Hello everyone!

I would have sent an update earlier, but I wanted to confirm with my manufacturer if it was possible to make an arrangement or not. Two designs are being remade at a slight discount because they were not made to the details on the approved proofs.

The pins arrived and the only major flaw is that I intended for all 3 of the shrimp pins to be the same color. And it is marked so on the proofs I approved. But for some reason the "Who let him cook" and "A Krill Licked Paint" pins are light pink.

Here they are next to "let him cook".

Functionally the shrimp/krill pins have no other flaws. But they were intended all to have the same color, so some remakes are currently in production to be made of these designs for anyone who specifically backed for these designs because wanted the originally shown deeper reddish color. Incase there is anyone who would prefer them all to just be matching colors because they had gotten them as a set or want the pins true to the advertised design, you can wait on the remakes and they will be sent out when they arrive.

So if you wanted to wait for the remakes on those two designs, I will be receiving those likely in estimated 2-3 weeks. 

I will wait about a week for responses, and if you do not reach out, I'll be sending the pink shrimps out to you so that fulfillment can carry on smoothly.

If you backed for either the "A Krill Licked Paint" or "Who let him cook" pins and want to wait for the proper color remakes, contact me. 
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Please email me, since you can't message on backerkit, my email is: [email protected] 

With the subject line: 
Reel Funny Original Shrimp Color 

And just copy, paste, and fill this out: 
Name / Screen name on Backerkit: 
Backerkit Email: 
Re-confirm shipping address: 
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Other than that, I have began the grading process for all the other pins. And will start fulfilling rewards.

Any backers with rewards including one of the two affected designs have until Sunday the 22nd to contact me if you wanted to wait for the remakes of the shrimps. 

There is no additional incentive offered if you take the current color of the affected shrimps (pink) or wait for the remakes (reddish). The current designs don't have any flaws other than the shrimp color being slightly different than the original posted designs. 

Thank you all again for your support! And I'm Reel excited to start packing these! 
- Mezamizu

Hi everyone, 

The pins are set to arrive later this week. So I'll be starting the grading process when they arrive, and plan to get them ready to send out asap.

Charges for cards were sent out, if any charges came later than expected it was likely because the card was declined when it was first charged. And for the next couple of weeks I plan to re-try declined cards every Monday. 

We are looking clear for fulfillment this month as long as everything looks good on our end. I received the stickers earlier last week, but haven't had a time to photograph them.

Have a great start of the month! And thank you for your continued support. 
- Mezamizu

Hi everyone!

After a bit of delays because of the tariffs and the manufacturer focusing on that situation. We finally have pictures of the finished pins, and they are on route to be shipped to me as of today.

So here's a few images of the pins they sent me before they shipped them out ASAP. 

So fulfillment will start a bit later than anticipated. But I am hoping that the pins arrive before the tariffs, which are currently lower than before during the last update, stay at around that same rate. As I am eating the cost of the tariffs for this project to avoid passing it on to backers.

I am waiting on the stickers still, there seems to be a delay on the brushed gold.
But this is a test print they sent me a photo of for the "One in a Krillion" sticker.

Thank you again for the patience everyone. 
And we're nearly there with finishing the project and getting all your rewards out. 

I appreciate the support more than ever with all the current ups and downs for small business. Thank you for helping me make art that I enjoy.

- Mezamizu

Hi everyone,

While production goes on there aren't too many updates. So apologies for a bit of silence.

I expect to receive image updates of the pins soon from the manufacturer.

For the stickers, I'll be adding some special effects to some of the stickers. I am going back and forth with the company to get the effects and printing colors right, the process is going well and the stickers should be done by the time the pins ship to me.

And example of the process is like the "let him cook" sticker. You'll notice the very cool raised area effect on the letters and shrimpy!

But you'll also notice the frying pan seems to be missing. So I'll be adjusting some of the colors for the print. 

As for tariffs. It was something unexpected to have additional fees be added in recent news. I will eating the cost of this for the project, since it is not something that I feel should have to be passed along to backers in this instance, since the project concluded before the tariffs were announced and put into place. 

This leaves a level of uncertainty for future projects, which I was excited to dive back into art with this year. But I know I'm not alone in this struggle. Do support other small business in this time if you are able to do so.

I am looking forward to seeing the pins and how they come out. I love making art and sharing my ideas with everyone. So even if I do have to take a bit of hit to my own personal budget, I'm still glad that I'll be able to bring these pins to life with your help. 

Thank you all again for your support. It really does mean a lot to me, and it lets me bring my creations to life. 

Have a great weekend! 
- Mezamizu

Hi everyone! 

Because of when the surveys went out, I gave it a couple extra days to confirm counts. 

A reminder to any stragglers in submitting their surveys that after this point, all designs you select will be fulfilled based on remaining supplies. (This applies to any surveys submitted after 04/01/2025.)

Now that the counts have been confirmed, we can start the production process. Proofs with the manufacturer have been confirmed and were waiting on final counts. 

I'll continue to keep everyone updated, and we are still on schedule for May fulfillment. If anything changes I will let you all know ASAP!

I'll try to update with production photos if they give me any. 

Thank you again for the support! And see you next update!
- Mezamizu