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Android has bugdroid. Linux has Tux the penguin. Both had been immortalized in plush toys, action figures or even remote controlled robots. What about PHP’s lovable ElePHPant though? Where’s the affection for him? Well, somebody has already made a blue, pink and red ElePHPant, but one man desires to add yet another color.

Eli White, co-owner of php[architect], recently took to Kickstarter to fund the creation of an orange ElePHPant. Why orange? The magazine’s signature color is orange and needs to celebrate its 11 years of publication with an orange colored ElePHPant.

If you’re thinking that demand for an orange ElePHPant wouldn’t be that top, you’d be wrong. The Kickstarter campaign only asked for $1,000, but has already received almost $18,000 in pledges because it started on Thursday. Most of these backers – 200 of them – have pledged $20 to receive a single small ElePHPant.

Exclusive to Kickstarter, php{architect] can be producing large ElePHPants for $100 each. Almost 40 backers have already pledged $100 or more to get a big ElePHPant alongside a lot of small ElePHPants. The campaign has even attracted 14 backers who’ve pledged $250 to get one large ElePHPant and ten small ones. It’s the type of dedication that only programming language mascots can inspire.

If you wish a blue elePHPant, you may get one here. They cost €10 for a small and €85 for an enormous.

Image via Eli White/Kickstarter

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