Who loves Pins?

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We received a voucher for a free Disney Pin redeemable at our resort.
The voucher was included in our Magical Express documents for our August 06 trip.

 

[willis37862]

Here is a picture of how I display my pins...

9 dollar shadow box from Walmart. Hanging on my living room wall. I like walking passed it everyday and being reminded of our trips to the world

John

I love this idea to display some of my fave pins!!! In what section did you find this at walmart? Crafts of photo frames? Thanks for the great idea!

 

[sorul82?]

They have discontinued this and replaced it with the Disney Photopass package.

I just got my info in the mail with a free pin voucher.

 

[sorul82?]

Also... we stayed off site for our March '06 trip. Everyday we received a free pin voucher when we paid for our parking.

 

[ktbugsmom]

Thanks to the OP for starting this post! My DD(6) wanted to try pin trading last year, but I thought she was too young, so I told her we could try on our next trip - which was supposed to be Jan. 2007.

Well, we are still going in Jan 07 - but are also going in 3 weeks! Yippee. My sister and I are taking our kids and staying at the Contemporary for 4 nights. We can "legally" fit 5 in the room (I asked to be sure), so we are leaving the hubbies home and taking our 3 kids - her 2 and my 1 and splitting the cost of the room.

So - that means I have to start my DD's pin trading in three weeks! What is the protocol? Do I get her a starter lanyard with some pins and she trades with the CMs? How does she ask? Which CMs do this? Does she choose what she wants and they take what they want?

I want it to be fun for her, so I don't want any bad expereiences like another person posted. We seriously have no clue what a "good" pin or a "bad" pin is. I am sure she will just want all princess pins...

Thanks in advance! I can't wait to go to the CR! Haven't been there since I was a kid.

 

[hulagirl87]

I love collecting pins! I display them on a cork board and love trading as well. I already have some set aside to trade when I go down in September. I find it fun to interact with the cast members and I've gotten some great pins that way!

 

[Johnfish]

Sorry i was late replying to the question about where I got the shadow box. It was in the frames section of walmart. I may have gotten it at target if you dont find it at walmart. But I am pretty sure it was at walmart!.


And I guess it is pretty obvious that my son and I are big Stitch fans!

John

 

[firkat]

We started a set of pins on our last visit, not many . . . maybe a dozen on a lanyard. I have looked at Ebay and some of the other sites mentioned, but I am so confused about the 'name brands' of these pins. LE, ProPin and a couple of others I have heard. . .

Also I bought a pin from Ebay and when it arrived it had a rubber looking back, not the regular metal back. Can I still trade it if I want?

What are these safety backs I heard about and can one trade with those?

Thanks so much in advance for your expertise!

 

[HayGan]

Also I bought a pin from Ebay and when it arrived it had a rubber looking back, not the regular metal back. Can I still trade it if I want?

What are these safety backs I heard about and can one trade with those?

Thanks so much in advance for your expertise!

Actually authentic Disney pins start out with a rubber back. Through trading or swaping, some end up with metal backs. As long as they have the Disney stamp on the back, they are tradeable.

I just bought a bunch of locking backs off of ebay for some of my pins. The locking backs secure the pin to your lanyard. The non-locking kind (rubber or other metal) tend to fall off easily and sadly many people have lost pins that way

We really have gotten into pin trading. I will be there in September during the pin trading event but I can't justify spending that much money on an event plus it would take away one of only 2 of our park days.

As for displaying my pins, I bought several of the collage frames at Walmart and the dollar store and group pins together in that for displaying. I'll post pics later

 

[firkat]

Thank you so much for the reply! So, if I buy a pin off of EBay or another web site, I should just look for a description that says it has the Disney logo on the back of the pin? That is sufficient to ensure that the pin I receive is official enough for pin trading with CMs in the parks? TIA

 

[HayGan]

Thank you so much for the reply! So, if I buy a pin off of EBay or another web site, I should just look for a description that says it has the Disney logo on the back of the pin? That is sufficient to ensure that the pin I receive is official enough for pin trading with CMs in the parks? TIA

Technically, propins and Sedesma pins have a Disney logo on the back and are tradeable. However, those pins are of a much lower quality and I personally do not trade them. There are plenty of pins on ebay that are authentic Disney pins and can be bought for less than $3 a pin.

You may also want to check out the sale board on www.dizpins.com as plenty of people sell good traders over there

 

[firkat]

Haygan, thank you so much for your time in responding. So, to get the official pins, I should avoid Sedesna, Propin and LE when used in the description of the pin? And make sure they say it has the Disney logo on the back?

 

[MissMichelle]

My mom recently started collecting pins on our last trip..She spent over $200 in 2 days getting pins. Lemme see if I can find a photo of hers---ok this one was taken on day 4 of last trip...she had to start putting them on her pocketbook and some of the more expensive ones she left back at the room...My son had already lost about 4 of his

 

[Chuck65]

I saw on the family boards that an ebay seller, disneyfan06, has had very good service with the pins they sell. Just search ebay for disneyfan06 and it will take you to the pins she has to sell. From what I can remember, she has a 100% positive feedback rating and has free shipping. Here is the link for whoever is interested:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQrdZ0QQsassZdisneyfan06

 

[Ghost]

I do collect pins, but only the once I like; mostly Halloween though… Pin trading can be fun, especially when I take my Disneyland Resort Paris pins to WDW. Like this I can trade the Paris Pins for the Orlando pins…

As long as the pin sharks stay away and everybody trades fairly

 

[Simba22]

One thing my DBF and I always do is look for CM's that have a "secret pin" on their lanyard. It's a pin that they have facing backwards so you don't know what it is. We always trade for the secret pins and then if we don't like it, we can just trade it again, but 9 times out of 10 it's something really cool!

We also only collect the ones we like...not any particular series. But for example, my DBF has a Mickey collection, a Villains collection, and an Aladdin collection. I have Simba and Stitch collections as well as a 3rd lanyard with just random pins (some tigger, some mickey, some tinkerbell, etc.)

We start buying pins on ebay afew months before our trip...we get them MUCH cheaper than in the parks and they are usually ones we don't want so we can trade them for ones we DO want.

 

[DisneyFan06]

My mother and I just recently started getting into pins. I love them. However, I also dont trade - I just purchase the ones I like.

 

[Simba22]

FYI, I just got 20 pins on ebay for $50....that's like $2.50 a pin! We buy the ones that are not popular characters and trade them for pins that we like that other people and CM's have. We have collected pins from DL Hong Kong, DL Paris, as well as CM Exclusive pins by doing this.

 

[utkscvol1]

I just bought a starter set last week at MK. CAn you buy pins and the lanyards at your local disney stores? Just wondering. We are wanting to get the kids their own for next year's trip.

 

[domiii]

We are addicted! Ok, obsessed is more like it. We started in November of 1999 and scored some major trades with CM with some unique Disney pins we brought with us. In fact we got the first CM pin that started the whole thing, still sealed in the plastic bag! Also, a bus driver handed my daughter her Trainer pin, which was a NO-NO, just to start her day off!

Sometimes, I like to just give one away to some one who admires one of our pins. Random acts of kindness goes a long way!!

Can't wait to trade during our next trip.