Very displeased with 2008 MVMCP pin prices and edition sizes

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

I realize that Disney is in business to make money. I realize that there is a lot of profit on pins. What makes me not so merry about the MVMCP pins is that the edition size of the pins have been blown up to LE 4000 this year, which is up from LE 2000 from recent years, including 2007.

In 2001, the pins were LE 2500 and cost $8.50
In 2002, the pins were LE 2500 and cost $8.50
In 2003, the pins were LE 2500 and cost $10.50 (I bought lots of these!)
In 2004, the pins were LE 2000 and cost $12.50
In 2005, the pins were LE 2000 and cost $10.95 (I bought lots of these!)
In 2006, the pins were LE 2000 and cost $10.95
In 2007, the pins were LE 2000 and cost $12.95
In 2008, the pins are LE 4000 and cost $12.95

Same price as last year and only half as rare.

I am very much a collector and I dabble at trading. But, this just ticks me off to no end that they are jacking the prices up like this and cutting the trade or collectible value of the pins. There are LE 250's on Disneyshopping.com that cost the same as these LE 4000 pins are going to cost!

I have looked at the pins and found none of them to be worth spending my hard earned money on. This pains me to say, because I had $200 set aside for MVMCP pins.

The jumbo this year is an LE 750, they priced it at $45, which isn't that horrible. The last couple of years, it was an LE 1500 and cost $25 in 2006 and $35 in 2007. We usually do buy the event jumbos, I am still not sold on the design yet. I will have to see it in person.

To look at the pins that are coming out, you can check them out on Disney's site at http://eventservices.disney.go.com/pintrading/eventPins?id=40279 and the purchasing details can be seen on Disney's site at http://eventservices.disney.go.com/pintrading/event?id=40279

Of course, Dizpins also has them listed at http://www.dizpins.com/pinventory/wdw_mvmcp_2008.htm

Is anyone else kind of bummed that the MVMCP pins are being devoided of value, but still have the high pricetags?

 

[Luv2Roam]

I am surprised they increased the LE size to 4000. They must think the market is there. However I will not be surprised to see these on sale in January, due to the LE size.

 

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

This is the 25th Anniversary of MVMCP's. Even with the reduced number of designs and doing the one pin a week release, like they did with this year's MNSSHP pins, I just don't see where they could have projected a need for that many pins. Also, I fail to see how they could, in this economy, have the gonads to charge these inflated prices!

 

[webprinter]

My question is: are they going to have every pin available every night instead of certain pins on certain nights like they normally do? All the release dates are listed as: 11/10/08. Debby

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

I'm not thrilled about the prices either. They should be cheaper with the higher LE.

I actually liked the look of the jumbo pin but don't like some of the others. I'll have to see what they look like in person. I liked alot of the MNSSHP pins better.

I'm not a huge collector so I just buy my favorites. Guess I'll be saving some money this time.

 

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

It's official now, all designs are going to be released on 11/10/08.

Now, I see why they doubled the numbers released, but still I can't help but to feel a bit sorry for the Stitch and Tinker Bell fans going to the last few parties. If any of these do sell out, those are the pins that will be gone first.