What's your favorite pin?

We got this pin about a couple of months ago during one of our Windy City Pin Traders monthly pin trading meet. When I saw it, I cracked up (or quacked up), and then I had to have it. I forgot what we traded for it, but it was well worth it. This is a Walt Disney Imagineering pin.

Zz.

I love this!!! One of my favorite sets is Donald Duck sitting like a real duck and dressed appropriately for the lands of MK.

Is this the Donald "rubber ducky" series? I call it that because they came out with the Donald rubber ducky first, and then a year later, came the pins.

Zz.

It's this set:

Sorry to kind of Hijack this thread but if i was looking to move on some pins where would anyone recomend ?

EDIT. I am not trying to sell them direct on WDWforGrownups forums just after some advice on the best place to sell and how to find reasonable pricing.

E-bay..To be honest, we were at the downtown pin shop one night and it was a trading night, and this mother and daughter were going loopy when they found a pin that someone was selling.?Eh!...It gets kinda serious for some folk...I'll take some pics of ours, hanging on the wall in what used to be a spare bedroom for guests,now it's a Disney room..LOL..

That's what I call the rubber ducky series. Disney made actual rubber duckies of 7 different designs. The cast lanyard pins came out after that.

Edit: Here's a picture of the 7 Donald rubber duckies that I have on display, a long with a few other Donald stuff.

Notice the similarities to the pins.

Zz.

SELLING?? On Disney property? And they didn't get kicked off of Disney property for doing that?

It is a big no-no for anyone other than Disney to sell pins while on Disney property. In fact, many pin sharks had been banned from attending any pin trading events, and being allowed into the parks for violating this. This, and other violations and problems were the reasons why many of the pin trading areas around WDW, especially at the Downtown Disney's Marketplace area, had been removed, leaving only the one at Pin Central in Epcot as being the only one left.

Zz.

This came from this year's Star Wars Weekend at The Studios.

Obviously, I've been seduced to the Duck side of the Force a long time ago.

Zz.

I love the rubber duckies!! How cute! Thanks to a great pin haul at SWW, we're up to 35 Star Wars pins, but we missed out on the May the Fourth and Revenge of the Fifth pins this time.

I love those donald rubber duckies! So cute!

I can't choose a favorite pin. I have my Sorcerer Mickey pins that I love and a couple limited edition pins that you can't buy.

Another fun Donald pin, also a recent acquisition via trading.

Zz.

We collect WDI pins, even when they are not within the themes that we collect. This is because these WDI pins are often very well-done, and have amazing design. Some of them are also quite clever.

I've shown you a framed panel of some of our WDI pins earlier in this thread. This is another recent acquisition to add to that collection.

The number of minutes can be changed by spinning the wheel of wait times behind the pin.

Zz.

You've got some amazing finds, ZZ! What's your main source of pins? Do you buy/trade online?

Main sources are: (1) pin friends, (2) monthly Windy City Pin Traders pin meet, and (3) buying and trading at WDW.

I think we have one of the few very active pin trading groups in the country. I know New Jersey has a quarterly big pin trading event that they organize each year, but our WCPT group has one each month (the third Saturday of the month). We continue to have the regulars from at least 3 different states (Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin) and often attracts regulars from Florida (whenever they are in town), Iowa, and Ohio. We also get new members often, so they bring in new blood and new pins!

So that's how I can still get pins even when I haven't been to WDW lately.

Zz.

That's great! I have a few friends that trade and I know a bunch of people who have pins laying around their houses, but getting them assembled to trade has proven difficult. I did buy about 650 pins from a local collector (at an average of less than $2/pin! ) who was moving on from the hobby, so that was a great opportunity. I was buying occasionally on ebay, but the uncertainty of working a commission-based job coupled with increased traveling this year as forced a pin purchasing embargo for the time being. I've also done some trading on pinpics, but it can be rather cumbersome to do via mail. I've heard of the New Jersey group. I may have to check them out at some point. I like trading in person better because it really promotes the spirit of using the pins as a vehicle to get to know each other better. Unfortunately, Chicago is a heck of a commute from south central PA!!

If you are ever in the Chicago area during our pin trading Saturday, consider yourself having a standing invitation to come visit us. And bring lots of pins!!

I've tried inviting a few of this forum's members who are in the area, but no one seems to have taken up on that invitation. Are they all afraid that I might bite? I will have you all know that I've had my rabies shot.

Zz.

We'd love to come ZZ It's on the bucket list..we are heading to Chicago in October to get our marriage license...maybe we can try to hit the 3rd Saturday and make a stop by - and Alice if you head this way- we are only 1 1/2 hours from Chicago-make sure you hit us up- we will stop in Chicago to see you!

Excellent! Please let me know if you do plan on showing up.

And congratulations on the marriage. Are you celebrating while in town?

Zz.

Yes! But we are not tying the knot till Dec..... we will stay for a long weekend.......I have a link below with some of the details....

Zz.