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Diagnoses & Dice: An Enamel Pin Collection

Created by Arledge Comics

An enamel pin collection raising awareness for mental health, celebrating mental wellness through role play, and highlighting how much we love dice. You really can't have enough. A portion of all proceeds will benefit The Trevor Project.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

October Update
about 1 month ago – Tue, Oct 01, 2024 at 06:55:16 PM

Ahoy friends!

The first of the pins have arrived!!



Additional pins are currently on our way to us, and more are currently in production. We'll be posting updates as we go. Our plan is to fulfill orders in waves. So anyone who got just the ADHD pin (or ADHD pin and any add-ons already in stock, such as a mystery pin), will see shipping labels start to generate.

If you've been lurking and waiting to see the pins, now's your chance to run over to our preorder store and get yours!

Pintopia 3 is coming up early next year. I'm still working on my teaser page, but my sister (and collaborator for Pintopia 3!) has hers up and ready to go.
Check it out, and tell us what collab designs you'd like to see.
[Link right here~]

Production Update!
2 months ago – Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 12:17:06 PM

Thanks for your patience everyone!

The d2 ADHD, d4, ASD, and two d20 pin designs are officially in production!! Once we have some preview photos, I'll be popping back in here to show them off.

I'm working on the next round of proofs now. Since the designs are all similar, I'm hoping this process smooths out from here. :) We'll be shipping out orders as pins are available, and I'll post another update once shipping has begun.

I'm sorry for the wait, but we've got progress!

Also, if you're looking for some more pins - have you checked out Booktopia? A number of projects are featuring some cool pin designs. Like this one!

Frustrating Update
3 months ago – Sat, Aug 03, 2024 at 05:27:43 AM

Hello friends,

I'm unfortunately here with a frustrating update.

It's come to my attention that my sales rep is no longer with my pin manufacturer. We've been assigned a new sales rep, and I'm pretty sure I've overwhelmed the poor woman. :(

Between comic Kickstarters, Pintopia, and another campaign, we've a number of pending pin designs. I submitted each order via email, separate emails, and it seems details got crossed on their end. Although I diligently kept each order on its own email chain, my comic pins came back with a numbered backstamp instead of our logo, and my dice pins came back with the Modern Medusa plating options. (Shiny silver instead of dual plating.)

After weeks of back and forth, trying to straighten out all the details, I've come to the decision to cancel all my pending orders and start over from fresh. Submitting, proofing, and approving one design at a time. 

This is proving to be a long a grueling process that I'm still in the middle of. However, a) our manu does good work, so I know we'll be happy with the quality and look of the pins, and this is still (probably) faster than finding and vetting another manufacturer and b) we'll know each pin is made correctly without error.

I'm frustrated with this setback, but at least things are moving in the right direction again. I appreciate all your support and your patience as I work through this. I'm really hoping to have a positive update soon.

Orders are locked!
6 months ago – Fri, May 31, 2024 at 07:20:18 AM

The pledge manager is 86% complete! Which is enough to give solid counts on what we need to fulfill the campaign~

If you haven't filled out your pledge manager yet, please do so! 

We'll be ordering some surplus of each design for conventions and events, so it's unlikely that we'll run out of pins if you're late with your reward survey. But who wants to run that chance? 

Pins will be going into production next week, and I'll be updating as things progress. 

Cheers!

Reward Surveys
6 months ago – Tue, May 21, 2024 at 05:00:44 PM

Hey backers!

The pledge manger is finished and the smoke test has been sent out!

A small number of you should see those survey links now! The rest of you should see those by the end of the week. Once we have a solid grasp on numbers, we'll be submitting production orders (and updating y'all along the way).

If you have an appetite for more pins, I'm running a very special campaign right now that has a little over a week left. Check out the Modern Medusa hard enamel pin.

Want to know what we're doing next?

Then click this link!