MOST COMMON FAKE DISNEY PINS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2024
- If you go pin trading in the parks, you've probably noticed that all the pin boards have pretty much the same 10 junk pins. This fact is thanks to the bulk fake/scrapper pin lots sold on eBay and Amazon.
Hidden Mickey pins are the most commonly faked pins, so I thought I'd go over what these most commonly faked pins are. Just know, there are also MANY open edition and limited edition pins that are faked, but the amount of Hidden Mickey fakes are overwhelming. There are SO many other heavily faked pins, what I've covered is only a small segment of the greatest offenders.
I really do hope that pin trading in the parks can become fun again, since Disney Pin Trading is such a fun and wonderful hobby!
All photos of the pin boards shown in this video come from Everything Disney Pins.
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when you watch this and think its all fun and games until you realize you traded with a cast member and got a fake pin
It just has to be so disappointing to some when they realize that.
@@marissacharney4157 aww. I like Disney dogs.
I am one of those sad people. First time trading and got fake pins back and I traded nice pins too...sigh....
@@Cheyanne605 Yup I just did that on my first trade this morning. And the board actually had one of the new Wave C Hidden Mickeys I probably could have gotten instead :/
The rest I got today was real. I wised up really quickly.
Dose it matter if you like it?
I've heard that Disneyland Paris is adopting new trading guidelines. They will only trade genuine Disney pins, it sounds like they are training their cast members to recognize fake pins. I'd call this a step in the right direction.
John C Meyer I heard that too! Hopefully the US parks will follow suit!
Hopefully.
John C Meyer I went there in April and it was my first time trading. Got two fakes off cast members but some were ok
The guidelines I mentioned are new and I'm hoping this will weed out the fake and scrapper pins.
John C Meyer omg that's so smart there should do that for Disney land cali
People buy the fake ones to get the real ones.
A lot of the sellers on Ebay do that, too- they buy huge amounts of fake pins and trade them for real ones to cast members and then sell real pins. A true shame.
@Cinnamon C I hate Facebook Disney groups, they ruin Disney.
And I hate Facebook too.
Christina Cope lol, How do the FB groups ruin Disney? (Sincere question)
Lol that sounds like a smart idea at first but then you realize that there's so many fakes being traded, you're going to be trading your fake for another fake.
the fake pin we hate the most is definitely the little flags.
That Disney World Couple Yes! Those pins are ALL over too!
And don’t forget the medals
@@alys4570 and Goofy’s footprint lol
I just got into pins and literally have a 50 piece pin lot from eBay in my cart! I thought it was such a deal. I had no idea people fake these. Thank you for saving me money and useless pins.
I almost bought a bunch for my trip with my kids. I'm glad I did research before buying. I was wondering why so cheap.
Shopping Jackie we recently bought some for our trip and out of the 50 only 2 were fake
Here's a question for you though....if a ton of people are buying these lots and trading them with cast members, it almost makes it a completely separate game than buying pins from the park, doesn't it? I buy the pins from the park that are special to me. I'd NEVER trade them. Heck I wouldn't even wear them around the park for fear of losing one. I figure the cast members throw out any they end up with that they know to be fake, and you know they have a huge supply behind the scenes to just pass out. My assumption is that any pin on a cast member lanyard is PROBABLY fake unless they got a bunch fresh backstage. Even so, I'm not sure they can tell....or where their supply comes from. I also think the companies that make the real ones...probably also make a bunch of extras and sell those cheap after the fact. Then there really is no difference between a fake and a real because they were both made in the same place but IDK. Do whatever makes you have fun. If it's super important that you know all yours are real, don't trade and just buy direct from Disney. If its for your kids to play a fun game with, buy a lot and throw out the obvious fakes and keep the good ones. I've bought 2 lots (I don't trade) and I threw out about half as either fakes or poor quality. The rest...yeah maybe they are all fake or maybe only some of them are...doesn't make them any less cool.
I'm not into pin collecting/trading, although am endlessly fascinated with pins. I think it's such a sad thing for those who go into pin trading thinking they are getting an honest trade. I hope it can become the "real deal" again.
The green footprint pins started pissing me off halfway through the video LOL
omg the freaking red one gets me mad everyyyy time.
Super informative, I had no idea there were so many fakes! I'm going to pay more attention now!
CoralJoyTravel right!!! I had nooo idea there were fakes. :-( and now i fear that most of my super small collection is mostly fakes :-(
I don’t trade for hidden mickey pins because I find them to be crummy looking
Same! I didn’t know so many people sought them out
This was really informative. It's so hard because I like some of the designs but it so hard to tell which are real or fakes!
