Last year Geek Native wrote about PyroPets and a cat-shaped candle that melted to reveal a sinister metal skeleton. You can know buy them from Firebox. The story doesn’t end there. Skeleton Candles.com have had similar success with bear shaped candles and now they’re Kickstarting their owl line. There’s more details on the campaign page.
Normally, a candle would cost around $40. If you’re quick enough to get the early bird slot then you can grab an owl of your choice for just $22. Miss that pledge tier and you’ll still able to pick up an owl candle for just $26.
I’m not sure the owl works as well as either the gummy bear candle or the rival cat model – but I do have friends who’re very fond of owls and they may disagree.
The top pledge level is for $110 and that unlocks five owls – one of each colour; pink, green, purple, blue and orange. If I had a little shop that might be tempting. Heck; if I was running RPG sessions at home and wanted to melt a different owl for each session then that would be tempting too.
At the time of writing the campaign has a full 20 days left to run. There’s just over $1,300 in the pot and a target of $5,000 to hit. I wonder if the pledge levels have been set a little low. My hunch is that people would have paid a few bucks more for each owl without worrying about it.
