LE 100's - Acme vs. Disney Auctons (DA)

How do you value and Trade these LE 100's? Do you consider them equal on par with each other, or, do you value one over the other??

Mike S.
Figment919

I'm rather old school, but I value DA100 pins SOOO much more than the new ACME pins. The only reason the ACME pin sellers are asking so much $$ for them is because the ACME pins started out at (what I think are) outrageous prices.

Thankfully, I haven't liked any of the new ACME pins yet, but even if I do I think I'll pass on them. They're just too much $$ for what they actually are.

These are just my opinions, however...

^ This.

For me, nothing tops the quality of the DA pins. ACME pins are overpriced at their retail price. I wouldn't trade a good DA LE100 for an ACME pin even if the retail on an ACME pin is higher than the secondary value of the DA pin. The DA pins are older and have been mostly in collections for years. They are irreplaceable in terms of quantity and quality and desirability. The ACME pins have just been released, many people are unaware they even exist and I don't expect them to retain even their retail value over time. I don't care about fancy boxes that are their excuse to overcharge for the pin inside.

I agree with Unibear!

While the ACME pins are nice and big, they're also wayyyy jacked up, right off the bat. And I feel that a lot (not all, but a lot) of the old DA pins have more effort put into them. Plus, they also have the age factor. And, tbh, the ACME pins STILL have a slight fantasy pin feel to me. I just got my BB-8 box in the mail recently, and you could tell the overall constratuction was rushed for the event. The "print" was simply a piece of computer paper- not even card stock. Like, I know they're officially licensed, and there's some nice quality in the actual pins, but it's still not quite the feel that those super nice DA pins have about them.

All that said, I do like that at least the ACME pins are giving us very nice looking, BIG pins again!

In general, I would trade like I do anything else- weigh what I spent versus what they probably spent (and ACME certainly takes a chunk out of ALL of our pockets, whether we're the original buyer, or we're trading for it), combined with rarity, current market value, and how badly I want it.

I much prefer DA pins vs. ACME, and it's mostly because the ACME pins cost so much up front (as everyone has mentioned), that the only way to really get one is to either pay an arm an a leg or to trade a ridiculous amount of pins. And while the ACME pins are ~really~ nice, I do think the DA ones have more "character" in a sense. But I do really like that the ACME ones kind of bring a piece of art to life. /nod

~Merlin

Personally, I think the DA pins are much better quality.

I've not actually seen a ACME pin in person , some of the art looks nice though . DA Pins that I've seen were all pretty good , even some of the higher LE ones . I doubt trading either will ever be something I have to think about though :lol:

when did Disney Auctions stop producing pins? (what year)

I THINK DA stopped around end of 2008.

The ACME pins cost a lot of money because they're supposed to be like a lithograph, serigraph, or canvas copy of the original work. They're supposed to be copies of works of art. I don't know a single Disney piece of art where the copy of it doesn't cost $50+. Originally, the pin community wasn't supposed to be their audience, but there was interest. Thus it came to other parts of the world. When it comes to ACME, the original paintings are done by Disney Artists and interpreted onto pin.

DA pins were pieces of mostly original content; where the artists had the ability to interpret their favorite character, scene, crossover, ect. I don't think many pin artists made actual art to correspond to their pin. The exception being Elizabete Gomes.

To me owning a DA pin is like owning an original work of art vs. ACME where you own a copy of the art. Both are valid for collecting, but as many others have pointed out, they start out at different price points. Some ACME pins are only going for cost at this point. They, like the DA pins, need to age to inflate in price; however, because the retail is so high, it may take longer to inflate. On another note I've been noticing a lot of pins going down in price lately, maybe because all the high quality pins coming out from WDI and ACME.

The only ACME pin I want so far is the Eric Tan Little Mermaid one.

As a late comer to the "Pin Party", I must say that I much prefer the DA pins for several reasons. I think they are more readily attainable and for me, I like the whimsy and freedom to create fun scenes that the DA pins represent to me. The ACME pins that I have seen seem to be single character with little "creativity" in the scene presented. One of my Grail Pins is the DA pin where Owl is counseling Eeyore. I have not yet seen anything representing a "story" in a single image from ACME ...

Agree with chubs' assessment.