Disney Soda Fountain January 2014 Pin Release

Here are the pins coming out at Disney's Soda Fountain for January 2014.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Mickey 10 Years

As I get closer to my Walt Disney World vacation, I am getting more and more excited to be Pin Trading again. So today I thought I would share with the you the 10 years of Pin Trading Mickey Mouse Pin.

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-The Pin Boys

Classic Mickey Mouse Pin

Here is a classic style Mickey Mouse pin. It doesn't get any better than Mickey!

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-The Pin Boys

The Pixar Theory

Hello everyone,

I have recently stumbled upon The Pixar Theory. Now this intrigued me, because I like a good theory, and this one defiantly has some good thoughts on it. It was introduced by a guy name Jon Negroni, who was inspired by a post on cracked.com. The theory goes as follows, that all Pixar movies exist within the same universe.  This spans every Disney Pixar movie from Toy Story to Brave.

On his website, http://jonnegroni.com, he goes into great detail explaining how each movie fits and even provides a complete timeline. I encourage everyone to check out this theory and feel free to leave me your thoughts below in the comments.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

New things coming up!

Hey guys and gals,

I just wanted to let you know of some changes coming up to The Pin Boys. We are continuing to bring you information about Disney Pins and trading Disney Pins, but we would like to expand with information about Walt Disney World specifically.

Traveling to Walt Disney World has become a true passion for my wife and myself, so naturally it seemed fitting to expand on giving information about the 4 parks located at Walt Disney World. I will be going into detail about not so well known pin trading locations, and including some cool history about Walt Disney World. I am traveling back to the world in January and will be uploading photos on The Pin Boys blog and just created thepinboys on Instagram. Click on the Instagram icon below and follow for some great photos of Disney pins and Disney Parks!


Last but not least, The Pin Boys will be expanding onto YouTube in the next few months. Plans are in motion to be uploading some original content videos obviously about Disney Pins, but will also include some Vlogs about Walt Disney World and some original, just plain old funny comedic videos.

I will keep you posted on things to come and when things begin to get up and running!

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Pin Feature: Dinosaur Animal Kingdom

I am featuring my Disney pin from the Animal Kingdom ride Dinosaur. This pin was released in 2008 as a part of a hat collection for the Animal Kingdom park at Walt Disney World.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

December 2013 Disneyland Pin Release

And here are some of the pins coming out in December at Disneyland! There are some great Mickey and Minnie couple pins.

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-The Pin Boys

December 2013 Disney World Pin Releases

These are some of the pins coming out in December at Walt Disney World. I love the Walt Disney pins and the Nutcracker mantle set looks really cool.

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-The Pin Boys

Disney Pin Feature Nov.9th 2013

Today I am showing you the Love the World pin. It is green and white and in the shape of Mickey's head. The neat thing about this pin is the backer it comes on can be planted to grow a nice plant.

It has been a busy few weeks and my countdown to return to Disney World is on, I will post some pictures of cool pins I trade for in January. 

-The Pin Boys

Disney Soda Fountain November Pin Release

Hey everyone,

Been very busy lately with work and planning a trip to Disney World. Here are the pin releases for November at the Disney Soda Fountain. There are some pretty cool looking Thor pins.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Disney Soda Fountain October Pin Release

Here are the pins to be release for the Disney Soda Fountain in October.

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-The Pin Boys

Change to Disney Soda Fountain Coming

It looks as though the Disney Soda Fountain will become Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop with Disney Studio Store. A link to the article is below.

Disney Soda Fountain Becomes Ghiradelli Soda Fountain

 

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Pin Feature September 11,2013

Today I am featuring the Honey, I Shrunk The Audience Pin. This was released as an open edition pin to correspond with the attraction. This attraction is no longer around and I managed to receive this pin in a lot I purchased from Ebay.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Disney Soda Fountain September Pin Release

Hey Pin Friends,

Sorry August has not been a very good month for me, I have been very busy with work and lot's of changes in life. But I have the September Pin Release for the Disney Soda Fountain for you.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Agent P Pin Set

One set I am very much looking forward to collecting on my next trip to Disney World is the Agent P around the world set. My wife got me hooked on watching Phineas and Ferb, and this looks to be a great set to collect.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Disney World August 2013 Pin Releases

Here are some Pins set to be released in August of 2013 at Disney World.

