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2019 pin releases

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2019 pin releases
MerlinEmrys said:
Here we go! :D notice the dates at the top of the flyer. ;P the pin team said we are moving to QUARTERLY HM drops!

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So many thoughts here, such as:

1. Yeah, they mentioned moving to quarterly at the big event last August. Glad to see they're following through on it. Of course, it's March 1 and the "Q1" stuff is just now starting to show up so....
2. If they are going to have this many every quarter, I will need to start focusing up and not go for every HM set. Or I guess I could keep going for every set and just have a lot of partials.
3. Might be time to move near a park.
4. Love the Monsters U ones. Those are top of my list for this round.
5. Love the Disney Villains. Those are top of my list for this round.
6. REALLY love the Stylized Attractions. Those are (definitely?) top of my list for this round.
7. The Disney Duos are great. A little more cutie stylized than I would like but so glad they included Flotsam/Jetsam and Pain/Panic.
8. Are Abu and Iago a duo? I guess Iago hangs out with the good guys in the tv series, but still.
9. Is there a new rule that any Cruella has to be the totally psychotic Cruella?
9. Those Stylized Attractions are really, really, nice.
 
I am concerned about quarterly HM releases.

A. I am already still missing a bunch of 2018 Wave A pins, and half of Wave B
B. My Dad is less interested in going to WDW these days (he's how I got most of my sets)
C. I'm less interested in going to WDW these days. This trip, the only resorts I made it to were Port Orleans (both), Polynesian and Contemporary. I always go to the values for pin trading, and the monorail loop twice, but it is just so frustrating now (everything simply takes too much time because of inadequate staffing, from parking to transportation, to security)
C. Outlets have had fewer cheaper booster packs, so my trading stash is getting a bit thin. This time all they had were marathon pins and some Star Wars stuff, no boosters. And because of B, he doesn't check as often.
 
Ajk said:
So many thoughts here, such as:

1. Yeah, they mentioned moving to quarterly at the big event last August. Glad to see they're following through on it. Of course, it's March 1 and the "Q1" stuff is just now starting to show up so....
2. If they are going to have this many every quarter, I will need to start focusing up and not go for every HM set. Or I guess I could keep going for every set and just have a lot of partials.
3. Might be time to move near a park.
4. Love the Monsters U ones. Those are top of my list for this round.
5. Love the Disney Villains. Those are top of my list for this round.
6. REALLY love the Stylized Attractions. Those are (definitely?) top of my list for this round.
7. The Disney Duos are great. A little more cutie stylized than I would like but so glad they included Flotsam/Jetsam and Pain/Panic.
8. Are Abu and Iago a duo? I guess Iago hangs out with the good guys in the tv series, but still.
9. Is there a new rule that any Cruella has to be the totally psychotic Cruella?
9. Those Stylized Attractions are really, really, nice.
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Jeez, what do you have against the Stylized Attractions?! :P
 
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My favorite thing to hunt and collect are the HM sets but I won’t be able to keep up with quarterly releases either. Haunted JR is kind of over going to Disney....which leads me to a funny story. I went to WDW solo in December and encountered a cast member who had 4 of the new HM (including Jasmine completer and QoH Card) so I had to phone a stranger to help me trade 2 pins. I recruited a nice man named Frank who stood in for my daughter. It was sort of a low point in my pin trading escapades....but I haven’t looked back. Lol

I think the duos are adorable! Like @Ajk mentions, imagine I will have partial sets too.


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Haunted575 said:
Haunted JR is kind of over going to Disney
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This is the one thing that my wife and I dread that our daughter will one day be over Disney. That's why we try to go as often as we can because of this inevitability. I hope one day Haunted JR welcomes back in the House of Mouse and soon!
 
Eeee, squdgy Timon! Gosh, I love that sassy chonkmonster. I'll probably grab and hoard every one of those I come across. Best HM I've seen in a long time! I'm happy it's a DLR one!


MerlinEmrys said:
Yes, he specifically taunted me with it. (He knows I collect Merlin, so he enjoyed watching me freak out, hahah!)

According to him, it will be a super jumbo, multiple layers, and the sword will pull out and

Wait for it

Have. The. Engraving.


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THOSE ABSOLUTE JERKFACES!!!! I'm afraid to see what it looks like but I know I'll probably want it regardless.


TiggerSue said:
Ooohhhh Nooooooo!! You're right - I'll need 3 Tiggers from DLR!! WHO will want to trade for WDW ones??
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I'll keep an eye out for you when I go. Hopefully there will be some lanyards out at the Thursday night event!
 
