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My swap arrived and he’s beautiful! Tysm Nicola! I adore the mica effect you added to the rock, and his details are just stunning!
Can we please get assume adult kirin in some limited color runs? (Seaglass, dreamscape, and brimstone are great places to start).
I realize there was an issue with the casting of the horns– but this issue has been a problem for many years now….surely something has been worked out by now?
Atlantis would be such a good production color, even if they had to simplify it a little.
I sadly don’t have any koirin…but I’m so super picky that it’s probably for the best. XD
Best of luck to you in trying to find a koirin papa!
Landipan, that vaporeon print is so pretty!
And OMG Kujacker! I laughed so hard! That dugtrio is sooooooo good!
I posted these on the FB fan site already so I know some of you have seen, but these are my bantams. I like 37C, just not sure I love him since I was hoping for a darker purple on the clone. My rainbow tiger bantam is VIVID. His wings are colored so beautifully they remind me of a tropical bird. I don’t hate him–I’m totally okay with keeping him–but I would be interested in trading him for another rainbow tiger that suits me a bit better.
Right Sherry?!? They’re the only pins that have made me physically burst out laughing. I couldn’t not get a few. ^_^
That pin creator wouldn’t happen to be Venetia Jackson, aka: ChocolateRaisinFury? I just backed her latest kickstarter and it looks similar.
Yes! That’s her! I backed that one too for the sun & moon. ^_^
Here’s my little collection, some of them anyway… the cute ones.
Aaaaah! Melody! The vulpixes are so cute! Love them!
P.S. the ‘buffmon’ are scary lol.
Psssh. Scary? Or AMAZING? Lolololol. And you haven’t even seen the ditto! This is the maker’s pic of the full set:
Rylorien, that is an adorable pin collection! But I don’t know how to feel about that Magikarp O.O
Eh heh heh. Time to play the “Sexy and I Know It” song, right? I couldn’t resist the buffmon pins. They cracked me up sooooo much.
Love that Espeon pin in the middle bottom of the photo, especially, Rylorien!
Thank you! That one was from a kickstarter. The creator did all the eeveelutions as constellations, as well as a few other doggos (okami, wolf link, etc). That’s a super cute plushie collection–love that cosmog!–and the pikalanterns are just adorable.
I almost missed these when they dropped! I do really love the new sculpt but I think I’d be happier with fantasy-colored safari as not many in these natural batches caught my eye… Truthfully it was a gamble to snag one but I was pleasantly surprised.
My little fella is a gorgeously painted maltese tiger with soft gray stripes. I think his eyes are similar to the metallic tan only a little darker…like a metallic caramel, ish?
I don’t mind keeping him (for now), but I will be putting him up for trade to see what’s what.
Honestly, I feel like Melody should have stuck to her original statement about the KS designs available being limited only to the ones originally displayed (other than minor changes to the clones).
The fact that rainbow tiger bantams were claimable at all (even if it was just two) was unfair–whoever saw them first could claim them when they had not until that point in time existed during the Kickstarter.
On the other hand, I do think that doing them as an add-on after the fact AND done as a grab bag was absolutely the best way to handle it given the circumstances.
In a similar vein (and something I haven’t mentioned as I’ve been rather AWOL from the forums), I think if Melody does another Kickstarter, a better way of handling the claiming process could be: go by backer number but only allow people to claim ONE choose your own piece per person, and any other addons would be as either preset colors (albino et al) or grab bag from available pieces. I definitely understand wanting special pieces that fit into your collection -just right- however, being able to choose AT ALL is a privilege. One that I feel a lot of people take for granted.
Just my two cents.
I am someone who for the most part lives paycheck to paycheck. It doesn’t stop me from making unreasonable purchases, but that’s also given the condition that the world at large and my job are functioning at a *normal* level. With the current situation, I do believe that it’s better for the KS to be delayed for now. Waiting to see and gauging the responses for how things turn out month to month would probably be for the best.
I think LZ’s idea to be the most favorable: since Windstones does need to maintain a certain level of profit, they could gear their time toward more low-key items (i.e. the production line and its holes/color gaps) + whatever inspiring ebay themes Gina will toss our way.
It’s already been put off for years and we have no idea how long this virus business is going to last or if things might get worse the longer you wait. … People don’t even have to pay for the Kickstarter til it’s over.
It’s true that the KS has taken awhile to get up and get going but since that is the case, it shouldn’t be much harm to wait longer. One new sculpt being produced via a crowdfunding platform shouldn’t make or break an established company with as much prestige as Windstone has.
Melody, start it April 1st, has it go the full length till the end of April.
That gives everyone a month and a half to plan and come up with funds.I feel like this is a bad sentiment. Planning and finding funds is problematic when some people may not even be working much, if at all, in the coming weeks. Savings will go toward necessities, moreso if states start going into full-on lockdown mode. Beyond that, what if people DO pledge to Melody’s kickstarter, claim dragons they desperately want, Melody makes more of specific colors to meet demand…then tons of people drop the KS on the last day because they just don’t have the money? Suddenly Melody is left with a surplus of dragons that cost them time and money to produce and a lot less money coming their way than they were going to have based on initial backer numbers.
Seeing the responses in this thread, there’s a rather broad spectrum of circumstances in which people find themselves (stay safe everyone!) but in the end, Windstone does have to decide what they feel is best for their company.
