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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 shop 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. This store is only open temporarily, so please place your orders sooner than later if you're interested! 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:

Next species & pin pics!
6 months ago – Sun, Feb 01, 2026 at 07:10:52 AM

Oops, the full body maned wolf got un-unlocked again, so let's not celebrate too early. I'm sure we'll get and stay there though!

The species for the next three stretch goals after the lemurs are:
🥇 Binturong
🥈 Thylacine
🥉 Harbor seal

All of these would be a set of a portrait and a full body pin, if their respective goals get reached.
I will still consult the polls for potential future goals, but let's see how far we get first! 🦭

If you're really set on one specific animal that didn't make the cut, there's also still the custom pledge levels.


Pictures!
I got a few more photos of my pin sample! I will evaluate the colors once I have them in hand, but I'm happy with the quality. Hope you are as well!
The full size of this pin is 55mm (2.2 inch).

New stretch goals! And lemurs!
6 months ago – Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 05:35:05 PM

Hi!

Though this and many other campaigns' funds fell back a little bit the past days, we're still past all our initial stretch goals and on the way to more!

The species of the first backer-voted pins have been locked in and will be... (drumroll)

  • Portrait pin: Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
  • Portrait pin: Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
  • Portrait pin set: Lemurs of Madagascar
      Crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus)
      Golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus)
      Indri (Indri indri)
      Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
  • Portrait pin set: African canids
      African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)
      Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis)
      African golden wolf (Canis lupaster)
      Black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas)

That's 10 new pins you will be able to order!
I will tell you more about all these incredible species later, as the artwork gets finished.

I not so secretly would love to make more, so I made a new set of stretch goals:

Some of these are very close to being unlocked already! Let's see how far we can get.
The backer-amount goals work a little differently, and unluck when a certain amount of people have pledged, rather than an amount being reached. I hope you like stickers!

For my beloved lemurs, I had the following idea that I'd love to make: Two full body crowned lemurs in front of the leaf of a traveler's palm.


Crowned lemurs belong to the genus Eulemur, 'brown lemurs', a name which doesn't do them justice at all.
(They're also called 'true lemurs', which is much better, but it does make me feel a bit sorry for the dozens of other lemurs.)
These twelve species are often quite colorful, with the males having competely different colors from the females.
They are:


Some of these, like the blue-eyed lemur, look close enough in facial shape and coat length that I could make limited color variants for them. With some others, like the white-fronted lemur, I'd have to cheat a little and use some screen printing around the ears to change the length of the fur, but it should still work. With some imagination I could even make ring-tailed lemurs, which belong to their own genus.

I don't expect to sell a lot of those variants, but you would make a few of my lemur-loving friends, who NEVER get to see merch of their favorite animals, very happy.

Think of the poor lemur-fans! (Or really, think of the lemurs, since all of these species range from vulnerable/endangered to critically endangered 😔)

Thanks as always for reading (and, you can still vote in the polls in my previous post)!

- Henrieke

PS: If you wish to vote, do it once for each poll. Don't vote multiple times! I can see this and will weed out duplicate votes.
As much as I root for all of these animals and am happy that you are passionate about your favorite, sadly, if I can't sell these pins, I can't afford to make them. So instead, getting others to back as well would be far more helpful!

Stretch goal designs
6 months ago – Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 03:41:56 PM

Hi all!

Let's talk about the stretch goals!
Quite a few of you have voted in both backer polls so far. It looks like the first two single pins will be the maned wolf and the fossa!

I will lock the first winners down shortly, so I can work on the rough designs, and I'll also be adding some new stretch goals, so more of the runner ups can be made. I personally really want to make that binturong!

I started liking the idea of having full body pins to match the portraits like we will with the hyenas. I'll try to make that happen for the single pins that already got unlocked.

If you're interested in these, updating your pledge or adding add-ons for more pins will help to make them a reality!
There are also still pledge slots to skip the polls and get your favorite species made regardless of what stretch goals get unlocked.



I fleshed out the fossa pin(s) a little bit, mainly to see how many colors I'd use. I might still change things around a bit!



To my surprise and delight, for the pin sets the lemurs are in the lead!! (Those of you who know me know I adore all wild animals, but lemurs have an extra special place in my heart.)



With lemurs it's so hard to pick! There are well over 100 species, and about half of those are my favorite animals. But here's a super rough sketch idea of some crowned lemurs!



Can we put two individuals in one portait pin? Yes, I make the rules!

The brown lemur species display sexual dimorphism, meaning the males look different from the females. With crowned lemurs the females are grey with an orange diademe, and the males are entirely orange/brown with a little black cap and fluffy cheeks. And they both have these adorable white face masks with a little black snoot!

For now I imagine sets of four pins, though I can very much imagine I'd make many more lemurs over time.
I just had a long flight back home from the US and scribbled these... somewhat recognisable lemurs from memory. These could be an option! As much as I love ring-tailed lemurs (my main OC is one!), I'd love to represent some that you see less art and merch of, even though these four are still among the better known species.



