MountNittany
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 28, 2009
ThanksTHANKS much! Of course, the first post in this thread is pretty helpful. I get so easily overwhelmed. Sometimes I just need info distilled or I'll go on overload. It stinks to be losing one's mental faculties at 40.
Like pixie said, check pinpics for possible scrappers, and check this list. Although it is not completely accurate, we try our best. I have found that most individual pins are not scrappers, with few exceptions. There may be a seller that sells scrappers but takes the time to list them all individually. Or, the seller may be selling 99.99% real pins, but that one scrapper gets through.
They could be... but Disney seriously has low quality control. I know both are possible scrappers, because I had both as scrappers at some point. The best way that I have found to identify scrappers is to compare the official logo between rack pins you bought at the park, and the pins you question (of course, keep in mind new/old backstamp). The font should be exactly the same (sometimes older pins have a slightly different font), and the logo should look the same. If you could post a close up picture of the official logo, we could probably have a good idea.here's a little spot the possible scrapper question for those of you that know more about them than me.. I got another three pins today.. One I believe is genuine the other two I question. Basically had all three of the pins already but wanted some to trade in parks so got doubles so I wouldn't be tempted to keep them but then:
Both have gold backs, The darker pluto has waffle design with pin trading 2002 mickey head and @ disney made in chine in box underneath on back
The yellow one has plain gold back with pin trading 2008 and @disney china in box underneath...
Both actually have glossy finish and no rough edges or anything... Is one of them a scrapper or possibly just a different later version of similar pin?
Colour isn't 100% on that pic from the scanner but you can see one is a brighter shade of pink than the other.
The darker pin is slight rougher at the bottom and for some reason looks bigger even though they are same size face to face.
On back both are silver with same info Hidden mickey pin 1 of 5 in rectangle, mickey head pin trading 2008 underneath and beside that rectangle with @disney china
Only difference I see is rectangle with disney appears slightly longer on darker pin.
Brighter pink also has slight dips in the face that can only be noticed holding the pin at a certain angle
So are any of those scrappers do you think?