Series discussion #1: Windows to the Magic
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The moment I saw the Peter Pan one about one month before release being sold from Hong Kong w/o a card, I divorced this series.
I still see the same seller selling AP version of Peter Pan every now and then. I also saw many Dalmatians before release from the same Hong Kong seller. For me, the credibility of this series is questionable at best. Too bad, because it is a neat idea.
The moment I saw the Peter Pan one about one month before release being sold from Hong Kong w/o a card, I divorced this series.
I still see the same seller selling AP version of Peter Pan every now and then. I also saw many Dalmatians before release from the same Hong Kong seller. For me, the credibility of this series is questionable at best. Too bad, because it is a neat idea.
So, Here is the thing... Those Peterpan A.P. pins they were selling. Are exceptional. The one I got was not remotly a counterfeit or a scrapped pin. I am keeping it. it is perfect. Clean, no underfill, correct backstamping. They are identical except for the AP stamp.
You're assuming a scrapped pin has something wrong with it. I don't know how many pins get made in the process of creating a run of 1000 pins. Maybe it's 1200, maybe it's more, maybe it's less. But it is going to be some number above 1000, to account for calibrating the production line. Some early on may be damaged or not as clean cuts or whatever. But the 1021st pin off the line that doesn't need to go to Disney because they already reached 1000 acceptable pins, or the -1 pin (the one right they decide the line is correctly making pins), will probably look just as good as pin 542. But pin 1021 or pin -1 are not authorized for sale. They taint the entire production because now instead of the 1000 pins Disney gets, plus the 10 APs or whatever number Disney takes possession of, are now not all the pins that are in the marketplace. The factory was not authorized to sell it, and if that no longer matters and it's now considered an "authentic" pin...blood boiling.
There are 3 sellers I am aware of. One of them stopped selling lately. One of them is the no1 person from China ... another hint .. LOL ... and the other one is the icy guy from Hong Kong. The no1 guy was selling Dalmatians way before they came out.
I got my AP from the "Hot" guy... not the icey guy. lol however, the ID's are veeeeeery similar, with multiple A's in them. and is the icey guy the one who stopped selling recently? hmmmmmm
Sorry to be picky here ... Even though the pin pics number is higher, the Dumbo was actually released in March and the 101 Dalmations was in in April
Pin 95374: DLR - Window to the Magic - Dumbo
Class: Disney Pins Origin: Disneyland/DCA USA Type: Public Limited Edition: 1000 Pins SKU Number: 400007216563 Original Price: $13.95 Released: March 28, 2013
Pin 94850: DLR - Window to the Magic - 101 Dalmatians
Class: Disney Pins Origin: Disneyland/DCA USA Type: Public Limited Edition: 1000 Pins SKU Number: 400007216693 Original Price: $14.95 Released: April 25, 2013
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