I collected two sets of the EPCOT center logo pins when I was at Disney World last year. The reason behind two sets was that I found some pins that had darker coloring than others... and all of them were confirmed as genuine by multiple Disney Employees!
Jacob Ervin I started collecting those myself this past week and when I saw this video I freaked out. I’m glad that they are genuine. I really like them
Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!! Just got back from Disney World Florida, I got addicted to pin trading while there and bought a Job Lot on Ebay when I got home. I will be reporting the seller if they show up on your video and will refuse to send them back, I will keep them of a reminder! SUBSCRIBED!!
The EPCOT logo series suffered from really bad quality control when they were released so telling fakes apart from the real ones is very challenging. Ironically some of the QC issues in early batches can help differentiate them from scrappers.
Also Hop Low the mushroom is a very common fake too.
I am sorry but I bought a lot of the scrappers and traded them when I went to Disney world. I will never do that again . I still may try and sell them this summer in my yard sale but I will state that they are scrappers .
This was very interesting and I'm so happy to learn what the heck some of these designs actually where. I always see the creepy clown everywhere!! At least now I know it does have some Disney tie in. It is really frustrating to see the same pins over and over again. Thank you for making this video and filling us in!
I love this style of your videos, and this was SO informative. I've been at a loss for what the replicated groups of hidden mickeys were, but you knew them all! Thank you for that and all the thoroughness of this video :D
Fun fact- Disney pin trading was largely inspired by Odyssey of the Mind World Finals pin trading. OM is a creative problem solving competition, and in the late 90s they had their World Finals competition at Disney World, which introduced the concept to Disney, and they have been doing it ever since.
Glad I don't like the designs you have shown here
LOL! I agree, those are pretty ugly and I won't trade for those even if they are real.
Thank you for these videos!! These fake pins are definitely infuriating for honest traders who want to collect rare pins within the parks! This is why I never traded any pins in the parks and only bought some pins. Thank you for these videos so we don’t get cheated out of our precious pins!
This is why I dont trade pins, I collect the pins that I actually want
Me too. Getting cut by a fake scrapper isn't a fun way to play. It's fun to talk to others comparing lanyards though. Most of mine stay at home.
I probably have a few fakes, but it’s because I rarely trade, and just for pins i like. I wouldn’t mind having the Epcot logos, even as fakes.
Same. I was so excited to get into pin trading, but now I'm too scared. Ugh.
I think my friend ended up trading fake pins for real pins because the ones she traded of the same design were a lot more dull and off color compared to the ones she traded them with. We didn’t realize it then. We only paid attention to the fake pins sold at the small Disney shops in Orlando.
This video is super infoemative that when I go to disney I'll look for counterfit pins and give the cast members a heads up amd spread awareness about them so that there could be less and less of these pins one day
So helpful! I'm going to show this to my children as well since there are just getting into pin trading. Thank you!
So now I know half my pins are bootlegs...
...so there's that...
If you like them then who cares? Just dont trade them at the parks though. ❤ lol
me too, and I don't care!
This is why I don't trade. I just buy the specific ones I want at the disney stores.
I do the same but I wish Disney would lower the prices on them. Hard to blame somebody for paying 50 cents or less on Ebay for fakes vs paying $5-$10 each at the Disney store.
@@jt-rex6972 they are expensive. I think I paid $17.99 for a festival one.
Disney knows the fakes are out there and castmembers have to take them. Most people are in a hurry plus excited trading their expensive authentic pin for a fake, especially children.
Just went to WDW last week and when I mentioned fakes to cast members and asked if they were being taught to identify and remove them from circulation they said "NO" and had no idea how to tell a fake. This is WRONG!
This has been a really educational video. Thank you for sharing this information. I wanted to get back into pin trading but stopped because I could not tell the fakes from the real ones years ago and it was frustrating.
Thanks so much for putting this out there. I wish I'd had something like this too look at all those years ago when I began trading, I have learned from the school of hard knocks, LOL!
The Epcot pavilion ones makes sense. I have 7 pavilions and I got them all from Disneyland in California. The extra 2 are World of Motion, along with Energy
You are so lucky. I love those old Epcot symbols.
Thank you for this video. I was thinking about getting into pin trading. But there's only a few that I really want: DVC pins of resorts I've stayed at. An Arial pin for the toddler. And a Malificant pin.
So I think I may stick to the stores to find what I want.
