At BWV 6/29-7/8 New Pin Collector...What should be first?

[philm]

Hi. We're coming down to WDW (DVC members btw), and staying at BWV initially, and then moving to BCV on 7/5. My son seems to be intent on continuing our minor collection of pins from our trip to WDW 4 years ago when we got the St. Pats day pins and others. Any suggestions on how he can best feed this particular frenzy would be appreciated...What is a must to display the pins we currently have? What and where should he be to get the hottest pins for our stay down at WDW etc...All you experts out there...hit the keyboards and empart your knowledge to my energetic son (12 years old btw)

 

[fam4jc]

I'm a novice collector, just started myself. These are good questions. I saw people with pins on lanyards, on belly bag belts and in their pockets to trade with cm's. That's all I Know!

 

[Tinkmom]

One thing that you should definitely do is invest in good, screw on backs, especially if you have any pins which are particularly valuable to you. We have lost several pins with regular backs -- it is too easy for them to come off, unnoticed, and be lost.

Lanyards are a convenient way to display them, but they get hot and heavy during the summer. Hats and hip packs are okay, but generally don't allow you to display a lot of pins. (I actually have a pin hip pack, i.e., it has several insert "pages" for pins, and still has room for a few odds and ends that I need to carry. I usually have some of my keepers displayed on the outside, then have traders inside. I also have a lanyard and sort of switch back and forth between these two ways to carry pins.

There will be several cool July 4th pins, as well as some Olympic pins, released during your stay. And keep an eye out for CM's wearing lanyards to trade, particularly the suits who tend to have some of the best pins.

Hope you have fun!

 

[NHLFAN]

Phil,

Just to add to the other great tips already provided....

You should try to get a lanyard and as many trader pins before you arrive...If you're lucky your local DS might have a few Americana Mickey pins still in stock..which are cheaper than park pins.

After you arrive in Orlando you might want to check out the Outlet stores...sometimes they have discounted pins that make great traders with cast members.

You should also check out DizPins.com (the news section), there you should be able to figure out what new pins are being released while you are there...It's very hard to find new released pins for trade on lanyards or books.

Your best bets for New Releases are Pin Central locations...like EPCOT and Disney's Pin Traders at the Downtown Disney Marketplace.

Now, once at the BWV's...there is a pin cart on the boardwalk in which the cast member has a pin book that you can look through and make trades...We stayed at the BWV last Oct and looked at the book every time we passed the pin cart!

Most pin carts have a book or two of pins....you just have to ask to look at them...We have found some great pins in those pin cart books !!!

Try to wear the lanyards whenever you're in public because you never know when you might find a good pin trade...or keep them in a camera bag etc.

Before we leave the room each time...we load up our lanyards with the pins we are willing to trade...and when we arrive back we decide which are keepers and which are going back onto the lanyards when we depart again.

We never take our pin books to the parks...it's a hassle to carry them around...plus we only put the pins we want to keep in books and don't plan on trading them anyways...an except to this is if you are going to a Pin Trading Event.

Last and most important!!!
Study the rules for pin trading and common courtesies...It will make pin trading a much better hobby for all involved!

http://disney.go.com/eventservices/howtopintrade.pdf

HAVE FUN!!!

 

[CoolDisneyCat]

As a fellow DVC member, I like to collect the DVC pins. The one out now is Cinderella. I'm not sure what a 12 yo boy will think of that! There are other DVC pins you might can find on CM lanyards.

Your son might like pins of his favorite rides. There are alot of grest Pirates and Haunted mansion pins out there.

You can go to pinpics.com and see groups of pins.

Have fun!