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Haunted575 said:
My favorite thing to hunt and collect are the HM sets but I won’t be able to keep up with quarterly releases either. Haunted JR is kind of over going to Disney....which leads me to a funny story. I went to WDW solo in December and encountered a cast member who had 4 of the new HM (including Jasmine completer and QoH Card) so I had to phone a stranger to help me trade 2 pins. I recruited a nice man named Frank who stood in for my daughter. It was sort of a low point in my pin trading escapades....but I haven’t looked back. Lol

I think the duos are adorable! Like @Ajk mentions, imagine I will have partial sets too.


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Spr175psu said:
This is the one thing that my wife and I dread that our daughter will one day be over Disney. That's why we try to go as often as we can because of this inevitability. I hope one day Haunted JR welcomes back in the House of Mouse and soon!
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DUDE. Is Haunted JR a tween or a teen now? It's a phase. Disney is too babyish for a certain age range (except the kids who just don't give a fluff what anyone else thinks, or the very gentle-spirited kids who like their comfort zone and ain't leaving it) and then they turn into adults and if you've raised them right, they crave magic again and it's all fine. College kids are into Disney. It's acceptable again. You've just got to weather those awkward transitional years ... when pretty much everything is lame, as far as they're concerned. :p
 
timeerkat said:
Eeee, squdgy Timon! Gosh, I love that sassy chonkmonster. I'll probably grab and hoard every one of those I come across. Best HM I've seen in a long time! I'm happy it's a DLR one!

I'll keep an eye out for you when I go. Hopefully there will be some lanyards out at the Thursday night event!
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@timeerkat
I was happy for U that Timon/Pumbaa and Zazu/Simba are both DLR :)

THANKS for thinking of me!! I'll be "hunting" for Timon and any others U want from WDW :) :tigger:
 
MerlinEmrys said:
Also, I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet. The Sleeping Beauty Dancing Aurora pin is a... Spinner? Sort of? There is an internal disc which you spin around the pin that chances the color of the dress:

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Now I really need it...

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Haunted575 said:
Been a teen a couple of years. I just need the Jonas Brothers or the cast of Riverdale to make a scheduled appearance and she’d go back willingly.


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MerlinEmrys said:
That is the most "Mother of a Teenager" statement I've ever read...

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Not bad. But I once heard the mother of a teenager say, "Now I understand why some animals eat their young!" Haha.

Good luck, Carlotta!!!! :D
 
Haunted575 said:
Been a teen a couple of years. I just need the Jonas Brothers or the cast of Riverdale to make a scheduled appearance and she’d go back willingly.


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I’m pretty sure my wife and I would be on the first flight down if the cast of riverdale were there. Sorry, thats one of our top shows right now. Waiting for game of thrones to return has been hard on our family.
 
Haunted575 said:
My favorite thing to hunt and collect are the HM sets but I won’t be able to keep up with quarterly releases either. Haunted JR is kind of over going to Disney....which leads me to a funny story. I went to WDW solo in December and encountered a cast member who had 4 of the new HM (including Jasmine completer and QoH Card) so I had to phone a stranger to help me trade 2 pins. I recruited a nice man named Frank who stood in for my daughter. It was sort of a low point in my pin trading escapades....but I haven’t looked back. Lol

I think the duos are adorable! Like @Ajk mentions, imagine I will have partial sets too.


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Wow, I don’t want any of the DLR ones, but I need those villain heads! And those IASW are cute.

I have a few times recruited a stranger because I wanted more than 2. Definitely awkward and feel guilty/greedy but when you see that 3rd or 4th pin you need......

I’ve found the Baymax chaser so far.
 
Haunted575 said:
My favorite thing to hunt and collect are the HM sets but I won’t be able to keep up with quarterly releases either. Haunted JR is kind of over going to Disney....which leads me to a funny story. I went to WDW solo in December and encountered a cast member who had 4 of the new HM (including Jasmine completer and QoH Card) so I had to phone a stranger to help me trade 2 pins. I recruited a nice man named Frank who stood in for my daughter. It was sort of a low point in my pin trading escapades....but I haven’t looked back. Lol

I think the duos are adorable! Like @Ajk mentions, imagine I will have partial sets too.


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Hahaha... that is hysterical. My daughter gave up on me years ago. I did recruit my 76 year old mom this week when I also found 4 HMs on a cast members lanyard. I think the cast member saw right through my charade. I had to point out the Donald Duck pin my mom 'wanted' (the cast member said there was no Donald on the lanyard... it was the shared set HM ice cream Donald.)
 
cyke23 said:
Wow, I don’t want any of the DLR ones, but I need those villain heads! And those IASW are cute.

I have a few times recruited a stranger because I wanted more than 2. Definitely awkward and feel guilty/greedy but when you see that 3rd or 4th pin you need......

I’ve found the Baymax chaser so far.
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I think if DLR was not so stingy with the HM releases... It would make us all less greedy. You can go days without finding a single non scrapper.
 
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