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The Last Unicorn - Tarot & Oracle Deck by Geekify Inc

Created by Geekify Inc

A tarot deck by Geekify Inc based on the favorite film, The Last Unicorn. 100% officially licensed merchandise brought to life!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

The devil is in the details...
almost 6 years ago – Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 12:34:54 AM

Greetings, Earthlings!

The internet is very hit and miss where I'm at, so emails are easy to read, but hard to respond to. There have been a plethora of last-minute things that needed doing, and the process demands things be done in a certain order before we can proceed with all of it as a whole. The good news is that everything is almost done and beginning production soon (as in, within the next week soon)! 

We (sadly) had one of our artists back out very late in the process, so we had an additional nine cards to produce on a very short notice. Adrianne, total rockstar that she is, stepped up and filled in the rest of the suit with some amazing art. This has been a very busy month, travels not withstanding, but here's what we've been up to as part of the finalization process:

-Designing vector lines for the foil sections to be turned into printing dies (this takes a lot of precision and planning to line up on the cards properly)

-Creating box art for the retail boxes

-Finalizing designs for the wooden boxes (concept art below)

Concept Art for Wooden Boxes
Concept Art for Wooden Boxes

-Actually designing the boxes and the dimensions to properly fit the decks

-Updating the Butterfly to be a reversible pattern

Reversible Backings
Reversible Backings

-Last minute revisions and standardizations of artwork into consistent formatting

-Writing and editing the card description book

-Drafting the card design for Peter S. Beagle to sign

-Gathering, archiving, and transferring artwork to the printers (no small feat, for 78 individual card arts)

-Licensing approvals at each step

And lots of other little things along the way! Things are looking stellar, and making sure they come together as a cohesive unit is just as important as each individual component. More updates to follow over the next month - things are moving quickly!

Surveys Officially Locked Down!
almost 6 years ago – Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 01:52:01 AM

Most of you got successful charging / lock in confirmation - congrats! You won at BackerKit!

Some of you had cards declined - just revise your payment info at your convenience and we'll re-bill sometime soon!

Those 140+ people who still haven't answered, you've got a month to respond before I keep your deck for myself, muhahah. But really, without an address on file, we have nowhere to send your deck. 

If you move or need to change your address: Not to worry - this can still be done manually. 

Right now we're just wrapping up card art and revisions, and I'll be finishing up the description book in tandem. We probably won't have a ton of news for the next few weeks till we start into production, and we'll post what pictures we can. 

In the meantime, our production staff at Geekify really needs stuff to do!

Need a tablet or eReader cover made of your favorite fantasy book? Look us up at www.geekifyinc.com and get something special made! We can also do sketchbooks, diaries, journals, jewelry boxes, purses, and now, book lamps too!

Books, that are also lamps! WTF!
Books, that are also lamps! WTF!

Of course, we can do a ton of other different kinds of things, but these book replicas are one of the things we're best known for, and we get some unusual requests. We recently completed a commission for a Sleeping Beauty replica with illustrations inside, etched in brass. 

Sleeping Beauty Book
Sleeping Beauty Book

In my personal queue, I've got a million and a half things to do before I start traveling for manufacturing, including building a custom Mercy costume for the Houston Outlaws from Overwatch. Busy times ahead, and not just for unicorn-themed stuff! If you've got any special requests, drop us a line - we love custom projects of all kinds!

See ya, Space Cowboys

Surveys locking in tonight!
almost 6 years ago – Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 12:52:02 AM

Hey Unicornians!

The surveys lock in tonight! I appreciate all your enthusiasm, communication, and working together to help each other figure things out. It's been a learning process for everyone! There's still 152 of you that have not responded - despite all our updates, emails, and communications, you remain tough nuts to crack!

Despite midnight being the stated lock-in time, we'll probably ultimately seal the deal tomorrow morning, after breakfast. The more donuts you have sent to the workshop, the longer you can stall us. 

Reminder:  you are only getting charged if you purchased any extra add-ons. 

If you are still having trouble with BackerKit, the awesome Kayliana has posted some excellent guides and explanations in the comments of the last update and on the main page comments. Check there first!

If you keep getting these annoying emails: Backerkit is the order handling platform we are using to help with the campaign. It automatically Imports everything from Kickstarter, so if you already filled out information with Kickstarter and don't want anything else, you are good to go, and no action needed. If you did not fill out shipping details on Kickstarter, we will have nowhere to send the item, which is why it's important to make sure it is filled out on Backerkit at least!