These are the golden bamboo lemur, aye-aye, crowned lemurs and an indri.
Let me know what you think!

Funding totals

You might have noticed that our total of raised funds just went down a significant amount. Some pledges always get canceled, and in this case it was a huge pledge (for getting a brown hyena plush produced).
Of course, someone else is more than welcome to take that slot now that it opened up again, but please make sure you spend responsibly!

I did keep in mind that this could happen when announcing any unlocked stretch goals, so everything listed on the page is still unlocked!

Even more hyenas!

I'd like to point your attention towards some other projects!
Hyena fans might be happy to know there's currently more pin campaigns running featuring your favorite critters. You might have already come across these three fellow Pintopia Pin Safari campaigns:





I also came across this cute campaign featuring brown hyenas! Let's make sure it reaches its goal and unlocks the other species as well?



Thank you for your support!

- Henrieke

UK shipping + Early Bird LAST CHANCE!
6 months ago – Sat, Jan 24, 2026 at 09:55:31 AM

Hi all,

If you read this right as I send it, you have FIVE MINUTES left to get the early bird pin! It's gone after that!

New ways to pledge

I wanted to let you know that I've added two new pledge tiers that people have asked me for.

First is the LETTER MAIL TIER.
This tier is for one sticker or card of choice, and will allow you to pick any add-on that can be shipped via letter mail.
This means worldwide shipping remains under 5 euro, but no insurance or tracking is available.
This one is UK friendly, I can ship it anywhere! If you're in the UK and would really like to get pins, as of now the best solution is to ask a friend abroad if you can ship it to them.
This tier is NOT eligible to receive the early bird incentive pin.
This tier IS eligible to receive the Pin Safari polaroid sticker, as long as two other projects from this banner have their requirements met.

Next is the PATCH TIER.
This one is simple: You pledge for a patch rather than a pin.

Poll update

Currently, in the lead for the single pins are the maned wolf and the thylacine, and for the pin portrait sets it's the African canids and the megabats!
Want something else? Vote in my previous update or pledge for one of the custom pin tiers!

Thank you all so much again for your support!

- Henrieke

Success! New pledge levels available, and polls!
6 months ago – Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 01:48:02 AM

🎉FUNDED!🎊 


Wow, we got funded in under an hour, and got all main stretch goals unlocked! Thank you all so much!

Because the full body hyena pins and patches got unlocked, there are now more options available for both the pledge levels and add-ons!
If you don't know what to choose yet, don't worry, you can still change or add to your pledge later.
Do pledge in the next 32 hours though if you want to receive the Early Bird pin, it won't be available anymore after that!


With backer-voted stretch goals unlocked it's time to VOTE!

Since it's so hard to just pick just one option, I made two ranked voting polls., one for single pins and for pin sets!
Ranked voting works by selecting multiple options and putting them in your order of preference, rather than just having to pick one. That way, if your number one choice doesn't make it, your vote will still help your number two. You can remove the options you're not interested in.

First, the poll for the single pins.
I already posted a poll on this page yesterday, but hopefully this ranked version will be easier to choose with!
There's also an option to add other options, though the ones I've already listed and made rough sketches probably have a better chance of getting picked.


Shown here are portrait and full body pins of the Fossa, Clouded leopard, Harbor seal, Binturong, Pronghorn, Thylacine, Ringtail, Corn snake, Jackrabbit, and Maned wolf.

Please note that these are just rough ideas, not the final poses or proportions!

Vote for the single pins here!


Next, the poll for the pin sets!
To keep it simple I took the big list of ideas I already wrote on the campaign page, there's plenty to choose from!
  • 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]

Vote for the pin sets here! 


More pin options
At this time at least one of the slots for a custom pin has been claimed, and I will update you with the species and rough design once it's ready! These custom pins will be available for any backer to buy as part of a pledge or add-on.

It looks like we might be getting a plushie too, and though that's a long process I'll keep you posted on how that progresses.

UK shipping
I received sereral questions about backing from the within the UK.
Sadly, shipping to the UK often ends up being far more complex than to other countries, so I can't offer it unless I know for sure I can actually deliver. Your best option is to ask a friend from a nearby country to receive your order for you. I'm very sorry to disappoint people, and will update you if the situation changes!
Right now, you CAN have stickers and cards, which are available as add-ons, to the UK as letter mail.. To access these add ons you need to pledge for at least the lowest level though, I will work on making a pledge level for a single sticker, so just buying stickers becomes an option.

Many other questions specific to this campaign I've already answered on the FAQ page. If you can't find your answer there, feel free to write!

That's all for now, thank you!

- Henrieke

PS: Don't forget to check out my partner campaign, and the others that are part of Pin Safari!
Backing them is the only way to get my cockatiel pin and hyena polaroid sticker.