PAX Prime 2015 Pin Quest

Lazorz

It's here!!!!
http://penny-arcade.com/pinny-arcade/news-post/pax-prime-2015-pin-quest

TheAggroCraig

Help

darkinfero

oh man
This pax. Let me get my running shoes.

Rysheve

So glad I'm a casual...

evanephrine

Hrrrrnnk those Portal pins! I love the PNW set as well, and it looks like I'll have to play Psychonauts to see if that Raz pin will be worth getting.

SerpicoBC

Prime is my last PAX as a completist. Though, in looking at the list, I may have already stopped being a completist.

I'm so thrilled for the Portal pins and Vault Boy pin. They are my everything. I hope I can buy them both instead of wait in a four hour line.

BrushwoodMutt

The collector in me is screaming to be a completionist, but the frugal, realist in me is thinking Robert Khoo was right in saying at a certain point it will be impossible to get all of the pins unless you are Mike Krahulik

aleph0

The Portal pins are probably at set of 4 for purchase, since it's at the We Love Fine booth.

Polygon LE available only at Merch Lite.

SerpicoBC

I'm actually really rethinking my completionist ethic at this moment.

Like, maybe I just stop? Maybe I just focus on the ones I want from now on? That'd be so liberating!

ArcticLancer

As a casual, I'm just glad there continue to be a few things at each PAX I can hope to trade for at a later date, or at East. ^_^

Lazorz

News post is up now too:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2015/08/14/pax-prime-pins

contendr

I love the Portal pins. They'll most likely be a $45 set at the We Love Fine booth (just like adventure time last year).

I can't make it to Prime this year, but I have a friend who is willing to buy stuff for me. The Portal, PNW and Behemoth sets shouldn't be a problem, but I'm really hoping the Thinkgeek and Vault Boy pins are just simple purchases since I'm not going to ask him to jump through a bunch of hoops just to get pins for me.

SerpicoBC

Kappa Pin [Twitch]
-Be one of the first 200 guests in line for Twitch Town Hall panel Friday, August 25,
4-5PM at the Streaming Theater.
-The first 50 people to play H1Z1 in the HP Omen gaming arena will walk away with one Kappa pin everyday at Twitch booth #3317.
-Follow us on Twitter to find out which Twitch staff member is playing treasure goblin and hoarding a bag of pins to give away. They’ll be on the show floor daily at 12PM and 4PM. Don’t forget the secret phrase!


Well, that sounds awful.

Hingo

SOOOO happy that the Kappa pin is what I thought it was - I can continue not giving a shit about it.

evanephrine

Looks like Twitch is up to the same shenanigans, except this time their pin is even worse looking.

Lazorz

SerpicoBC wrote: »

Kappa Pin [Twitch]
-Be one of the first 200 guests in line for Twitch Town Hall panel Friday, August 25,
4-5PM at the Streaming Theater.
-The first 50 people to play H1Z1 in the HP Omen gaming arena will walk away with one Kappa pin everyday at Twitch booth #3317.
-Follow us on Twitter to find out which Twitch staff member is playing treasure goblin and hoarding a bag of pins to give away. They’ll be on the show floor daily at 12PM and 4PM. Don’t forget the secret phrase!


Well, that sounds awful.

Same as East but even worse -- East was first 500 in line. This is 200. That's absolutely ridiculous. If the 1500 print run thing is true, only 27% of them are being given out in a definite way. And who knows how reliable the Leeroy method will be (it definitely wasn't helpful at East).

#FuckTwitch2015

theoriginalz

A Star Wars pin are you fucking kidding me!?

-Gabe out

We can only hope.

OpSteel

theoriginalz wrote: »

A Star Wars pin are you fucking kidding me!?

-Gabe out

We can only hope.

Commander Bragh Pin [Kabam]
Checkout the demo for Star Wars Uprising and pre-register for the game at the Kabam Booth #111

theoriginalz

OpSteel wrote: »

theoriginalz wrote: »

A Star Wars pin are you fucking kidding me!?

-Gabe out

We can only hope.

Commander Bragh Pin [Kabam]
Checkout the demo for Star Wars Uprising and pre-register for the game at the Kabam Booth #111

OOOOOOOOOOOOO I didn't not see that. Well sh*t.

SkeleVader

contendr wrote: »

I love the Portal pins. They'll most likely be a $45 set at the We Love Fine booth (just like adventure time last year).

I can't make it to Prime this year, but I have a friend who is willing to buy stuff for me. The Portal, PNW and Behemoth sets shouldn't be a problem, but I'm really hoping the Thinkgeek and Vault Boy pins are just simple purchases since I'm not going to ask him to jump through a bunch of hoops just to get pins for me.

My guess is the Thinkgeek will be a simple purchase, but the Bethesda pins will probably require some quality line time.

gacbmmml

We're talking what... $300 to $350 for all the new pins? It sure gets expensive quick!!

gacbmmml

Also, with Twitch Town Hall happening on Fri. AND the D&D live game also happening on Friday... pin or not, I'm definitely going to see D&D in action.

Cowpuppy

The only pin I absolutely need is Commander Bragh. I mean, it's Star Wars, and I was super interested in Star Wars: Uprising to begin with. There's a lot of others I like but I need that pin and would maybe shank someone for it. Not sure. The 1000 angels singing in my ear aren't really clear on that.

