From Snip's Mail Bag

Snip:

I'm flying in from Ohio for labor day weekend (getting in late 8/30 and leaving at noon 9/2), and was wanting to know the best stops for pin trading and or any new release LE that might be popping up that weekend.

I forgot to tell you that we were going to WDW that would probably make a big difference :).

Thanks for the info. TTFN=====Jason

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Jason,

I have some bad news....... Seems they no longer allow anyone but that little pixie to "FLY" in the park. I am thinking you would do better to fly into the airport and then drive to the park.

Oh and while you are at the airport you should check out the Disney Store there! You never know what you might find. I hear stories about pins on cast lanyards and some other goodies.

While you are in the park there is the Friday nights at the Contemporary, Saturday at the Polly and Sunday at Boardwalk. And....Mickey's Trading Nights are also beginning Thursdays at All Star Sports!!! Also don't forget to check out the new Pin Traders store at Downtown Disney!

As far as new releases ....you just might find a Labor day pin in your travels and if you keep your eyes open, there are other LE pins that may still be hanging around too.

Hope you have a great time and hopefully we will run into each other to trade!

Happy Trading!
Snip

E-mail Snip with your questions!!!

Upcoming Pin Releases at
The Disneyland Resort

Walt 100th - DL Sketches
LE 5000 ~ Retail $8.50

All DLR Pin Locations

Lion King Core Pins
Open Edition ~ Retail $6.50 each

All DLR Pin Locations

Simba

Nala

Timon

Pumbaa

Zazu

Rafiki

Pooh Core Pins

Open Edition ~ Retail $6.50 each
All DLR Pin Locations

Pooh

Tigger

Rabbit

Piglet

Eeyore

Max with Kite

Open Edition
Retail $10.50

DCA, DTD, and Premier Shop

Alice in Wonderland
Attraction Pin

Open Edition
Retail $8.50

DL and DTD pin locations

Mad Tea Party Attraction

Open Edition
Retail $8.50

DL and DTD pin locations

Matterhorn Attraction

Open Edition
Retail $6.50

DL and DTD pin locations

On August 29, 2002, Walt Disney World will be hosting its latest
Cast Pin Party at the Odyssey Restaurant in Epcot, from 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., where there will be the premiere of TWO of the latest pins in the Cast ID series!

Figment LE 3500	Captain Mickey LE 3500 2500 available at WDW and 500 each on Disney Magic and Disney Wonder.
There will be a limit of 2 each per CM and each pin will retail for $5.00.

Remaining quantities of the Cast ID pins, "Pluto" and "Goofy" will be available, while supplies last.

And....
See the latest in Disney Pins from Walt Disney World and Disneyland.
Pin Traders Lounge - come and trade with fellow cast members to find that one pin you are missing!
Everyone receives a Free Pin just for attending - but not just any pin! All attendees will receive the first ever Cast Exclusive Build-A-Pin Base, celebrating the opening of Disney's Pin Traders!

Over 100 discounted pins, all at 75% off original retail, with many newly retired styles just for this event.

So, mark the date - Thursday, August 29th at Epcot*!

Valid WDW ID Required for Admission and Purchases.
Subject to change.

And the crowd goes wild….for Mickey’s Pin Trading Nightsat
Disney’s All-star Sports Resort!
Join the team on Thursdays from 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.!
Be there for the kick-off on Thursday, August 22nd.

The newest "Wanna Trade" series pin will be added to the lineup, featuring Huey, Dewey, and Louie!

LE 2500 ~ Retail $8.50

Rookies age 6-14 can play in the Kids Zone!

Plenty of trading, lots of fun!

Mickey's Pin Trading Nights take place Fridays at Disney's Contemporary Resort, Sundays at Disney's Boardwalk Resort, and now Thursdays at Disney's All-star Sports Resort.

Available in September, exact release date unknown, look for an exclusive Annual Passholder two-piece pin set featuring “Sword & the Stone.” Limited to an edition size of 2,500 the two-piece pin set will be offered for $22.50 in The Premiere Shop, Disneyland® Park.
Limit two (2) sets per Annual Passholder. Passholders must show a valid
annual passport for purchase.

From Snip's Mail Bag

Snip,

Is your purpose to help pin collectors or just insult us??? I don't get your reason for poking fun at questions asked of you.

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Well,

Pin Trading and Collecting is a fun hobby. More and more often I see people getting very angry and upset with their hobby. This concerns me. I always try and add a bit of fun into my response and it is never "POKED" at anyone in particular.

I spend a good deal of time sneaking around to find information at the parks. Now I have some SPIES to help me out too. I always try and give as much information as I can for each question.

Actually when you think about it......Pin Collecting is a silly hobby. Hmm it's 90 degrees.....what can I do to make my visit more enjoyable? Oh I know! I will put a strap around my neck with 10 pounds of metal pin on it! Oh yea! I can carry a backpack or bag with another 20 pounds of metal in it. That will make the day walking around the park so much more fun!

