Maleficent "Being Bad" pin
Maleficent collectors, can you help me? I pride myself in being able to spot scrappers...but I think I might have ended up with one today.
Does anyone have a Maleficent pin from the "Being Bad" series that they purchased from the parks?
This pins has been reissued at least twice and I see so many different dates, fonts and nub or no-nub variations out there that I am not sure what to think!
Here is the good:
Glossy smooth coating.
Correct colors on all the inlays. For example, there is gold in the birds claws and beak, pink in her ring, etc.
There is a cut-out in the right place between the dragons neck and wing.
It has a cut-out on the right hand side swirl (if that makes sense)
It is not magnetic (this pin is dated 2005) in the early days most and I stress most, authentic pins were not magnetic. However, this is not always a fail safe test...
Here is the bad:
MADE IN CHINA font not too crisp.
A few sellers on a certain auction site have more than one for sale.
Things I've noticed. Versions of this pin without good enamel fill colors have a script "Disney" copyright logo. The pins with good color fill have the printed font.
Versions with nubs have the print style font copyright. I can only find one or two pins showing nubs. Most are no nubs.
This pin is all over the place!
I feel like it might be a scrapper - but I just have no idea - so would love to hear from someone who might know.
Does anyone have a Maleficent pin from the "Being Bad" series that they purchased from the parks?
This pins has been reissued at least twice and I see so many different dates, fonts and nub or no-nub variations out there that I am not sure what to think!
Here is the good:
Glossy smooth coating.
Correct colors on all the inlays. For example, there is gold in the birds claws and beak, pink in her ring, etc.
There is a cut-out in the right place between the dragons neck and wing.
It has a cut-out on the right hand side swirl (if that makes sense)
It is not magnetic (this pin is dated 2005) in the early days most and I stress most, authentic pins were not magnetic. However, this is not always a fail safe test...
Here is the bad:
MADE IN CHINA font not too crisp.
A few sellers on a certain auction site have more than one for sale.
Things I've noticed. Versions of this pin without good enamel fill colors have a script "Disney" copyright logo. The pins with good color fill have the printed font.
Versions with nubs have the print style font copyright. I can only find one or two pins showing nubs. Most are no nubs.
This pin is all over the place!
I feel like it might be a scrapper - but I just have no idea - so would love to hear from someone who might know.
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logo. Is that right?
