Each AP series is a hit or miss. I get to the park weekly, and pick up a lot of the park or pass exclusives for people. So I get to see some of the demand, wants or trade values... Not an expert obviously, but i do see what is doing well and flying off shelves VS what just sits there for a month or more.
The tour the lore tickets this year are cute. but I am not seeing much demand for them as traders or from folks buying them ((not many sell on my pin shoppe)) Being a slider, I think the idea of the pin is lost to most collections and is mostly good for folks who collect attraction pins.
The stained glass ones this year. very pretty, and Being stained glass, there are collectors for those. But they are still not "high demand" pins. The newest one, haunted mansion is absolutely lovely. I think this series is underrated. very pretty, might increase in trade value in a few years as a set.
Some of the older AP series, such as those keys we saw last year (was it 2012 or 2011?) were very sought after in trading and did well, but they seem to have dropped a bit since they stopped releasing them.
basically, because they are AP exclusive, they are neat pins, BUT since many pin traders are passholders, they dont need them. They appeal to the non-local collectors mostly. Being a high Edition size, makes it even less likely to trade well at the tables, and decreases long term trade value online.
