Enamel Pins came for my wallet and I accepted (and patches too!)

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Zeenovos: Nov 29, 2021

Since the last time I posted, here are the new pins I've received! <3 A mix of purchases, gifts, and trades~

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# ? Jul 3, 2022 19:43

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# ? May 9, 2024 04:40

HopperUK: Apr 29, 2007; Why would an ambulance be leaving the hospital?

cardinale posted:

Look at this cute moogle pin I just got

This is adorable!

I am new to Final Fantasy and forgot the word for moogle and just skyped my friend all 'WHERE THE gently caress IS THE DELIVERY CAT' so it feels very relevant to me.

# ? Jul 3, 2022 20:48

Argus Zant: Nov 18, 2012; Wer ist bereit zu tanzen?

Zeenovos posted:

Since the last time I posted, here are the new pins I've received! <3 A mix of purchases, gifts, and trades~

oh my god please tell me where you got these and if they still have some for sale

i've been lurking this thread since the Limited Edition Collectibles subforum made the rounds last year. Most of my collection is just mass-produced stuff that i've picked up over the past 20 years of family trips to Disney World, but I've bought a small number of pins from other places, some of which I found through this thread. My most recent acquisitions are these:

that I got from Episode of Dee as birthday gifts for my younger sisters later this week/year.

# ? Jul 5, 2022 02:29

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

found some old enamel pins at a rummage sale

# ? Jul 6, 2022 02:33

Cloks: Feb 1, 2013; by Azathoth

recently got a Wimpy (from Popeye) pin, it was a promotional giveaway from the Popsicle company in the 1930s

# ? Jul 6, 2022 03:45

Drowning Rabbit: Oct 28, 2003; YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

deoju posted:

There was a goon who did a run of pins of SA emotes ages ago. Like +10 years ago. Their name was kittylitter, dunno if they still post, or if they'd even remember, but the quality is good. I've still got my .

Speaking of which! I have the run of those on my pin banner! They are mostly all in the lower left.

I mostly have Pinny Arcade Pins ( From Penny-Arcade ), which I don't know how the thread feels about them, but I have liked them. I have way too many at this point and really need to pare down my collection. Just a ton that I have accumulated over the years.

Some of them are apparently worth some money that I should offload, but for some reason I'm really attached to some, like the Leeroy Jenkins pin.

# ? Jul 6, 2022 15:13

Turbinosamente: May 29, 2013; Lights on, Lights off

I've been slacking off when it comes to pins lately, the newest additions I've got are the radiant eevee and kleavor pins at the bottom of my board here. But, I did just buy a sweet pair of poke pins from a nice goon that I'm hype for!

# ? Jul 7, 2022 01:18

GATOS Y VATOS: Aug 22, 2002

Cloks posted:

recently got a Wimpy (from Popeye) pin, it was a promotional giveaway from the Popsicle company in the 1930s

holy poo poo

# ? Jul 8, 2022 07:28

Zeenovos: Nov 29, 2021

Argus Zant posted:

oh my god please tell me where you got these and if they still have some for sale

i've been lurking this thread since the Limited Edition Collectibles subforum made the rounds last year. Most of my collection is just mass-produced stuff that i've picked up over the past 20 years of family trips to Disney World, but I've bought a small number of pins from other places, some of which I found through this thread. My most recent acquisitions are these:

that I got from Episode of Dee as birthday gifts for my younger sisters later this week/year.

The Daft Punk ones were exclusive to the One More Time Zine hosted by Veridis Quo, but the ReBoot ones are definitely available! I got them from HazelGeek https://www.hazelgeek.com/

Also oh my gosh you got the Sailor Scout pins from Dee! I've been meaning to get my hands on Mercury

# ? Jul 9, 2022 18:56

uber_stoat: Jan 21, 2001; Pillbug

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

holy poo poo

yeah that's super cool. love the texture.

# ? Jul 9, 2022 19:12

Turbinosamente: May 29, 2013; Lights on, Lights off

I got the goon pins in, my collection of Pokemon Nationals competitor and staff pins grows:

The new ones are the gen 8 starters pair, with a lot of shiny metal that didn't photo too well. They're super chunky and thick too, surprised they didn't put two pin backs on them.

and I got some from the Pokemon Center itself

These aren't totally a true enamel, I don't think, the colors feel like they're printed on in some fashion. That's how they can get the fine details and multiple colors next to each other without divisions it seems. The ponyta is a spinner pin (hence double photo) which I like the concept of but so far haven't been wild about the execution; I just wanted an official galarian pontya pin, even if it looks a bit neopets.

