Pin club changes for 2021 : Please read! (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

Its time to start planning for 2021's pin club, as the Monster Girls series is almost over. I really enjoyed this pin series, and I can't wait to do something similar for next year. If you're curious about what the next 2 pins will look like, check out the #art-posts channel in Discord! I'll also be posting them here for everyone to check out at the end of this month. :)

Next year, I plan on  making some big changes to how the current pin club is run, so I hope everyone is okay with it.

First off, the main pin club theme will be.. Heroes! 

I will be continuing a Blizzard and Wow themed pin club, and will focus on mainly lore characters in the Blizzard Universe. These will all be full body, chibi scaled pins much like the monster girls from this year. :) It will hopefully be a mix of Heroes and Villains from the Blizzard Universe, and I need your help!

Go here to vote for WoW characters you'd like to see in 2021!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3NYNPPK

This survey is only for Warcraft characters - I may release new surveys for Diablo, Starcraft, and Overwatch in the future! Of course, not every character is listed, but I tried to include most major lore characters, some villains, and some race/class representation. 

You can select up to 15 characters, but you do not have to select that many. Just focus on the characters you for sure would like to see in pin form. :) You can also write in an option if you don't see your favorite there.

Secondly.. I will be retiring the Collector Boxes.

As much as I love the Collector tier boxes, producing merch items every month has become a lot more costly and time consuming to do. This tier has been around for 5 years (wow!) and I think I've just about made every single item I can think of within reason. There are only so many items within my budget and size/weight restrictions and I've done just about all of them. Rather than continue to repeat items and stress about production issues and delays, I think a big change is due. 

Collector tiers will now be a Deluxe pin tier, and include 2 pins per month, as well as all stickers, art cards/postcards and a chance at other small trinkets. :) They'll also no longer be shipped in boxes, which should cut down on the time it takes me to package everything up by a lot.. as well as make international shipping cheaper!

Starting in late December, I will be hiding and changing the $30/$40 collector boxes and reopening the slots for the $25 tier. If you are in the $30+ tiers you will need to manually switch to the $25/30. I won't be able to change these for you patreon does not let me edit prices to tiers or move people. I'd say most of you are still in the grandfathered $25 tier from last year, so if that's the case you will not need to do anything on your end. There's only about 10-15 of you that will actually have to do anything. I'll make sure to send everyone affected messages to make sure. :)

Here's the pricing that will be in effect on Jan 1st
Collector Tier --- > Deluxe Tier
USA - $30        --- >  $25
INTL - $40       --- >  $30

(pin club base pricing will remain the same!)

This won't start until January 2021, so please don't change your tiers now! I may go ahead and lock/hide the tiers until then. 

So you mentioned 2 pins in the Deluxe tier, right?

That's right! I'll be introducing a new pin club tier next year!

This new tier will feature mostly original and non wow related fandom pins. This tier will open up on January 1st, and be very limited at the start. All deluxe tiers will get this pin, the Heroes pin and all stickers/postcards that come with them together!

Right now, the first few months will probably be some cute RPG themed girls based on illustrations I've done in the past. ❤ 

This new tier will be the same price as the other pin club, $15 (usd) and $20 (intl)

It will however be very limited at the start until I get a good gauge of how many pins I'll need. New slots will open up if the demand gets higher. :) I plan on only ordering 100 of each design for the first couple months. The new tier will have 25 slots, while the deluxe tier will have 50 slots (up from 35). The extra 25 pins will be held back in case of b grades and extras will be sold on the secret shop.

If you are already in the pin club tier and only want the Warcraft Hero pins, you do not have to do anything! Your current tier will not change. If you'd like the new pins, you'll need to manually switch to the new tier in Jan 2021. If you'd like both pins, you'll have to move to the Deluxe tier in 2021!

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I also plan on releasing additional pin sets via preorder next year, maybe a Blizzard Hero that didn't quite make the pin club cut, or one of the Heroes HotS skins.

My main focus next year will be on Teaberry House branding and new original merch - but I don't want to give up on WoW pins just yet. :) There are still so many things I want to do! I'm really glad you all are here with me and your support means the world to me. I've said this many many times, but I absolutely could not do this without you all and I'm beyond grateful that you all let me make the things I love.

I really hope you all enjoy what's to come in the future! If you're confused about any of this or have questions, please feel free to comment below or message me privately! I'm happy to answer any questions for you.

❤ Tsepish / Kay