Hey robot lovers,

I've been out of the house for a few days helping family, but I'm back home and ready for us to charge the finish line! 💪🤖

As of a couple days ago Jump was officially UNLOCKED - you all are crushing it, thank you!! The main story page has been updated to reflect this.

That of course makes Incubate (the feather) our current goal! I'm really looking forward to the possibility of having all 4 "elemental" designs of the Unit Lines made, they look so dang good together.

In our quest to do so -- a couple more orders of business.

First off, my manufacturer has returned from their holiday break and got back to me about some of my metal plating questions. It seems antique gold isn't available with hard enamel, and it's important to me that we keep the same hard enamel finish across all of the board colors on our bot designs. With that in mind, the Air Unit line will feature brass plating!

The bright gold appearance of brass will be a perfect fit for the circuits, and the clear enamel overlay of the recessed metal portions will be a pantone calibrated to achieve the same dark gold appearance of those areas as in the mockups. I'm very pleased with this approach! Reminder that I won't lock backer surveys down until all the pins have been sampled, so you'll be able to see the real deal of each design before making your final selections.

Second, I've included yet another sticker pack tier in the Add-On section. This is a variety pack for those who want a chunk of the selective holographic stickers and some of the robot character art sheets as well! Find it here.

And speaking of the robot sheets --

Mozzy and Malware have been tied on and off for so much the poll that I think I'm going to call it a dual victory! This means BOTH of them are going to receive character art workups that will be available as sticker sheets if we reach 300 backers!

As with the pins, you'll be able to see the finished artwork for the sheets before backer surveys lock. I already have a story in mind for Malware that I'm really excited about, but I'm still brainstorming for Mozzy - help me pick a direction! Fresh poll at the end of this post. c:

Thank you all again for coming along on this ride - I'm still amazed by your reception to Short Circuit. If we land a solid ending, I have SO many more ideas in mind to explore with the future of the series! 

Let's get out there and unlock Incubate to complete the core Air Line, and get a few more backers onboard to realize our robot friends!! 💜✨

Hey robot enjoyers,

Due to even more demand, I've added an additional option for you to grab multiple stickers at a discount - there are now Add-On Sticker Packs per Unit Line:

Earth, Fire, and Water are live and already available to add to your pledges! As these will be specific pre-assembled packs rather than the ability to select from any unlocked designs, I will wait to add Air once the funding for both Jump and Incubate have been secured.

Since we've, well, Jumped up to only €100 away from unlocking our next design (whoa, thank you!!) I believe we can do it! Keep on sharing Short Circuit with your likeminded friends and acquaintances and we'll absolutely get this done. Thank you so much for your continued enthusiasm, you all rock. 👀💕

On a similar note - we're now only 4 backers away from our goal of 300 to unlock a new robot character art sticker sheet option. As promised, I've put together a poll of the four finalists from the last round. Vote one more time to determine who receives a robo-workup next!