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First I talk about colorful NotSoDead NFT:

It is a project of an artist Laura inspired by Day of the Dead celebrations in hispanic cultures. Great tag lines like Everlasting Beauty, Eternal Bonds, Living Memories actually fit very well into the atmosphere of the website. There will be a total of 10,000 Not So Dead Catrinas created out of 250+ unique traits. 

Mint timing was just recently announced -> May18 pre-sale, May 19 public sale and each artwork will cost - 0.05 ETH (or 0.04 ETH on pre-sale). Which means pretty reasonable pricing.

Holders of Not So Dead Catrinas will have a fun & cute piece of art and will be eligible to participate in holder-exclusive giveaways like Hoodies and ETH to some lucky holders when project will reach minting milestones. And of course later will come more contests and priority in future collections.

For the roadmap, I would say, don't expect much more than charity donations. This is one of these projects where you (as a community) will have to figure it out together with the artist after mint-out. Artists are not necessarily the best roadmap writers - nor they should be.

Check Not So Dead Catrinas here:

• Web: https://notsodeadnft.com
• Laura's Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurasantiagomx

And today I'd like to do honorary mention for Ukraine DAO as kind of a reminder that the war is still continuing and people are suffering.

I recommend Ukraine DAO as your source of information and receiver of support for the brave fight which people of Ukraine are fighting now.

Check all necessary info here: 

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ukraine_DAO
  
  

That's all for today guys and gals interested in NFTs! 

Cheer till tomorrow.

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Today I'm talking about Backpack Buddiez and 6 year old artist Eliz.

First - Backpack Buddiez
I accidentally bumped into this project which has some cute art focused on kids and has a nice tagline - backpack Buddiez helping each other.

It is a collection of 10.000 Buddiez generated from over 300 traits. Founders want to create strong community to help kids learn and transform their neighbourhoods through action. They also want to build two schools (!) in partnership with BuildON - which is well-known non-profit that already built over 2.000 schools in rural villages in 8 different developing countries. There are also things like merch, 3D buddiez, IRL events, stories, and more on the roadmap.

Team of eight is doxed and includes young teacher, couple of artists, mod, dev and project lead. So on the surface it looks well organized, but community building results don't really confirm that "we know what we're doing" feeling. Given that they wanted to launch on April 7th the community is very small.

Before publishing the podcast and writing this summary the team announced push of the mint date for later. They didn't say the date yet but acknowledged the need for time to build larger community so they could fulfil their goals. Congrats to them for taking responsability.

Once new date for mint is fixed you can count with presale price of 0.03 ETH, and with public mint price of 0.033 ETH.

WEN MINT? April 7th 2022 (moved to currently unknown date)

Check them out here:

• Web: https://www.backpackbuddiez.io
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BackpackBuddiez

And I'd like to do a special Honorary mention for Eliz:
Eliz is now 6 years artist doing NFTs probably for over a year now. Why it's cool, well, the first thing when I said it you definitely thought - sure man, it's her parents (probably dad) doing things and putting out some drawings, but wait - I've heard the kid on Spaces to talk about her collection and love for animals and that just makes it so cool and real that it's unbelievable. 

Sure thing I hope her parents are taking care of the things but the girl is a hustler kid and definitely deserves a shoutout.

Check the youngest artist I know in NFT space here:

• OpenSea collection:

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Today I'm talking about another manga/anime inspired project which is minting soon called Shinsekai. It has cool looks and doxed team, plus real advisors which worked in NFT space, so should be safe.

Shinsekai is an anime and manga brand that attempts to build the greatest NFT manga community and be a bridge between web2 and web3 manga worlds. To achieve that, they will publish a manga book called Futuros where all characters from Futuros are part of upcoming NFT collection. They will also create a Mangaverse, start a clothing brand, then develop other related products revolving around Shinsekai Corp. They will be providing a way for their members to use their favorite characters as avatars in virtual reality. Art produced till now in sneak peeks are pretty cool.

Joining Shinsekai means you will become part of probably the largest web3 Manga & Anime family. And it's true that the community is already huge: discord with 80k+ people and Twitter with 140k+ followers.

Mint is coming up on April 7th with price of 0.15 ETH. 

I’m looking forward to watching this develop because the art looks great and I'm a modest fan of manga and anime.

