Idk about the rest of you but I'm really doubting we're actually going to see these. He's had them made and just seems to be ignoring backerkit and any questions regarding it altogether.
I hand-packed every Movie Moths pin with extra care myself (in the middle of the night while watching crappy shows on Netflix). Some of you may even have your moths in hand now! If not, I did send out tracking info to everyone so you can check the status. Worth noting, it may take a little extra time for international orders to arrive, and a few international orders did not qualify for tracking. But they are all out there on their merry way to you!
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Movie Moths could not have happened without you. I am forever grateful I got to make these lil creatures. I hope you love them. Moths are cool and so are you!
Now all my attention is going towards my next crowdfunding project on BackerKit — Realm Runners.
Hey friends! I apologize for taking so long to catch up with you. Things are underway in production here, but also have been incredibly insane the last few months. I've posted a long number of updates to socials, but I was waiting to get a firm update for you guys here before posting... then got caught up waiting for the "right" update. This was supposed to go up last night, but we got hit by hail that took out some power, so apologies for the Sunday-to-Monday delay which I'd communicated to those who asked.
The first thing I wanted to mention that this project did get delayed because of my involvement in (and running of) Purrtagonists. You have my firm apologies on that. What started as 26 designs turned into 55 art designs, vectors and sample passes with that campaign (with we admitted there and in all updates was something we didn't predict correctly) and caused waves on anything that followed it. We've caused a few of our manufacturers to actively melt a bit (55 designs, even split up to 4 manufacturers, proved to be too much for them to keep track of).
It's been almost entirely just myself and Venetia handling the Purrtagonists campaign - and we've had some insanity in our lives in big ways. I had a surprise move that took up all of March and most of February since it was over 10,000 pounds of stuff... all on a pulled hip disc (so I was relatively heavily medicated during March when I repulled it the second time), and Venetia had her child in January (of which still is trying to turn her into a zombie prematurely, with love). I've still been finding and assorting things from the move even this month since I had to get help packing (which meant nothing was labelled correctly). Bluntly put, our lives became a chaotic mess for a minute.
The artist-friend we hired on to assist with vectoring also has going through some abrupt life changes with medical related items, so the vectors for the previous campaign were only finished out last month. However, before their latest scheduled medical operation, we pushed through the last of the translations of the Venti pin, fleshed out the detailing, and pushed it into production. I've included the generalized artboard in the backer only body (sans codes) just so you can see how that looks - we typically never show these artboards from having had things stolen before, but I just wanted to show that progress had been made.
We're currently tweaking some design aspects in the sampling process.
SURVEY & EXTRAS ADDITIONS: I'll be updating surveys (as they mainly take shipping funds) once the samples have been fleshed out. I found out in April (so shortly after the last update) that there were some serious changes happening to how first class mail (going to Ground Advantage), as well as priority changes to rates. Our UPS contracts have also updated, so largely their rates actually are better than Priority rates going forward.
Because of this, I've opted to pause collecting those funds until we have a better gauge on when we'll have these in hand (probably know in 2ish months depending on how samples go and how quickly they're completed). The fear right now is that I'll either overcharge massively, undercharge massively, or the service will change significantly by the time we roll around to it. Billing closer to will allow this to be more accurate, as if UPS is actually cheaper, insurance is included and so on (while USPS isn't inherently).
All said, the wait on surveys was intentional on my part with watching the situation, but I do apologize that I wasn't clearer while running around that I'd planned on delaying them for this reason. It also gives me time to work on the (addition!) display box that I'd been looking into and seeing if we had enough residual funds to offer that to the full set backers, and offer it as an option to anyone else. Thankfully box turnarounds are far shorter than pin turnarounds, but it will impact shipping.
NEXT UPDATE TIMELINES: I'll try to tune in again in the coming month (at latest in early Sept) with further progress!
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Quick update on the manufacturing process. I had been working with a company for awhile, and was at the point where I was very pleased with everything and ready to start manufacturing. They recently informed me that the quote they gave was wrong and the actual cost would be double what was initially discussed. So, unfortunately I am back to shopping around with different companies in hopes of finding better costs, but still quality work. I will keep you all updated as the process moves forward.
Great news everyone — Movie Moths pin orders start shipping this week📦
After a small delay with my card back printer, all is now on track and I have everything I need to start shipping. So keep an eye on those mailboxes 👁👁 Your little moth friends are on their way home! And if you missed the last update, you can see the finished pins HERE.
This has been such a fun experience all around and I am extremely grateful to everyone who has supported this passion project.
And once all these pins are shipped out I'm full steam ahead on my next project — a new tabletop game called Realm Runners which you can get a sneak peak at HERE ✨
Jason Furie ✌️
PS If you didn't back the LIVE campaign, you can PRE-ORDER HERE and I'll throw your order into the mix this week.
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Got the pins in April. Was the goal always to take the money and screw us to sell them elsewhere? You're even displaying that they were funded through the Pintopia event, right there on the backing card.
Hello Backers! Quick update on the pin process. I'm currently in talks with a manufacturer and hope to be in production within the next week or two. Very excited to finally see these pins take shape. I will let you all know as soon as they are in my hand...and soon after, yours!
