Dizneypins.com Sponsored Pin Meets
2002
 

10/19
Ct. Fall Foliage Pin Meet
Southington, Ct.
I was able to attend this pin meet. I saw many old friends and by Sat. night over 75 people had stopped by. Coming as far away as Florida. Here are some pictures from
Sat. Oct. 19th
More pictures will be added from Sunday Oct. 20th

Maui Mini Pin Meet 'Iao Valley State Park
August 4th, 2002

Our First Pin Event in the State of Hawaii turned out to be:
Simply the BEST!!!

Bernice (JazERed) talking story with LaDonna and our younger pin trader D.J. in the middle. Notice our new banner, donated to us from Susan!

We had over 35 in attendance, with 23 being pin traders. All were greeted with a dizneypins lanyard tag and a dizneypins Magical Moments Meet pin. Big smiles and many mahalos (thank you) by all, and they loved the different languages on the back of the tags. One standard joke was : Hey, we need to add Hawaiian!" Each trader signed in and was given also a name tag with stickers and numbers at the bottom corner. This was for winning gifts later in the day. We also had a box "you put in a pin and you win a pin". So everyone walked away with a mystery trade pin in a way! Hidden from view, no one knew what they would pull out. Those who travel so far each won a special gift. Diana and Michael came from California!

Michael Kapson (mk) and Diana Delker (1TiggerNut)our pin guests fromCalifornia. 

What could you have for a pin trader who arrived with a suitcase so extra large it reach his waist full of pins to trade. His clothes were in a little back pack <lo>Michael received the magnifying glass and was very pleased! Diana picked out the special dizneypins Pin Extraordinaire pin with a big smile across her face!  Ann (MsGender) and her husband flew over from Laie, Oahu, and Valerie flew in from Kailua with Bethanie from Kaneohe, both from the island of Oahu. Gloria and her husband flew in from Norwalk, California. Each one received special lanyards and gold rubber backs and special pins from Larry. We had so much food (chock local ono grinds) not a single pin trader was eating!!! They lived on pins for the next 4 hours. The family members (all the non-pin type) and the children were very happy to have all that food available to them, especially the men!! :) The children enjoyed games : ring toss, bean bag game, and lots of bubbles, small gift bags to color....all won special gifts from a Treasure Chest. Bernice (JazEred) and her daughter Jasmine helped all the children with the games, and kept those little ones smiling. Danelle (daughter Kassidy is the pin trader~only 2 years old) and Terran helped out in a Goofy Gone Fishin' game, which was going to be just for children, each child answered a simple question and won a grab bag fish!!

Danelle managed to snag a few adult fishermen, and they could not answer the simple Disney questions, they were very picky about their catch too!!<lol> Susan had a beautiful banner made up to Welcome everyone....it did, many drifted in who were more than curious as to what in the world was going on. Husbands soon became security guards for tables left heavily laden down with tons of pins, as the owners were over at another table in a pin feeding frenzy.

Diana had graciously taken the time to bring with her every rack pin available at Disneyland for every one to purchase at no profit to her!! This was unbelievable to watch from the side lines!!!! This may be paradise, but you could tell we had pin starvation going on here in the islands. With only Disney store pins to pick from. It of course of a big hit. Disney Trivia games were played! The hardest being a abbreviation game, and the winner won a very special Cruise Line pin from Larry. (NO ONE had ever seen this pin before) Everyone who normally would not play, was taking a stab at this game. If you watched, the cell phones were being used, and many were going from person to person for help!!! It was a blast to watch that. Collaboration was a strong point here, aren't pin traders a great sharing bunch...and no way could that one pin be spilt in half....so each were trying to help out their friends win this one! Even the easy Disney Trivia game was so funny. I thought it was going to be just for children. Joyce received a prize for scoring the worst in the contest. No one really knew Dopey had blue eyes, you should have seen everyone going though the pin bags trying to see what dwarf out of the seven had blue eyes. Looking in their Tomart's Books, coming over to the prize table, checking out the Snow White lithographs.....so very funny. We had constellation prizes of pins for everyone who never won any of the games. Each walked away with a Disney pin and a Disney Lithograph set. Jan our Disney Store Manager was there, with her donations for the pin meet. Notice all those Mickey bags everywhere. Jan had her first pin trade.

