Growing my pin collection
alanfalcon
New DPF Member
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Hello!
My name is Alan and I've started collecting Disney pins a little over a year ago and I've been loving it (even if my pocketbook has been less thrilled!) I've picked up some pins from eBay, some pins from local flea markets and craft fairs, some from Whatnot, quite a few direct from Disney both online at at Downtown Disney, Disney Springs, and WDW (sales and pinboard trades), and even had the opportunity to trade some pins with collectors outside of Magic Hap-pins 2023 in my first ever trip to Florida.
So as you may have guessed from reading the above, I ended up with a few scrappers in my collection, though I'm still no good at really identifying them. But altogether I've been loving my journey, and happy to discover this community.
As for how I got into pin trading, it's a little bit of a different story than the usual one! I'm a big Disney fan (especially counting Marvel and Star Wars) and a huge collector already (lots of pops, comics, some toys/statues, trading cards galore, books, and more). I've got too much stuff, in other words, and that got me into the idea of digital collecting (first with CryptoKitties) which in a roundabout way led to me joining Dapper Labs, creators of many fine digital collectibles. I helped run CryptoKitties for about a year, and eventually co-created NBA Top Shot. We knew we wanted to expand beyond sports to the largest owner of fun IP in the world, and this led eventually to me having the opportunity to help co-create another digital collectible platform—Disney Pinnacle. And it was from learning about the physical pin trading world that I fell in love with the pins and started collecting them myself, and so here I am!
I love Darkwing Duck pins, fun crossover pins, arcade/pinball stuff... looking forward to sharing my pins and seeing everyone else's and continuing to learn about this crazy fun world
My name is Alan and I've started collecting Disney pins a little over a year ago and I've been loving it (even if my pocketbook has been less thrilled!) I've picked up some pins from eBay, some pins from local flea markets and craft fairs, some from Whatnot, quite a few direct from Disney both online at at Downtown Disney, Disney Springs, and WDW (sales and pinboard trades), and even had the opportunity to trade some pins with collectors outside of Magic Hap-pins 2023 in my first ever trip to Florida.
So as you may have guessed from reading the above, I ended up with a few scrappers in my collection, though I'm still no good at really identifying them. But altogether I've been loving my journey, and happy to discover this community.
As for how I got into pin trading, it's a little bit of a different story than the usual one! I'm a big Disney fan (especially counting Marvel and Star Wars) and a huge collector already (lots of pops, comics, some toys/statues, trading cards galore, books, and more). I've got too much stuff, in other words, and that got me into the idea of digital collecting (first with CryptoKitties) which in a roundabout way led to me joining Dapper Labs, creators of many fine digital collectibles. I helped run CryptoKitties for about a year, and eventually co-created NBA Top Shot. We knew we wanted to expand beyond sports to the largest owner of fun IP in the world, and this led eventually to me having the opportunity to help co-create another digital collectible platform—Disney Pinnacle. And it was from learning about the physical pin trading world that I fell in love with the pins and started collecting them myself, and so here I am!
I love Darkwing Duck pins, fun crossover pins, arcade/pinball stuff... looking forward to sharing my pins and seeing everyone else's and continuing to learn about this crazy fun world
That's a neat story of how your interests evolved and got you to physical pins. Don't sweat the scrappers too much. We've all ended up with them when starting out. And even much later! You'll get the hand of spotting them. Or at least most of them. 
