Lets do the numbers...

[fan_of_wdw]

So are you wondering why nobody wants to trade for your California state pin?

Just for fun, I figured a "hard-to-get" factor for each state pin based on the number of people wanting a pin divided by the number of people wanting to trade the same pin (from PinPics.com). The higher the number the harder to get...

So here is the ranking:

off scale Alaska (no traders)
off scale Montana (no traders)
off scale Idaho (no traders)
75 Puerto Rico
74 Rhode Island
73 Arkansas
72 West Virginia
70 South Dakota
36 New Mexico
26 Hawaii
21 Mississippi
20 Kansas
20 Nebraska
19 Delaware
17 Colorado
14 Utah
13 Oklahoma
12 Maine
12 South Carolina
12 Oregon
11 Arizona
10 Alabama
10 Iowa
9 Missouri
8 Kentucky
6 Tennessee
6 Washington
6 North Carolina
6 Wisconsin
6 Nevada
6 New Hampshire
5 Louisiana
5 Connecticut
5 Indiana
5 Maryland
4 Minnesota
4 Georgia
3 Michigan
2 Texas
2 Ohio
2 Illinois
2 Virginia
2 Massachusetts
1.43 Florida
1.27 Pennsylvania
1.06 New York
0.96 New Jersey
0.38 California


Yea, when the number is less that "1", there are more traders than people wanting a given pin!

Now, this isn't quite scientific, since most of the people wanting a pin only need one pin... and some of the traders may have dozens of that pin still in their stash... but its fun to look at the numbers!

Let us know what you think!

 

[atlnewf]

Heh. Those numbers are kinda neat. Thanks for the info.

Ashley

 

[NHMickey]

Cool numbers... Thank you for the info.

 

[Flitter]

Thanks a bunch. What a good way of telling me what I'm NOT going to get by trading.

 

[Kim in TN]

Thanks for the info
cool to look at the numbers

 

[Eeyore's Pal]

Ooooohhhh.....I love this kind of analysis.

Elimiate the emotion, stick to the facts. . .

It makes the Holy Grail seem even more ....holy!

 

[fan_of_wdw]

Below is a list of the states with the number of Disney Stores for each state and an approximate number of pins sold for each. I initiall assume 72 pins per store... I could use some help verifing the number for the "scarce" states. I will update the thread as we can update the info.

#Stores #Pins State
1 72 Alaska (according to hopemax)
1 72 Arkansas
1 72 Montana
1 72 South Dakota
1 144 Idaho (according to donaldfan)
2 144 Maine (less than 300, according to ME DS manager)
2 144 Mississippi
2 144 New Mexico
2 144 Rhode Island (72 for each store, according to YingYangMickey)
2 144 West Virginia
3 216 Delaware
3 216 Nebraska
3 216 Utah
4 288 Alabama
4 288 Hawaii
4 288 Kansas
4 288 Oklahoma
5 360 Iowa
5 360 Kentucky
5 360 Oregon
6 432 Nevada
6 432 South Carolina
7 504 Arizona
7 504 Colorado
7 504 Connecticut
8 576 Minnesota
8 576 Wisconsin
9 648 Louisiana
9 648 Tennessee
10 720 Georgia
10 720 Indiana
4 768 New Hampshire (192 for each store, according to YingYangMickey)
11 792 Missouri
11 792 Washington
12 864 North Carolina
12 864 Virginia
13 936 Maryland
14 1008 Massachusetts
16 1152 Michigan
17 1224 New Jersey
18 1296 Ohio
21 1512 Illinois
23 1656 Pennsylvania
30 2160 Florida
31 2232 Texas (most DS in North Texas received 144, so this number is very low)
34 2448 New York
62 4464 California


2 144 Puerto Rico

1 72 Manitoba
1 72 New Brunswick
1 72 Nova Scotia
2 144 BC
3 216 Alberta
8 576 Ontario

 

[daber]

UPDATE.....
Thought it would be good to see how things have changed. Here's the new ranking:

off scale Arkansas, Montana, New Mexico, Nova Scotia, West Virginia,
South Dakota, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Nebraska
148 Alaska
122 Idaho
118 Puerto Rico
104 Alberta
59 Rhode Island
54 British Columbia
47.5 Mississippi
42 Hawaii
26.667 Colorado
22.25 Iowa
22 Kansas
21.5 Oklahoma
21.2 Maine
19 Oregon
18 Utah
17.6 Delaware
15 Alabama, Arizona
11.5 Connecticut
11.28 South Carolina
10.14 Missouri
9.7 Tennessee
8.4 Indiana
8.375 Kentucky
7.9 Ontario
6.2 Minnesota
6.1 New Hampshire
5.83 Louisana
5.58 Wisconscin
4.46 Washington
4.26 Maryland
3.1 Nevada
2.8 Georgia
2.5 North Carolina
2.04 Michigan
1.85 Virginia
1.20 Ohio
0.9 Massachusetts
0.72 Illinois
0.67 Texas
0.59 Pennsylvania
0.56 Florida
0.52 New York
0.33 New Jersey
0.13 California


BTW, Does anyone have all 54 pins?

 

[Engr-Chas]

Ok, so let me get this straight...CA state pins are worth 0.38 or 38% of a person, basically an arm and a leg. Now they are worth 0.13 or 13% is that an arm or a leg??

Engr-Chas

 

[daber]

For you Engr-Chas.... a lock of flaming blue hair, not even an arm or leg.

I really thought this thread would generate more discussion. Has everyone given up on getting a complete set of State flags?
I'm still looking for 12 to get a complete set.

 

[Engr-Chas]

and it will only cost you your soul (wicked LOL)

Engr-Chas

 

[Doctor P]

Very interesting. Thanks for starting this thread and updating it!

 

[Doctor P]

Just for fun, I looked up the recent post on the DVC board with the top ten states for DVC members. The similarities and differences are striking:

1) New York, 2) New Jersey, 3) Florida, 4) Pennsylvania, 5) Illinois, 6) Massachusetts, 7) Michigan, 8) Ohio, 9) Connecticut, 10) California.