A few Pin Trading questions

[Maribeth]

I have a few questions regarding pins.

-Are there places you can meet in WDW to trade pins with other collectors? If so, when and where?

-Where's the best place to find pins cheap? I heard of a place called the Character Warehouse somewhere in Orlando that has cheap pins. Any of you ever been there? How about eBay?

-I play VMK and someone said something about the real VMK pin. Where can I get this, is there one, and is it still available? Also if you have it, can you post a picture of it?

Thanks,
Maribeth

 

[daber]

While certainly not the frenzy it was a few years back, you can pin trade with CMs everywhere and with guest if you strike up a conversation. Places pinaholics frequent at no time in particular are: Pin Central in EPCOT, the Scoop talk in Main St., DTD pin traders. Thurs PM at All Star Sports cafeteria and Friday PM on the fourth floor of the Contemporary are Pin Trading nights, so they are good places to start.

The pins I've gotten off of e-bay are normally for my collection. Character Warehouse is great. Pins for about $4 each. Go up I-drive past Universal Studios until it dead ends. The outlet store is on the left inside an outlet mall (used to be called Beltz)

For a pic of the VMK pin, do a search on VMK at pinpics.com.

 

[Maribeth]

While certainly not the frenzy it was a few years back, you can pin trade with CMs everywhere and with guest if you strike up a conversation. Places pinaholics frequent at no time in particular are: Pin Central in EPCOT, the Scoop talk in Main St., DTD pin traders. Thurs PM at All Star Sports cafeteria and Friday PM on the fourth floor of the Contemporary are Pin Trading nights, so they are good places to start.

The pins I've gotten off of e-bay are normally for my collection. Character Warehouse is great. Pins for about $4 each. Go up I-drive past Universal Studios until it dead ends. The outlet store is on the left inside an outlet mall (used to be called Beltz)

For a pic of the VMK pin, do a search on VMK at pinpics.com.

OK, I will have to check out those places on my next visit to WDW.
The only problem I find with eBay is that you have to order 50,000 pins before the shipping cost is reasonable.
I will also check out the Character Warehouse, then.
Thanks for pinpics. I've never heard of that. There are actually two, both are pretty cool.

Thanks for the info!!

~Maribeth

 

[tearawayface]

-I play VMK and someone said something about the real VMK pin. Where can I get this, is there one, and is it still available? Also if you have it, can you post a picture of it?

There was a real vmk pin they gave out for only a couple of weeks in December, it was kind of a sorry pin for people who turned in their VMK tour cards but could not go on the tour because they no longer offered it. Search ebay under "VMK pin" and you will find it. It goes for between 30 and 70 on the secondary market