# ? Jul 10, 2022 22:19

Cloks: Feb 1, 2013; by Azathoth

all of those Pokemon pins are great but the ditto is especially great

# ? Jul 10, 2022 22:31

Zeenovos: Nov 29, 2021

Turbinosamente posted:

I got the goon pins in, my collection of Pokemon Nationals competitor and staff pins grows:

The new ones are the gen 8 starters pair, with a lot of shiny metal that didn't photo too well. They're super chunky and thick too, surprised they didn't put two pin backs on them.

and I got some from the Pokemon Center itself

These aren't totally a true enamel, I don't think, the colors feel like they're printed on in some fashion. That's how they can get the fine details and multiple colors next to each other without divisions it seems. The ponyta is a spinner pin (hence double photo) which I like the concept of but so far haven't been wild about the execution; I just wanted an official galarian pontya pin, even if it looks a bit neopets.

Yeah that looks like screenprint on enamel to me. How noticeable it is texturally tends to vary in my experience.

# ? Jul 15, 2022 04:28

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Showing a pair of pin boards I'm real happy with :kimchi:

# ? Jul 18, 2022 19:38

Turbinosamente: May 29, 2013; Lights on, Lights off

I assume some of y'all might still be on fangamer's mailing list: I just got the email that they're starting their own Pinverse thing. Which is all fine and good, but as some one who just cleaned out a ton of backer cards for pins, I'm not totally sure I dig all the extra stuff that comes with them. They also have two tiny 8x10 felt pin boards stylized to look like video game inventory screens for you to pin them to. My collection's way beyond that but I figured it's worth mentioning.

# ? Jul 21, 2022 20:23

HopperUK: Apr 29, 2007; Why would an ambulance be leaving the hospital?

StrixNebulosa posted:

Showing a pair of pin boards I'm real happy with

Sideways-face-owl is delightful. Very nice boards!

# ? Jul 21, 2022 20:54

FirstAidKite: Nov 8, 2009

Monthly cat pins from frost dragon designs been killin it

Some of the past few months:

Next month's:
https://frostdragondesigns.com/collections/monthly-cute-cat-pin-club/products/cute-cat-club

# ? Jul 23, 2022 02:48

Zeenovos: Nov 29, 2021

Turbinosamente posted:

I assume some of y'all might still be on fangamer's mailing list: I just got the email that they're starting their own Pinverse thing. Which is all fine and good, but as some one who just cleaned out a ton of backer cards for pins, I'm not totally sure I dig all the extra stuff that comes with them. They also have two tiny 8x10 felt pin boards stylized to look like video game inventory screens for you to pin them to. My collection's way beyond that but I figured it's worth mentioning.

Not gonna lie, I've been staring at some of those pins. Particularly the Drifter and the Junimo jar. :P

# ? Jul 24, 2022 08:31

Zeenovos: Nov 29, 2021

New pins! :P

# ? Jul 24, 2022 08:34

claw game handjob: Mar 27, 2007; pinch pinch scrape pinch
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Zeenovos posted:

I'm going to need to know where that ice pop came from yesterday.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 09:30

Zeenovos: Nov 29, 2021

secretly best girl posted:

I'm going to need to know where that ice pop came from yesterday.

From BBCRE8! They have a blind bag listing https://www.bbcre8.com/product/moonie-popsicle-blind-bag

# ? Jul 24, 2022 15:49

Turbinosamente: May 29, 2013; Lights on, Lights off

That's also a nice Sesshoumaru pin! (Yes, I am an old school Rumiko Takahashi dork, anybody else currently reading Mao?).

I've got nothing against Fangamer, they make great video game pins, I own a poo poo ton of them. I'm just in a quandary as to whether I need to hang on to all the cards and packaging from my pins. What do you guys do with it all?

# ? Jul 24, 2022 15:59

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Turbinosamente posted:

That's also a nice Sesshoumaru pin! (Yes, I am an old school Rumiko Takahashi dork, anybody else currently reading Mao?).

I've got nothing against Fangamer, they make great video game pins, I own a poo poo ton of them. I'm just in a quandary as to whether I need to hang on to all the cards and packaging from my pins. What do you guys do with it all?

Depending on what comes with a pin:

- backing cards either become bookmarks or get recycled. I keep the ones with cool art.
- packaging gets recycled or reused to send out pins
- prints / stickers go into their respect storage bins and used / held onto

# ? Jul 24, 2022 16:11

HopperUK: Apr 29, 2007; Why would an ambulance be leaving the hospital?

FirstAidKite posted:

Monthly cat pins from frost dragon designs been killin it

Some of the past few months:

I love Herbert West cat there.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 16:15

Cloks: Feb 1, 2013; by Azathoth

Turbinosamente posted:

That's also a nice Sesshoumaru pin! (Yes, I am an old school Rumiko Takahashi dork, anybody else currently reading Mao?).

hell yeah, i just read mermaid saga and ranma 1/2 was my introduction to manga

# ? Jul 24, 2022 16:17

Turbinosamente: May 29, 2013; Lights on, Lights off

Cloks posted:

hell yeah, i just read mermaid saga and ranma 1/2 was my introduction to manga

Awesome! It feels like nobody really talks about her stuff since Inuyasha ended, granted I thought Rin-ne sucked. I haven't ventured into ADTRW in years but I doubt there's a thread there for geeking out about her work.