See how silly that sounds? Well I am right there with all of you! Silly or not, I enjoy it and hope that we all can have a more "lighthearted" view of our crazy hobby !

Happy Trading !
Snip

E-mail Snip with your questions!!!

Call 407-W/DISNEY to order your tickets for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party* before they are all gone!!!

And we have surprises for you that are gonna knock
your pin backs off!!!

*Tickets to MVMCP are not included in the Dizpins Family Reunion Package. E-mail Janis with any questions about the Dizpins Family Reunion Package!!!

A Surprise Goofy Pin was released today at the 5 & 10 at the
Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World. This is the next in the series of Surprise "cement and rubber" Pins. He is an LE of 1000 and retails for $12.50.

It was also reported that a few boxes of the "sold out" Donald Surprise pin released earlier this week were discovered and placed on the racks for sale today.

These pins are now being affectionately called the "Rubber Cement" Pins by many collectors to differentiate them from the previous "Footprint" pins released at DCA.

From Snip's Mail Bag

Hi Snip,

On DizPins I read that if you pre-ordered Monsters, Inc. you would receive a pin. No one at the Orlando store ever heard this. Has someone changed their minds and didn't tell us?

Kathleen

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Kathleen,

Nope, no one has changed the rules. The pre-order to get the pin (and plush too) is an exclusive to the Disney Catalog. There is also a Beauty and The Beast Pin with the DVD.

On your next trip to the Disney Store you can grab a catalog off the counter and tell them about it so they can relay it to all the guests. I bet they have lots of stuff going on and just did not realize there was a different offer in the catalog.

You might keep one of those catalogs for yourself. Seems there are some great pins coming out through the Disney Catalog lately ! Defiantly worth keeping an eye on! Who knows, maybe they will start to randomly insert "vouchers" in some of the catalogs to purchase "mystery" pins!

Happy Trading !
Snip

Dear Snip, Last week someone at DLR called me a "PinShark". Since then I have spent hours naked in front of the mirror looking for gills and fins. I just don't see it. Could they have been deferring to something other then my physical appearance? Snip, what is a Pin Shark? Does one have to be bitten by another Pin Shark to become one? Can they be killed by silver bullets? Please help, Sharky McPintrader Dear Sharky, Perhaps you heard them wrong ? I believe they may have been calling you a "pin lark". You know that little humming you make when you find a good pin. The term Pin Shark is an urban myth. What is an urban myth ? Well simple.... it is something that people talk about but does not really exist like the Yetti, Abominable Snowman and The Official Disney Pin Trading site. I would not worry about it too much. Oh and next time you need to spend hours in front a a mirror.......please make sure you do it at home and not in the park! Happy Trading, Snip

E-mail Snip with your questions!!!

Tinker Bell Boxed Pin Set
LE 3000 ~ Retail $36.00

Sleeping Beauty Boxed Pin Set
LE 1500 ~ Retail $36.00

Pooh Boxed Pin Set
LE 1500 ~ Retail $36.00

Here is a picture of the LE 1500 Flight to the Moon Anniversary Pin released yesterday at the DLR.

Flight to the Moon Anniversary
LE 1500 ~ Retail $ 8.50

Thanks to Jim L and Armando for the scan!!

LE 3500 ~ Retail: $12.50

Release locations - World of Disney (Downtown Disney), Island Mercantile (Disney's Animal Kingdom), Sorcerer's Hat (Disney-MGM Studios), Pin Central (Epcot), Exposition Hall (Magic Kingdom), Disney's Contemporary Resort, Disney's Boardwalk Resort, and Disney's All-Star Music Resort.

Subject to change without notice.

This is the completor base pin you will receive after you Conquer the World!!!

We have also noted the locations where all of the pins will be available, including the open edition pins, the Passholder Exclusive Pin, as well as the Cast Member Pin.

Click Here

For all of the info, including pin
release locations.

Note: That for pin locations at the 4 parks, the open edition pins will be available at a location within each park and also outside the entrance gates.

We have updated the DLRP Mail Order Page with the July and August Pin Releases, SKU numbers and prices. Click on the new DLRP pin trading logo to be taken to the DLRP Mail Order page!!

Regarding the pin releases for the Peter Pan Pin Event ~ Return to Neverland, the above Pooh and Piglet Return to School pins will be sold as a 3 Pin Set and retail for 12.00 €.

From Snip's Mail Bag

Hello All,

I get most of my pins from e-bay. If my husband only knew how much I am worth in Disney pins!!! How else can I get them? Can I call somewhere. I'm running out of money.

Thanks
Secret Disney Pin Lover

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Secret,

Well you have the right idea! Don't forget to check the Dizpins boards to trade pins and there is a sale board that you can find some bargains too. Now don't expect to be able to purchase a mystery pin at cost, but I think you can get a better deal than the auction sites.

Another thought is to tell your Husband that you have to visit a sick aunt in Orlando. Sneak to the park and load up on pins! You can also order LE pins direct from Disneyland and soon Walt Disney World right from your home! You do have to wait 30 days after the LE pin is released, and open edition pins can be ordered right away from WDW, and this is another opportunity to get some pins at a more reasonable price.

