I'm sending this from my local dive. After hitting the home stretch on our packing slips, I realized my fridge is almost completely empty. I'm not driving to Costco at 7:30 on a Saturday.
We have a restaurant that serves dog breed themed hotdogs. It's great. It's especially great because it's under $10 for half my daily calories. If you got local pickup, you probably know where it is. Their kitchen is clean enough post-COVID that I can confidently recommend them. Mac salad still sucks, though.
When it comes to GOLDEN AGE PARROTS, stickers and sticker sheets for GAP came in yesterday. Just like BIRD CRIMES, they're beating the pins to the punch, and they're getting unpacked, graded, and assigned to pledges first. Look at all those chickens!
My sticker guys kicked ass, as always, on these. For a company that mostly makes small-batch anime stuff, I always feel horrible sending them my literal tidal waves of birds, but, they take it in stride and do the job damn well.
I spent Saturday afternoon printing, sorting and color coding pack lists. Tomorrow is going to be for getting stickers and sticker sheets attached to their pledges, and dumping them in a filing cabinet till the rest of my shit gets here from China. GAP stickers will be listed on KEN'S PIN HUSTLE after sticker fulfillment is done, in about a week and a half.
If pins stay on their current track, we're expecting to send packages out within 3-5 weeks.
As a heads up, we have some people who need to come email me ASAP. A few of you...
Have an entire pledge unpaid (some over $200)
Have shipping or add-ons unpaid
Did not respond to emails about cut design substitutes
Most of you dealt with issues back in late 2024, with the design cut fiasco. Thank you for doing that, and thank you again for understanding the mess that led to it. However... a lot of you did not respond to those emails, or reminders to check the card on file with BackerKit.
I have a pile of 11 problem pledges staring at me, next to my 9 PM coffee. A couple of you are also very, very active in the furry corner of that blue website, and I have attempted to reach out to you about your declined card... while you post about spending dealer's den money at cons. Please don't do this.
As it stands, I won't be able tosend these orders. If you do not fix these issues, you will be forfeiting your pledge rewards. If you want your pins and stickers, reach out to me at [email protected]. Do NOT wait for an email.
This will be your last chance to correct any problems with payments and claim your rewards - some of which, you may have mostly paid for. I, sadly, have a few of you guys with your campaign items covered, but missing shipping and addons. Go check if this is you - get your money's worth!
Once pins arrive, I will not be honoring any pledges that don't have their pledge, shipping, and addons paid in full. Barring serious health issues or financial emergencies, I will also not be honoring campaign prices for anyone who missed these. This is your final warning: go check if you are all set.
Did you move in the past 3 months? If you did, make sure your stuff's headed to the right place! I will be locking orders 2 days after pins arrive. As it stands, that will be in about a month - if not sooner.
Anyways, that's all for now, unless you want pictures of all the stickers spread across 3 desks tomorrow.
CRITTER CRIMES still launches in 3 days. Go join that email list. If you're getting this, you're qualified for at least one free pin over there.
