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Rats: a vampire's companion

Created by The Bestiary

A collection of pins around horror-themed rats, both spooky and cute.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

You may need to re-finish your survey
4 months ago – Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 07:17:00 PM

Quick update - all surveys have been sent. Originally, the cross-colab freebie wasn't showing, but that has been retroactively applied.
If you have already done your survey, please double-check it because you may need to reconfirm your choices, now that the colab-freebie has been added.
 

If you haven't yet filled it out, you shouldn't have any issues.


Also, we have added the Nosferatu pin as an unlock goal (as requested)
We need 20-25 people to want it to unlock it, so if you want it, please add it to your survey (you won't be charged for it if we don't hit the goal)   
   

Surveys going out (smoke tests sent) -also preorder store open.
4 months ago – Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 02:09:46 PM

Just a quick update to let you all know the surveys are going out in a day or so, once the smoke tests have responded and we are all good!

For now, we just need counts on what designs you want etc so we can get them ordered.  Please answer your survey ASAP so we can get the ball rolling!

Shipping (and USA tariff)  will be charged close to the dates we are due to ship, sometime next year.

on the survey, there is the pumpkin pin, which if we have 25 orders min, we can unlock as well. 

Thanks!

If you didn't back but have changed your mind and want a pin please check out the pre-order store, which basically lets you pledge late and order any of the pins and bits we unlocked. ty. 


https://spoopy-rats.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
 

please check your payment has processed!
4 months ago – Thu, Nov 06, 2025 at 05:30:03 AM

Just a little reminder to double-check your payment has been processed so we can move on to the next steps.
Currently, there are 9 failed payments, and I would be eternally grateful if we could get these sorted before the 16th. 

Meanwhile I'd like to remind people of upcoming projects!

I am taking part in the holiday market project! Here you'll be able to get discounted bits from previous campaigns as well other products I have at a discount!

   
I also have my new Warframe-inspired project going on at the same time,if you decide to back both there will be an option to combine postage at the end so you won't need to pay postage twice!


 

Wild ride but we made it! (next steps)
4 months ago – Sun, Nov 02, 2025 at 01:47:32 AM

Thank you all once again!

The next step is to wait for the payments to process, which takes around two weeks. I will send out the survey soon after, so we can find out just how many of each pin to order!
At this stage, you won't be charged for anything else, like shipping or any new add-ons etc, (that will come once we have the pins and are ready to ship) but feel free to add stuff ready!

Reminder of what we unlocked:





backed 3 or more pintober projects: 


Finally, we will try to unlock the pumpkin rat in the add-on section! We need around 20 people to unlock it, and you'll be able to do this in the survey phase!   


There will be a pre-order store a bit later for any of you that didn't back but decide you want some of these pins! 

that's it for now! feel free to comment any questions. Your emails should calm down a little for now! thank you!   

Last 18 hours! (and poll results)
4 months ago – Sat, Nov 01, 2025 at 04:26:58 AM

We are in the last stretch now, so here's your reminder to back if you haven't already!   

The pumpkin stained glass rat won the poll, and if we don't get it unlocked, I will add it to the add-on section of the survey, where it'll need X many people wanting to buy to unlock it (I need to work out how many), so you'll have a chance to get it then! 

that's it for now! Thank you all again! Hope you had a great Halloween!