The DONALD has Landed!

[Eeyore's Pal]

Four years of pintrading . . .
Approximately four thousand trades . . .
(Well it might be more like <i>forty</i> thousand trades.)
Josh's ultimate <b>holy grail</b> is finally in hand:

And through a very unlikely set of circumstances.

We went to the Epcot Family Pin Gathering armed with our most powerful pin: <b>Tourist Stitch.</b>

On the first day of the event, DH Malcolm (who is much more a <i>collector</i>, than a trader) received his <b>free</b> DA pin for registering early <b>-->>The Tinkerbell GWP LE 50!</b> OK, now we had some serious firepower. So the quest for the holy grail was really on!

Three days of being offered everything on the planet, <i>including rack pins,</i> but <b>never</b> the ultimate goal.

In the last hour I finally broke down and traded Tourist Stitch for an Elisabeth Gomes LE 100 Tinkerbell. (<i>No,</i> not the really <i> hard one</i>, and not because it would be a <i>keeper</i>. ) I just couldn't stand looking at that darn Tourist Stitch anymore! He was <i>taunting</i> me!

And then Josh walked up and told me that he had the Angry Donald trade just about done -- but he needed the <i>Tourist Stitch!</i> Needless to say this was not a happy ending to the event.

We stayed on in WDW for a week, and encountered a couple more people with the Angry Donald for trade, but we no longer had the power to do the deal.

We came home, and as we always do after a WDW trip, began online trading like crazy. I guess it's our way of sustaining the "magic." In the natural course of Pinpics requests, I offered the Tink GWP LE 50 for the Angry Donald. <i>And they all lived happyily every after. The END.</i>

Of course now, Josh is in desperate search to determine what should be his <b>new holy grail?</b>

 

[Duckfan]

First of all,

Wow, Yippee, alright way to go!!!!!!!


Now, gee, having to come up with new pins you want can be a real problem. Tell him to take at least 10 minutes to think about that one.


Actually, I sort of know that feeling. Thanks to my great pin friends I got my sort of holy grail---Mickey with Balloons, 20th anniversary Epcot!!!!!!!


Personally, I think it was great pin Karma coming back to you both that means he finally gets his goal.


Way to go!

 

[NHMickey]

Congrats on getting it. Now good luck on the next one... May it not take as long.

 

[Parkhopper]

Congratulations! That is quite an accomplishment!

On to the next holy grail!

Suzi

 

[tennisnut]

What a great story!

I love to hear that people are still able to get their Holy Grail,

GRAIL, GRAIL , GRAIL, UGH......

( you have seen the play in England haven't you )

Can't wait to find out what the next grail will be.

I haven't been able to cut down my list of wants in a long time.

Yippee for the Burnside family!!!

Susan

 

[LynniethePooh]

WAY TO GO JOSH!

Just like another poster mentioned, it is pin karma baby. What goes around comes around.

As for his next holy grail......how about this one:

Holy Grail




When he gets it, I would be more than happy to be in charge of keeping it safe at my house hehehehehehe

(sorry.....I know I am probably the only one who thought that was funny....my sanity has been beaten up!)