DSSH/DSF Star Wars Pin Event - 12-13-15

[timeerkat]

 

[this_and_that]

Info on the venue http://www.evenues.com/meeting-space/ray-dolby-ballroom-Hollywood/6570 suggests that the 700-max attendees should have more room to move around than the 300-max attendees had at the two prior events held at the Roosevelt Hotel.

 

[markheardjr]

I pretty much like all the pins but at $22.95 they better all be mini jumbo's or all jumbo's. Other wise it is shameful price gouging considering the $300 price tag just to get to buy them. Red somewhere it's over $730 for the event and all pins. For a collector, not a flipper, that's a lot of dough.

 

[Romancing_Train]

I'll gladly go if anyone wants to sponsor me! I went for the Cinderella event too!

 

[timeerkat]

Someone on Facebook did the math, and entry fees and pin fees total more than $300,000. Even after all of their expenses they will be making quite a bit of profit off of this event.

For that kind of price tag, and with forcing people to by the entire set (thereby eliminating the possibility of extras left over for exchanges), they will have Hell rained down on them if the pins aren't top quality. People are not going to be happy paying out the nose and settling for bad quality pins if they have the same QC problems that they've had over the past year.

After I read through everything, I am sure glad I'm not a Star Wars collector.

 

[starry_solo]

I added it all up (forgot whether tax at DSSH is 9 or 10%) but dang, it was pricey - $754+ if you were lucky to get the LE150 pin (so not even every person who gets the $295 package will get that pin) AND pretty much if everyone who buys the $295 package buys one of each pin, there are no pins left for the other 200 people who buy the $75 package.

 

[bookhugger]

Wow that is an expensive event!