Mickey's Circus Sinister Sideshow Pins

[Diablo]

I have a few of the villain Sinister Sideshow pins that I received from a reputable source who attended the event. Each of these pins has a code number printed on the back "P923-3170-4-12174" which I've never seen before on the back of a pin.

Here's my problem... I just purchased a few more of these pins to complete the collection and these pins off ebay do not have the same code number on the back of the pin. In fact, they don't have any code printed at all. Can anyone tell me what's the story with this code number and is this something new that Disney is doing?

Also, If you purchased the Sinister Sideshow pins directly from the event, can someone please check their collection of villain circus pins to see if this same code is on the back of your pins also? With the chasers at 100 LE, I'm afraid that I've purchased rejects from the factory.

 

[Diablo]

Here's a link to the photo I took of the back of both chasers in the set... one with the code, the other without.

http://www.wikialbums.com/?E1lBcENDWp9reLHnEyv

 

[mylittletyguy]

my husband bought a pin at Soarin at Epcot and it has a code like that on the back as well and I was wondering about it! Hope we can get some answers!

 

[LiliMay]

Quite a few of my pins have that. I have no idea what's the meaning of it though :/

 

[pinnochiolover]

At first it seemed that Disney was only stamping numbers on flawed pins, but as time goes on, more and more pins are being stamped. Usually both the pin and card are stamped with the same number, but I have on occasion had a card with a number but the pin did not or vice versa. One suggestion was that it proved your pin was on the original card, but the whole run of the same pin/card have exactly the same number, so its not a unique number.

 

[torianne-2008]

I have backercards stamped with the same numbers on pins also I have some circus pins with numbers and some without

 

[Diablo]

Hey everyone... thanks for your input!!