Newbies: How did you get hooked on pins?
DaddyDaughterPins
New DPF Member
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I must admit, the first time we took our kids to Disneyland (2007) I saw people with lanyards full of pins and thought "what a waste of money... what are they going to do with all those pins when they get home?" I had no idea about trading with cast members and other. I just assumed people bought pins and wore them like badges. Fast forward 5 years... a friend of ours told us about trading before we went to DLR and DCA in October. We bought some pins before our trip and started trading with cast members when we arrived. It was a fun way to spice up the walks between rides and waits in line. No matter where we were or what we were doing in the park, we would always have an eye out for a pin to trade.
When we came home, I knew I wanted to continue trading and stumbled across pinpics and dpf. I've had great success trading with people on pinpics and I'm now finding many of them here on DPF (tiggermickey, docfish2u, among others). I have to admit I'm somewhat of a closet trader. My daughter and I enjoy our pins and trading, but it's not a hobby that most my friends or family understand - which is fine by me! We are having fun and that's all that counts.
Looking back, I wished I had gotten into pins in our first trip!
What is your story?
When we came home, I knew I wanted to continue trading and stumbled across pinpics and dpf. I've had great success trading with people on pinpics and I'm now finding many of them here on DPF (tiggermickey, docfish2u, among others). I have to admit I'm somewhat of a closet trader. My daughter and I enjoy our pins and trading, but it's not a hobby that most my friends or family understand - which is fine by me! We are having fun and that's all that counts.
Looking back, I wished I had gotten into pins in our first trip!
What is your story?