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-The Pin Boys

Pin Trading Fun

Upon arriving for my first Walt Disney World visit, I quickly found out that Pin Trading and myself were destined to get along. I quickly took to trading, and burst into my first collection of pins. My wife had a good laugh, cause I was so taken in by the excitement of being at Walt Disney World that every pin cart, every lanyard I passed, I had to stop an look. I even went passed the same cart several times, and each time I thought it was a new cart.

For those who really enjoy Pin Trading can truly understand the excitement and just the overall pleasure of engaging Cast Members on a whole different level. You can quickly welcome one another, and talk about your Pin collections and Pins you are looking for. It is one of the greatest things to do at Walt Disney World.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

New Disney Soda Fountain Pin...I Want

Disney Soda Fountain has a new pin coming out, and I would love to try and get this pin. It is Hiss from Disney's Robin Hood. It is one of my favorite characters from the movie.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

179 Days...

Hey Pin Fans,

I am enjoy my day off from work, thinking about my upcoming Walt Disney World trip in 179 days. My wife and I just booked our restaurants yesterday. I am getting excited and antsy to be back and pin trading. I have amassed 250+ Disney Pins to trade on my next trip. So look for me in the parks and let's trade some pins.

 

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Disney Soda Fountain August 2013 Pin Releases

Here are the Pin releases for the Disney Soda Fountain for the month of August. There are some great looking pins, I wish I could get there to get some.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Late July 2013 Hidden Mickey Disneyland Pin Release

Here are some Pins coming out in late July 2013 at Disneyland.

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-The Pin Boys

Pin Feature July.16

Today I am showing the Goofy and Donald Duck Pin on a Tiki adventure. It is from a lanyard starter pack released in 07'.

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-The Pin Boys

Pin Feature July.10th

Today I am featuring my Mickey Mouse with peace signs. He is filled with metallic color and has peace signs over his body. I saw this pin and really liked it, so I made the trade with the cast member to get it.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Disney Soda Fountain July 2013 UPDATE!

Here is an updated pin release, plus pin trading event info for the Disney Soda Fountain.

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-The Pin Boys

Disney Soda Fountain is my Whitecastle

In 2012 I took my first trip to Walt Disney World, I loved it. I had a blast, I got into pin trading. I was so hyped from the excitement that I had to stop at every pin cart, and check the cast lanyards for pins. Living in Canada has it's downfalls in the world of Pin Trading. I have been very lucky to get to Disney World the past 2 years and I have thoroughly enjoyed being able to Pin Trade the past couple of years.

But like a knight on a quest, there is one place I seek. A place where limited edition pins are obtainable, a place where every pin trader should want to go, the Disney Soda Fountain. I learned of the Disney Soda Fountain not to long ago, and as I have seen the pictures of the Pins you can get there, I knew this was my Whitecastle. I dream of going to such a place where it is about the pins, and I guess while I am there I will get and ice cream...

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Disney Soda Fountain July 2013 Pin Release

Here are the Disney Soda Fountain July 2013 Pin Releases.

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-The Pin Boys

Scoop Sanderson

Scoop Sanderson is one of best and brightest characters on Main Street U.S.A in the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort. Scoop is the Ace Reporter for the Main Street Gazette, he is often seen wearing a hat that says press on the side of it. He is also well known as a "Town Councilmen" but most of all he is one of, if not the biggest "Pinthusiast". On certain days, Scoop is known to play games in the streets with the Walt Disney World Resort guests. He also loves to share his interest in Disney Pins with people of all ages.

Scoop has been pin trading from the very beginning and has a wealth of knowledge on Disney Pins. He loves to trade pins, but not with strangers, so he may ask you your name first. Scoop is a very well mannered person and it would be in the best interest to we well mannered when you trade with him as well. If you are lucky enough, Scoop with give you a Disney Pin that has been specially designed for him, and he will even sign it to!

