mark (6/29/2015)

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Absolutely.... Walter P. cannot, must-not die!!! Sounds like a great opportunity to built a new Pinhead from the ground up!!!!

Alley (6/29/2015)

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Hello folks,

Sorry for the lack of posting on the subject so I'll try to be as honest as I can be about the situation.
For those people that don't know the history, PInhead originally started as a video editing project that encouraged people around the world to be involved in a video project.  It was decided that everyone would create a video that showed where they come from, and Pinhead was to appear in the video as a common denominator.   The character was drawn by my husband and he was meant to be a sort of techie kind of guy, a bit goofy but kind hearted.  He was first brought to life because one of our video members introduced me to Crazy Talk, which allowed us to create messages from Pinhead to his followers.  It was only a matter of time before discovering iClone and since version 2 or 3 (I forget) - there have been many variations of the guy created by community members.  His looks have varied slightly, but he still remains the same character with distinct long face, glasses, tuft of hair on top, blue t-shirt and jeans, etc.

The Pinhead projects are completely organized by volunteer committee members.  I seem to have inherited the lead role and I personally paid for the website myself for several years.  At some point, we added prizes into the mix and I am the one who goes out and sources prizes from various companies that I have had relationships with.   I also look after fulfillment of the prizes, often paying for shipping myself also.  Last year was the first time we opened it up to donations and we are grateful to all of you who donated.  We only accepted donations until we reached our goal to cover the website and prize fulfillment costs (under $200). There has been little turnover in the committee over the years, although there has been some.  The committee for the past several projects consists of myself, Gerry (wires) from Germany, Joe from Chicago and Brian from California. 

As with any creative group, at times you run into differences of opinion on how to proceed and unfortunately at start of last project, the opinions on how we should proceed got difficult.  As this project is meant to bring fun and joy to all involved including the committee, it was clear that it had started to create too much dissension among the group.  It was impossible to move forward and I won't get into any more detail.

Now, with that being said - yes, I downloaded a copy of the website.   However, I think that it's time to give Pinhead a new look and a new beginning.  For that reason, I let the website lapse (renewals keep getting more and more expensive).  We are down to 3 committee members now who have agreed we are committed to keeping Pinhead going.  Our goal is to create a new website (simpler) and probably project specific to start and to move forward with our last idea for a project.  So, sometime over the summer, we hope to introduce a new url website, perhaps with some hints of what is to come, and the goal would be to introduce a new project in the Fall (September).

Sorry, but I really didn't know how to sugar coat the situation but we love Pinhead as much as you and don't want to see him gone just yet.

I hope this answers your questions.

I'm sure Pinhead will agree where ever he is on his holidays

sw00000p (7/1/2015)

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Why don't all of the members pitch in... say one dollar.
Sounds like a huge community. One buck should solve the money problems.