Hershey Pins try but fall so short!
I live in Hershey Pennsylvania and have a HersheyPark Season Pass. I started to notice last year that Hershey started to put some effort into producing Pins.
Now I was just there on Sunday for Spring time in the Park and I was able to see they had A LOT more pins out. I realize it is hard to compare a amusement park / candy company to a theme park empire such as disney but
these pins fall WAY short of the quality of disney pins with the exception of a few.
I will try to grab a bunch of pictures next time I am there ( they open in May for the summer).
They have about 30ish designs out right now ( from what I can tell) and there are about 4 that I really liked.
I think the worst part about this is that they are adopting the whole " trade with a cast member" . Most of the workers have the pins on and walk around with them. The issue here though is that there are only a handful of pins that are actually out so the trading is just not there at this point. They have some pins that are 4.99 and some that are 9.99 but the 4.99 pins are actually nicer and well thought out ( Hershey Smores Pin is my favorite) than the 9.99 pins. I actually made a quick joke that I could spend 150 dollars on 30 $5 pins and then trade them for the $10 pins....which are horribly made anyway.
I know this is tough without pictures and this is just MY opinion. Although I have not seen very many people with the Lanyards around their necks so not too sure how the marketing is going for them.
I understand Disney started from a few pins too but look at what they had to work with LOTS AND LOTS of characters/parks/themes. Basically Hershey is going to have 20 different Hershey Bars doing different things....I realize that Mickey must have thousands of different variations but they are all relevant to me at least. LOL I do not know. Maybe that is a good point to make. If Hershey can sell 20 different pins with a Hershey Bar ( bowling /skiing/etc)then I guess more power to them
Pictures will be coming soon but the worst one I have seen so far was for a ride called the Sooper Dooper Looper. The design was partially there but the pin itself looks very very cheaply made. It opens up to show a coaster that you can spin with your finger. Just looked off a bit. Not worth the $10 pricetag
Well I am done ranting! Just thought I would express how I do not like the idea BUT Hershey is hoping to bank on the Pin scene. And regrettably I will most likely be buying those 4 that I really liked.
** The only good side from all of this was if you buy a pin you get a Lanyard for free** Now the Lanyards were looking pretty cheap as well but that was sorta nice of them to do
Now I was just there on Sunday for Spring time in the Park and I was able to see they had A LOT more pins out. I realize it is hard to compare a amusement park / candy company to a theme park empire such as disney but
these pins fall WAY short of the quality of disney pins with the exception of a few.
I will try to grab a bunch of pictures next time I am there ( they open in May for the summer).
They have about 30ish designs out right now ( from what I can tell) and there are about 4 that I really liked.
I think the worst part about this is that they are adopting the whole " trade with a cast member" . Most of the workers have the pins on and walk around with them. The issue here though is that there are only a handful of pins that are actually out so the trading is just not there at this point. They have some pins that are 4.99 and some that are 9.99 but the 4.99 pins are actually nicer and well thought out ( Hershey Smores Pin is my favorite) than the 9.99 pins. I actually made a quick joke that I could spend 150 dollars on 30 $5 pins and then trade them for the $10 pins....which are horribly made anyway.
I know this is tough without pictures and this is just MY opinion. Although I have not seen very many people with the Lanyards around their necks so not too sure how the marketing is going for them.
I understand Disney started from a few pins too but look at what they had to work with LOTS AND LOTS of characters/parks/themes. Basically Hershey is going to have 20 different Hershey Bars doing different things....I realize that Mickey must have thousands of different variations but they are all relevant to me at least. LOL I do not know. Maybe that is a good point to make. If Hershey can sell 20 different pins with a Hershey Bar ( bowling /skiing/etc)then I guess more power to them
Pictures will be coming soon but the worst one I have seen so far was for a ride called the Sooper Dooper Looper. The design was partially there but the pin itself looks very very cheaply made. It opens up to show a coaster that you can spin with your finger. Just looked off a bit. Not worth the $10 pricetag
Well I am done ranting! Just thought I would express how I do not like the idea BUT Hershey is hoping to bank on the Pin scene. And regrettably I will most likely be buying those 4 that I really liked.
** The only good side from all of this was if you buy a pin you get a Lanyard for free** Now the Lanyards were looking pretty cheap as well but that was sorta nice of them to do
