Hello everyone,

I have been doing a lot of waiting on my end for the pins and plushies. As of today, the plush are all done and being packed to ship to me! Which is super exciting. I did end up getting the collab pins, but frankly I was disappointed with the coloration of the annodizing so I've asked for new ones and for the final version to be sure to get multiple colors on them.

The edge of the pins have the multicolor rainbow we want, but the fronts are pretty uniformly green/blue. They've promised it was because the samples were rushed, and I will say that otherwise the pins look pretty good. The rushed samples also had some missing enamel in some of them, but the quality I've received from this manu in the past has always been really good, so I have faith it will be fixed.

I was disappointed in the pins we got because the lines were SO THIN. Their artist thinned my artist's lines, which I knew, but then the pins had even THINNER lines than their artist's lines. And then the lines were chipped all over-- they should have been clean gold lines, but they had a 'sparkle' look to them, like glitter, which meant the lines weren't fine. So on the left is the pins they did, and the right is the new casting from a new mold. This was almost perfect except for the eyes overlapping the glasses on the Sun/Whale Goblin pin again. They are fixing that then getting me proper samples to okay.

The rough timeline should be me receiving and okaying the pin samples in another 2 weeks, then placing the order for the pins as the plushies arrive to me. Ironically those will be in hand first. After another 3 weeks, the pins should be complete, then we can begin shipping 2 weeks after that when they arrive. This means roughly that we're looking at around mid May that I should be shipping these out. I can also of course ship out the plushies for people who only ordered those early.

That is definitely later than I'd intended, but I've never had these pin issues with this manufacturer. That said, I know it will be worth it when these gorgeous pins gleam on your jackets and bags! So thank you for your patience.

So while we wait....

The Goblin's Tarot, which our pin set was based on, has its full Major Arcana illustrated already! Right now, Sam is finishing flat colors for the minor suits, and will be back to me when those start to finish up. Above you can see The Sun, The Magician, Justice, and The Tower. They each show the Goblin in different forms on their journey, seeing and experiencing different parts of the world of Ajurea-- the very Goblin's Journey our project is named for.

The Sun takes place at the Sky Whale Festival up in Motley Coast City. The Magician down in the twilit, bioluminescent forests of Riqlem. Justice looks on at a rally for equal rights for those abandoned by other parts of the world deep in the Mflzmth Jungle. The Tower takes place among the Koukyla, the stone peoples from my game New Avernus, as they recount their history of constant upheaval and destruction by a cruel god who pushed their faith to the limit.

So if the art speaks to you, consider signing up for that project, which is slated for around July or later this year. Of course HISTORIC is live right now, and May 1st, the Goblin's Oracle Dice will be launching.

No rest for the Goblin!
Talk again soon as we head to getting these pin sets into the world!

7DA
your pub gob

Hello all,

Your surveys are heading out now. 
You will have the chance to grab goodies, extra add-ons, and more.
I have gone through every early bird backer from the first project who was logged in and who also pledged here and given you Early Bird discounts if you still got the same item. For people who got a new or cheaper item, I gave you the Early Bird discount for your new item, as possible.

Otherwise, we're all set!
The new pins are taking a moment to get fixed up, but I should have the collaboration pins in hand yet today, if Fedex can figure their stuff out. So look for an update later today or tomorrow with that in hand.

NOTE:
While you will see what you owe, you will NOT be charged until I manually charge everyone.
I will plan to do this on Fridays each week. 

For some people, your orders failed to charge for your pledge. You will receive an email about it, and you will need to get that taken care of and corrected before you'll receive items. At a certain point in a few weeks, I will just cancel people's orders whose cards failed on the initial pledge.

Thanks all, get your surveys with addresses in when you can, and I'll see you next update!

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Hello all,

First off, it's great that we've made it. Thanks to all those who joined me for the final hours live stream!

The gold sample pins arrived, and they are pretty cool, except for a few issues.

Something is up with the gold lines here. You can see a bit that the gold lines aren't clean. They seem to glitter, or get interrupted. This seems really weird to me, as my previous pins have clean and clear gold lines. Whatever happened here makes it look like there was chipping on the pin or the mold or something. They also whoops'd the design for the sun goblin with the whale, his eyes overlap over his glasses, rather than the other way around.

Generally I think they're great, but I want to get these little fixes taken care of before the order is placed. Apologies for the delay in getting the pins in hand because of this, but I want them to be just right for us! :)

I think the Glamordillo pins look pretty perfect though, so they're a good example of goodness to expect!

I will be working to get the surveys ready/pre-order store ready tomorrow, but stay tuned on those. If seeing these in 'person' like this made you want to grab more pins, don't worry. I'll make that possible soon! 

So for now, sit tight and I'll update when we're heading toward our surveys soon.

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Hello fellow journey takers,

We are on our path now to the final 24 hours! What an exciting time.

So it's with great fun that I announce we are now offering add-ons and pledge tiers for single pins! If you look at your order and wish you could squeeze just one pin from the other pin set into your order, or you just want 100 of the Glammy pins, now is your time to do so. Get at it my friends, and grab all the goodies you could ever want!

Tomorrow, the Goblin's Journey project comes to an end, but it doesn't stop there. There's a lot more to come for the Goblin, after all!

And if you're available as the campaign comes to a close, be ready to join me for a final hour livestream!!
6-7 PM MST.
See you there ;)

7DA