Welcome back to the Conversation! Today I get to welcome back Joe Born who is here to talk about the latest evolution of the Kangaroo Cups: Plastic. Thanks for coming back to talk to us again Joe.
Sure, thanks for helping us spread the word
Lets pick up where we left off back in 2012 by talking about how you raised $6,750 to produce the first Kangaroo cups based on your daughter Lily’s design. What has happened since then? Did the cups get to the backers? Is it available in stores?
We actually raised over $20k because we had a simultaneous indiegogo campaign, but that’s a long story. Yes we did get the cups to backers (though we are still working on a few of the custom ones and special orders). We actually took a big detour by trying to get the cups made in the US which turned out a LOT harder than we expected, and that cost us almost a year, but we’re finally back on track and expect to have the cups back in production and yes in stores too.
What brings you back to Kickstarter? Is it just the original Kangaroo cups done in plastic or have you adjusted the design at all?
We totally redesigned the cups for plastic, that manufacturing is a lot different in many respects, the tooling for plastic is hard steel and a very different process than the plaster molds that made the porcelain ones. These are also a different size, so really quite different, besides there were a number of things we learned and we wanted to make the handles more comfortable and the shape a bit more comfortable to drink out of.
