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The Hyena Family pin collection Pre-order store

Created by Henrieke

What is this? I recently ran a successfull crowdfunding campaign for pin designs of all four hyena species, and many other different wild animals. The campaign has ended, but this pre-order store is an opportunity for those who missed out to still pre-order any of the items that got funded by the campaign. How does it work? All new designs are available as hard enamel pins, and as waterproof stickers. There are also iron-on patches, stickersheets and prints, of both brand new and older designs. In addition, there are still several 'bonus stretch goals'. If the required minimum amount gets ordered, it will get made! If not, those who bought that item will get it refunded. The store will remain open until around mid to end of April. Payment and shipping Payment can only be done via credit card. Since this is a pre-order store, the shipping will get charged at a later point. Costs and fees for international mail are currently constantly fluctuating. Once the products are ready to ship, the best possible shipping methods and rates will get used. All orders are either being shipped from the EU (Netherlands or Austria) or from NY USA. I am located in the EU, but am working together with a partner-campaign in the US. Orders to the US, Canada and Mexico will get prepared by me, and then get sent via New York. The rates will be a bit higher than on EU orders, but you will not get hit by any unexpected US tariffs. Shipments that only contain stickers and prints can be sent directly by me as letter mail. The designs Click here to see all the designs that got requested and unlocked during the campaign! You can add one or multiple pins and stickers to your cart, and choose the design in the next step.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

The stretch goals, and your favorite animals!
3 months ago – Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 05:13:01 PM

I can finally share the (first?) stretch goals with you!
Fingers crossed that we'll get there!




More hyena pins:


The first three stretch goals are full body pins of the other three hyenas, made to match with the spotted hyena pin. They will be to scale with their real life counterparts, so the aardwolf is a bit smaller than the others!
€ 2650 will unlock the AARDWOLF
€ 3000 will unlock the BROWN HYENA
€ 3350 will unlock the STRIPED HYENA

If all of these are unlocked, they will become available as a discounted set including the spotted hyena, as well as being available as single pins.

Patches:




At € 4000 all four hyena portraits will become available as 6.5 x 8 cm (2.5 x 3.2 inch) embroidered patches!



OTHER CRITTERS, TOO!

If we surpass those goals, pins of other critters can be unlocked! YOU will get to decide which animals would be featured through backer community polls.

I made a bunch of scribbles of random critters I thought of first, just to show some ideas. I drew these from memory so I hope people can tell what they're supposed to be, haha!



These single pin stretch goals could be either full-body and/or diamond portraits.
Here are a few candidates so far:

  • Clouded leopard
  • Thylacine
  • Maned wolf
  • Fossa
  • Binturong
  • Ringtail

€ 5000 and € 6000 will unlock new backer-voted pins!

More portrait pin sets! So many ideas!!

Of course, it would be fun to make more portrait sets so it could become the start of a whole series.
Here are just (*cough*) "some" ideas for diamond portrait pin sets to match the hyenas:

  • African canids
    [African wild dog, Ethiopian wolf, African golden wolf, saddle-backed jackal and/or side-striped jackal]
  • African foxes
    [Fennec, Rüppell's fox, Cape fox, bat-eared fox, pale fox]
  • Tigers of the world
    [Bengal tiger, Siberian tiger, Sumatran tiger, possibly more]
  • Underappreciated cats
    [Andean mountain cat, flat-headed cat, pampas cat, Asian golden cat, and so many others!]
  • Bears of the world
    [Sun bear, moon bear, sloth bear, spectacled bear, and all the others!]
  • Lemurs
    [Indri, blue-eyed lemur, aye-aye, ring-tailed lemur... AND A HUNDRED OTHERS]
  • Viverrids
    [Masked palm civet, common genet, otter civet, African civet, etc]
  • Monotremes
    {Platypus, eastern echidna, western echidna]
  • Australian marsupials
    [Red kangaroo, bilby, greater glider, tasmanian devil, etc}
  • American marsupials
    [Virginia opossum, water opossum, big-eared opossum, white-eared opossum, etc]
  • Martens
    [Beech marten, Japanese marten, yellow-throated marten, Humboldt marten, etc]
  • Badgers
    [European badger, American badger, honey badger, greater hog badger, etc]
  • Otters
    [Eurasian otter, sea otter, giant otter, Asian small-clawed otter, etc]
  • Megabats
    [Stripe-faced fruit bat, spectacled flying fox, masked flying fox, Mauritian flying fox, etc]
... you get the idea!

All examples in this list are mammals, but I love all other animals too, so birds, reptiles, invertebrae and the others are all welcome!

Backer-voted pin sets will unlock at € 8000 and € 10.000.

However, there will also be two pledge levels where you can skip the polls and have me draw your favorite species no matter what. If people choose to back this tier it'll be nice for everyone, since these pins will become available for everyone to buy, just like any unlocked stretch goals.


What would be the best way to set up the polls for stretch goals? I can definitely set up a poll here once things are narrowed down a bit, but with so many options I'll possibly send a link to a ranked voting type-poll first. (That's a poll where rather than picking one favorite, you can pick multiple and put them in order of preference.)
Either way, this won't happen before the campaign is running, so for now you can just comment with suggestions.

Thank you for reading! If you don't yet, please follow the campaign, it helps a lot and you'll get updates sent to your inbox so you don't miss any updates or deadlines.

First WIP sample photo!
3 months ago – Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 08:00:26 AM

Hi all!

This is in such an early stage still, but I thought it'd be fun to share anyway. 

Presenting the hyena pins! Plus stretch goals?
3 months ago – Sat, Dec 13, 2025 at 08:18:26 AM

Presenting the hyena pins!


Hi all!
Thank you for following my campaign!
Pintopia 2026 is coming up quickly, and I'm excited to take part in it for the first time.

A lot has being going on backstage, but I'm finally able to show you finished drawings of the main pin designs.
There's a black nickel and a gold design of each one. Let me know which ones you like best!


Stretch goals?

If the campaign goes well, I will have some stretch goals ready for you.
First off I'd love to make full body pins of each species to fit with the spotted hyena one. These would be to scale with the real size of the animals. Here are some rough sketches to give you an idea!




After that, I have near endless ideas for animals I'd love to make pins of. But I'd love to hear what you would like to see!
Some sets that I already have specific ideas for:
- African canids
- Lemur portraits
- Metallic big cats
- Red-furred mammals (15+ animals)
- All bear species
- Tiger subspecies
As for individual animals, the list is near endless, but here are some:
- Banded palm civet
- Clouded leopard
- Fossa
- Ringtail
- Eurasian hare
- Andean mountain cat
- Thylacine
- Etc etc...!
These are all mammals, but I love birds and any other types of animals too.
Let me know what you'd like to see in the comments! I can add it to my list and make polls for your favorites later on.

Meanwhile, don't forget to check out my cross-collab partner's campaign as well. Not only can you get exclusive pins by backing us both, we hope to work together to make shipping from the EU to the US and vice versa a lot more affordable.
Here's an updated picture of the bonus cockatiel pin you can get from me! The enamel colors will match those of the C3 pins.

Thanks for reading!

- Henrieke