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Mail Days Megathread 📬

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momin.ator said:
I'm sure you are planning to keep him, but if you are interested in trading your Goofy Mardi Gras hidden mickey, I would be interested.



I think you did really well at WDW. Your pins are all pins I would have pulled.
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I will probably keep it, because I have a soft spot for the Port Orleans resorts and like the reminder, but if I decide not to you'll be the first to know!

Also, my bad on the wording, this was at Disneyland. I feel very happy and lucky with the pins. I so rarely get to trade at Disney World because there's nothing even real on the board and half the time I trade for things I don't really want because it's the only real pin and I'm sad I can't find anything else lol (I make sure to replace it with an also authentic one). So it's been so so thrilling to find pins that are not only good but pins I've been hunting for. Ugh. Disneyland is just better in every single way. Anyone wanna swap parks haha?
 
A super HUGE thank you to @DisneyJ for reaching out to me that he had extra D23 Windows and then being so generous with his trade offer It’s trades like these that reinvigorate my love for this hobby and make it all worthwhile!!! Thanks again Jason, you rock!

Here is the loot and the top two windows I wanted from the set to boot! The best way to kick off my October really!




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Ooooh!!! Beautiful pins, Mike!!!


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It was nice seeing @maiarebecca at the central jersey trading event yesterday. Even nicer to make some trades with all the great attendees. Super happy to get the last dssh villain card I needed. And I’m down to only one or two (depending on a pending trade) PODMs needed. Guess I’ll need to figure out how to update my signature.





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Which PODMs do you need?


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Those two are really pretty. I can't wait to see them all together.
 
Today I opened an 8 pin trade from a PinPics user in California! They're nothing spectacular, but it's awfully fun to mark so many pins off my wants list. And most of the pins that I traded away had been languishing in my binder for almost a year, so using those was a win, too. Sorry that the picture is a little wonky, I let the 12 year old arrange the pins and take the photo. She was so proud of herself.


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Those pins are pretty rare to find real anymore, so I'd say they're pretty spectacular! It's like seeing a leucistic animal these days.
 
The great-nephew’s first Disneyland trip, DSSH and Destination D23 pin event buys, multiple Hot Topic and BoxLunch trips, FB trades/buys, and PALM orders made for a good September pin haul.

My favorites are the Maleficent Halloween pins, comic book cover parodies, WDW 50th Mickey name tag, and Kristoff character connection.






 

That's a great trade! It's always fun to do multi-trades like that, and you got some cute ones. And your daughter did a good job with the picture! Pins are hard to photograph.
 

Nice haul!


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I got back from Disneyland Paris and central Paris and had the best time!

I was lucky to be there for the Maleficent release. Last time I was at DLP, Phantom Manor was closed for refurbishment, so I was very happy it was open this time. I made sure to ride it twice, and I love it. I also reconfirmed that I think DLP’s BTMR and Space Mountain are better than the US versions, and I very much love the US ones. Walt Disney Studios’ Marvel drone show was fun to watch. I was ready this time for Pueblo Trading Post and brought limited edition pins to trade since its board has specific trading rules. The 2nd pic has my trades from the Pueblo board.


 
Sounds like a great trip!
 
I love the 'Le Jardin' series. I chased them all, but how much fun to trade for that pin from their board. I look forward to going someday.
 
So, one of my best friend's coworkers knew we traded pins, and he gave her a bag of pins he had collected over the years, as he doesn't trade or collect anymore. Which is already pretty cool, right? Free pins are always cool.

Upon sorting through the bag, we find a large handful of authentic 2015 hidden mickeys, which is also really cool, as it was a great year for hidden mickeys!



Here's the most interesting part though. He apparently used to be a merchandise coordinator for Disney, so he ended up with a lot of pins, and a lot of brand new ones right when they came out.



As it turns out, every single one of the above pins is an Artist Proof. I was looking at the backs closely to verify which ones were authentic when I realized two of the ones I'd looked at had APs. And then I started pulling more out that were APs. And then I realized they were all 2015 hidden mickeys. Even more interesting is that one of the Maleficent proofs has a pretty obvious error on it. Lol. Safe to say that one did not get approved for final production.

I was suspicious of the pins but I combed pinpics and eBay and none of these series seem to have known Artist Proof pins. He's also apparently had them sitting in this bag for years. My conclusion is that they're all legit and that's kind of wild.
 
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