I don't mean to stomp down pinpics requests as I received over 20 this morning and many for hidden mickey's or $15 pins from the last 2 or 3 years. I did receive many decent ones also, some from of people I know from DPF or in person. I am not going to trade this pin for just any pin. Or 4 or 5 recent LE's on my wants. When a pin like this comes along you save it for a grail or you hide it in a closet for a year+ and see how high the T/W climbs. I feel this pin will just get harder and harder to acquire in the long term. Justifiably, the reason why all of you scrambling to get it should and are feeling a sense of urgency. There are so many Rapunzel collectors that once these pins go into collections you won't see many after. I know the argument is that all of these pins are in the collecting community, unlike few DSF grails that sat on shelves and went to tourists also. But this is a LE300 pin that I'm sure 100 of the people in line will be keeping one for themselves. I'm guessing there will be 50 very kind souls that will give/zap/trade-easy their extra away to a friend or reciprocal pin picker-upper at another park or Disney location. So that leaves around half for the trade/sale market. That isn't very many and long term those will slowly make their way into collections and only come out when someone is desperate for money. This pin will become a DS.com Up pin, or a DSF Pascal/Maximus, a HTF Marquee, or worthy of a few DA LE100's in the long run. So please don't be upset with all of us that have an extra when we turn your request down. My advice is grab one of the ones on eBay and in two years be so happy you paid a fraction today what it's worth then!
When a guaranteed grail pin comes up you don't just trade it away for anything. You have to be selective and you have to some extent, distance yourself from the sobbing, begging, and whining stories. This pin is hard to get, I waited from 1:30am to 11:30am to buy it, 2.5 hours in the cold rain I might add. So I worked for it, as did most that got it. Some may have come at 7am and got it but many worked hard, and not just to flip for cash but to have a good trader for our own grails. These are the kinds of pins that are often my only chance at grails of my own. Disney auction princesses and Tink's, DLRP PTN's, etc. Just my $.02.