To say Scoop is the biggest thing for pin trading is an understatement. There have been about 26 Disney Pins made based off of Scoop. When I head back to Walt Disney World in January, I am very much looking forward to meeting Scoop.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Pin Feature June.23,2013

Today I am featuring my pin of Jack Jack from the Incredibles. It is an open edition pin from when the movie was released. Unfortunately there are a lot of fakes of this pin coming from China of this pin, so it is hard to authenticate this pin. But I still enjoy this pin as it comes from a great Disney/Pixar movie.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Disney World With Non-Pin Traders

When traveling to Disney World or even Disneyland, often you will be with a family or a big group of people, and sometimes even just a couple. When you go with larger groups or even as small as couples, you run into the chance that not everybody will enjoy Pin Trading as much as you. A very good example is my wife and I, I could Pin Trade the whole time and be happy, whereas she is not as avid a Pin Trader as me, but she still enjoys to see the spoils from my trades.

The key is compromise, yes just like a great marriage, you have to be mindful of what everybody wants to do and plan accordingly. For instance, on our last trip to Disney World, we had someone with us who needed a wheelchair, she didn't want to try and maneuver through the park, so three of the members of our group took the train around Magic Kingdom with her, but myself and the other pin boy wanted to go through the park. We compromised that the two of us would go through the park and trade, while the other three rode the train, and we all met up at Big Thunder Mountain in Frontierland.

At the end of the day, you want to make sure you have the best vacation possible, you don't want to put your wants in the way of what your family or group wants. Make sure to compromise and Pin Trade when you can.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Walt Disney World Pin Trading Locations

Disneyland Pin Trading Locations

Newer Pin Releases

Here are some newer Pin Releases from Disney.

Window to The Magic June Pin: Cinderella (Disneyland)

The Original Glee Club Boxed Pin Set (Disneyland)

Chip N' Dale Special Pineapple Treat (Disneyland)

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Pin Feature June.20,2013

Today's pin is Mickey and Minnie from the Brave Little Tailor. We managed to get this one in a mystery package bought at Walt Disney World. My wife and I were very happy to get that one and did not want to trade it.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Pin Feature June.19,2013

Today I am featuring the Goofy name tag pin. I was so happy to get this pin, Goofy is one of may favorite Disney characters. It is a limited edition pin of 1600, it was inspired by the cast member name tags.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Trade for them, Display Them!

Hello Pin Lovers,

Today I am going to talk about different ways to display your pins. I mean, you put all of the effort into trading for the rarest, the coolest pins you can find, why hide them away? Be proud in your collection, show them off, brag about them, just have fun with it.

One of the common ways to show off your pins is by buying a pin case from Disney. I have bought a total of 3 pin cases, as pictured below.

 The two bigger cases hold the collection I am keeping, the smaller case on the right is holding the pins I am taking to trade when I return to Disney World.

Of course one of the best ways to display your collections, especially while in the Disney parks, is lanyards. There are hundreds to choose from and I always make sure as soon as I get to my hotel, I pick my new lanyard for the trip. On my last trip to Disney World, I chose the Star Wars Lanyard.

Last but not least, a great way to display your collection in your own home is by shadow boxes. Shadow boxes allow you to have your pins displayed on your wall for all of your friends and family to see.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Pin Feature June.17,2013

Today I am featuring the 4 parks pin set that I bought in my last trip to Disney World. We always like to buy pins of the 4 parks.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Pin Feature June.12,2013

Today's feature is the Dead Men Tell no Tales Pirate Skull pin. It is a part of the Disneyland Cast Lanyard Series 4, Collection 8. I got it on my last Disney World trip, cause I was on a real pirate pin hunt last trip.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Daily Pin Feature June.10,2013

Sorry, I have been busy over the past few days. Today's pin feature is the "I am The Rebel Spy" pin. I had to get this pin after I was the rebel spy on the Star Tours ride in Disney World.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

How To Spot a Fake

Disney pin trading and collecting has become a very popular activity at the Disney Parks and Cruise lines, it has managed to create a demand for several types of pins. Disney pins are manufactured in China, and often times after a certain type of pin has been created, the left over mold is used to create what is called “Scrappers” or counterfeit pins. The quality is the biggest and easiest way to know, because Disney is a company that takes the quality of their product very seriously.

A majority of these scrappers or counterfeit pins have made their way into the parks, due to many people not even realizing they are fake. I myself managed to grab some the first time I was pin trading. A place like Ebay is one of the most common places to pick up fakes. Telltale signs to look for when purchasing pins on Ebay is, where the pin is coming from; generally if the pin is coming from China, there is a very good chance the pin is fake. If possible, always try to buy pins from the Orlando or southern California areas. Another thing to look for, if the price is really good, like 20 cents per pin, it is very likely that pin or set of pins is fake.

