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Comparison Help??? Pin 6801: ProPin - Aladdin Set (Genie)

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Comparison Help??? Pin 6801: ProPin - Aladdin Set (Genie)
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Hi Guy's :)

I'm hoping to Get a Helping Hand in Comparing My [pinpics]6801[/pinpics] to Your Own Pin if you own it and know that it's Real?
The PinPics Description Reads as Follows....

Genie is #1 of 9 pins in a set [pinpics]9378[/pinpics] released by ProPin of Germany to commemorate the movie "Aladdin."

The blue Genie is shown from the head up; he faces right, looking left, with a big grin on his face.

The reverse has, "ProPin, Germany, © Disney, Pin #1."

Everything seems right on my pin with the exception of the "Pin #1." Part, as shown in the Pictures Below of Mine.
Please help me figure out if I have the Real Deal or if it is a Reproduction, Bootleg or Fake?

Thanks As Always <3
<3 Laz

Front of My Pin
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Back of My Pin
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It's Hard to Read from this Picture But the Backstamp Reads "Propin C Germany, C Disney"


Thank You So Much for Your Help <3
 
I don't own this pin, but I would have to say someone would have to be pretty desperate to counterfeit a Propin. They are fairly cheaply made in the first place, I don't see how there would be profit in it. Or enough interest because a lot of people turn their nose up at them. I would guess the pin was re-released at some point. Or, I think these came where you could either buy the pin individually or in a plastic case as a set of 9. Maybe, yours is an individual one and the person with the Pinpics entry had the whole set, sold together.

Edit: It looks like ProPin had a Disney license between 1995-2000, that makes it old enough that I wouldn't be concerned about counterfeits/scrappers. I'm going to go with the difference between a pin that was sold in a package of 1 vs the ones that were sold as a set in the plastic cases.
 
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Hi Laz thanks for caring so much :) Listen there is one for bid on ebay now and it says the same as yours on the back if that helps. If we trade and its a fake THEN YOU WILL OWE MY BIG TIME waaaa ha ha ha:hsd: if not i can find another goody in your traders.
 
I don't have this specific pro-pin but I have a few that I can check the back of if you like. I am fairly sure they have not been counterfeited though as they seem to be pins that look like other sets. For example I have the oliver & co set (9392) and there is a disney set (31010) that has some of the the same pins in it only done by disney instead of by pro pins-disney. The Pro pins set was made before the disney set.
 
hopemax said:
I don't own this pin, but I would have to say someone would have to be pretty desperate to counterfeit a Propin. They are fairly cheaply made in the first place, I don't see how there would be profit in it. Or enough interest because a lot of people turn their nose up at them. I would guess the pin was re-released at some point. Or, I think these came where you could either buy the pin individually or in a plastic case as a set of 9. Maybe, yours is an individual one and the person with the Pinpics entry had the whole set, sold together.

Edit: It looks like ProPin had a Disney license between 1995-2000, that makes it old enough that I wouldn't be concerned about counterfeits/scrappers. I'm going to go with the difference between a pin that was sold in a package of 1 vs the ones that were sold as a set in the plastic cases.
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I agree with you on this one, and that is a good point as far as the sold in sets and single versions. I didn't think of that :) Thanks!

dawny said:
Hi Laz thanks for caring so much :) Listen there is one for bid on ebay now and it says the same as yours on the back if that helps. If we trade and its a fake THEN YOU WILL OWE MY BIG TIME waaaa ha ha ha:hsd: if not i can find another goody in your traders.
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I don't mind trading it, It is just that I always like to look the pins over thouroughly before a trade to make sure it is not a scrapper or counterfeit. Especially when it's a pin I did not buy directly from Disney. We will work something out <3 I Just wanted to call in for some Help on here first :) Since I have no knowledge of the ProPins.

SyriusLionwing said:
I don't have this specific pro-pin but I have a few that I can check the back of if you like. I am fairly sure they have not been counterfeited though as they seem to be pins that look like other sets. For example I have the oliver & co set (9392) and there is a disney set (31010) that has some of the the same pins in it only done by disney instead of by pro pins-disney. The Pro pins set was made before the disney set.
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I Really Appreciate your help and Yes If you wouldn't mind that would help my piece of mind a lot <3 <3 <3 Thank You So Much!
 
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