I designed a new pin trading system that lets you carry, display, and protect your pins all without re-arranging them and moving them between boards
Hey everyone! I'm Mark, one of the two brothers behind Antsy Labs. You might know us as the guys who invented the original Fidget Cube. First off, thanks to Bryan and the mod team for letting me post here, and thanks to all of the folks on the forum who have already been so welcoming to me. As I mentioned in my intro post, I’ve been a long-time lurker so it’s good to finally have a login now! 😆
I wanted to introduce myself properly since I'm hoping to stick around and logged in! I'm a pin collector myself (my personal weakness in terms of growing my collection is Dr. Facilier) and my wife and children are as well. We’re from Colorado, so we don’t get to make it to the parks as often as we’d like, but each trip there is special.
For the last couple of years, my brother Matt (who’s also deep into the Disney pin illness! 🤣) and I have been designing something specifically for pin collectors.
It's called Collectorium, and it's built around the three things we actually do as collectors: trade, display, and protect. The part I'm proudest of is that your collection moves between all three without re-arranging everything. The same setup that hangs on your wall at home comes with you to the parks for trading.
You can check it out on Kickstarter here
Your pins stay visible instead of buried in a book in a closet. We think collections deserve to be seen, not hidden away.
Over the years, we’ve gotten tired of solutions that we felt didn’t truly take into account the full and complete picture of trading and collecting. Every detail came from real trading days, unpacking and packing pin folders for each trip, scratched enamel over time, and the desire to have our collections displayed at home so we can truly enjoy them.
As a small, two-person business, any amount of sharing the project with friends or family who might be interested means the world to us!
P.S., To celebrate, we're giving away a sealed 38-pin bundle worth around $400 (mystery packs and boxes, Hidden Mickey pouches, all authentic and unopened). Free to enter, and available to US and Canada: Win a $400 Disney Pin Bundle | Collectorium Giveaway
I wanted to introduce myself properly since I'm hoping to stick around and logged in! I'm a pin collector myself (my personal weakness in terms of growing my collection is Dr. Facilier) and my wife and children are as well. We’re from Colorado, so we don’t get to make it to the parks as often as we’d like, but each trip there is special.
For the last couple of years, my brother Matt (who’s also deep into the Disney pin illness! 🤣) and I have been designing something specifically for pin collectors.
It's called Collectorium, and it's built around the three things we actually do as collectors: trade, display, and protect. The part I'm proudest of is that your collection moves between all three without re-arranging everything. The same setup that hangs on your wall at home comes with you to the parks for trading.
You can check it out on Kickstarter here
Your pins stay visible instead of buried in a book in a closet. We think collections deserve to be seen, not hidden away.
Over the years, we’ve gotten tired of solutions that we felt didn’t truly take into account the full and complete picture of trading and collecting. Every detail came from real trading days, unpacking and packing pin folders for each trip, scratched enamel over time, and the desire to have our collections displayed at home so we can truly enjoy them.
As a small, two-person business, any amount of sharing the project with friends or family who might be interested means the world to us!
P.S., To celebrate, we're giving away a sealed 38-pin bundle worth around $400 (mystery packs and boxes, Hidden Mickey pouches, all authentic and unopened). Free to enter, and available to US and Canada: Win a $400 Disney Pin Bundle | Collectorium Giveaway