If you consider joining, check them here:

• Web: https://shinsekai.io/
• recent AMA recording: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OdKrBonOknKX?s=20

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Today I'm talking about PaperHands NFTs. It's a paint2earn game which I consider a cool motive and I like their art. I'll will watch it carefully after the reveal. If anyone wants to play while drawing, there's a simplified version of the game already running on Discord, you have levels, prizes etc. If you like drawing and guessing definitely check it out.

The project is minting now (started from Mar20) for 0.08 EHT. You can mint 2 NFTs from the total supply of 8.888. Currently, there's about 25-30% of the supply minted. Reveal is coming any moment - during NFT LA IRL party.

I think the team expected to mint out right away but they scared people during the mint by moving funds from one wallet to another and people screamed rug! Which is fair cos the team is not doxxed. As a fixture, they should be on NFT LA organizing their first real IRL event for PaperHands holders, so that could fix the problem with doxxing.

On Twitter and discord, they say all the right things - even though obviously they seem more nerds than marketers. But it seems they want to continue building and growing the community so I'd give them a chance once they doxx themselves in LA.

Check them out here:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaperHandsGame
• Website: https://paperhands.game

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The first project, I'm going to talk about today is called Euphorians: 

and it caught my eye with their art. It's kind of flashy, trippy, colorful, and feels refreshingly different. Just check their website and sneak peeks on Twitter and you'll see a skeleton astronaut, a floating brain of a man, a wonderfully colorful man with mushrooms on his head, and more. Just cool stuff.

Not that I'm much into psychedelic and mental health but I discovered that I minted a number of projects from that sphere but it all started with their PFP art and possibly interesting discord community.

Euphorians are now minting their Genesis collection which has 6,969 NFTs. Their mission is to have the highest quality art which should in future collections be a bit less "human" like (just alpha I heard in some Spaces).

You should be soon able to stake your Euphorian and earn $Eurhoria token. Nice name and mushrooms on the coin are a nice touch. There are some collaborations coming and also a chance to have your Euphorian customized by an artist. So if you have enough $Euphoria and an idea you might be on the way to have an absolutely unique  NFT. Of course, there are also metaverse plans, IRL events, and 3D collection.

The team is fully doxed. The mint price is currently 0.06969 ETH and you can mint now because public mint is in progress. You can also check the secondary market on OpenSea for already revealed pieces.

I'd recommend going and checking the project and its art. Other utilities will come down the road.

Check them out here:

• Website: https://www.euphorians.art
• Twitter: @TheEuphorians

The second project I briefly mention today is cc0 project World of Noun:

which is bringing to life 2,222 Nouns reimagined from the Doodles, DeadFellaz, Alien Frens, and XCOPY universes while putting nouns at the center. There are some quite unique pieces so check them out. They are also currently minting for 0.022 ETH.

Check them out here:

• Website: https://www.worldofnoun.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/worldofnoun/

That's it for today. Cheers till tomorrow!

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The project I'll talk about today is called Plant Parade; it's a project from husband and wife duo. Hence it's fully doxxed team with illustrator Chris.

Plant Parade is a collection of 5,000 plant personalities eager crated from hand-drawn illustrations. The team says that real plants have proven to increase serotonin, boost your mood, improve mental health and reduce stress - why not to have some of it in digital space.

Plant Parade team wants to use this project to make environmental impact by using funds from this initial collection to grow a real forest from ground up by donating to ReforestAction which is well know charity focusing on deforestation topic.

I'll be honest, I like the mission but I don't see enough hype and lore around the project for now. I hope the team can step up the efforts and create something truly remarkable before mint date. Launch for pre-sale is set on 24 March and public sale on 7 April (2 weeks after pre-sale)
Pre-sale Mint Price will be 0.04 Eth and the Public sale price will be 0.055 Eth.

Check them out here:

• https://plantparade.io
  

And as usual, I'd like remind you those who can and want to help, there's an effort called NFTU-KRAINE by artists Kenny and David hence it's trustworthy. Check it out here:

• https://opensea.io/NFTU-KRAINE

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Today I continue in March theme of women led projects. Today's project showcase is called Colorful Rebels;

Colorful rebels are fem led project, or maybe I should say it is a project led by young couple, where Fientje, a 26 year old graphic designer from Belgium, is the prominent person.  Her mission is similar to many others; it is to create a platform to welcome women from anywhere into Web3. 

