Tinker
September 16th, 2006, 21:43
was held from September 8th to 10th at the convention hall in WS, Canada . Which I never even knew existed . :lol: With registration at the Comtemp on the 7th . Cindy and I were at the Contemp by 12:30 PM, I never saw so many pin traders in all my visits . :eek: We stood in the quenue for about 45 minutes and pre registered . We were given our lanyard with name and pins we had pre ordered . I got all but one, the Mickey Mouse Club Pin LE 200 , which recently sold on ebay for $71.00 :eek: but I did get my LE 250 Tinkerbell Cruise line pin . :hyper: I also bought , Bambi LE 400, Cinderella LE 400, Beauty And The Beast LE 750 , which I had signed by the artist . Also, my Tinkerbell Television Series Pin LE 400 , there was no signing on this particular pin . I paid $90.00 for the pin event . I was given $30.00 in gift cards , early registration pin Donald , MGM Mickey Director pin , A coupon for a snack, which included popcorn, cheese crackers, hershey bar and soda And a coupon for a complimentary gift , which turned out to be two beautiful pin sets . It was definitely worth the $90.00 .
I met pin traders from all over the world . Some for the most part were very nice and happy to trade with you . The pin sharks were also there . :rolleyes: :lol:
The event included tables of upcoming pins from all the Disney parks , Disney Cruise and Disney Shopping. Com . We visited each table and had our form stamped and received another free pin . Nice holiday pins coming out on disney shopping. com . :wink:
Also, there were pin trading stations . The idea of this is like what use to be at the resorts . A pin trading board . You trade two pins and get to pick two pins . There were pins which were cast member exclusives , cast lanyards , LE pins, DL, DLPR, WDW , DC , and Euro . :thumbs: Meanwhile, while in line we traded off each others lanyard . It was really a fun time . I ended up collecting the Peter Pan Cast Member Lanyard seires from DL and also got a Halloween Lanyard with Stitch Pins on it from Paris . I traded with another guy from DL , he needed chip n dale CM lanyards from WDW , and gave me LE park attraction ride pins from DL . I brought home a lot of nice treasures .
I have to tell you about the mystery pin cans . They sold for $22.00 each and you received four pins . The hardest one to get was Pluto LE 200 . The pins went from LE 200 - 1500 . I bought two cans and lucked out , don't get two :excited: for me, it wasn;t Pluto . :lol: , But I did get 8 different characters . One lovely woman that Cindy and I had been chatting with , said wait, I have an extra LE 400 Stitch , Here ! I couldn't believe it , I'm not use to these type of pin traders . :lol: I hugged and thanked her . As we sat outside talking , some other pin traders came out with 25 CANS , $22.00 X 25 cans before tax . :eek: They did not get a Pluto out of any of those cans . :eek: They were so :censored: . Who would spend that amount of money to try for one pin . Speaking of ...
the silent and live auctions also brought a pretty price for pins .
New pins being released at the WDW parks will no longer be considered cast member lanyards . They are now Hidden Mickey Lanyards and are being reproduced from cast member series 1, 2 3 & 4 . Twelve were released at the event and I got 6 out of twelve . Not A a bad start . :D
Next years pin event will be held at the same convention hall in Epcot . Where Dreams Come True ! Mickey & Figment September 7th to the 9th . I know I will definitely be attending . I highly recommend it to our pin traders on the forum .
I met pin traders from all over the world . Some for the most part were very nice and happy to trade with you . The pin sharks were also there . :rolleyes: :lol:
The event included tables of upcoming pins from all the Disney parks , Disney Cruise and Disney Shopping. Com . We visited each table and had our form stamped and received another free pin . Nice holiday pins coming out on disney shopping. com . :wink:
Also, there were pin trading stations . The idea of this is like what use to be at the resorts . A pin trading board . You trade two pins and get to pick two pins . There were pins which were cast member exclusives , cast lanyards , LE pins, DL, DLPR, WDW , DC , and Euro . :thumbs: Meanwhile, while in line we traded off each others lanyard . It was really a fun time . I ended up collecting the Peter Pan Cast Member Lanyard seires from DL and also got a Halloween Lanyard with Stitch Pins on it from Paris . I traded with another guy from DL , he needed chip n dale CM lanyards from WDW , and gave me LE park attraction ride pins from DL . I brought home a lot of nice treasures .
I have to tell you about the mystery pin cans . They sold for $22.00 each and you received four pins . The hardest one to get was Pluto LE 200 . The pins went from LE 200 - 1500 . I bought two cans and lucked out , don't get two :excited: for me, it wasn;t Pluto . :lol: , But I did get 8 different characters . One lovely woman that Cindy and I had been chatting with , said wait, I have an extra LE 400 Stitch , Here ! I couldn't believe it , I'm not use to these type of pin traders . :lol: I hugged and thanked her . As we sat outside talking , some other pin traders came out with 25 CANS , $22.00 X 25 cans before tax . :eek: They did not get a Pluto out of any of those cans . :eek: They were so :censored: . Who would spend that amount of money to try for one pin . Speaking of ...
the silent and live auctions also brought a pretty price for pins .
New pins being released at the WDW parks will no longer be considered cast member lanyards . They are now Hidden Mickey Lanyards and are being reproduced from cast member series 1, 2 3 & 4 . Twelve were released at the event and I got 6 out of twelve . Not A a bad start . :D
Next years pin event will be held at the same convention hall in Epcot . Where Dreams Come True ! Mickey & Figment September 7th to the 9th . I know I will definitely be attending . I highly recommend it to our pin traders on the forum .