Wow I really can’t thank you all enough! Thank you so much for your support and being here - we were able to break 18k thanks to you!!
Got a little bit of housecleaning to do and some general updates as we move into post campaign.
1. Surveys Go Out This Coming Week I’m working on surveys at the moment and should have them out in a few days. There’s a lot of items to set up but it’s nothing I haven’t done before. Once they go out, it would really help me out if you could fill out your surveys as soon as possible! This way I can get the pins ordered as soon as possible!
2. Please Check Your Emails And Cards! There are a lot of failed card charges so please check that all your information you provided is correct! If you backed multiple Oddities and Obscura campaigns, sometimes banks flag that kind of repetitive charge as fraud so it might be best to check on that if that applies to you.
3. Pre-Order Bonus Pins I will have some extra pin designs available as unlockable add ons - mostly pins that kind of fit the theme but not exactly. There are a few outliers though. You’ll see why ;D No pressure at all for funding them though - they’re just some smaller designs that didn’t fit into other campaigns.
4. Plushie! Thank you for your understanding as I and many other US based creators try to navigate the unprecedented tariff situation! Our last poll decided that the plushies will be an unlockable add on in the pledge surveys and pre order store. I think this is the best option too, and I’m going to get cracking on getting them made. Some things moving forward:
Plushies can take a LONG time to test and make so they will be sent separately from the pins. I will not charge additional shipping for this.
I’ll post production updates as I get them.
The plushie will unlock with 30 orders if all goes to plan!
Usually plushies require a very high minimum order quantity much like pins. I’m going to talk with my manufacturer to see if I can get a lower minimum quantity for each colour variant since they will all have the same template, but just in case we have to go one plush at a time here’s what unlocking will look like:
I’ll have all 4 colour variants available as separate unlockable add ons.
I’ll lower the unlock conditions to 10 for yellow and blue each and 15 for white and red each.
This will mean we need just 15 more orders but it also ensures I can justify doing a full order of each colour so yippee!!!
I’ll let you know as soon as I know!
In the meantime, vote for your favourite colour variant! I’m so curious to know which one you like the most! Also sorry I didn’t send out a thank you right after the campaign ended! If you’ve talked with me in person or online over the past couple months you know I have been devastatingly exhausted and haven’t had a break since early November. I pretty much slept all day yesterday and really needed it!
But I really really do appreciate the overwhelming support. I’ve been wanting to make this pin set for over a decade but never had the resources or following to do so until now. Even with all the extra stress, I am so excited and so grateful!!!!
I’m going to go take a nap. See you soon with manufacturing and survey updates!
