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[Belle's World]

Hi,
I ahve been to DLRP 9 times between 1993 and this year. however it was only in June i beacme addicted to pin trading. Here are my pins which i have for keeping:


As you can see my favourite is Beauty and the Beast but i also collect a lot of pins which just catch my eye.

Ro

[Masamune]

What beautiful Belle pins! Gaston is my 2nd fave Disney character, so I try to get pins of him when I can. There's not many been made though.

[Belle's World]

What beautiful Belle pins! Gaston is my 2nd fave Disney character, so I try to get pins of him when I can. There's not many been made though.

Thank you, no it's really a shame that they do so many of certain characters like Tinkerbell but miss out on the supporting characters or films which were released a few years back.

Ro

[Aveen2008]

Thought I would bump this for danny to see peoples collections as a new pin trader

[Stitch2814]

Ooooh thankyou I just asked in another thread where this was lol so save time if someone replying to that hehe

I will wait a bit to post my collection as it not that big at the moment and will wait till I have my new pins XD

[Aveen2008]

Can someone explain to me, what is a 'Gift with Purchase' pin? What do you have to buy? Is this only done in the american parks?

[Stitch2814]

Can someone explain to me, what is a 'Gift with Purchase' pin? What do you have to buy? Is this only done in the american parks?

Hey I googled it and its a pin you get free for spending a certain amount of $ on pins as a thankyou for your purchase.  

[Belle's World]

I have a few questions about pins that i'm hoping some of you will know the answer to:
With 2009 pins from WDW a lot of them have the Mickey in prints on the back, if it is genuine will it go right to the edge of the pin or will there be a border? I have heard both but do not know whivh is true.

Also with scrapper pins do they deliberately make mistakes so you can spot scrappers? For instance spelling mistakes on the back of pins or wrong colours?

With the lanyards in UK stores do the staff ever check the lanyard for scrappers and dispose of them? Also how do new pins end up on the lanyard randomly do they get placed on or is it only when someone buys a pin specifically to trade with the lanyard and lastly do the pins which have been on the lanyard for weeks ever get changed/swapped between stores.

Thanks for your answers

Ro

[Stitch2814]

Erm Im unsure about the mickey heads, I will check a few pins I have that are official to let you know.

Scrappers - I think they try not to make mistakes as that way it beats the objective of them selling them I think, as if you cant tell then they succeeded spelling mistakes/colour differences then yeah they are bound to be scrappers unless the pin itself comes with a word spelled differently (if it says on pinpics).

And I wish that was true about lanyards getting updated from time to time as that aint the case here (oldham and manchester) but Oldham store have two lanyards which is good and I dont think they know what a scrapper is as I said to the cm in oldham on monday that I had never seen the pin before and she was all thats chip from beauty and the beast... I thought Im not that stupid cause I replied yeah I know he is with Mrs Potts hahahaha

They need a CM that knows there pins I think as that way the person can look at the lanyard and think hmm dont look right that one..

[StitchOhana]

Aveen, where did you find the Pin Trading University and the Lets Go Pin Trading pins? I love them!
Also, does anyone know if the green Sequoila Lodge Pin is available to buy at DLRP?

[dagobert]

I didn't want to open a new thread so I'm going to post this here.

Two weeks ago we have been to DLRP and I wanted to buy some pins, like every visit. I'm more interested in park, resort or attraction pins, especially the logos, and not in characters. In 2008 DLRP had a broad selection of attraction pins, but this time it was really hard to find some. At least I got a few. I had also the impression that the pin selection in general was very small.

Is it just me or did you also recognize this?

[Aveen2008]

I didn't want to open a new thread so I'm going to post this here.

Two weeks ago we have been to DLRP and I wanted to buy some pins, like every visit. I'm more interested in park, resort or attraction pins, especially the logos, and not in characters. In 2008 DLRP had a broad selection of attraction pins, but this time it was really hard to find some. At least I got a few. I had also the impression that the pin selection in general was very small.

Is it just me or did you also recognize this?

I thought the exact same when I went last september. I remember when there was so many pins to choose from the whole wall that used to be in Harringtons was full of them it would have been almost hard to pick there were so many, now its just a small turn around stand on the floor. The Emporuim only have a small few on their walls and its the same all around the resort. I thought it was just my imagination as my last trip was the first trip were I was a lot more interested in buying the pins but I do feel they have cut back a lot on them!

[HildeKitten]

The pin selection has been growing a lot smaller over the year.  It's also very spread out, contrary to the other merchandise.  It's one of the few things you really have to look for in shops.  I saw some pins in Tower Gifts I didn't see in other shops (although I must say I didn't really look for it, my bf likes looking at pins and I noticed thanks to him).

I fear pin trading is a bit wasted on me, I just collect pins I like of certain characters I like (Maleficent, Jack Skellington, Tigger and the Cheshire Cat) and thus don't tend to get many to trade.  And I'm incapable of getting rid of pins people have given me as a present so I tend to have a bunch of miscelaneous pins in my pin map :lol:

[Snow_White_Girl]

I got 2 presents from my other half tonight!!!



While she may not be the most popular or well-known character, I LOVE Witch Hazel, and this is pretty much the only pin of her in existence that I know of! She's actually part of the "Where Evil Spells Are Always Broken" series from DLA - a set of 6 pins with 5 of the other more well-known villains - of course I'm watching all these on eBay too!







They're "gift with purchase" pins so the only ways I'd get them are on eBay or by trading for them - I was buzzing when my other half told me tonight he'd won me Witch Hazel!!

My other gift was a 2-foot tall Tigger that he got for £5 on eBay LOL!!  /

[Snow_White_Girl]

Bah!! I got outbid for the Ursula pin in the series!!! Gutted!