Our Disney Store Manager Jan just got her first trade, and she is now Hooked!!!!

Someone gave her a pin, and she went and traded, and came back with a special pin, the other person had always wanted. :) Terran (11 years old) and Samuel (2 years old) did a great trade. Little Samuel scanned Terran's lanyard, and said: That one! His daddy helped him with the pin, he had a wonderful smile and lit up eyes. Terran was so happy this was his first trade also. I do know everyone got new pins....and everyone did trades!!!! Received gifts and walked away happy!!!! I know there was a lot of heavy serious trading going on. Why....we had a GOLD JAIL SCENE there and many MAP PINS!!! Dan did get that Jail Scene and Ann got a map set. I personally was hosting so I did not get in on most of the trades to share with you. None of us had ever seen that Jail Scene in person....what a great pin!!! I think it is now everyone's new Holy Grail pin. :)

We want to thank Larry so much for all his help, and our first pin meet would never had been just a hit without all those great gifts! Mahalo Nui Loa Larry!!! I also had special pins from Larry to hand out to all who worked so hard to help me! Di surprised us with special CM pins for each who helped in making this pin meet happen also.   There is so much to share and I know I am forgetting things. I do know each went away with a smile and memories, and all asking when can we do this again. Oh yes, I do believe our Disney Store Manager Jan is hooked......and Dan who was only a collector before, was just looking for those trades!!!! David and Marci, Joyce and Shari, Gloria and Bernice with Di and Michael rarely did we see those any faces!!!! They were buried in pin bags! I do have one to share with you. This included me, since I really did not have time to look,or trade with anyone. We had just dropped off 2 of our off island guests at the airport. My husband is doing something while at the wheel, I had to help of course or have security pull us over. Horns were honking....unusual for Maui, locals to not honk horns. Considered a no, no...like pointing a finger, we must use a full hand. So funny.......he was putting on a pin, and I did not even know it......I am steering for him, while he drives, getting more irate by the moment. Being we had been up since 4 am that was easy to do! <lol> We are finally home, I am getting out of the car, he is starting to unload all the goodies to bring in. I let out a scream......he is wearing a pin!!!! Not just any pin, the only pin I managed to see in a pin bag I really wanted. It was the CM Disneyland Ticket green Pin with the A-E tickets....there it was on his shirt. A surprise gift from Diana, that was my one of my Holy Grail pins. This was a wonderful surprise, and I am not complaining really, but next time, I want my head buried in those pin bags, checking out all those pins!

One tired trader, and what we all did the moment we got home! 

Troy, Michigan  Somerset Mall 
August 3, 2002  
We had a very good turnout today.  49 out of the 60 or so traders that RVSPed showed up.  Many trades were being made by friends old and new.  It was good to see a few familiar faces, but also a few new ones.  We had three pintraders travel from Angola, Indiana for the meet, that's an approximate drive of  two and a half hours.  The pin meet took place from 9:00 AM until about 12:00 noon.

Trivia questions were asked by Michael the Disney Play store manager.

Here is a picture of Somerset's Finest!
From left to right: Marcello, Tina, Michael

  Pins and Dizneypins logo merchandise were given away for the first correct answer to each question.  We had thirteen lucky winners.  Each family received the new Dizneypins pin meet logo pin.  A lot of oohs and aahs over that wonderful pin.
All in all a wonderful time was had by all and interest in doing this more often was voiced by many.  

Thank you Dizneypins for adding such fun to the meet with all the great pins and pin accessories.
 

