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Regulation CF: Testing the Waters/ Type: Revenue Share / Raise: $35,000-$55,000 / Min. Investment: $500.00 / Dev Plan: Chapter Book Series, Mobile Games, Animated Web Series / Est. Launch: Sept 2026
“Read-aloud nonsense poems for ages 4–8 about impossible animals with very familiar feelings, told in a made-up language children delight in decoding.”
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Impossible animals, familiar feelings, and endings that refuse to behave — read-aloud nonsense poems for ages 4–8, written partly in a language that doesn't exist and that children turn out to be very good at translating."
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Proposed Terms of the Offering
The summary below highlights current proposed terms of the Offering. Terms are subject to change and will be set forth the offering statement.
Type of Security: Revenue Share. (How it works: Basically, your investment is a loan which we pay back to you over time from the revenue generated by the franchise, until we return to you the entire amount, multiplied by the Payment Multiple.)
Min. Investment Amount: $500 (increments of $50)
Anticipated Offering Amount: $35,000 minimum / $55,000 maximum
Revenue Share %: 20% of net revenue.
Payment Multiple: 3x. For every $10 invested, we repay a total of $30 (i.e., the amount invested multiplied by the Payment Multiple). Macguffin makes annual installment payments on this amount from the Revenue %. So in this case, Investors receive $0.20 of every $1 of net revenue generated by this franchise during the year, until the full $30 is returned.
Payment Deadline/Maturity Date: None
Use of Proceeds: Macguffin Co. will deploy proceeds toward the implementation of the initial phases of a multimedia franchise development strategy. Initial plans are outlined below, but subject change prior to Offering launch.
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Note: This a solicitation of interest (“Testing the Waters”) for the securities related to this franchise. No money or other consideration is being solicited, and if sent in response, will not be accepted. No offer to buy the securities can be accepted and no part of the purchase price can be received until an offering statement covering the securities is filed and only through an intermediary’s platform. A person’s indication of interest involves no obligation or commitment of any kind.
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Pitch >>>
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Somewhere just past the ordinary world, a dog hunts a bone that was never buried, an alligator would rather gargle a pond than sit in the toothy chair, an octopus tries to sell top hats to narwhals, and an elephant gets stuck up a considerable tree.
The Nonsensicals are read-aloud picture books for ages 4–8 about impossible animals with entirely familiar feelings — losing things, dreading appointments, having a good idea that doesn't work, needing help from someone much smaller than you. Each book is one complete poem, built to gallop off the tongue, and each ends the same way: a warm resolution, then a final joke that cheerfully undoes it.
They're also written partly in a language that doesn't exist. Words like flopperty, krilliant and littlemuch aren't there to be looked up — they're there to be guessed, and children guess them right far more often than anyone expects. A glossary at the back rewards whoever wants to be certain. And hidden inside every book is a second, smaller language, spoken only by the very small — krill, mice, ants — which many children discover, with enormous satisfaction, that they already speak.
Every page hides something else: a beetle with unrelated business, a striped sock nobody mentions, endpapers that give the game away only on the second read.
Four books so far. More animals are already in trouble.
Funny out loud. Warm underneath. Delightfully strange the whole way through.
Language may misbehave. Wonder is encouraged.
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the elephun, grey as a water balloon,
un-sleepy-eyed wandered out under the moon;
till the path became thin, and the thin became stop,
and the cliff became air—trumbleatumblearumbleaPLOP!
Then there he swam in the arms of a tree:
one elephun, stuck considerably.“how?” called monkey. “I fell,” he replied.
“then unfall,” said monkey.“I already tried."
“we’ll help!” said the ants (an anthillion strong).
Snortling jungimals snortled along.
and SnickerguffawedAnd said “what can you do?
His littlest toe is bigger than you."
(iftlay and arrycay and ackstay and imbclay)
the mice rubbed him slickery, coconut-bright,
birds stuck him feathers for elephant flight.