Thanks for the info....is there any markings on the back that I can watch for, as I don't know all the collections...
sandraa mt many pins have the mickey heads printed on the back if these are faded or have any kind of border theyre generally fake
I’ve gotten several of the lots from amazon and I had NO IDEA there were so many fakes. This makes me so mad
Those Epcot ones I’ve seen all over WDW pin boards, thank you for this video, I’ve only done pin trading with other guests and buying new pins from the stores, just not worth getting fake pins!
Finally, I know what the WoC fountainheads are from! I've been confused ever since seeing one, thinking it was from Who Framed Roger Rabbit and/or ToonTown, or some odd representation of vegetables... thank you for solving the mystery!!! Haha
I only traded once... but it was a very shy kid, around eight years old, who wanted to see my pins and he REALLY liked a Goofy pin I had. I traded him a high five 😄
I've only seen the Epcot Center, and The Wilderness Explore Hidden Mickey sets on pin boards. I do have a pin from the Epcot set but I bought in the mystery bags at Disney.
Wouldn't mind an updated version of this video.
It’s a bummer that there are so many scrappers and fakes out there! We just got back from our WDW vacation this past Tuesday and saw almost all of these groupings of fake pins as well. We’ve transformed our channel to be all things Disney now so we will be uploading a video of our trading pin haul soon. Would be so much better if pin trading in general required good for good pin trades for all. Would make the hobby so much more fun for all involved!
Love this video. Agree completely. I bought a pin haul on ebay and realized they were fake very quickly. I told the seller and they told me to send them back for a full refund. I sent them back and they didn't give me one penny of a refund for them. This is the reason I won't pin trade at parks. 😖
I was in the parks, and halfway into the line of the avatar ride, i started noticing a clicking noise when I was walking, and found (what I know know to be) a goofy pin, and have just had it sitting on a string with other pins i have from various events i've gone to in my life. Glad to know it has some importance to other people!
Question for ya!- I have the Epcot logo ones. The coloring, edges, prongs, and markings all check out, but some of the pins are completely flat while others (of the same logo) have smooth indentations where the white background parts are. Do you know the difference?
Sketch105 i know what your describing because ive had many different variations of these pins and honestly could not tell you which are real or fake. ive had paint chip off some but ive also had a glossy like coating on some that dont look terrible? its hard to distinguish this set ill be honest but if you like then definitely keep them
I’m glad my parents never let me get pin lots!! I’m not a trader but it’s still nice to know my pins are genuine. I buy my pins on eBay because of course, Disney is expensive haha. I really only collect Scar Lion King pins as he is my favorite Disney character. I have the Villians and Sidekicks, Villians Profile (blindbpx version) and the cuties (The ones with the pink background, I forget what its series is called) I also have Scar jumping out of fire, with the Heyenas under him, along with an art card remake. The rest of my pins are from the parks, but I don’t have many haha. I just got into them, so I don’t have many.
So I read pin trading etiquette says your not supposed to touch the pins so how can you tell if it’s fake it you don’t know the colors
Correct, you don't want to be grabbing at the pins on a CM lanyard. You can politely ask the CM to have a closer look. Knowing wrong colors comes with familiarity with the pins (but sometimes it's obvious), PinPics is a helpful resource for how pins should look
this is a great video, so helpful, can i ask where you got your disney lego figers from plz x
They're from the brand Loz, part of the Diamond Block Series. I think you can find them on eBay/Amazon!
Great video 👍🏻 I Learned a lot thank you 😊
Very informative. Thank you for sharing.
I was on a Disney cruise around 10 years ago when a cast member who had gone above and beyond the call of duty every day I'd noticed him saw my lanyard I'd spent a whole childhood building and asked if I was open to trade. I said maybe, but only for a Haunted Mansion pin, which is still my favorite attraction.
He began the hunt and two days later, there was a dance party. I attended on an upper floor to take videos of the costumed characters dancing, and later noticed one of my cherished pins fell off somewhere. It was a Rock N Rollercoaster pin I'd purchased with my small amount of souvineer money the first time I ever rode the coaster, and I was bummed out to lose it.
That very day the cast member came to me with a hitchhiking ghost pin of Gus he'd found. He made a few offers, but I expressed that I'd just lost a pin I cared a lot about and wasn't willing to part with any he'd mentioned. He then gave the pin to me as a gift.
I treasured it for years and still have it. I recently returned to Disney World for the first time as an adult and bought all the new pins I had dreamed of sporting as a child. This time in a backpack specifically for pin display, with a layer of plastic to protect and catch any loose pins.
That led me to investigate pin trading further when I returned home. Made a few trades of genuine pins I purchased as a kid for pins I now know are fake. I saw two "chaser" pins of Ursula's chin and knew that couldn't have been a coincidence.