Roswell, Ga
August 3, 2002 

Palisades Mall in Rockland Co. NY
July 20, 2002
57 People Attended
People came from all over and had a wonderful
time. The head count was 57 traders. For the pin swap we had 25 people in the
LE, 25 in the rack and 25 in the store. Thanks to DizneyPins.com we had many
handouts. Lanyard tags were handed to people as they signed in. Pins were given to all the children who attended, then everyone had a
chance to win something by answering a trivia Question. The answers were
pulled from a bag, and pins, lanyards, pin backs, A magnifying glass and a 2000
Cast member Holiday pin set was given out. Everyone seemed to enjoy and
people said they did more trading there, then they have done in a while.

 Harrisburg, Pa. July 13, 2002
What a day. the weather was perfect, the pin trading fantastic, the food games and prizes for everyone! We shared some Disney Scrapbooks, talked about our DVC memberships and even got my DH to hang out for most of the day (after he threatened to play 2 rounds of golf to be gone for the day!!!!)

We had lots of local Central PA Disney fans, Mike and Kelly traveling all the way from Rochester NY, Diane and her family coming all the way from Virginia, Kelly from State College, Sean from Maryland, Daber and his darling wife from South East Pa. and many many more!

The largest groups of traders filtered out around 8:30pm. Jen (wdwfan) hung out till about 11am. (to help tear down the tent and finish that pitcher of margaritas!!)
today I need to go back through my pin books! I know I made some great trades--I just cant remember them this morning!!

A huge thank you to Larry and Dizneypins.com for the great prizes!!!






 

Rockville, Md. Parkhoppers House
July 7, 2002

Park Ridge, IL  June 8, 2002
We had 13 people. The first person arrived just before 11a and the last to leave was about 7p. Gary and Dora drove the furthest -- 2.5 hours from Sheboygan WI !!! We awarded a Dizneypins lanyard for the furthest drive and all were awarded pins for showing up and continuing the pin tradition. The Dizneypins.com Happy Pin Dance pin along with many other sponsor pins were given to those who attended.
You can see Stitch was overseeing the pin trading going on in his human
form as opposed to his true Alien nature.




 

Cherry Hill, NJ  May 5th 2002
Success of the 1st Disneypins Meet in NJ!!
I found out a couple of weeks ago that I had a Sunday off and decided to throw a meet together in 2 1/2 weeks. I contacted Dizneypins.com (Larry) about sponsoring the meet, you know Larry, sure I can do that! I was extremely surprised when the package arrived and I opened it to find lots of goodies. Not only did he send me Dizneypins.com pins, but lanyard tags that say Cherry Hill on them and items I could use for any kind of contest I could come up with. Well I think it turned out GREAT! We started at about 11:30 in the morning and it finally broke about 4:30 in the afternoon. Those in attendance:
100AcreWoodsFriends (Denise & Joe)
DoubleTR (Chuck)
Janet & Bill
JenWDWFan
Mark, Rhonda & Mason
Kathy223
MCBR984 (Debbie)
Dizneyfan (Barb, Betsy & Jeff)
Nyceguy14 (Kurt)
Dizman (John)
CinderellaCrazy (Cindy, Raymond,Thomas & Joey)

Everyone received a Dizneypins.com pin and lanyard tag, then it was time for TRIVIA!!! We had a lot of fun playing and prizes were awarded to winners. We got back to doing some trading and the next thing I know they are passing slices of a Black Forest cake around that Betsy & Barb brought, it was soo good! Well more trades were made and before long it was time to say our good-byes. Betsy and Barb did it again and gave everyone a candle as a gift. You 2 ladies are wonderful!! A Great time was had by all. I really enjoyed meeting some new traders in my area and hopefully we'll see some new members here or on other boards. Thank you to all who could make it, it was great!!
For all readers- please make sure you check out the magic meetings board, you never know when a meet might be in your area!!


A VERY BIG THANKS TO LARRY for all his support!!!!!

  White Marsh Mall,  Baltimore   April 14, 2002
Almost 50 People in attendance

MY FIRST TRADE

 

Troy, Mich. Somerset Mall Disney Store March 23, 2002
52 People in attendance

 Nashua, N.H. Pleasant Lane Mall March 10, 2002

Rockville, Md. Parkhoppers House
Feb. 9, 2002
60 people in attendance

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