Dear adventurers!

Thanks so much for all your patience! Our pins have taken longer than expected to completed, but they have finally arrived! For the next few days, I will be grading them to make sure they are all good. I took out a few pins from all the designs for a quick look, and so far there hasn't been any problems. That is usually a good sign that the pins are good. For the magnetic pins, they work exactly how I want them to, and trust me, they look really cute in person! Here are some pictures of the pins. After I finished grading all the pins, I will post more pictures for everyone! Stickers and packaging materials are also done~ Now let's talk about shipping...

Canadian Backers
As you are probably aware, Canada Post has sent a strike notice, stating that a strike may begin as early as May 23 (this coming Friday) if a resolution is not reached before the date. If you have upgraded your shipping method, then this will not affect you, as the upgraded shipping method does not use Canada Post. Your rewards will be sent as soon as I have the pins graded, and I will be charging cards soon for the shipping/ add-on. For backers who chose the standard shipping method, most likely I will not be able to ship out your rewards until we understand fully what is going on. I did read about potentially a rotating strike? I am not 100% sure what it entails, but as soon as we have more information, we will let you know. Thank you so much for your understanding.

US Backers
Since, the $800 De Minimis exemption for goods made in China and Hong Kong was cancelled in early May, our pins that are made in China, is subject to tariff (30%, but this rate may change anytime) for our dear US backers when you receive your packages. The other issue we are also facing is that Canada Post will be going on strike as early as May 23rd. Since I will be using Canada Post to ship your rewards, therefore I will not be able to ship out your rewards until that get resolved as well. I will keep you updated if there are any changes or if I figured out other methods of shipping them. Thanks again for all your patience. 

International Backers
As soon as I finished grading the pins, I will be shipping out your rewards! Credit cards will be charged soon.

Hello Adventurers!

I am really excited to let you know that mass production for the pin has finally started! I did place an order with my manufacturer at the middle of March as planned, but since these pins are a bit more complicated than any other pins I have designed, I wanted to see a sample for some of the pins before starting mass production. Here are some images I received from my manufacturer. What I am looking for is to make sure the attires fit the kitty like how I envisioned, and then of course to make sure the magnet works on the kitty pin (definitely don't want to make hundreds of kitty pins and then find out we use the wrong metal for the kitty). These are looking good. So we have started mass production. According to schedule, hopefully production will be done by early/ middle of May as planned.

I always aim to include two backing pin posts for all my pins, but unfortunately, my manufacturer had informed me that for three of the pins, due to limited space on the back of the pin, we can only have one pin post. These three pins are the Meowgic Staff, Catcifer Lantern and the Potion. 

 

Lastly, most of the backer's surveys have been completed and locked already. However, there are still a few surveys that hasn't been completed yet. If you haven't filled out your survey, please kindly have it done as soon as you can. 

If you think you lost your survey, you can find it in the below link:

https://build-a-rpg-kitty.backerkit.com/


That's it for now! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend~

Catherine @WalnutAndClam

Hello adventurers!

Thank you so much for everyone who have completed their backer's survey! It's been one week since surveys were sent, and 80% of all the backers have already completed their surveys! This is a really good number! I am very positive that we can reach our goal of 90% by next week! If you haven't filled out your survey yet, please take the time to have it completed as soon as you can! Your participating is crucial for us to determine how many items we need to order from the manufacturers.  Thank you so much!

When I was checking the pledge manger/ pre-order store, I realized that some of my previous RPG related products such as the gelatinous cube enamel pin and some of the RPG scenery wooden pin are out of stock! I have just replenished the store with everything I have (I took all the stock from my Etsy store). If you are interested in those products, this is your chance to grab them! 

Finally, just a reminder that orders will be locked on March 6th (one week from now), and credit card will be charged sometime in March/April when most of the products are ready. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments! Have a good day!

-Catherine @WalnutAndClam

Hello adventurers!

Thank you so much for supporting our campaign and staying with us until the very end! The project is successfully funded with all the stretch goals unlocked! I can't express how grateful and excited I am for how well this campaign did! Thank you so much for believing in the RPG kitties. Let the adventure begin!

What's Next?

Backer’s survey are done, and I will be sending out the smoke test as early as today, where 5% of the backers will receive the surveys. The purpose of the smoke test is to ensure I didn't do anything crazy when I set up the survey. If you are one of the chosen one, please kindly have the survey completed as soon as you can. If you have questions or concerns with the survey, please reach out to me via email ([email protected]) and I will have the survey fixed as soon as I can. Once confirmed that the surveys are good, meaning no red flags from the smoke test, I will go ahead and send out the surveys to everyone! Hopefully this can happen early next week. We will send out another update when that happens.

Thanks again for your support! 

Catherine @WalnutAndClam