That led me to Gus, one of my very favorite pins for the sentimental story alone. Sure enough, he's a fake dark blue and bright yellow.
I don't doubt the cast member was as naive about his coloring as I was, but regardless I'll forever thank past me for not trading my director Kermit pin I'd bought on vacation to Los Angeles. He's worth over $100 now.
Now if anything I'll keep that Gus pin because I know it's literally only worth anything to me.
I hope that cast member is doing well, wherever he is.
How do you know that the Family w/ Mouse Ears is fake? I found one today in a garage, super damaged, pin can't go on sash, but I'm going to keep it because it's from 10 years ago and it might be real.
A long while back I came across the decal pins and started collecting them... is the design fake or is it a real design but there are fakes of it? How can you tell. Also, I do have a “if you have wings pin” but it was back from the late 2000’s, do you know when they started faking those?
Very informative!!
So I think the only one I have actually had pass through my hands unknowingly at that point that it was a fake was the Polynesian mickey pin. I know I had that one at one point, I think I might have ended up trading that one again. I’d have to look at my collection again. Good and informative video, I think for the most part I’ve got a solid collection of real Disney pins that I’ve traded. A lot of mine I bought in the parks myself. I won’t ever buy any of those big lots of pins :/
Is there a list of pins that are faked to check by? I've never traded but did recently get a selection to be able to trade either on trading pages or in the parks when I get round to going. I get the feeling I will be very disappointed but I want to be 100% sure that I'm making the best choice when sorting through them
Just a small PSA, sometimes online sellers of individual pins will use small baggies on individually sold legitimate pins. Baggies are a great indicator of scrappers if the seller sells giant lots of several pins but not always for individually sold pins.
How can you tell if the decal family is fake? I have all 11
I partly agree I bot a 25 pin lot and all of them are real pins for sure but 90% of pin lots are fake.
It's because of Disney World that I got obsessed with collecting pins. Thanks for the heads up.
I bought a set of loose pins on ebay very inexpensively, and 5 of the pins I got out of the 20, are ones you mentioned in this video.
Hi! I was wondering if you could help me out on authenticating a certain pin for me. I’m about to purchase a magic kingdom D coupon with minnie on it, and it has a hidden mickey. My problem is that, I can’t find anyone I know who has such a piece. I tried looking it up online, but I’m really having difficulty looking for an authentic one to base my purchase on.
Probably should look on the Disney site and see if it is still in print. If it is a retired pin it tends to be a rare one that people won’t want to sell. I would get it and make sure that the paint isn’t worn, chipped, or discolored. Also, pins made before pin trading was a thing at the parks (1999) didn’t have the Mickey backs so that may be an indication of a rarity.
I have a question for you I notice a lot of pins on the back read Disney China are these fake because most pins I find with Disney Made in China seen to be real. I hope you can answer this for me. Thanks for all the great info as now I have a bag of throw aways
Aside from some really old pins, all Disney pins (fake or real) say China on the back. That's where all of them are manufactured.
I figured the bulk sets on ebay were fakes. But im not a trader lol i just want to collect pins. 😂😂😂if they look nice and cute i dont care if they're fake.
I wonder if those fakes have lead paint.cause a lot of knockoff products on are known to test positive for lead cause they aren't held to any safety standards and are made cheaply as possible.
so it might be good idea to get a lead test kit to test the paint of the fakes to see if they aren't only ruining trading but are posing a actual safety hazard.
my mom bought some of these fake pins for christmas one year of course i had no idea at the time being an fledgling trader at the time haha!
I still can’t get over the fountainheads. Who thought those were nice?
Are there fake booster sets?
There are indeed some fake "sealed" booster sets. Most are of Disneyland Paris pins (the Paris Stitch, cupcakes, and holidays boosters are the most commonly faked). The fake boosters are always missing any actual barcode/price tag on them, and the pins have some tell-tale signs.
I think I saw those on eBay. The ones that ship from Hong Kong lol
Do you have an updated version of yhis
Great video! Very interesting.
UGH ON ALL THOSE PIN BOARDS I SAW THE LAST PIN TO THE SET I NEED TO FINISH BUT I CANT FIND IN ANYWHERE ELSE BUT ON VIDEOS :(
Are the Disney pin you can buy at box lunch real trade for in the park
Do you have specific ebay traders that are trusted? I bought a small lot on Amazon recently and want to research them. None are ones you've highlighted here but I know that isn't a guarantee.
Amazon should crack down on those 3rd party sellers, getting a reputation like Craigslist.
