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From PALM to fantasy to Imagineering…all I see are stamp pins. I don’t get the hype or the constant production!

Curious your thoughts- do you love the stamps?
 
From PALM to fantasy to Imagineering…all I see are stamp pins. I don’t get the hype or the constant production!

Curious your thoughts- do you love the stamps?
I’m with you. I don’t think they are all that. The best stamps I’ve seen are Loungefly Winnie the Pooh. I just want my characters.
 
I like stamp pins, although I don't have a desire to chase most of the current series. Just the MOG Park ones, because there aren't a lot of MOG park pins anymore. My favorite stamp series are the vintage Epcot ones.

This one made me cry, back in the day, because I lived so far away from the parks and didn't have money to pay secondary market prices. But then time marches on, pins get forgotten and cheaper, and hopefully your household income increases. And I have them all.


This one, given the age, I thought would be more difficult than it was to collect.


I also have several of the pins that matched the actual USPS stamps that came out in 2004 & 2005.

But what I like about collections like these is that they are perfect for people like me who like buffets vs a la carte. Lots of people have their themes and strictly stick to them. But I like a little of everything. I can't collect 57 movies, but I can collect a series of 57 pins, each focused on a different movie, but matchy matchy. I prefer the WDCS and MOG stamps to the PALM stamps. The designs and execution is a little bit better. But I had access to the PALM stamps, and the others are mostly out of my price range, so I have more of PALM.
 
I don't like the WDI stamps, most of the Loungefly stamps (except for the NBC designs) and several of the characters used for PALM but PALM does have the prettiest backgrounds. I haven't traded or purchased any of those and most likely won't go for them unless the trade works out nicely for both parties. Would I prefer some unusual characters on stamps?? Absolutely. Am I going to see them? No
 
Since I collect specific characters for me it isn't about getting all the stamps, just the ones I need for my collection. I will say the PALM pins just make for big beautiful centerpiece pins, the background metallic effect, the gold border, the size! I still need to get my hands on the DEC Lady stamp pin, it's pretty, but I'm not chasing it the way I am some of the more unique designs.

The stamp pins that I do think were really fantastic in design were the recent 2000's films boxlunch stamp set. They made them a nice size, great designs, and they look like proper postmarked stamps turned into pins rather than stamp themed pins.
 
I just think it’s confusing- why everything is a stamp. lol
People collect stamps, people collect pins, maybe they figure the collection crossover is high. Plus the DEC stamps are SO high in price now that these third party pin creators (PALM/Loungefly/etc) probably think 'oh thats what people want let's make our own version'!
 
I just think it’s confusing- why everything is a stamp. lol
I think it's the same principle as to why competing movie studios release similar projects at the same time, why clothing stores release similar trends, holiday decor can have the same color palette, etc.
 
People collect stamps, people collect pins, maybe they figure the collection crossover is high. Plus the DEC stamps are SO high in price now that these third party pin creators (PALM/Loungefly/etc) probably think 'oh thats what people want let's make our own version'!

This! I used to collect stamps when I was little and when the DEC stamps came out, I loved them but have only been successful in trading for a couple of my faves. I have several DEC stamps on my ISOs.


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It's a trend. It will pass.

I prefer coin-themed pins to stamp pins, but I have always had a thing for big round pins. lol

But I need whatever pin it is so long as it matches my Wonderland theme. Currently looking for the PALM Cheshire stamp.
 
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