Thank You, Payments, More Colouring Pages, Discord and Moving Forward.
about 4 years ago – Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 06:00:48 PM

Hi everyone! I hope this update finds you well!

It is with great excitement that I announce that the Nya Nya Neko Cousins Enamel Pin Series III  Kickstarter has been fully funded.  I am incredibly overwhelmed by your support and I really am thankful the campaign has been such a smashing success in such a short period of time.

Payments

Production for the moulds will start as soon as the payments are passed to me by Kickstarter, which will take 2 weeks. Once the payments go through, I will be sending you surveys through Backerkit. This will allow  you to confirm your address, select your pins and purchase any addons which you might be interested in such as additional pins, stickers, embroidery patches & colouring pages.

In the meantime, please check your bank cards as some pledgers' payments have not yet cleared. I will be sending out reminders in private messages if payments have not cleared by mid next week. If for some reason Kickstarter is not able to charge your card, I will be accepting payments through PayPal as some of our pledgers have requested this.

Colouring Pages

I have made some further progress with colouring pages and we now have 3 additional pages in the set. I hope you enjoy how this series is coming along so far. 

Some have asked to turn these designs into Enamel Pins as well, however that would have to be a new campaign of it's own, perhaps sometime later on in the year.

Discord

In the meantime, I would like to invite everyone who has participated in the Kickstarter to join my Discord Server. Keep in touch with news and updates about this campaign and other projects.

Pin Club

A small reminder that pledging to Pin Club for the Mareep and Wooloo Pins ends tomorrow, however you will be able to purchase them on my Online Store (Link Here) until the 12th of the month before they are removed from the website.

Thank you once again for all your support, encouragement, likes, comments, shares and purchases. It means a huge amount to me.

All Pins Unlocked + Full Set of 16 Pledge Available
about 4 years ago – Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 01:18:56 PM

Hello Everyone,

I hope this update finds you and your loved ones safe and well.

It is with great pleasure that I announce that all the pins have been unlocked. 

The cost of funding these pins, due to their size and screen print elements, is higher than usual, hence the larger gabs in stretch goals. However it would really break my heart to know that someone was after a particular design and did not get the pin/pins they wanted, especially the Aggrestuko and Beastars Pins.

Despite this putting me a little out of pocket, I have decided to risk self funding the rest of the pins in order to make all the designs available for selection at the end of the campaign. 

I am hopeful that addon purchases will contribute towards lightening that burden and reaching the full goal, paying for all the pins, patches and colouring pages.

New Full Set Pledge

With this in mind, we now have a "Full Set of 16" tier you can pledge to, were you will be able to purchase the full set of pins for 112 down from their regular retail price of 128. Please feel free to switch to this tier accordingly.

Thank you!

Regards

Gilles

Thank You + NEED YOUR INPUT on Freebies & Colouring Pages?!
about 4 years ago – Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 09:06:13 AM

Hello Everyone, 

I hope this update finds you and your loved ones safe and well.

We are nearing the end of the "first phase" of the campaign and time is almost up on the Early Bird Prices. So far we have managed to smash through the first six goals and I am positive we will achieve most, if not all, of the others before the end of the campaign.

A big thank you to all who are supporting or considering supporting the campaign. I would not be able to fund the manufacture of these pin designs without your help.

I have a couple of questions I would like your opinion on.

Freebies

Having reached a 100 backers, I would like to consider the possibility of adding some Freebies to those who have pledged for 3 pins or more. I have come up with a few ideas, but I was curious to know what you would like. So far I have considered,

• Mini Enamel Pins
• Embroidery Patches
• 3" Glossy Vinyl Stickers 

Let me know your preference in the comments below and we will come to a decision together over the next couple of days.

Colouring Pages

I have been working on some colouring pages and was curious to know if this is something that would interest you. These pages would come as a set, you don't choose the pages and would have a full set like in a book. They would be printed on A4 350gsm quality paper, allowing you to use colouring pencils, felt pens, oils or watercolours. They would be printed on individual sheets which reduces the risk of tearing when peeling them from a cover. I have finished working on the 3 designs below and plan on doing between 15 and 20 designs in total.

The cost of the pages would be £1 per page and they would be sent ahead of the pins to give you something fun to do during this seemingly never-ending quarantine period.

Let me know in the comments below if this is something you would be interested in. 

I look forward to hearing back from you all.

Regards

Gilles

Freebies + Embroidery Patches + Colouring Pages Tier Unlocked + 2 New Pin Club Pins + Thank You
about 4 years ago – Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 08:58:26 AM

Hello Everyone,

I hope this update finds you and your loved ones safe and well. 

So many updates, so little time, I feel like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland!!! Let's dive right in!

Freebies

As a community you have decided to go for an ENAMEL PIN as a freebie. I have spoken to my manufacturer and decided to treat you all to an extra special pin, and while it is not as "mini" as I anticipated (30mm by 25mm) it will be a Rainbow Metal Pin.

The design will be revealed at the end of the campaign and left as a surprise!

If we reach 200 Backers or more by the end of the campaign, I will add another Rainbow Metal Pin as a Freebie.

The Freebie pin will be given out to those who pledge (or buy through addons) 3 pins or more enamel pins. If you took advantage of the Early Bird 1 Pin, any other pins purchased as addons will count towards your 3 pins to get your Freebie.

Embroidery Patches

Despite not getting much love as a Freebie idea, I took the liberty of both designing and ordering some samples of a couple of patches. I apologize for the quality of the photos but these are sample pictures from my manufacturer that I just received a couple of hours ago.

These patches will be available as Addons at the end of the campaign. The patches will retail, approximately at £6 each, £10 for matching sets of 2 or £25 for all 5.

Important Note: The dodo on the bottom image was redesigned in my style to suit my look a little bit better and is not a direct copy of the original.

Colouring Pages

The idea of colouring pages was very well received, especially on Instagram. I have now added a "Set of Colouring Pages" tier to our campaign, but these will also be purchasable (at the same price) as addons at the end of the campaign. Below you can see the designs I have finished so far.

I am committing to at least 15 designs for this small series, however if I decide to add more than 15, there will be no extra charges. 

Aside from the characters above, I also plan on trying to do doing colouring pages of the following characters:-

• Money-Grabbing but Loveable Raccoon
• Chipper Yellow Secretary Puppy
• Adorable Turnip Pig
• Red Insect-Loving Lizard
• Blue Tailor Hedgehog
• Strawberry & Cream Dessert Rhino

Other character suggestions are encouraged and welcome. 

May Pin Club Pins

After a small haitus/delays of new pins due to the effects of COVID19, May will finally bring new enamel pins to my Pin Club. Those who sign up by the end of this month (April) will receive one or two of the pins below, 2 stickers and 2 mini prints depicting the same characters.

Thank you all for reading through all these amazing updates. Please let me know what you think in the comments down below. Your kind words and constructive criticism is what is pushing me through these tough times. 

Thank you!

Regards

Gilles