Disney Pin trading

[taloose]

I have two small kids that will be going to WDW and want to continue their pin trading they started at Disneyland a couple of years ago. Are there any disney pins that will not trade in the park? Do I need to look for a stamp or something to insure that they will be able to trade them?

Thanks in advance,
Taloose

 

[lucas]

Hi and welcome to the DIS!

You may want to check over on the Collectors Board - they have all the information you could ever want and more about pin trading! http://disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=37

 

[EmilyB.IsWierd018]

I have been pin trading for since i was 6 a really long time like 12 years or something anyways there is no pins not tradable

Thanz

EmilyB.IsWierd018

 

[lucas]

Only pins with the Disney stamp on the back can be traded.

 

[agnes!]

At WDW, any metal pin with a Disney backstamp on it is tradeable, meaning it has "(copyright symbol)Disney" or "copyright Disney".

A couple of things...
Usually Disneyland pins are highly coveted by WDW traders.
At first, your kids should probably only trade with CMs, be careful of letting them trade with other guests, some adults/"sharks" might try to take advantage of younger traders.
Check out www.pinpics.com & dizpins.com. Those are two good fan-sites about Disney pintrading.
If you want to know if the pins you now have are rare/common/etc, go to PinPics. Put a general description in the pin-search engine. For instance, you might have a Disneyland Donald Duck pin wearing a swimsuit or some such. Put "Donald swim", check "Disneyland only" and whatever Disneyland pins that have Donald in a swim suit or swimming will come up. Then you can look at the pin info to figure out how many people want the pin, how many people have it to trade, etc. If you have a pin that 300 PinPics people want, but there is only one available for trade on PinPics...you have a *very* valuable pin.
I second the post that says to check out the Collectors' Board.

(Btw, I looooooove pin trading & collecting .)
Happy trading ,
agnes!

 

[Pixie Tales]

I also Trade disney pins... I Love it... I trade Tons at a time..
Your children will Love it and You will go broke buying them !!

You are always Safe with a Cast Member.. They can't say No unless they have the exact pin on their Landyard already.. Some Cast Members wear a GREEN Landyard those are Restricted for Children Only... Definately a Plus..

If you do try to trade with Guests.. PLEASE be VERY careful.. There are Pin "Sharks" that will try to explain to you, that the going price on Ebay should be the worth of the Pin.. Even if they paid $8.95 for it.. They also have No Shame in scamming you out of a Pin..

I was also told by a CM that flat pins on the back are Not tradable.. They must have a bumpy backing stamped with the (c) Disney on them..

Best Wishes and Have Fun !!!

There are also Pin Trading nights at the Contemporary Hotel you may want to check it out if you have time..