Pin Trading

[Dani C]

Another thing to remember is that you cannot trade a personalized pin (for instance if your son's name is on it).

 

[tinkerbells mum]

great info, my dd and i have just started collecting pins (from the Disney STore and Ebay) ready for our visit in 2011. DD spends hours "practicing" at home at the moment putting her lanyard on and trading with me!!

 

[thescottfamilyof5]

ok, another dumb question, but what's a lanyard and where do I get one of them??

 

[Dani C]

A lanyard is like a necklace that is used to display and wear pins. You can get them on ebay, at the parks, resorts, or at disneyshopping (as well as many other places).

This one is available currently, so I copied a link for you to view.


http://disneyshopping.go.com/disney...14821&isSingleMatch=true&ddkey=http:DSISearch

Good luck!

 

[thescottfamilyof5]

ahhh, thanks!!

 

[WizardLarz]

serious Bump! Anyone else with some advice or ideas!
OH YAY! One Week!

 

[erincon23]

Someone here said they bring 5-15 pins to trade -- that's a minimum I trade PER DAY! It gets addictive. Try to get your kids to think about a theme they'd like to collect -- a certain character, rides they have gone on, holidays, etc. You can go to pinpics.com and look at pins just to get an idea of what there is out there. You can also go to odpt.com (the official Disney pin trading site) and see what will be sold at the parks when you go. I've always found ebay to be a great site to buy lots of pins -- I usually aim for less than $2 a pin for traders.

Have fun!

Erin

 

[ty93850]

Pin trading has taken in a whole sub-culture. We started on our first trip as a family in 03. You can buy a starter sets all over the world. They come in themes like Toystory, cars, princess.............. There are 3 main types of pins. First are pins you can buy these range all over just about what ever you can think of they have a pin. The next group are pins given to people for a special event. These could be DVC members visa card holders............ The last group are called hiddem micky pins ( formaly lanyard pins ) the first sets were hard to spot but now they have a little micky on them somewhere. These pins can not be bought in the parks or resorts they are given to cm to trade with. This is also the reason that there are special lanyards for kids due to adults running around and getting all the hidden mickeys. THere is a section of the wdw web site on pin trading and they show all the series of pins and the years they came out. My girls will pick a series and try all week to trade for them and complete the set before we leave. I got into the act last trip. I bought a hat ( gilligan style ) with pins on it and I trade for the first set of Fast pass hidden mickeys. Also there are some special backs that are for sell at the pin kiosks they replace the rubber back they use a little alen key ( comes with) to tighten a set screw so the pin will not be lost to the yeti on Mt Everest We have had a small melt down in the past with the loss of a special pin. They dont cost that much and worth the price imo. THis is what our girls do for souviners. Have fun.