As of right now, all packages have been dropped off at the post office and over the past week or so, everyone should have received tracking from PirateShip :) If you have difficulty with finding tracking please feel free to reach out to me [email protected] and I will manually provide you with tracking!
Thank you all for your support during this project!! <3
This is just to announce that all pins have been received and I have received a total of SEVEN LARGE BOXES WORTH OF PINS :') WOOOOO.
I ask for a little more of everyone's kindness and patience while I package all of these pins because I've ordered over 3000 pins total and work completely alone. I also don't have a car so I'll need to see when I can take some time to go to the post office, but am going to try my best to mail them out all at once. I've been packing them nonstop ever since I got them - I received them very shortly right before an event I had this weekend and I was packaging the pins this weekend behind my booth on my down-time and managed to get maybe 30% of the pins packaged during this time, but am working as much as possible to get them out ASAP!!
I've taken out all of the B-grades and below from my orders, so rest assured that all of the orders going out to you will be A-grades!
You may receive shipping notices in the next coming few days/week(s) and if they don't update, please don't be alarmed!! I would be packing orders and then shipping them all in one batch so your package will be sitting in the great pile of dragon goods until they make their journey to the post office.
I wanted to show how they look on backing cards! I hope that some of you can appreciate the backing cards as I wanted to make some special... erm.. /whispers/ mochi-ball themed backing cards!! I really like how they turned out and it makes it a bit easier for me to have a guide to where to place the pins :)
I also got all of the Mochimon stickers in and they're actually sooo pretty... and some of them turned out kinda massive?! Like shaymin is HUGE.. But they're very vibrant and beautiful so I'm hopeful that you all will like the stickers <3
As of now - if you have purchased espurr OR umbreon/espeon - you should have received an email from me last week asking for a response to see which design you would like. If you have not responded yet, please provide a response no later than August 1st so that I can start processing your order. If you did not receive it, please check your spam (since I BCC'd so many emails I'm fearful that it got caught in a filter).
If you still do not see anything and you've ordered espurr / umbreon/espeon then please reach out to me [email protected]! * Please note that as of right now, I have not responded to anyone's email except for those with questions. I will be reaching out to the emails who have not responded yet to do a second nudge! If you'd like, you can double-check if I have you down for the right number, but I've double checked so I think they're all correct! If you haven't responded by around August 1st I will proceed with shipping out #2 for the designs.
(Please note that I have censored everyone's email for privacy!)
I'm really sorry that this project has been SO insanely chaotic with the different designs and changing designs and having all of these different variations and back-and-forth. It really was my first time managing a larger project with THIS many designs (we have 19 total) so I got a bit flustered. I've learned from my mistakes though and hope to make the next Mochi pins much smoother if you'll still have me then!
If you'd like to change your option that you'd like - you still can up until August 1st! Just please let me know ASAP :)
I will also be soon locking in the address for everyone once I get closer to packaging and making counts of all of the orders. You will receive an email in the coming few days, please be sure to double-check your address when it goes in as I won't be able to make any address changes once I ship them!
Thanks so much for all of the kind words that you all have given me - I also appreciate those of you who let me know that you're happy with the results. It was a bit of a ride during this project and I'm grateful for your support! I'll work hard to make the next Mochimon project as awesome as possible!!
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to me @ [email protected] as always.
Thank you so much for your patience! I wanted to announce that as of last week, all of the Mochimon are NOW COMPLETE!!!
There was a teeny tiny delay as I got too Big and GreedyTM behavior and wanted to have another variant for my Backers to see which they might prefer. You can choose one of the two designs as I have ordered enough stock to fulfill either option solely for this campaign. However if you missed out, they are available on my store!
If you ordered Espurr or Umbreon/Espeon, you will be receiving an email from me soon (within this week) to ask for your preference! (The purple Espurr has blush still, but it's very subtle.)
The light grey Espurr is limited edition and the lilac (left) espeon is also limited edition. Both are in limited quantity~ Once they are sold out they will not be coming back.
There's also a picture of Jirachi and Shadow Lugia as well who I'm really happy with!
The pins should be shipped out by end of the week and they may take maybe a week or two to come and then I'll be in full-fledged packaging mode!!