Lazorz

I like how the Rock Band pin isn't buy-only this time. Getting my group of friends to demo Rock Band 4 together and receiving a pin for it is super awesome.

Geveeso

Oh man, I hope the Valve Portal 2 pins and Bethesda's Vault Boy are still available come PAX South

Solelron

how are you confirming they aren't buy pins? some are obvious (WLF, Behemoth) but how do you know RB isn't a buy option?

Lazorz

Mike mentioned it in his write-up:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2015/08/14/pax-prime-pins

Gabe wrote:

Rock Band Pin [Harmonix]
Available to attendees that play Rock Band at the Harmonix Booth #152

BrushwoodMutt

Weird, now that the pin hype is going down and looking at the pins, anyone else think quite a few of the designs aren't as interesting as some of the older pin designs were? Not to be a downer, just wondering if I'm just being an art snob.

Also where is the third Moonrise pin for the set?

evanephrine

BrushwoodMutt wrote: »

Weird, now that the pin hype is going down and looking at the pins, anyone else think quite a few of the designs aren't as interesting as some of the older pin designs were? Not to be a downer, just wondering if I'm just being an art snob.

Also where is the third Moonrise pin for the set?

Agreed, the 3rd party pins seem to be getting a bit plainer. It seems like they're moving away from "Hey let's make a cool pin!" and towards "Hey if we make any pin people will give us attention/money!"

Also I just realized no Moonrise and now I'm sad.

aleph0

Yup I think a lot of the third party pins don't compare to PA/Bandland pins in terms of art quality. That's why I'm happy to pass on most of them, apart from the games I actually play.

Also I must say I love the Pacific Northwest themed Core set! Especially Kemper and the fish.

Solelron

ok..I kept looking at the pin news not PA news

Hingo

BrushwoodMutt wrote: »

Weird, now that the pin hype is going down and looking at the pins, anyone else think quite a few of the designs aren't as interesting as some of the older pin designs were? Not to be a downer, just wondering if I'm just being an art snob.

Also where is the third Moonrise pin for the set?

I will never judge a pin by its pinquest imagery.

Ajaxon

By my count there are:

• 8 that you have to do something for (demo a game, go to a panel, pray to the Twitch gods, etc)
• 15 to get from PA staff
• 31 to purchase (including Merch 3.0 but that will be free for spending $100 at merch booth)

WAHOO!

BrushwoodMutt

Hingo wrote: »

BrushwoodMutt wrote: »

Weird, now that the pin hype is going down and looking at the pins, anyone else think quite a few of the designs aren't as interesting as some of the older pin designs were? Not to be a downer, just wondering if I'm just being an art snob.

Also where is the third Moonrise pin for the set?

I will never judge a pin by its pinquest imagery.

Sorry to ask, but could you explain? Because whether I base my schedule around the pinquest images or not will greatly change how I schedule running around PAX. *Also to clarify I was not saying all the pins didn't dazzle me, just that there were enough to make me want to verbalize my concern because art school has turned me into a critic.

Second question: Does "Available at ____" translate to "can be bought at ____"?

zerzhul

Fucking hell.

Fallout

Portal

Minecraft

Camp W.

Fucking Star Wars

Ajaxon

BrushwoodMutt wrote: »

Sorry to ask, but could you explain? Because whether I base my schedule around the pinquest images or not will greatly change how I schedule running around PAX. *Also to clarify I was not saying all the pins didn't dazzle me, just that there were enough to make me want to verbalize my concern because art school has turned me into a critic.

Second question: Does "Available at ____" translate to "can be bought at ____"?

He means that sometimes the pins look way better in person.

And typically yes, if it says "Available at" it usually means it is a straight-up purchase. Single pins are usually $10, sometimes $15.

JKwon

Anyone know if the polygon is going to be limited? They didn't specify; which they normally do for LE pins

Lazorz

It'll be 1500 pieces.

Hingo

BrushwoodMutt wrote: »

Hingo wrote: »

BrushwoodMutt wrote: »

Weird, now that the pin hype is going down and looking at the pins, anyone else think quite a few of the designs aren't as interesting as some of the older pin designs were? Not to be a downer, just wondering if I'm just being an art snob.

Also where is the third Moonrise pin for the set?

I will never judge a pin by its pinquest imagery.

Sorry to ask, but could you explain? Because whether I base my schedule around the pinquest images or not will greatly change how I schedule running around PAX. *Also to clarify I was not saying all the pins didn't dazzle me, just that there were enough to make me want to verbalize my concern because art school has turned me into a critic.

Second question: Does "Available at ____" translate to "can be bought at ____"?

What @Ajaxon said. Here are some examples:
Overwatch

Team Fortress

Don't get me wrong - I love the TF pins. However, I don't think the pinquest sheet does them justice (neither does the image that I snagged from Ebay).

BrushwoodMutt

Okay thanks, I guess that means after Merch Lite for Polygon and fodder gathering I should swing by the other booths to see in person examples. Minus Twitch, for obvious reasons :P

Speaking of, is it better to get the Polygon first thing in the morning or try and get one of the demo pins?

GrassHopper

Huh, I wonder if the Star Wars pin will also have a “©Disney” mark and be tradeable with Disney pins :? Pinception!