Mistake Pins???

[NHMickey]

Reading Larrys (Swamp Fox) post about the pin he got and that it is a mistake made me wonder. How many other pins are like this. Do you have a mistake pin and what is the mistake?

I have a Epcot 2000 Spaceship Earth pin with the wand and the 2000 across the top. The wand covers the 2 in the 2000. It is not bent or reglued just a mistake. That is the only one I can think of other than a few color variations in some pins. Anyone else???

 

[Humpbacks1962]

How do you differentiate a mistake from a spoiled pin? Meaning, if a pin is missing a color or feature it was meant to have, it is a mistake pin or a damaged pin?

Wanda

 

[NHMickey]

I would think that if a section of the color was missing it would be a mistake. And if it's missing something (and not broken off) it would also be a mistake.

 

[Luv2Roam]

I have ToT POM. The date at the bottom is partly covered with the black background paint.

I had, in DL, in my hot little hands, two LE Parade pins -- Mushu w/gong. One had only one color of fire coming from the mouth and s/b two.

 

[Luv2Roam]

How about my BROKEN Lucky Fortune Cookery pin from DCA? Now THAT is a FLAW!
I just rec'd an e-mail from DL today authorizing the return of this pin, to exchange for another of the same. (One of the prongs fell off the first time I removed it from the card.)

 

[RussH]

How about Mickey in a Dress. Had a bunch of these now just a couple in my mini collection. I am no expert but for the clothes the only difference between Mickey and Minnie is eyelashes.
RussH

 

[Mickey7811]

MY friend has a Mickey Dangle with the word Mickey and it is suppose to have a hat, glove, shorts and a shoe. Hers has a two hats, a glove and a shoe.

Kind of cool.

Darlene

 

[wvrevy]

How 'bout a Wide World of Sports Grand Slam Opening pin featuring the game that day, between the Atlanta Braves and the CINNCINNATI Reds (I've got one of those for trade, if anyone's interested )

Then there's the most famous one...From January of last year, with the month spelled "JANURAY"...

There are a bunch of others floating around, but mostly just color errors. Those two stick out the worst, IMO...

 

[shirley 38]

Yep Yep Yep every dangle pin that I bought was a mistake. Just ask John.

 

[Humpbacks1962]

I have this tiger (triangle pin, on an orange background, no Pinpic available) with the paws (only) smeared in silver rather than defined in yellow outlines as a good pin shows.
Is that just a defective pin or what you guys call a rare mistake?

I have both versions. The first one's pin back is a screw-on (my favorite type! Why would Disney stop making them like that!?), and the one with the error in question is your typical, smooth pin back.

I don't know much about that pin, only heard that it was a CM shortly after Asia opened to the public.


Wanda

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

There's an error pin I've only seen one time. It's pinpics #116, the Epcot Mickey hands around the globe, and the globe in the center is upside down.

 

[Eeyore's Pal]

Just my thoughts . . .

I think the pins with color variations, some color missing, some part partially bent, etc. is a mistake, but probably not that valuable.

I think the pins with errors in spelling, character depiction or assembly are the greater oddities, and therefore more "collectable."

The ones in this second category would be the upside-down Epcot sphere, Tinkerbell with wrong hair color, the mixed up sorcerer/donald hat pin, the misspelled pins mentioned above.

I'm not sure about the oddball dangle -- You could make one of those yourself!

 

[LOVETHATMOUSE]

I have the ying/yang Mickey pin with the wrong colors. Is this worth anything?

 

[NHMickey]

The Mistake with the Ying Yang pin is not just the colors... It is also upside down. The dots are miss colored but they should be reversed as well.

 

[LOVETHATMOUSE]

Thanks for the info . Do you think I should hold onto it or trade it away? I am new to this, so all this can be very confusing!

 

[NHMickey]

It is not a hard pin to find but it is a nice pin. I saw that DLR has a new version of this pin that looks like water. They would make a nice set.

 

[Luv2Roam]

I have the tigers (pin, badge and press pin), the black and white head and the DCA blue water.
No real reason for it. Just whenever I see the Ying Yang theme, I get it. Hhmmmm... The cosmos must be trying to tell me something.
The ying yang error, like any other pin, just depends on if someone wants it. I personally don't have any strong desire for it, just because I like the correct version better. But that is only personal taste. Others may want it just because it is an error.
Now Mickey in tennis drag -- that's an error pin!

 

[dizneykids]

i had one in my trading book when another trader pointed out that the stars are missing from the flag. i checked others i had with me and all had the stars...so i kept the non-star pin just for the sake of ha-ha's. does that make it more valuable? as my dh says to me (quite often, i might add)...they are only valuable if you sell them (NOT!).