Hi everyone! I've sent out surveys, and pins are already in production!
There is 1 new question you'll see, asking if you want to be charged within 24hrs of submitting the survey or if you want to be batch-charged with everyone else late April. Many creators have decided to add this question to their surveys now for various reasons. I can't speak for anyone else, but my own motivator for doing so is because I myself sometimes am completely blindsided by charges I previously knew were coming (thanks ADHD) unless I pay when it's actively on my mind, and I don't want to stress anyone out who has the same issue.
If you are in the US and see a pending charge of $14 for shipping and have not put in your address yet - do not panic, submit your address and it will adjust. So far, for every project I have crowdfunded directly on BK, it occasionally assumes people are abroad until they put in their address, and it sets the shipping to $14. I don't know why this is and there is nothing I can do about it. It fixes itself once the address is set.
Please also note again that while you, as backers, have access to a la carté options for pins via survey - the preorder store does not. These quantities are also still limited.
PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY IF YOU GOT OR WANTED TO ADD ON GACHA SPINS:
There have been some changes made to availability! Since I am closing at the end of this year, I will need to make the "freebie" pins available in gacha spins (random luck) at-cost (they are no longer free to anyone else! So you still got a deal if you qualified!). Otherwise, it will be very difficult for me to sell off the remaining stock (there are quantity minimums, I couldn't just order what people claimed). This changes the Machine 1 and Machine 2 lineups a bit now, because in total that's 20 pins! 🫣
In the interest of themeing them better, here are the available selections that you now have for pins (and this is also reflected in the images as you check out!!)
MACHINE 2: 1. Black and pink w/gold metal 2. White and pink w/gold metal 3. Orange 4. Pink and white 5. Purple and black 6. Martian/alien 7. Honeydew melona 8. Strawberry melona 9. Banana melona 10. Donut's Paw
...while Donut's Paw (and I guess also orange) are a bit odd for the 2nd machine's more fun/unrealistic colorways, that was what I felt worked best for an even split.
For people who got multiple spins, EACH spin will give you the option to choose the machine you want to pick from. Ex: 3 spins, you choose Machine 1 for the first 2 then choose Machine 2 for the last one.
Also - pill and moth spins have been added! Limits are still enforced for all other collection spins (fish, jellinom, pills, moths). Please clear me out of the pills if you'd like one and don't mind them being random (the grab bags are available too still with only 3 left!). I have around 20 spins left in the pill machine and want to put the first half of jellinoms in it to take their place! They of course will not be reordered once I'm out - all my gacha collections are LE to begin with but again - I will be closing. I'm going to have...so many gacha machines at in-person events this year...I have no idea why I did this to myself. Look forward to a very different table display this year!
PLEASE READ THIS IF YOU ARE IN THE EU:
The new GPSR guidelines that went into effect in December seem to be very difficult to actually FIND, it took me a long time to just sift through things talking about it and threatening language about who has to comply. However, what seems to be the bottom line is: anything I was already selling before then is excluded, but these paw pins are NOT. Apparently there are even things related to cigarettes considered "safe" enough but pins are not. I would have to perform and then provide documentation of safety checks via lab and in-depth material sourcing. Here is a pretty detailed breakdown of the GPSR guidelines, please have a look if you are within the EU or Northern Ireland.
Frankly, these guidelines are more insane than the previous VAT ones implemented after Brexit and I feel very, very sorry for you to have to deal with this and for not having caught this earlier. I'm assuming anything I have to send out pending from my moth campaign, before this expanded, that there is some level of risk I will be contacted by some govt entity requiring proof it was available for sale before then, or it being thrown out altogether, and even that makes me uncomfortable. I understand the sentiment and why this was implemented, but it is incredibly extreme.
What this means:
• I have now excluded EU countries from surveys, and unfortunately the roundabout way I had to do that was by setting shipping costs very high. • Anyone who contacts me about this (assuming you don't try to check out with $999 shipping, because I then won't see your location) will be redirected to this info: • Please pick a reputable proxy service or a friend within the US who can receive your pledge for you, and legally mark your package as a "gift". Some reputable proxy services are Planet Express, Global Shopaholic, My US, Ship7, Shippingclear. • I cannot afford to fully refund for this, I am not offering refunds. • Please provide me some sort of proof of address regarding you being in the EU (which you would have done before, anyway - this is to ensure no one based in the US is taking advantage), and I will discuss with you an alternative cost so that this will be less of a headache. Current thought is that I can offer a credit to you that covers the US shipping entirely, so you will only have to pay for their shipping to you. I'd offer to give you my discounted rate via my shipping partner, via emailing a label to you, but I think it might be flagged as suspicious even marked as a gift from your friend's address... since it would still be a prepaid label and first go to a fulfillment center. • This seems to be the best apology I can offer and I hope this is alright. PLEASE email me if you have any questions, or to start the process to credit you for forwarded shipping. [email protected]
Back to regular survey info...
There are a few things I added that weren't possible to pledge for before. Some were already mentioned in preorder store update! • $190 ALL 20 PINS set • Jellinom machine gacha spins (now with updated graphics)
• EXTREMELY limited moth gacha spins (now with updated graphics)
• $30 Liquid shakers with my "sugar paws" design on them (3 colorways, soda can style)
• $22-$25 Septum rings in thorns, cat paw, and sakura designs - these are preorders and will NOT be charged if total goal isn't met! • $8 early-early bird TV cat sticker • $18 shop mascot rubber keychain
• $14 very limited jelly dessert pins • $13 A5 Graffiti Moths sticker sheet (gummy paws have also been changed to $13 so this will reflect as a credit towards shipping)
Here is what my latest sample of paw sticker sheets looks like - I have to adjust the cutlines but FINALLY these sticker sheets have worked out!
Thank you and please please please reach out immediately if you have any questions!! [email protected] is the fastest way to get a response. The pledge manager UI is really clunky so no matter how many times I use it, I get confused. It's of course possible I missed things (again...).
