pin heads and eyeballs

KingPin1

I heard the pinny bags are rubbing off the eyes... true untrue???

grgemonkey

True. Seen a bunch of pics on Slack chat.

But I don't know the full details so I won't even bother attempting to explain it There is some caution to be had though, so if you don't need your pins in the bag yet, might be worth holding off.

fishfishmonkeyhat

From Slack:



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Got my bag on its side with the pages fanned open right now. Hopefully it will be ready in 2 months for AUS..

fishfishmonkeyhat

UPDATE!: Bag just fell over!

misskass

I agree that it's terrible, but the Soulless mod for the staff pins is cool.

Capt Wasabi

fishfishmonkeyhat wrote: »

UPDATE!: Bag just fell over!

Details man! You can't make an explosive statement like this and just leave it.

Ayefkay

#baggate2015

fishfishmonkeyhat

Capt Wasabi wrote: »

fishfishmonkeyhat wrote: »

UPDATE!: Bag just fell over!

Details man! You can't make an explosive statement like this and just leave it.

It has now started to detach its lower jaw so it can consume my chair:

Capt Wasabi

Thank you!
Keep me updated RE: Chair consumption.

grandoldaubrie

I will probably sew a soft cloth over the pleather pages, as those seem to be the problem? No guarantees though.

SerpicoBC

Oh wow, I'm just reading this now. Good luck, folks. That's scary stuff.

Keroan

Mine didn't erase all eyes, but Levin's hobby pin in the upper left corner of my bag has some erasure. I'm definitely going to sew some fabric over the pleather - apparently when pressure is applied it sticks to the raised paint on the pins and can take it right off. :<

Spokane_SnowMan

Ran into these on one individuals bag while doing some trading by the merch booth at Prime on Monday.

hacky

Those were mine! They were unfortunate victims during the flight to Seattle.

Though, their story has a happy ending. Someone traded for them, and had an excellent idea. (and I know you're here, but I don't remember your name!)

I believe it was Gavin at the trading table that did this...

KingPin1

#baggate2015

silrn

hacky wrote: »

Those were mine! They were unfortunate victims during the flight to Seattle.

Though, their story has a happy ending. Someone traded for them, and had an excellent idea. (and I know you're here, but I don't remember your name!)

I believe it was Gavin at the trading table that did this...

That was me! I'll try to set up and post all the various ones I ended up getting "fixed" in a separate thread. But from the sounds of it, Gavin (and others) want to keep this activity of "fixing" pins going!

PedroAsani

KingPin1 wrote: »

#baggate2015

No. God damn it no. Don't add gate to the end of a word ever. It's lazy hack journalism and we are above that crap. Watergate was not a scandal about water.

Qumaden

PedroAsani wrote: »

KingPin1 wrote: »

#baggate2015

No. God damn it no. Don't add gate to the end of a word ever. It's lazy hack journalism and we are above that crap. Watergate was not a scandal about water.

#Pedrogate

Maxxsense

I thought I could store all my pins in my trading bag. Then I found a scratch on Mike's eye that wasn't there before.

fishfishmonkeyhat

Qumaden wrote: »

PedroAsani wrote: »

KingPin1 wrote: »

#baggate2015

No. God damn it no. Don't add gate to the end of a word ever. It's lazy hack journalism and we are above that crap. Watergate was not a scandal about water.

#Pedrogate

#Pedroisntevenhisrealnamegate

BrushwoodMutt

So are the bags just bad to use or do they require airing out then they are a-okay or...what?

fishfishmonkeyhat

Well I'm still airing mine out right now. I might use one of my trade pins to test it because at the moment I wouldn't trust it with any pins, based on these reports.

TheAggroCraig

Maybe all future pins should have blindfolds to fix the issue.

BrushwoodMutt

So what you are saying is that DSB Merch predicted this?

fishfishmonkeyhat

*Puts DSB Merch in pin bag*

Comes out looking like

gacbmmml

I can't recommend those bags at all. My zipper busted after a single day... which is quite the shame after I had to pay some ridiculous amount for shipping last month.

BrushwoodMutt

So is there an amount of time you need to air them out for? Because I think I've aired out the "sticky" side of each flap for about 8+ hours now over this week. And I didn't have any issue at PAX but I may have been lucky.

PS Is the reason they are "Sold Out" because they sold all the stock or because...?

D0rkAngl

Mine still stinks like crazy, but all of the pins are fine. I don't know if I got lucky, or if the ones that had for sale at PAX were somehow fixed from the original batch (I bought mine on Friday at merch)

Robert Khoo

Hey everyone - I talked to Brian about this issue on Friday, and we're in talks with the manufacturer about it. Please know that any pin that's impacted by this we will replace free of charge. Sorry about the massive inconvenience on this - we're still a bit befuddled at what exactly is going on, but I promise we'll get you all taken care of.

@gacbmmml That definitely shouldn't be happening! Please let us know and we can either replace or refund ASAP.

Thanks for the patience, everyone.

fishfishmonkeyhat

FREE OF CHARGE?!


*starts mushing all his pins into the bag..*


"Wait, why am I doing this?.."

agentcooper

fishfishmonkeyhat wrote: »

"Wait, why am I doing this?.."

He said FREE! Keep shovelling!!!!!

blighttdm

Just checked in on mine that I didn't air out and has held pins on it for over a few weeks. No scratches, no Indiana Jones melty eye business. Haven't moved it too much though so some kinetic friction/ rubbing might be helping the issue at hand here.

merchmistress

gacbmmml wrote: »

I can't recommend those bags at all. My zipper busted after a single day... which is quite the shame after I had to pay some ridiculous amount for shipping last month.

Did you email us a merch@penny-arcade.com? We will replace it with a degassed bag or refund your cost.

Maxxsense

will PA staff still trade even if the pin is missing its eyes

mightyh0bbes

Maxxsense wrote: »

will PA staff still trade even if the pin is missing its eyes

I think the "undamaged pin" rule applies to everyone but they might understand.

Beker

Maxxsense wrote: »

will PA staff still trade even if the pin is missing its eyes

Certainly, happy to swap those out for you if you catch us with our pins.

SerpicoBC

Beker wrote: »

Maxxsense wrote: »

will PA staff still trade even if the pin is missing its eyes

Certainly, happy to swap those out for you if you catch us with our pins.

Will you repaint them with evil red eyes? Please say yes. Even if it's a lie.

silrn

SerpicoBC wrote: »

Beker wrote: »

Maxxsense wrote: »

will PA staff still trade even if the pin is missing its eyes

Certainly, happy to swap those out for you if you catch us with our pins.

Will you repaint them with evil red eyes? Please say yes. Even if it's a lie.

From what I can tell, both Gavin and Mike Krahulik will be happy to "fix" the pins!

Maxxsense

So what should I do with my pin bag to fix this problem?

fishfishmonkeyhat

Apparently you just have to air the pages out. Unzip it and fan them out somewhere for a few days.

Ayefkay

I've kept my pin bag unzipped the whole time since I heard of the problems. Currently no defected pins. Seems to do the trick.