Japan Calendar Pins

[leopardpolkadotspots]

Why are they so expensive and hard to come by? Is there a particular reason?


Pin 15873

Pin 15870

Pin 15869

Pin 15868

Pin 15867

Pin 15866

Pin 15864

Pin 15863

Pin 15862

Pin 15861

Pin 15860

Pin 15858

Pin 14996

Pin 14995

Pin 14994

Pin 14993

Pin 14992

Pin 14991

Pin 14990

Pin 14989

Pin 14988

Pin 14987

Pin 14986

They are really neat pins, I seem to find all pins released from Japan are like gold dust to have. Why is this?

 

[erudolf]

Japan pins in general are hard to get. I don't think there are a whole lot of Internet pin traders there. Especially for older pins, there were probably very few that traded via Pinpics at that time.

 

[Abyssinian28]

::nods::

They have their own forums and collectibles market. Plus, some of them just went to the regular folks (tourists looking for souvenirs), and probably ended up in the trash when people would clean/purge. Japan is actually just coming around to the secondary market aspect...like second-hand stores and such. They're not as common as they are in the US.

Add in the language barrier, and you've got a whole lot of difficulty in exchanging pins...especially the older ones in the early or Pre-Pinpics days.

I'm having the same issue with trading Duffy stuff with them...

Won't it be an awesome day when our programs can finally translate accurately and language isn't a barrier anymore?