If you STILL need to fix up your BackerKit order: please add everything you want to your order, and then send us messages here on Kickstarter (NOT through BackerKit - messages sent to them do not wind up in our inbox). I'll make extra, double, triple sure to read all of the last-minute communications and fix any bugs per your communications before locking in, but we need you to have the items you want already added to your orders so we can fix them accordingly. 

If you miss the deadline: it's not the end of the world. I know it's seemed high pressure, but we can always go back in and fix things later manually. The lock-in is just an arbitrary line drawn in the sand to have "fresh" data and shipping addresses and cards charged for extras. We won't actually start to pull the data from the spreadsheets till May when we're starting to process orders, so you have a little wiggle room.

Whew, the hard chore of pushing buttons and entering addresses is over for you now! Time to kick back and enjoy a special treat! The cards are approaching the point that we can start sheeting them up, and it's incredible seeing them side by side. 

Here's the completed Major Arcana. Which one is which? Guess you'll have to wait to find out ;). The work of Adrianne is an exquisite tapestry of phantasmagoric artistry - well done! And remember, she's available for commissions (we call first dibs though)!

Major Arcana Sheet
Major Arcana Sheet

Sweet dreams of unicorns, fans!

-John and the Geekify Crew

Surveys lock in tomorrow!
almost 6 years ago – Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 11:58:25 PM

Greetings all!

We've just returned from a weekend at PAX East, a huge gaming convention in Boston. We had some of our projects out on display, and people went nuts over the Last Unicorn pins and scarves we had on display. We're soaking our feet and letting our voices recover from the shenanigans, but wanted to give you all a brief update. 

Survey Lock In

The surveys are getting locked in tomorrow! We still have 180 people (that's 11%!) of people that haven't read their emails or checked the updates and sometimes write in asking where their rewards are. If you have issues with getting double-pinged by the shipping with the addition of add-ons, send me a private message and we'll do the offset credit to fix it! Your cards will get charged tomorrow (April 10th) at midnight! 

If your address changes in the next month or two, you can still update it - we won't pull addresses from the databases until May, to ensure optimum freshness!

Pins:

The pin revisions are complete! The full set is ready to go, and we'll be getting the missing four in soon. Working in pantones, Haggard kept looking...*too* Haggard for instance. So finding the appropriate matching tones was important. 

King Haggard Pin
King Haggard Pin

Reading Cloths:

While we still don't have the design locked down entirely just yet, we did decide to go with a smooth velvet (likely in the deep blue / purple / fuchsia spectrum), with a simple Unicorn silhouette in silver or gold to match. For those worried about buying sight unseen, we're putting the same care into designing that we are with the cards (and hence why it's not finished yet - we've been working to meet our production deadline for the cards). It'll be available after the completion of the campaign at any point in the future as well.

The Decks:

We're down to the final batch of revisions for the cards! We're set to go into production on April 20th, so I'll be reaching out to some of you about the description book proofing and editing shortly. 

We've got our material selections locked in - does anyone have any strong, utterly abhorrent reactions to us making the decks a little bigger than the "traditional" tarot deck size? In the samples we've been reviewing, a slightly larger size fits the hand and the spirit much better in our opinions, so we might opt to make them a little bigger to add to their majesty. They'll still handle marvelously, they'll just look all the more impressive for it.

Thanks for all your continued enthusiasm! This has been quite an adventure getting this far, and the road continues onward!

Two Week Lock-in Warning!
about 6 years ago – Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 01:39:59 AM

Hey all!

Two Week Warning

We're at the two week lock in mark for your surveys! Please make sure that everything in your BackerKit is the way you want it, that you've got all of your add-ons added, your shipping addresses updated, and that, come the merry month of May, that everything is the way you want it!

April 10 is lock-down day!

On that day, surveys will be locked in, and cards will be charged. As we've stated before, you can have us manually adjust details after that point, but any further orders will be treated as separate orders. 

On April 10, if your card fails to charge, you will have a grace period of about ten days to get it fixed, otherwise any add-ons get purged from your order, and you will have to order them again. 

There are approximately 220 surveys still outstanding - if you have not logged into BackerKit, we will send a few more reminder emails, but please make sure you follow the instructions in those emails. 

The day of completion approaches! We'll be posting pictures of the proofs and decks in progress in about a month!