Naughty Dog 30th Anniversary Pin

Frostbyte

Pulling this topic out of general chat, as it deserves it's own thread.

So here's the deal. I can and will be attending this event. If you would like my assistance in obtaining one, please PM me before 3pm PST. We will discuss the details there.

- Your Guardipin Angel

fishfishmonkeyhat

PedroAsani wrote: »

vid wrote: »

If there are only thirty... then we've just witnessed the birth of something to finally dwarf DLC in terms of difficulty.

We "know" the rule is at least 1,000 pins for third party stuff, but... Naughty Dog could always be the special exception.

Whilst I don't think they would limit it to just 30 people, it is entirely possible that the number will be less than the full run. They could give a Pin to every employee, and let the public get the rest. That's a chunk out of the minimum run that we wouldn't see unless we could trade with employees.

Don't be ridiculous Pedro.

They'll probably just melt the rest.

Clix

I'm in.

TheAggroCraig

Dude... I would love you forever if you could be my guardian angel.

Frostbyte

Keep the PMs coming guys, gotten a ton so far. Also, please mention if you are in the US or AUS when you contact me, two different macros haha. 5 hours till orders close!

Frostbyte

...and the grand total is 30 pins I need to pickup tonight lol. I'll try to grab a few more if I can afford to, for the poor souls who see all this madness late. Off I go!

Manic2k

DAAAAAAAAAMN

Manic2k

This was really left field.

Frostbyte

Status Report. This is much busier than I expected. There are about 200 people in line ahead of me, but everyone I've talked to is just here for free shit. 15 mins till the doors open.

TheAggroCraig

I'm curious at what they'll say when you ask to buy 30+ pins

fishfishmonkeyhat

Oh are they actually selling the pin there? I thought you had to be at the front of the line..

Fitzchivalry

fishfishmonkeyhat wrote: »

Oh are they actually selling the pin there? I thought you had to be at the front of the line..

I think its free for the first 30, then selling after that.

At least I hope so, otherwise Frosty has like $400 to go drinking with

Zeushero

Oh man I was away from the computer for a day and I missed this? If you can get extras I'll send paypal you asap. I think i should PM you as well.

dchoy

Didn't see this post! If you have any extras let me know!

verybluetardis

I was too late in the line. They had 50 for sale aside from the 30 for free. Supposedly only 80 were made according to the naughty dog rep. Can anyone else confirm?

TheAggroCraig

verybluetardis wrote: »

I was too late in the line. They had 50 for sale aside from the 30 for free. Supposedly only 80 were made according to the naughty dog rep. Can anyone else confirm?

There's no way, even PA said that 300 was the absolute minimum for a run in general, and I'm pretty sure that's for in house stuff only.

All I can say is fuck.

Clix

Sony people have been all over the map with Pinny Arcade. Back at PAX East I was told that Sony was trading pins for charity, but another pal said he was told that the employees were free to do what they wanted with their pins.

After PA delivers the pins though, I guess a vendor can do whatever they want with the pins.

Qumaden

Maybe this is what they were referring to when they said you won't be able to collect all of the pins. Here's a surprise fucking pin that is being doled out at an event no one can go to with a low ass run. Swell.

Frostbyte

Ok, here's the good the bad and the ugly in reverse order:

The Bad: There only had 50 for sale

The Ugly: Limit ONE per person. Ugh.

The Good: When asked about if they plan to sell them online, the response was "keep an eye on store, your friends should be fine"

So there you have it. You guys will be able to buy them online, just need to play the waiting game.

For all of you who PayPal'd for me to proxy purchase, I'll do the refunds as soon as I get home. Their Mobil app doesn't have that functionality.

I tried . I'm sorry everyone has to wait it out.

Qumaden

Thanks for trying man. We appreciate you looking out for us.

TheAggroCraig

Were you at least able to get one for you?

And of course no worries, playing pin god isn't an easy task, but it's nice to know they'll be available. Thank you for trying!

Ayefkay

As always, Frostbyte, you did your best and i couldnt thank you enough for trying for us. This hit us all out of nowhere. I really hope PA will alert us beforehand in future.

Clix

Thanks for trying. I hope you at least had some fun at the event.

Ayefkay

Also...what store? Sony, naughty dog, pa?

Qumaden

Thanks for the return man, and thanks for be willing to bite that bullet for the community.

sudopoop

Thanks for trying! I really appreciate you stepping up and giving us a chance at these!

Frostbyte

Ok, all the refunds should be done.

Yes, I got one for myself, there were less than 10 in the bin by the time I got up there.

As for which store, he gave me the impression that they will be launching a Naughty Dog gear store very soon, which is where they plan to sell their own branded Merch. But it was loud and he was very busy.

sudopoop

Did some digging. Looks like their homepage has a blog [1] which mentions a "big upcoming announcement with Treehouse Brand Stores."

Time to play the "patiently hit F5" game...

[1] http://www.naughtydog.com/site/post/30th_anniversary_announcements_pax_prime_limited_edition_art_book_and_futur/

Ayefkay

http://treehousebrandstores.com/#stores

Treehouse brand stores, currently Naughty Dog isnt listed......The waiting game has begun

TheAggroCraig

Doesn't this make you wonder if there's any other secret pins kicking around?

Ayefkay

Should we be starting something like 'Neighbourhood Watch' where we take turns combing through the Internet to make sure no pins get by us?

..........who am I kidding, i do that already, all the time...

Cowpuppy

I walk away from my computer for one damn weekend...

This makes me wish there was some kind of Pin Pal Alert system that sent an email or a tweet or something as soon as new pin news is announced/discovered. I'm usually on top of things just checking the forums but if nothing buzzes or beeps at me, sometimes I forget.

Not that it would have mattered this time, but it could, someday! And that fills me with anxiety.

TheAggroCraig

Maybe we can have an official twitter account for Pin availability only, and we can all set up twitter alerts for it... how obsessive will we all become with this.

darkinfero

They only have about 250 employees. I think we will get one. I wouldn't worry people. The next level was suppose to be rare and it wasn't and pretty much the same with the order.

SerpicoBC

It's a very cool looking pin. I'm going to be quietly waiting around all day for the announcement.

dchoy

Two pins just sold on eBay for $44 and $50. No active listings as of now.

KnownAsSimple

I've just join the forums and I have a question. How rare is this NaughtyDog 30th anniversary pin? I mean $50 seems so cheap for a pin that there is only 80 of it. I got the order 1886 pin for $50 on ebay

sudopoop

As far as we're aware, only 80 are in circulation. We speculate (and hope) that there are at least 1000 (since its a 3rd party pin).

Most of us are waiting for the Naughty Dog online store to launch, as it has been hinted that the remaining pins will likely to be sold from there.

KnownAsSimple

sudopoop wrote: »

As far as we're aware, only 80 are in circulation. We speculate (and hope) that there are at least 1000 (since its a 3rd party pin).

Most of us are waiting for the Naughty Dog online store to launch, as it has been hinted that the remaining pins will likely to be sold from there.

I'm new to pin trading so I have some questions.

How much is a good price for NaughtyDog pin? And what about the order 1886?

Manic2k

Yeah it hasn't been confirmed as limited to 80 print, heck we didn't even know this one was on its way... How do we all feel about the surprise pin being so underwraps :S

Ayefkay

Bit hard to say atm for the Naughty Dog pin as we still dont know where/when/if the rest will be sold.

I too bought my Order 1886 pin for $50 on ebay, seems about right.