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2016 Pin Releases

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2016 Pin Releases
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Weird pin. It's not really specifically Mother's Day. Also, Bambi is looking at the invisible butterfly on his tail.
 
The Bambi pin is lovely in person! I was super pleased to have been told about it, since I got there right before they announced the surprise on Facebook. :-D
 
Aw, so nice to have a new Bambi pin! Maybe they could make it a set by doing a Bambi 2 one for Father's Day.
 
MerlinEmrys said:
Everyone on FB is complaining about the green, but I rather like it! It reminds me of the original poster somehow. :3
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I almost feel like the green was unintentional. Maybe SLIGHTLY green, but the photos I've seen are pretty damn green.
It honestly looks like someone picked colors without checking a Pantone book - a similar issue that I've seen go on a LOT with fantasy pins that have been made by people with no idea how Pantone works.
 
a4matte said:
I almost feel like the green was unintentional. Maybe SLIGHTLY green, but the photos I've seen are pretty damn green.
It honestly looks like someone picked colors without checking a Pantone book - a similar issue that I've seen go on a LOT with fantasy pins that have been made by people with no idea how Pantone works.
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How does a Pantone book work?
 
SiuJerkJai said:
New WDI pins (photo by Daniel Saya on Facebook):

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These are already being sold on eBay from Hong Kong. That's a major bummer and probably means that I will have to trade for these in person since I can't just assume there are no scrappers of these pins out there... :banghead:
 
unibear said:
These are already being sold on eBay from Hong Kong. That's a major bummer and probably means that I will have to trade for these in person since I can't just assume there are no scrappers of these pins out there... :banghead:
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That is a shame, these are really nice pins.
 
Propita said:
How does a Pantone book work?
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When something is printed the colors are generally made of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black (CMYK). With offset printing the colors are laid down one at a time as dots. The dots are in different dot patterns so some parts overlap, some don't. When you layer the colored dots over other colored dots it appears as a different color. This is additive color. Add all 4 and you get a very rich black. Use less and you get white (or whatever color paper you're using). A computer screen uses Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) lights. Turning them all on at one time gives you white while turning them all off gives you black. This is subtractive color.

Both CMYK and RGB give you limited color ranges.

Pantone is a color formula guide that's used as a standard. It gives you colors that you can't produce with only CMYK. These formulas can be mixed by any printing company and used to reproduce an exact color that should match with anyone else who is using the book for reference. A lot of pantone colors don't look right on screen because RGB, CMYK and Pantone don't always play well together. Sometimes things like a blue will come out green.

Think of the Tiffany's blue. That's a pantone color. You can't exactly reproduce it with your home printer or a CMYK professional printing press. You need to use the exact formula to reproduce it.

Thing is you MUST used a PRINTED Pantone book. Using one that you print at home or one on screen - whether it's your computer or phone - will NOT give you accurate color matches.
Because Pantone is a formula of "mix this ink with this ink" you can use it for things like the color fills in pins as well.

[I'm writing this when I should be working - sooooo it might not make 100% sense?]
 
unibear said:
These are already being sold on eBay from Hong Kong. That's a major bummer and probably means that I will have to trade for these in person since I can't just assume there are no scrappers of these pins out there... :banghead:
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I hope no more of these pop up. I'm pretty sure this is the guy who steals from the pot right before they get shipped. He's had some really rare pins that he's only sold one of (Elsa DSSH surprise pin) that have no other signs of being scrapped.
 
chubs191 said:
I hope no more of these pop up. I'm pretty sure this is the guy who steals from the pot right before they get shipped. He's had some really rare pins that he's only sold one of (Elsa DSSH surprise pin) that have no other signs of being scrapped.
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Sorry to tell you, but the Elsa surprise pin HAS been faked. Multiple sales from other known counterfeit sellers.
 
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