StrixNebulosa posted:

Depending on what comes with a pin:

- backing cards either become bookmarks or get recycled. I keep the ones with cool art.
- packaging gets recycled or reused to send out pins
- prints / stickers go into their respect storage bins and used / held onto

Some good food for thought here. I keep eyeing up the figpin cases because they take up so much room. Perhaps I'll keep only the cases to the unusual and rare ones? Pretty sure no one cares about glitter sonic and the common dbz characters, versus spyro the dragon, the designer con mascot, and con exclusive orange dress hello kitty. I've already ruined much of their value by taking them out of the cases anyways.

# ? Jul 24, 2022 16:32

Alder: Sep 24, 2013

Turbinosamente posted:

Awesome! It feels like nobody really talks about her stuff since Inuyasha ended, granted I thought Rin-ne sucked. I haven't ventured into ADTRW in years but I doubt there's a thread there for geeking out about her work.

I actually completed Inuyasha a few decades later and yeah I feel like the endings felt way more disappointing me to now than before had I read it as a kid.

Her latest series Mao is just OK...the FeMC does fight a little and her art still is very retro but still reliable. I feel like it's closer to a hobby than a serious attempt at a popular series from her.

# ? Jul 25, 2022 02:14

Turbinosamente: May 29, 2013; Lights on, Lights off

Alder posted:

I actually completed Inuyasha a few decades later and yeah I feel like the endings felt way more disappointing me to now than before had I read it as a kid.

Her latest series Mao is just OK...the FeMC does fight a little and her art still is very retro but still reliable. I feel like it's closer to a hobby than a serious attempt at a popular series from her.

She remixed her cliches just enough to keep me interested in the mystery of who did what in Mao, I'm full on trying to "solve" it before the characters do. The female lead may be technically more active in fights, but she's still pretty sidelined and almost irrelevant plot wise and is doing the wish washy poo poo again of not revealing info/speaking her mind because she's too proper and doesn't want to rock the boat of the main character. Kagome did that poo poo whenever Kikyo showed up and it was annoying there too.

Probably should make a Takahashi appreciation station thread over in the anime subforum because boy do I have mixed feelings about the upcoming Urusei Yatsura anime remake too.

# ? Jul 25, 2022 13:32

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

I have an Inuyasha pin preordered, I'll post pics when I get it!

In the meantime, omg this pinmail:

# ? Jul 25, 2022 17:23

Zeenovos: Nov 29, 2021

Turbinosamente posted:

That's also a nice Sesshoumaru pin! (Yes, I am an old school Rumiko Takahashi dork, anybody else currently reading Mao?).

I've got nothing against Fangamer, they make great video game pins, I own a poo poo ton of them. I'm just in a quandary as to whether I need to hang on to all the cards and packaging from my pins. What do you guys do with it all?

If I'm not recycling them after clinging to them for too many years, I use backing/business cards as:

- Bookmarks
- Part of a collage (if the design is a piece of artwork in its own right and depending on if it has pin holes and if those detract from the design)
- Cut into shapes for winding embroidery floss around

If mailers aren't too damaged I'll keep them for eventual reuse, and if there are stickers that aren't just like the business name they go into my sticker book for either keeping or future use on a letter/envelope. Excess tissue paper, bubble wrap, or those little zigzag cut paper confetti things get set aside for either product photos or for me to use when mailing things.

# ? Aug 1, 2022 23:17

Turbinosamente: May 29, 2013; Lights on, Lights off

Those are all great suggestions! However I already have too many dedicated bookmarks lol. I did recycle all the fancy packages and display cases for the figpins last week and feel so much better about it. I kept like seven that match the expensive and limited edition ones.

The next largest group is the raft of fangamer backing cards. They're nice but dont inspire me collage wise so they may hit the bin too.

Fake edit: Actually the pokemon pins are the largest group but idk if it's worth keeping any outside the ones for the championship pins. I dislike the new design for the card anyways, too utilitarian for my tastes. And they're huge like 5 x 7 ish, takes up quite a bit of space.

# ? Aug 2, 2022 14:30

FirstAidKite: Nov 8, 2009

The Frost Dragon Designs monthly Cute Cat Pin Club pin came in the other day

# ? Aug 2, 2022 15:59

StrixNebulosa: Feb 14, 2012; You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Pin mail today!

From Alstro Arts and the Angelology KS respectively!

# ? Aug 3, 2022 16:05

deoju: Jul 11, 2004; All the pieces matter.; Nap Ghost

I recommend this type of pin backs. They hold more securely and snag less easily than the normal ones.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/225...id=SmGz9QhT052N

# ? Aug 6, 2022 04:57

Megabound: Oct 20, 2012

Started a new jacket that I'll be acquiring pins and patches for in time. First time I've sewn a big fabric back patch and it was far more tedious than the regular stiff ones but I got there in the end.