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PROJECT UPDATE
Jin
CREATOR
14 days ago
Project Update: Last 48 Hours
Hello everyone,
Just last call for the last 48 hours of this campaign. Please remember to adjust your pledges accordingly.
All pins except Glaceon and Leafeon are unlocked. I may make them unlockable in the pre-order shop like I did last year with Umbreon/Espeon if they don't hit the 4.5k unlock goal here.
If you need to drop, that is *completely OK* (please take care of yourself, these are just pins and your needs come first) but I ask that you do so before the campaign ends rather than ghost (purposely don't pay) for the pledges as I need final total estimates in the end! ( ^ - ^ )
Additionally, I will be at some conventions this year and have decided that I'll be reserving all left-over stock for my conventions. Any left-overs after Anime Expo this year will be listed afterwards but this will not be until September and this will only be for left-over pins. Not all pins are guaranteed a restock since I don't have the space for all designs made. This also goes from previous Pintopia pins. I will be listing them all as add-ons in the survey, so please feel free to grab any of those when you see them since once several of these designs are sold out, they're sold out. I also don't plan on overstocking this year's pins like I did last year.
If you want first dibs for a lower price and also guarantee stock at some pins from this campaign, I encourage you to do so during the campaign is running.
Thank you for the support everyone!
Just last call for the last 48 hours of this campaign. Please remember to adjust your pledges accordingly.
All pins except Glaceon and Leafeon are unlocked. I may make them unlockable in the pre-order shop like I did last year with Umbreon/Espeon if they don't hit the 4.5k unlock goal here.
If you need to drop, that is *completely OK* (please take care of yourself, these are just pins and your needs come first) but I ask that you do so before the campaign ends rather than ghost (purposely don't pay) for the pledges as I need final total estimates in the end! ( ^ - ^ )
Additionally, I will be at some conventions this year and have decided that I'll be reserving all left-over stock for my conventions. Any left-overs after Anime Expo this year will be listed afterwards but this will not be until September and this will only be for left-over pins. Not all pins are guaranteed a restock since I don't have the space for all designs made. This also goes from previous Pintopia pins. I will be listing them all as add-ons in the survey, so please feel free to grab any of those when you see them since once several of these designs are sold out, they're sold out. I also don't plan on overstocking this year's pins like I did last year.
If you want first dibs for a lower price and also guarantee stock at some pins from this campaign, I encourage you to do so during the campaign is running.
Thank you for the support everyone!
Jin
CREATOR
20 days ago
Thinking of doing some trainer pins and wanted to see what people prefer. I was thinking of doing some trainer pins (especially project voltage) and wondered if people preferred that they were around 2.5 inches tall, bust-up, and 3 inches wide or if people liked if they were closer to 2x2, roughly around lower neck-up and "badge"-like. The issue is mostly my thoughts of having enough funding to unlock the larger portraits and the cost it would take to make, so I might make less. With having them be smaller, it would be easier to make a wider variety of them and unlock more because the cost would also be lower as well. Thoughts?
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PROJECT UPDATE
Jin
CREATOR
20 days ago
Project Update: Upcoming PokeProject
A little over a week remains and just a reminder all but Glaceon/Leafeon are unlocked. I think that we might see a small bump towards the end of the campaign.
Since a lot of you mentioned wanting Glaceon, I've decided to wait and see at the end of the campaign to see what our numbers are. I'll be monitoring the situation and start rendering Glaceon/Leafeon if I think that we're going to get close to the $4.5k goal.
I don't have much of an enamel pin audience (still trying to build my audience) so pardon if I post this here, but I was thinking of doing Project Voltage pins soon and wanted to get some feedback.
Thinking of doing some trainer pins and wanted to see what people prefer.
I was thinking of doing some trainer pins (especially project voltage) and wondered if people preferred that they were option:
A. around 2.5 inches tall, bust-up, and 3 inches wide (larger portrait) around $25~30 USD/badge
B. if people liked if they were closer to 2x2, roughly around lower neck-up and "badge"-like. around $20 USD/badge
The issue is mostly my thoughts of having enough funding to unlock the larger portraits and the cost it would take to make, so I might make less. With having them be smaller, it would be easier to make a wider variety of them and unlock more because the cost would also be lower as well.
Since a lot of you mentioned wanting Glaceon, I've decided to wait and see at the end of the campaign to see what our numbers are. I'll be monitoring the situation and start rendering Glaceon/Leafeon if I think that we're going to get close to the $4.5k goal.
