There are just 3 backers left to get their pins, once they get their surveys in. That means I am calling us done. I'll keep reaching out to them to try and get those final 3 handled.
Yesterday, I got everyone who was ready, charged their shipping, and got their orders packed and shipped. There are now 30 days for the rest of you to get your surveys done, to fix errors on your card charges, to get your pins!
There are 11 people who haven't done their surveys at all. They need to get those done by 4/23 or their orders will be cancelled, their payment to the project considered a donation.
There are currently 8 people locking down and soon to be charged for their orders that got in just after I exported folks' orders yesterday, who will ship out yet this week.
And there are 6 folks who have not paid for their orders yet, with their cards erroring. Please get that fixed if or when you can, or if you don't, it will be cancelled out when the project closes next month.
And there are 72 whose orders entered the mail yesterday!
So that's us y'all, I'll check and ship orders on Friday when I see them submitted until the project closes for good! For now, enjoy the pins as they arrive, and look forward to the June pride merch drop!
So while I am waiting for three more designs to get to me (1000 Goblin, Not AI, and No ICE pins), I have everything else, I have the packaging, and as you are about to experience, I have surveys flying out. Well, Smoke Test first (5% of surveys). Tomorrow when I see that those surveys go through just fine, then I'll go ahead and send the rest of the surveys.
That means that I can be shipping orders as early as this weekend for people who get their surveys done tomorrow, then charged for shipping Friday. Orders that include one of those 3 designs still not in my hands will have to wait of course, but if you only ordered the other items, I can get your order moving in the next 7 days!
And good rush for me, too-- as I have another Pin project already planned for June!!
So let's get a move on, shall we? I think you've all waited enough for your awesome pins.
Look for survey emails today for 5% of you, and then tomorrow for the rest! I will be charging shipping costs, and any extra items you tag on, each Friday as I ship orders!
Well, thanks to all of you, we can call the first Pub Gob Trinkets solo campaign a rousing success! With 98 people and over $6200 raised, we are now seeing what the first steps will be for this division of Publishing Goblin have to offer. I love sharing numbers, so let's take a look at what we've got here:
Items Ordered 52 | New Stained Glass Tarot Pins 32 | Filler Tarot Set 26 | Filler Trinket Set
50 or so of the collaborative mini pin set between Aimee and I are going out to folks, and an estimated 25 of the freebie Death of the Oracle mini pins will be going out as well.
We are also seeing 21 ART NOT AI and 29 NO ICE pins joining them, which is great considering these ones are brand new in this project as well.
The new thing with the Seasonal Pins is seeing 13 Autumn Goblins and 12 Winter Goblins finding new homes, while the newest item type of all, the pin banners, are seeing a combined 41 claimed.
In trying a bunch of new pin designs, new things with the banners, and with the limited edition seasonal pins, I can see fun new options for the future. I will probably do limited runs of 50 for the limited editions instead of 100, and I will be a bit more patient about ordering pins ahead of time. I ordered our sets already because I wanted to have them before the Chinese New Year shut down here in February, but now I see I have over-ordered a fair bit, basing numbers on the previous tarot-style pin project.
But that's alright, we will have more to sell into the future. I'm very proud of all these designs, and can't wait to get them out to you.
For now, sit tight! I'll get shipping prices set in the system soon, send out surveys, and get shipping all charged before we shoot our items out into the world.
In the 'old world', or rather, in old texts, the numbers 1,000 and 10,000 were interchangeable with the idea of infinity. A number so large that it might as well be endless. I didn't think we were going to make it to 1000 backers on the Oracle Dice's project in May last year. It just didn't seem likely to me, the project crawled a lot slower than I expected.
But in those final hours, as the backer train kept going, we did it. So I owed my supporters for doubting them! Thus the 1,000 Commemorative pin was made as a little add-on, much like the Enoch's Not Dead commemorative mug for the Misery Tarot, when we broke 800 backers on that one. But that was in May/June of 2025. All this time since, there has been no actual design for the pin.
But here we are, I really punched my way into this one all afternoon long. I intended to up the price when the design was done, and so that is officially done now. Those who got it cheaper when it was designless, thanks for believing in what might come to be. Now it's here, and the add-on is officially set at $15 for a 2 1/2" wide pin!