“now flap!” They all cried. So he flapped till—achoo!
the elephun stayed. the feathers all flew.(arrycay and ackstay and imbclay and iftlay)
then spiders spun silk into sails silver-white,
a parachute web for the jump o’ the night.
“that willn't ever hold me,” the elephun cried.
He's trubbly right, the spiders decide.monkeys vined tight to his trunk and his legs
stop pushing and pulling the elephun begged
“jump!” called the hippo. “i’m springy! you’ll see!”
“I can’t,” said the elephun stuck in the tree.(ackstay and imbclay and iftlay and arrycay)
the sun up and yellowed the jungley crew
and elephun’s eyes went watery blue.
“that's it, I give up" elephun groaned.
I live up here now, you can all just go home .”The jungle went quiet as jungles can be
Excepting the working unquietly
(imbclay and iftlay and arrycay and ackstay)
for all through the flapping, the snapping, the “ha,”
the ants had been anting (no fuss)(no ta-da):
by littlemuch, littlemuch, up from the ground,
an anthillion rose up with anthillion sound“Give up?!” tiny voices from under-belowed.
“you mean down, elephun, it’s give down you should go!”
elephun stepped—the hill held true.
he littlemuched downward, one step, then two,
he stumbletripped three and four littledanced
and thank you’d every last one of the antsBut that’s not the ant of this elephun story
It goes on and on l…there’s a littlemuch morey
The anthillion upgrew, the ants never stopped
They littlemuched over the tree and cliff top
into the yellow and blue the ants go
A twinkle above and a jungle below
(imbclay and iftlay and arrycay and ackstay)
You would wouldn’t believe just how far they would climb
So far in far fact we’ve run out of rhyme
But… we’ll save that for later, it’s a littlemuch soon
To tell you how ants got stuck on the moon.
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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
Offering Terms
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When you invest in a character franchise with Macguffin Co, you’re investing in a share of the future royalties generated by the licensing of the intellectual property, at the terms detailed in the Prospectus for each franchise.
Investing in character franchises is an opportunity to be involved in the first phases of a creative process, bringing character concepts to life, and enabling the commercialization that creates royalties for the creators and investors.
Like any start-up business, early investors receive access to an investment at its very beginning stage, when potential returns are greatest. But investing in our franchises involves risk, and you may lose 100% of your investment. If you can’t afford to lose your investment, don’t invest.
In the case of Macguffin Co., investing in our characters is meant to affordable, with minimum investments as low as $10, and accessible to anyone over the age of 18, regardless of investor accreditation status.
Our goal is to create characters that can be enjoyed for generations and allow investors of any size budgets to build a portfolio in an entertaining and hopefully profitable investment class, and to build a community of long term investors who help bring these characters life for children of all ages.
Investments are offered in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1933, managed via an FINRA registered intermediary, and conducted in full compliance with all SEC regulations.
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The Macguffin Co. business model is meant to make investing in characters accessible to everyone, but that doesnt mean it’s everyone’s cup of tea. Investing in characters is speculative. While speculative investments can offer the potential for high returns, they also come with a high level of risk. It is important to understand that the value of these assets can fluctuate significantly and there is a possibility of losing some or all of your investment. If you can’t afford to lose your investment, don’t invest.
The possibility of returns relies on the strength of the underlying concept, the execution of the idea, and Macguffin’s ability to license the intellectual property rights to media partners, and the ensuing success of the products created in the marketplace. None of which is a sure thing.
It is crucial to carefully consider the risks before making any investment decisions.
At Macguffin Co., we’re looking for long-terms investors interested in engaging with the creative process, building a portfolio of characters, and staying involved as we bring new characters to the world. If that sounds like you, we’d love for you to join us. If not, this might not be the platform for you.
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Capital raised will be deployed toward:
Creation of a 7-book chapter book series, with an approximate word count of 20,000 words per title, for children ages 9-12.
1 ten-minute, animated short film pilot.
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The Nonsensicals Franchise
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