I don't have much of an enamel pin audience (still trying to build my audience) so pardon if I post this here, but I was thinking of doing Project Voltage pins soon and wanted to get some feedback.
Thinking of doing some trainer pins and wanted to see what people prefer.
I was thinking of doing some trainer pins (especially project voltage) and wondered if people preferred that they were option:
A. around 2.5 inches tall, bust-up, and 3 inches wide (larger portrait) around $25~30 USD/badge
B. if people liked if they were closer to 2x2, roughly around lower neck-up and "badge"-like. around $20 USD/badge
The issue is mostly my thoughts of having enough funding to unlock the larger portraits and the cost it would take to make, so I might make less. With having them be smaller, it would be easier to make a wider variety of them and unlock more because the cost would also be lower as well.
Also happy to listen to suggestions about what trainers you might want me to add! I don't know if I'll do ALL of the project voltage pins, here's the ones I have drafted so far.
Also if you're interested in keeping up to date with my enamel pin projects please follow me on instagram!
This account is more geared towards pin projects: https://www.instagram.com/yuxine.art/
This one is my main account but I tend to post more variety (primarily not pin projects and the likes):
https://www.instagram.com/yuuxine/
PROJECT UPDATE
Jin
CREATOR
27 days ago
Project Update: January 28 Update
Hello everyone! This is just a brief update for January 28. :)
Thank you everyone who have pledged so far or supported by sharing the project! I appreciate each and every one of you immensely!
As of right now, we are over half-way funding all of the stretch goals set precedently.
It's been extremely fulfilling seeing people enjoy these pins and I've decided that I will fund the rest of the pins if needed as to have everyone be able to receive the pins that they would like. The only pins that I have not decided to fund are Glaceon and Leafeon, who I will put at unlocking at $4,500. This is due to the fact that my bandwidth to make designs that may not be funded in the end is scarce, so I only want to finish them if I'm sure that I can sustainably (funding wise and time wise) make them in the end.
So please pledge for your designs with that in-mind that almost everything (the only exception is Glaceon/Leafeon which are circumstantial and unlocked at $4500) will be unlocked in the end.
Some things to note:
Thank you everyone who have pledged so far or supported by sharing the project! I appreciate each and every one of you immensely!
As of right now, we are over half-way funding all of the stretch goals set precedently.
It's been extremely fulfilling seeing people enjoy these pins and I've decided that I will fund the rest of the pins if needed as to have everyone be able to receive the pins that they would like. The only pins that I have not decided to fund are Glaceon and Leafeon, who I will put at unlocking at $4,500. This is due to the fact that my bandwidth to make designs that may not be funded in the end is scarce, so I only want to finish them if I'm sure that I can sustainably (funding wise and time wise) make them in the end.
So please pledge for your designs with that in-mind that almost everything (the only exception is Glaceon/Leafeon which are circumstantial and unlocked at $4500) will be unlocked in the end.
Some things to note:
- The amount that I am ordering is substantially smaller than the amount (like 50-150 less of each) that I ordered for Pintopia 2025. The designs I ordered for Pintopia 2025 are still very much in-stock ^_^ ); I definitely over-ordered the pins and will not be doing that for Pintopia 2026 due to lack of space.
- Most pin designs from Pintopia 2025 will be discontinued once sold out. I only plan on re-stocking the Lugias, Dragonite, Mew, and Jirachi (and maybe Shaymin, Oshawott and Milotic) from Pintopia 2025. Everything else will be discontinued when sold out.
- This goes around the same for 2026 Pintopia pins, I will order a much smaller amount and once several designs are sold out, they will be sold out for good and this will be measured by the amount of time that it takes for them to move! Pintopia 2026 will be the best time to get these pins based off of:
- Cost (for many pins, it'll be the cheapest during Pintopia but some designs will be at around the $15 mark in-store but for some items like Swablu / Altaria that are bigger pins will be a higher cost in-store)
- Support: I don't have the funding to make pins nearly as fast or frequent as enamel pin artists, supporting my campaign helps me release pin designs that otherwise would not be made or released otherwise
- Quality: Pins raised during the campaign and sent out are held to the highest scrutiny. This includes looking around for any small dots, enamel filling, potential factory dust, etc. Pins in-store don't get scrutinized to this level and are standard-grade which can include (A-grade, A minus-grade, or B grade, *some grades like C-grade are never sold at original price)
- I'll be self-funding any pins (except Leafeon/Glaceon) that are not unlocked by the end of the campaign. Please feel free to pledge with this in-mind~
Please feel free to chime in if you have any questions!
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