While it's a worthy big mission, it has become kind of generic claim, which if not backed by more concrete ideas or really passionate community building actions before mint, may not work as lore for many. There are some concrete action on the roadmap like the purchase of NFTs from other female led projects or artists at 75% mint and airdrop for genesis holders. This is actually your chance for 2-for-1 deal, just get a Genesis Colorful Rebel and you will be airdropped Colorful Rebel(s) when they mints. Genesis collection is nice showcase of drawing process from Fientje, so I kind of like it.

Otherwise the collection will be 6.666 Colorful Rebels. Mint should be for 0.07 ETH launching in Q1-2022. And since Q1 is heading towards the end, it might be soon.

Check them our here: 

• The website: https://www.colorfulrebels.com
• Genesis collection: https://opensea.io/collection/colorfulrebelsgenesis

One shoutout today goes to Ukraine DAO; if you are wondering how to support people of Ukraine in their fight this is a good place to go.

• Ukraine_DAO - https://twitter.com/Ukraine_DAO

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March tradition continues so today I'm talking about female led project which is also targeting mainly females (would be my guess).

The project I'll talk about today is Diamond Handbags:

From a team with decades in the tech & luxury space comes a new take on Luxury within NFT space. Diamond Handbag is certainly not your typical PFP. It is aiming at collectors who love luxury handbags and want to have fun and want to show their taste off.

The fun part comes in right at the launch; You will have a chance to customize your bag NFT(s) before final minting and some traits/elements will change daily in the mint shop during minting window so rarity will be a mystery until the end. Obviously depending on how many minters will choose any given trait. I think this is really cool!

So you choose and customize your bag and once done just click mint and secure that design. Reveal will be instant so you can show off your new arm candy immediately. 

To me the whole idea sounds cool. I'm not handbags expert but I like the team and their enthusiasm. Minting is in March with price TBD.

Check them out here:

• The website: https://www.diamondhandbag.club/
• Twitter: @diamondhandbag

That's my project intro for today. Stay safe and remember that small acts of kindness can go a long way.

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The project I'm gonna talk about today is called Latino Society:

In the tradition of March as Women History Month, it is the women led project with fully doxxed team. Latino Society wants to - celebrate talent and energy and I also see colorful vibe of the Latino community. Collection will feature 10,000 unique NFTs that transport your PFP to a beautiful destination evocative of our Latino heritage.

I like the slogan: "Join the party, meet amazing people from around the world and be part of the movement of latinos in web3".
Latino society is about access and education. They plan to use proceeds from mint and royalties to fund "Get Access" scholarships to the latino community at large.

They partner with NAS Academy as the global education provider to onboard as many lations as possible as quickly as possible into web3. And of course they want to provide greater visibility for latino creators within web3 and NFT sapce.

One of the interesting features of this community are bilingual educational chats - I think I heard someone say that they might really be the first truly bilingual community in web3. Which is very cool.

One nice point - if you check the website, there's a merch shop tab which is already functional so you can jump in, check it out and maybe support them with your dollar if you like what you see.

The mint date is TBD - but rumors say it will be in April and price is also TBD.

Check them out here:

• The website: https://latinosociety.io
• And merch: https://shop.latinosociety.io/

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As you know I did a slight change of format and I am talking only about one project which has public mint coming up soon, so you would have time to check it out and get-in if you decide to go for it.

Today I'm gonna introduce Famalam:

I know, crazy name :) But very cool art. Just go to the website and play with the newsstand - it's awesome! 

Their first collection will consist of 6,555 randomly generated NFTs and introduces the first of eight FAMALAM characters called - GOONY. Everything is designed by artist Chris B. Murray and the art is the utility for the start. Important fact is that GOONY holders will be eligible to mint NFTs of the other 7 FAMALAM characters for no additional cost (except gas fees, of course).

There are of course different chapters of FAMALAM story coming together with physical collectibles like toys, prints and clothing, and digital and physical experiences and GOONY unlocks that all. If you want to get the feel what you might expect in terms of physical toys definitely check the wiki link in the notes. You'll see the team has long history of physical toys and merch.

GOONYs will start mint on March 8th for 0.1 ETH.

Check the Famalam family here:

• The website: https://cbmfamalam.com
• The trailer: https://youtu.be/xch8TgyvzX8
• Physicals history: https://cbmfamalam.wiki/merchandise-history 

And I also want to mention projects which I introduced on the podcast before and which are (still) minting now so you have a chance to get in:

• Calladita Movie: https://www.calladita.film
• Genomes NFTs: https://mint.genomes.io/
• 90sBabes: https://90sbabesnft.com

That's all for today! Have a geat day where ever you are and stay safe!

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