At this point in time I believe all but one order have been shipped over the course of one month, most people should have received their packages by now (I see a 85-90% delivery rate with the 10% being international orders.)
This is a formal announcement to say thank you for joining my Pintopia campaign for 2026!
As I prepare to officially close out this project I have prior given a notice to unpaid pledges two weeks ago, and will be dropping all unpaid pledges in 24 hours. A final email was just sent out a few minutes ago. This is also a final reminder via Backerkit and a second-to-last announcement on the project's progress.
I will upload all pins from Pintopia to my store when I return in mid July and will make one last announcement then.
Thank you everyone for your support and joining me for Pintopia 2026!
I am officially back from my conventions and will be preparing shipment starting from next week onwards. Your cards will be charged later this week, so please prepare for this upcoming charge. I'm unfortunately ill after my conventions so process may be halted a bit or move slowly, but I aim to have all orders go out in batches and hopefully finished by June 12, but I ask for some patience if it tends to be later than that since I work completely alone.
Thank you for your patience and support during this time! ^-^ )/ Jin
Hello everyone! Just a quick update, all pins are in production. The estimated delivery time is to be at the end of May 2026 or sometime around them. As mentioned prior, these pins have a fast turnaround period due to me trying to get them ready for the conventions I have for May - this was always the plan even prior to my participation in Pintopia - so chances are that they will be sold first at the conventions that I was trying to prepare for.
I will have the reserved pins for Pintopia set aside for pledgers, I just wanted to remind people of this timeline as to not catch anyone off-guard on why they're present at conventions before being shipped out.
I did not order in-hands for the store, so anything left-over for the stores will come out of convention leftovers ^^ Some items may have a restock depending on how fast they sell at conventions~
Some updates of the WIP. I really like the colors!
Just letting you know that I finished Glaceon/Leafeon - even though we didn't hit the amount of 20 orders for these designs I decided to just self-fund the rest of the amount since I wanted a full set of Eeveelutions eventually and it'd be convenient for people to get them on this campaign.
Here they are!
EDIT: I think that this design will actually look better with their forth leg added in as a shadow, this will be fixed so please just focus on the general shape of them.
If you'd like to adjust your pledge and add them on, please return to your link to your survey and add them on manually. I will be locking orders down at the end of the week (or a bit earlier) so that I can get the total counts to my manufacturer. I'm hoping to have fulfillment no later than the end of April for this campaign, which is a fast turnaround - thank you to those who have answered your surveys and a reminder for the rest of you who are holding off on answering it to please answer it ASAP. Please also make sure that you have clicked that you have *submitted* your survey. I see quite a few people who have added items and choices but have not submitted it with a payment method. Due to the tight window that I am trying to achieve - if you don't have a payment method attached and submit your survey at the end of this week (this doesn't apply to those who have already paid for your pledge, this only goes for those who have NOT paid for your pledge NOR attached a payment method to your survey) - or you don't let me know that you're trying to fix your payment method your pledge will be dropped so please reach out to me [email protected] to let me know if you are having any issues! I'm more than happy to help or accommodate if you are having any issues, but I need to know if I'm planning to order enough for you too.
This will likely be my last update for a while as I'm trying to work with my manufacturer now for production and I just wanted to give multiple head's up.
Hi everyone! Just a head's up is that we are around 75% answered, thank you so much to those who have answered so quickly!
Designs/Counts:
(FYI I'm trying to get a head start on this project, which includes getting "counts" and totals for everything. Some designs are staggering at substantially low numbers and I'm going to need to do some decision making so I need totals ASAP.) Additionally, Leafeon / Glaceon do not appear to be able in great condition to be funded. 75% answered already and we're still roughly 9 more orders are needed each (I was trying to get at least 20 orders for them each). They're likely not going to meet funding goals at this rate but if you're thinking about them please edit your survey accordingly. Again, I'm fine with either outcome this but just need totals. You will not be charged for them if they're unable to be funded. More details on this later when I'm closer to 90% answered.
Please answer your survey: If you still have a survey unanswered, please answer them as soon as possible. I am not charging them immediately, but maybe in roughly a few weeks - so please answer your surveys ASAP and let me know if you need me to hold off on charging you. Otherwise I'll be charging everyone in mid to late March, either way - please get these surveys in ASAP!
Dropping Unpaid Pledges Soon (if you have not reached out to me): Thank you to those who have reached out to me to let me know about fixing your pledge - for those of you who have not reached out and I am unable to confirm your pledge I will be dropping your pledge in roughly a week! I'm trying to be lenient, but I was aware of the time-crunch coming up for this project hence why I encouraged people to drop their pledge if they weren't serious about it before the campaign ended. Please pay for your pledge as soon as possible or reach out to me if you are experiencing delays because if I don't hear back and I'm not sure what's going on then I will have to assume that you're no longer interested in the project. I understand that Pintopia is a time where people's banks might be a little flinchy so I'm trying to give it a few weeks, so please communicate this with me if you're working on fixing any issues on your end so that I'm aware if you wanted to keep your pledge.
That's a quick update for now, thank you all for your patience and understanding with this project! I promise I'm usually not this pushy but I'm trying to get a quicker turnaround for this project so that you can all get your pins faster as well.
Have a great weekend, please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or issues, I am also available on weekends.