Pictured below are 2 fake pins, the Mickey ghost pin has very subtle differences, where as the Minnie pin is and obvious fake.

Fake Pins

 

 

Real Pin Set

Another common way to spot fakes, is by the spelling. Due to the lower quality of making these pins, spelling mistakes are very common, as pictured below.

Color and weight are also good indicators if you have a fake pin. Scrapper pins are normally a lot light than real pins, and once you are really into pin trading and have handled many different pins, you will be able to tell the weight of real pins better. With color, the pin will be either faded or for instance, things like eyes may not have been colored properly. 

Also on newer pins that feature the stamped Mickey head pattern on the back, the fake pins the pattern will have a border around the edge, as opposed to the real ones, the pattern will continue over the edge with no border.

PinPics and Dizpins are great resources to check and see if your pins are real or fake. Dizpins has a catalogue of counterfeit pins. PinPics goes into great detail, included with pictures.

At the end of the day, don't let the fake pins keep you from enjoying the fun of pin trading. It can be frustrating, but every trader will tell you they have encountered fake pins and some may have fake pins in their collection. As I come across more fakes, I will post pictures of them.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Daily Pin Feature June.6,2013

Today's pin feature is the Mickey's Philharmagic Fastpass. It is part of the 2008 Hidden Mickey Series III. It is part of a 4 pin collection of various fastpasses from different parks. My wife and I tried to collect all of the fastpasses from the rides we really liked.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Daily Pin Feature June.5,2013

Today's pin feature is Jedi Mickey. Mickey is dressed as fallen Anakin Skywalker and it was a part of the Star Wars TM Mystery Pin Set. I was so happy to get this pin, because one of the main sets I collect is Star Wars.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Daily Pin Feature June.4,2013

Today's pin feature is from Disneyland Paris. If shows Goofy camping and looking out from his tent at a bear sniffing his socks. I got this pin from a lot I purchased off of Ebay. I was so excited to get a pin from Disneyland Paris.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Daily Pin Feature June.3,2013

Today's Pin feature is the Walt Disney World Resort 2013 pin. Every year we have gone, we made sure we got a pin from that year. When we went to Disney World in 2013, we decided we wanted the 2013 Pin with Sorcerer Mickey. I can't wait to get 2014's!!!!

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Daily Pin Feature June.2,2013

Today's pin feature is a cut out of Mickey's silhouette, doing his ta-da pose to the left. My wife and I really love Disney World and so it only makes sense to collect all things Mickey!

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Daily Pin Feature June.1,2013

Today's daily pin feature is Duffy with the sorcerers hat. This one of the Duffy's from the Duffy's hat collection. It was released in 2012, and was apart of the Hidden Mickey Series. My wife is a very big fan of Duffy and we tried to collect all of the Duffy hat collection, we managed to get 3 of them.

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Daily Pin Feature May.31,2013

Today's feature pin is Phineas and Ferb logo pin. This pin was released in 2008. I also managed to find this one trading in Walt Disney World. For the longest time, I did not watch Phineas and Ferb. My wife always watched the show and told me how good it was. Eventually I gave it a chance and loved it, so as soon as I saw this pin, I had to have it!

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Daily Pin Feature May.30,2013

Today's feature pin is Mo (Microbe Obliterator) from Wall-E. This pin was released in 2008, in a set with Wall-E and Eve. My father in law actually traded for this pin originally and decided later he did not want it, so I knew I had to trade for it!

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Daily Pin Feature May.29,2013

Today's pin feature is the Santa Belt in Mickey Icon Pin. This pin was released in 2011, and it has a red sparkly center. I got this pin trading in Walt Disney World, I managed to get it off of a cast lanyard.

 

Happy Trading

-The Pin Boys

Daily Pin Feature May.28,2013

This is one of my favorite Pins I got on my last trip to Disney World. It is a first release pin from The Pirates of the Caribbean, it features Mickey as Jack Sparrow. I saw this on a Cast Members lanyard and I had to have it!

Daily Pin Feature May.27,2013

Today's feature pin is, the hidden Mickey orange pin trading logo. It is from a 4 pin series, it is pin 4 of 4. It was released in 2007 at Walt Disney World.