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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:

Success! New pledge levels available, and polls!
3 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.

6 hours till launch! Pick your favorite animal
3 months ago – Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 04:00:34 AM

Pintopia is about to start, ahhh! 
If you’re excited to back this and other projects, keep the Early Bird rewards in mind!
You will get an exclusive pin of a snoozing hyena for free if you back within the first 48 hours after launch.


…next!

I’ve made a bunch of super rough sketches for the stretch goals of single pins, and picked out 10 of them.
Let me know your favorite in the poll below! I’ll see if I can set up ranked voting, I always have a hard time picking just one…

Please note these are just rough ideas for the poses, not necessarily the exact sketches and proportions for the final designs.


Thank you so much for your interest, and enjoy Pintopia!

- Henrieke

One week until launch!
4 months ago – Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 12:36:23 PM

Hi all!

There's less than a week left until the start of Pintopia 2026, and my campaign!
I won't spam you with too many reminders, but since you can ONLY get the snoozing spotted hyena pin (for free!) by pledging within the first 48 hours, I'm sending another reminder to sign up.

Here are a few things I wanted to share with you!

Samples!

The first samples of some of the main designs have been made and will be on their way to me soon, so I can judge the colors in real life.
Here's a first look at factory photos of the striped hyena pin in both its black nickel and gold form!



Custom species pins

If we make it to the stretch goals, pins of more species will be unlocked, and everyone will get to vote on which ones they should be.
However, there will be a few exclusive pledge slots available where YOU get to have your favorite made no matter what!
These slots are very limited, so if you're interested, do have a look right at the launch of the campaign, since I don't know if these would sell out quickly.

Pin Safari


For the first time this year Pintopia has banners for sub-genres, where multiple campaigns with a similar theme team up.
Our banner is called Pin Safari, and if you back three or more campaigns from this group you'll receive matching 'polaroid' stickers from each one you backed! Mine, of course, features the hyena family.


Bonus goal: Stickersheets

If we reach 250 backers, I will make a stickersheet with all the hyenas, and every backer with a pledge of two pins or more will get a hyena stickersheet for free!

That's all for now!
Thanks again for following along.

- Henrieke

The stretch goals, and your favorite animals!
4 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!
4 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.