QUESTION Are these real, fake, or scrappy? Please help!
I went ahead and merged the threads. You don't need to post a new thread for each photo. Just a new post in one thread will do.
I have a 'gained early' yellow fruit Mickey Icon Hidden Mickey pin, but it is in a shadow box, so unwilling to pull it out (ie, it is not the one pictured below). I was able to locate a fake yellow fruit (and it IS pictured below). I also located the red icon fruit from the same 2017 set and this one has been in my traders for many years.
So... Red fruit I am pretty sure is legit (as much as we can know for any pin from a cast lanyard.) Yellow fruit is likely fake.
Perhaps difficult to tell, but the real pin back side is 'less rough' looking especially for the PT logo and boxes with words. There is a border on the yellow icon back side waffle pattern. The post base is also a difference between the pins.
Best advice I have... learn about fakes and scrap, if this is of interest for future trading, but ultimately in the here and now... enjoy the new pins!
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The pin databases are all crowd sourced (pinpics, pinandpop, pintradingdb, collectiblepintrader, disneypinventory, mypincentral.)I have spent tons of hours reading up on them but it’s been difficult trying lo locate pics of authentic pins with the back. Pinpics only had a few.
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Photo 1
Pinocchio - His nose isn't supposed to be yellow. Look at the difference in font between that pin and the Dumbo one next to it? See how clear the Dumbo one is, and smushed the Pinocchio one is? Verdict - Fake
Dumbo - I think this one is real. I have this pin, and everything matches it up, including the alignment of the Mickey waffle.
Pear - Look at the box that says Hidden Mickey pin, it is also supposed to look more like the one on the Dumbo pin. The Mickey Waffle isn't the right configuration. On the front it looks like it may be a little dippy and the silver Mickey not quite right, but it's a little unclear. Verdict - Fake
Acorn - Look at the spikes on the starburst logo. Less than 90°. The Mickey Icon on the front looks blobby, but again a little unclear. Verdict - Fake
Photo 2
Sebastian Cancer - There are supposed to be nubs on both sides of the post. Verdict - Fake
Koda Alphabet - Ditto, missing nubs. Coloring is very wrong. Less than 90°. Verdict - Fake
Grapes Chaser - This one is hard to tell. I am leaning toward fake because there are inconsistencies in the spacing of the Mickey waffle pattern and I think the text is supposed to look clearer, like the Dumbo from Photo 1.
Hop Lo Mushroom - I am really not sure about this one.
Pink Lanyard - The front looks looks pretty underfilled, and dippy. The starburst spikes are less than 90°. Verdict - Fake
The other photos get into pins, I either don't own or are less familiar with.
Photo 3
Cupcakes - These look pretty good to me
Puffle - There were a lot of fake Puffles, the ridge around the edge is not a good sign
Chip Tsum Tsum - It looks like the enamel is underfilled, and it has that shiny gleen a lot of fakes have
Photo 4
Up - I think I own this pin, but not sure where it is to check
Toy Story Land Alien - This is a pin from Shanghai Disneyland. If it were authentic, it would have more value as a person-to-person trade than to put on a CM lanyard. And while it is sometimes possible to find a Japanese guest putting cheap Tokyo pins on lanyards, it is a unicorn to find someone putting real Shanghai pins on a lanyard
Nemo & Pooh Cutie - I'm not sure about these, and would want to see and feel them. These are from booster packs that could have been put on lanyards, but there are fakes of these out there too.
... inspired me to add the picture of the red apple icon hidden mickey pin to Pintradingdb.com. So one more back side picture is available for interested parties.
I'm sorry you don't want to collect pins, but I totally understand.I have spent tons of hours reading up on them but it’s been difficult trying lo locate pics of authentic pins with the back. Pinpics only had a few.
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I'm sorry you don't want to collect pins, but I totally understand.
There was a time when PinPics would not publish the back so as not to encourage counterfeiting.
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