Guests would hate it when I wouldn't allow them to post multiples on pin boards. I made an effort to deter this every time I worked but it never lasted because no one else cared.
☹😢😤😡
I always see the club penguin puffles
Omg the buckeye pin I thought was a little mermaid shell type pin 😂
The club penguin puffles are faked so often but I really want one (but obviously a real one.)
were the ones you showed in the videos the fake ones or the real ones?
I just started pin trading this week, had a blast ... now all my hopes and dreams are dashed. Most of what I traded for was fake, and I only traded away genuine pins I purchased on site.
That's why I quit trading when I found out about those scummy Facebook Disney sellers and on Ebay, Amazon too. Disney charges $9 up for a pin. I wish someone had told you before you traded.
I recently traded for the swan boat hidden mickey pin. It makes me mad that I got a fake one since I was so excited to get the swan pin that I was looking for and I saw other C.M. that had the real one and I didn’t think about trying to trade for the actual one
The boot is everywhere! and the limited of 10 ghost
Thank you for the info.
Thanks a bunch. Hope to not get suckered with trading mine in Disney Land Paris as well.
Great video! Do you mind if we use clips of it in a Pin video we are working on? We will give you a shout out as well. Keep up the great work!
Which clips? Most is a collection of pics from the internet
That was very good information thank you
I have a Pluto pin from 2007 and I don't know if it is rare; it has a spring and it is in a ink glass. Cam coming help me identify it. I'm pretty sure it is not fake since I'm pretty sure we got at the park.
Krystarz this would be real. people don’t usually trade pins with spinners or springs because they’re generally more rare and expensive to purchase in the first place.
Where can I get real ones online?
Neon Starfish the disney store online sells booster packs which is the cheapest way to get the most pins for a smaller amount of money
Whoa, I didn’t realize this was a thing?! I’m so mad
My son has the fake robot one. He loves it so much. It's the only pin I was sure it was fake even before looking at this video. I will buy real pins for our next trip, just because I want someone to get something nice. I will look for discounted boosters.
Do you know any websites I can get real pins I just got in to pin trading but I live I Michigan and there are no outlet stores near me so of you can respond it would be nice
Bryce_Beast 3000 everythingdisneypins.com sells real pins
There's a legitimate pin trading subreddit on reddit.com. They are a good group who also post events, new releases and news about scams.
disneypinblogs.com sells legitimate pins, he has a TH-cam channel that I believe is the same name. He posts events, releases too.
I had a pin of Vanellope holding a bucket of popcorn- I miss it. It got stolen off of my backpack.
I see fake swans all the time! I have the real version and when I see one on a board these days, the color is WAY more darker than mine lol
what about oswald hidden mickey pins? I always see the green one
Disney won’t let you trade unless it’s an official pin from Disney. How are people trading pins that are fake without cast members realizing??
Oh wow, this makes me sad. We bought a ton of pins from the Character Warehouse and gave them to the grandchildren to trade. Um, I believe what they have are a lot of fakes now. I guess I just won't tell the little ones. I think we will just buy our pins to keep now. Have a magical day sprinkled with pixie dust! :-)
i doubt it, you bought them from a disney outlet
If you bought them from disney, then they are most likely real
these pins would NOT be fake! they would be 100% real pins just reduced in price because theyre at the outlet due to overstocked product. this is also a great place to get pins cheap but REAL pins
@@tradingdisneypin135 but she's afraid the children traded and received fakes.
@Bluescity1 Disney that's why I keep mine after getting burned. Pins are cheaper at the outlet but still expensive. I wear some to compare but most of mine are home displayed.
I need go through my pin book lol I bought a bunch of fakes with out knowing :( ! When i worked there didn’t know pin trading was a thing and got the 1st lot on eBay I saw. I shortly found out about fakes though got rid and lost most bought real ones but still have traded and wonder what i have that’s fake
It doesn't help when Disney actually released an Epcot pavilion pin hidden mickey set in 2018.
I would never NEVER .. want to have or trade FAKE PINS ....ID Feel terrible. ....MRS daryl
Me too. Every Disney fan should.
At this point I just stay away from the hidden mickey’s for now two main reasons:
1. I think the Mickey’s honestly take away from the actual pin
2. Now I know they’re commonly faked
What sucks is that Pins are so damn expensive and hard to get enough to trade without emptying your wallet 😫
It just sucks when I pay lots of money for the real authentic pins from Disney stores and my kids trade them for fakes
Only got ours at Disneyland and downtown Disney.
World of color show: amazing looking
World of color fake pins: ew wtf
I can't believe this! 100pins for 40?!
This should be totaly ilegal 😣
Very useful!