No trading Flag Pins?

[tammydel]

I posted this on the pins board but I though someone over here may know:
We were in Epcot today and a castmember told our 10 year old that they can not trade pins for any Mickey Flag Pins. It was a American Flag in the shape of Mickey. It is a Disney pin and says c. Disney on the back.
The CM said they were told not to trade for Mickey Flag pins. Anyone know anything about this?

 

[allyphoe]

http://www.dizpins.com/pinventory/scrappers.htm has that pin about halfway down, on the right.

 

[bradk]

interesting...

that pin has actually been released many times over (slightly different each time) and one in particular is part of a set which isn't tradeable on its own regardless.

you'll find a bunch in this collection
http://www.pinpics.com/cgi-bin/group.cgi?group=2525

 

[tammydel]

Thanks for the quick replies. It does look like the pin in the pictures. But it was purchased from Disney and has all the appropriate stamps on the back. Just tough to explain to a kid why his pin is no good for trading?!?
Tammy

 

[bradk]

what's the pin #?

 

[izzys4]

I'd never heard that before. I have one of those pins...pin #960.and actually I took it with me when I went with my DBrother at the tattoo parlor and I got the flag mickey tattood on my ankle!

 

[wdwfan1]

I have several of those pins which I bought directly from Disney in late Septermber, 2001. Why can't they be traded?

 

[tammydel]

I don't see a # - could be I need glasses! I just check other pins - bought yesterday at Epcot - like our flag pin they have copywrite Disney and date, and Official Disney Trading pin. But there is no pin #. On the flag pin or the new ones. Again - could be a glasses issue!?!

I'm still trying to figure out why it can't be traded. It soulds like because there are some counterfits out there. But she seemed to say all Mickey flag pins - I've seen these for other country's flags as well.

I'll try and ask a few other cast member. Goin to DTD this evening - I'll ask at the BIG pin place there.
Tammy

 

[Robo]

I'll try and ask a few other cast member.

Yep.
I'm thinking THAT will likely solve this issue.

Your question is based on what a single "at-random" CM said.

We all know the percent of accuracy of that kind of info.

 

[hockeybabe]

interesting...subscribing

 

[goofy4wdw59]

Curious about this too...seems to be an individual CM thing.

My DS traded my Mickey-shaped US flag pin with a CM this June.
I purchased my Mickey US pin in late Sept. 2001 and wanted to hang on to it, but, DS didn't have any left to part with...so...I said goodbye to my US Mickey.
Also, the CM seemed happy to get this one--commenting that it was an older pin.

 

[Disneyland_emily]

Another angle...

Disney passed out a bunch of little flag pins on the 4th (about dime sized) that were not disney pins (just the cheap generic flags) which means they are not tradeable- yet many people tried which lead to discussions on what is or is not tradeable. If the CM had heard NOT to trade for *those* flag pins and heard that as *ANY* flag pin- that would explain the issue...

-em

 

[CaptHook34]

interesting.

If it is disney, you should be able to trade.

 

[Jessfrogger88]

Disneyland Emily hit the nail on the head. If it was around the fourth of July that is what happened. I was asked to trade the generic flag pin and I said i couldn't because it didn't have disney on the back. Someone prolly told that castmember not to trade American Flag pins and he got confused. The pin you tried to trade him should have been able to be traded he was just misinformed. Or at least that is what im guessing. As a castmember I don't believe that any other castmembers or myself included would turn down a pin because we "think" it's a scrapper. I'm sure that is discouraged to tell a guest "no" when the pin is obviously a disney pin reguardless of it's orgin.

 

[bradk]

re: the scrapper, they're made from the same mold as the legit versions, they just aren't authorized. if the pin looked a mess, that might be a reason, but otherwise there's another reason.

that's why i was trying to make the distinction that there have been multiple versions of this same pin, all different, and was trying to determine which one it is.

and yes, there have been other countries in the form of a mickey head. there was an entire series of world showcase pins in the same style of each respective country.

 

[donna in Oz]

Perhaps the original CM was confused about which flag pin ....

When my DH was the Veteran of the Day at the Flag Retreat, he was given a commemorative pin and was specifically told by the Color Guard that the pin could not be sold or traded.

Not that he'd want to!!