Future Mochimon project previews are as below! I am still in the midst of tinkering with designs and working on the line-up as I plan to feature some popular desires from the feedback I received including the eeveelutions but I don't know if I want to have the eeveelutions as their own project or combine them with this one. Either way, they will be made eventually c:
(Not sure if I wanted to do the pikaballoon one though, but may do it if there's interest)
You will also be receiving an email alert from Backerkit in the coming few days as well to confirm your address and see if you need any changes though this may be held off until closer to shipping date which would be in early to mid August!
I know it's a bit late right now, but hopefully if any of you see this in the morning or wherever you are, you could take a look and provide some feedback. This is mostly to those who have Espeon/Umbreon and Espurr ordered or were considering having Espeon/Umbreon and Espurr ordered!!
I wanted to get the input of those who either had these pre-ordered or were potentially interested in it. Of course all feedback from everyone is welcome, but I mostly wanted to prioritize those who had their eyes on these kitties - do you like the colors? I was going back and forth with some of my friends about the colors for Espurr and Espeon and we can't decide if we like it or not.. I need fresh eyes! Especially those who adopted them.
I've included a poll in case some of you are shy and would rather not say anything! (However, if you did buy them, I would greatly appreciate your thoughts through a comment since I'm not able to see who answered what, so it's hard for me to gauge the reception of those who actually are planning to adopt them or have already adopted them.)
I wasn't sure if I wanted to make Espeon pinker or if she was OK like this and I wasn't sure if I should also make Espurr darker. :') This may add additional time to production, but I wanted to make sure that I was able to produce something that both the buyers and myself were happy with and now I need to soundboard with y'all HAHA.
Additionally, I wanted to share with you the Lugia, he looks awesome!!!
I'm really happy with how Lugia came out. :D Big white baby. c:
Any feedback for Espurr and Umbreon/Espeon is welcome!! (and appreciated)
I just wanted to touch base with everyone for a quick bit since I couldn't show a lot last time. This time I still don't really have a lot to show off since my manufacturer is working on the rest still in terms of mass production and wanted to show me photos of everything after it's done. A lot of the photos that they sent recently were all of the pins that I already showed off before - and while they look great - I mostly was hoping for new stuff to show :')
However - I did get two new photos - I wanted to show off Dragonite's final sample as well as show off Oshawott who is fully finished. I have asked my manufacturer to see when production will be fully complete and they mentioned that it should be finished by no later than mid July and I'm on track for an August fulfillment.
NEW KICKSTARTER:
This is also the time that I wanted to communicate that I'll be launching a new kickstarter soon called "Girls Who Really, Really Love You" and it features primarily anime girls. For many of you, the Mochimon project was probably your first introduction to me - I'm primarily an anime artist first and a Pokemon artist......... 50th or so. This was my first time drawing a lot of Pokemon, so the Girls Who Really, Really Love You campaign is more in-line with what I normally do.
It was originally set to launch in early to mid July, but it's likely that it will be launching earlier than predicted. I did want to communicate my new project not only to promote it, but rather also additionally communicate the expectations of my Mochimon project.
Please note that I am starting a new project while waiting on the fulfillment of the Mochimon pins. I want to emphasize that I am still actively working on the project but at the time of me writing this, ALL designs have went into production and my job of overlooking the samples, etc. is generally complete. I am generally un-needed during this time of mass production and will resume my job once the pins are arrived and when that happens I will go into full-on grading and fulfillment mode. Please do not worry.
All of my backing cards are already in-hand as well as my packaging materials were all prepared ahead of time, so as soon as the items arrive I can undergo the quality control, packaging, and mailing process.
*I want to emphasize this as I understand that enamel pins have seen a high tick of really unprofessional pin makers in the fandom space and I want to emphasize and reassure the community that I am known for juggling multiple projects for over 5+ years as well as daily uploads on Patreon all very consistently, and have successfully fulfilled all of my projects, well before my enamel pin projects, so juggling multiple projects should not be a concern.
I am always available all week and you can reach me at any time as long as I am awake.
If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me [email protected] or leave a comment here. Thank you!
