It’s been a week since I posted my call to arms regarding Retro Game Challenge. Call it bribery if you must. The response has been pretty great thus far.

Honestly, I wasn’t entire sure if I could convince anyone to part with $30 so quickly. Statistically speaking, nobody reads this site. I figured the chances were pretty even that I might put this up and watch it fade into nothingness.

A quick update: To those of you that have sent me your receipts I say thanks and I hope you enjoy your purchase. I’m working on the buttons during as much of my free time as I can spare. They don’t take long individually, but they do take a little time. I will get them mailed to you as soon as possible.

The “busted” Haggle Man style doesn’t seem to be all that popular. I’m not terribly surprised, but I did think he’d be a bit cuter than he turned out to be—he looks pretty cute on the DS screen. I won’t be making any of him unless someone really wants him. So if you didn’t or don’t say anything you will get normal healthy Haggle Man.

Here comes a new challenger!

That said, I sketched up two other patterns over the last week. One is Haggle Man running. The other is Haggle Man’s arch-nemesis Dark Haggle Man.

Haggle Man, "busted" Haggle Man, Haggle Man running, Dark Haggle Man

I’m making equal numbers of Haggle Man standing and running, if for no other reason to give myself a break for stitching the exact same thing. If you send me a receipt you’ll get one of those two. Dark Haggle Man, like busted Haggle Man, I will only be making by special request (and possibly once for myself).

In summary

It is starting to seem that attention is starting to fall away from this little project. The emails have dried up a bit, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing altogether because it give me more time to craft. I have no immediate plans to stop doing this, so keep spreading the word.

  1. Buy Retro Game Challege.
  2. Email me your receipt.
  3. Get a pretty awesome button.

Thanks

Thanks to Tiny Cartridge (twice!), Joystiq, GoNintendo, and especially Shaun Inman for sharing this article with the world. Thanks to everyone else who picked it up too. And if you tipped off any of those sites, double-plus thanks to you as well.