Finally my last bit of advise is to give your husband a few pins, preferably part of an incomplete set. Tell him that he will NEVER be able to complete the set. Then sit back and watch the Disney Magic take over! I expect you both to be making monthly trips to the parks shortly after he gets his "gift"!!

Happy Trading !
Snip

E-mail Snip with your questions!!!

Two new Cast Member Pin have been released for the
Cast Preview of Flik's Fun Fair at California Adventure.

Backstamped:
Cast Exclusive
Limited Edition 3000.
"Inspired By DISNEY/PIXAR /A Bug's Life"

From Snip's Mail Bag & Secret Spy Network

Disneyland Spy Field Report...

Monday August 12th
	Flight to the Moon Anniversary LE 1500 ~ Retail $ 8.50 Premier Shop only release Thanks to Jim L and Armando for the scan!!
	Memorable Scenes 'Let Me Out' LE 3500 (Haunted Mansion #2 of 4) Retail $ 12.50 All DLR pin locations The coffin comes complete with two huge floral candles on top. As in the first of the Memorable Scenes, "Madame Leota", the Doom Buggy slides back and forth, but has a different ghost in it. Those two ghosts on the roof just below the bats are from the "stretching pictures" when you first enter the Haunted Mansion. This pin aslo glows when you are in the Haunted Mansion under the black lights. You can actually see the two arms lifting up the coffin lid when you are on the ride!

Tuesday August 13th

Bambi 60th Anniversary LE 2000 ~ Retail $ 8.50

Pooh and Friends Boxed set
Sleeping Beauty Boxed set
Tinker Bell Boxed Set
Retail $36.00 each, Global Releases
Premier Shop, Greetings, Emporium, WoD ONLY

Saturday August 17th

Walt's 100th #5 of 6
LE 3500 ~ Retail $ 8.50
All DLR pin locations

Lion King Core pins (6 styles)
Retail $ 6.50
All DLR pin locations

Sunday August 18th

Pooh Core pins $6.50
All DLR pin locations

# 81 - #85 100 Mickeys

Saturday August 24th

Ernest S. Marsh Limited-Edition Pin Series, Goofy on Tender

A Surprise Pin was released today at the pin cart at Hollywood and Vine at the Disney-MGM Studios at WDW. Donald joins Daisy and he is a LE of 1000 and retailed for $12.50. Donald's legs are Free-D. We have heard that there will be more surprise pins released in this series....but it will be a "surprise" as to when and where.

Peter Pan Pin Event "Return To Neverland" on 15th August 2002 in Fantasyland in the Disneyland Park
and
Back to School with Pooh and Friends!!
Click here for all the information!!

Open Edition Pins
Retail 600 ¥ each.

Pin Releases at the Disneyland Resort for Tomorrow
Monday August 12, 2002

Flight to the Moon Anniversary
LE 1500 ~ Retail $ 8.50
Premier Shop only release

Memorable Scenes 'Let Me Out' (Haunted Mansion #2 of 4)
LE 3500 ~ Retail $ 12.50
All DLR pin locations

Subject to change without notice and many thanks to Snip's Spy!!

We have some GREAT news about the Dizpins Family Reunion at WDW on December 6 ~ 11, 2002!!!

Stitch has slashed the room rates!!!! Now, thanks to Stitch, you can get 5 nights at Disney's Port Orleans Riverside for $500.00 per room for the 5 nights!!!

Click Here

to read about all of the special events for this Dizpins Family Reunion!!

And....there will be more magic.... we just can't tell you yet, but we can tell you that it will be Spectacular....Magical.....Special......and as Walt Disney said...

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."

So contact Janis before you miss out on the Disney and Dizpins Magic!!!

This pin will be available at Expo Hall, Sorcerer's Hat, Island Mercantile, Art of Disney at Downtown Disney and the Green Thumb at Epcot.

Retail Price: $8.50

Walt Disney World will be introducing a new line of Passholder logo products and this fun, unique dangle pin comes on a themed backer card and is exclusive to Walt Disney World Passholders.

Passholders will also be able to purchase a new logo baseball cap and stylish t-shirt.

Subject to change without notice.

Went grocery shopping today and noted that the certificate for the Limited Edition Collectible Pin is also on select boxes of Kellogg's Rice Krispies!!!

So you can now eat Rice Krispie Bars and not Mike's Raisin Bran Muffins!!

You collect three official certificates from the sides of the cereal box and bring the certificates to either Disney's Pin Traders at Downtown Disney or you can mail them in.
Offer expires 9-1-03 or while supplies last.

We have been told that Disney's Pin Traders at Downtown Disney does not yet have this pin in stock.

To those of you waiting for your replacement Mickey and Minnie pins, the replacement pins are expected in about 6 weeks, and at that time, Disney will mail the return FedEx envelopes out to those that called.