Michael the Dragon.

I'm going to go get a third coffee, and see how many more of these I can get out. There's a small chance we'll have all domestic orders marked for shipping by the end of tonight, so, if you're further down the alphabet and you get a notification, it's not an error. Otherwise, they'll start tomorrow.

We're going to have all GAP orders (without payment or item issues) out by the middle of this week. This includes international backers.

I have a bored friend who needs something to do now that the semester's over, so we're gonna crunch fulfillment in order to do a full shop inventory tomorrow. KEN'S PIN HUSTLE will have most items unavailable for up to a week.

That being said... it's not ALL items. I'll have something a little special set up :)

So, BlueSky followers and private Telegram huddle members know we've been having an adventure with b-grade pins. We are rocking far, far higher than average rates for defective stock. While this isn't OK, the factory has admitted fault and will be replacing all of the defective pins at no cost to me.

Shipping logistics in this brave new world of bullshit are still up in the air, but I do not need to send pins back. This means I have over 500 defective pins. Yay!

Starting tomorrow morning, I will have 40 $10 mystery 2" pins listed on the HUSTLE. This cost includes shipping, since I'm being cheap and slapping all these bad boys in normal letter mail.

After store inventory, B-grade 2" pins will be $12-13 depending on their flaw, so this is a good chance to get something cheap and fulfill your love for gambling without going into debt. I have B-grade stock of all 2" designs, so, you could get any bird!

Want to try your luck? I'll post the link tomorrow, along with what fulfillment progress I made tonight.

Let's check in tomorrow - enjoy the rest of your Sunday, and take it easy this week!