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Welcome to the Pin Pals! Prime 2015 New Members Thread
evanephrine
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ev-an-eff-rinnSeattle, WARegistered User regular
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Good day and do come in! Drinks are to the left and please don't feed the fishfish. Seriously though we had a LOT of newer pin collectors at Prime and many unfamiliar faces at the pin trading panel, so if you're here at the forum for the first time, welcome!
Since the community thread is fairly saturated I'd like to use this thread as a place for anyone just coming in from Prime to introduce themselves and ask any questions they might have while they get oriented with our community. Ideally we can have one of these after every PAX so we can include as many new faces (handles?) as possible. We're all good folks here and we're happy to have you join the ranks!
Since the community thread is fairly saturated I'd like to use this thread as a place for anyone just coming in from Prime to introduce themselves and ask any questions they might have while they get oriented with our community. Ideally we can have one of these after every PAX so we can include as many new faces (handles?) as possible. We're all good folks here and we're happy to have you join the ranks!
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Nice to meet everyone.
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Another year of Prime gone by... commence the struggle!
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Yeah, it was next to the main merch booth, it was where the staff was trading pins. There was also often individual traders around.
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"Damn fine pins!"
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I fear nothing except shipping times. (And maybe "fear" isn't exactly the right word? :biggrin:)
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I respect anyone that can/attempts to, but not all pins are created equal. Unless I find it to be visually appealing, or there exists some underlying personal connection with the game/company it represents, it has no appeal to me. That's why I passed on demoing World of Warships or paying $10 a twist at the Behemoth pinny slots, among other things.
To all the hardcore pin completionists out there: God speed and good luck.
That being said, I did snag quite a few pins this year and would be happy to discuss trades; I noticed one or two pins floating about that caught my eye. However, I didn't broach the suspect at Prime because, quite frankly, I didn't want to offend anyone by offering a trade of insignificant value. Forgive my (pin)ignorance
If from Australia, lack of tracking is by choice. Auspost do pack and track for A$21. (Yes it's a little pricey.)
I managed to trade for a lot of the stuff I wanted (Leeroy, Hearthstone Cards, Wilson), and am only after a couple WotC pins, as well as the Twitch Glitch.
Was a lot of fun meeting some new people, and conversing about games/pins at the trading event. Oh, and hi!
I'm so sorry.
2015 PAX Prime Omeganaut (I will forever hate Katamari)
Oh wow, gross. Yeah so not worth it.
Hi to you too! Welcome to the endless party we call pinsanity and congrats on your trades! Hopefully we'll be able to toss some pins at each other in the future.
The Behemoth booth can be fun if there's a lot of people there doing it at the same time because trades start happening pretty naturally and organically. You still end up spending a decent amount of money, but since they really don't have rare pins (they're all runs of 1000) getting the full set shouldn't be impossible.
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Buy 5 hoping for one of each, inevitably get three of the same one, find people to trade with and go home happy... and then pass by another ten times during PAX and be very tempted to buy more hoping for the unicorn.
I am a long time PAX Prime goer. This was my 6th PAX Prime. I wasn't interested in pins in 2013 other than the PAX2013 pin. In 2014, I went on a quest for an AUS Chandra, Hearthstone cards, and Leeroy Jenkins, but most of the other pins didn't interest me. I got two out of three. This year I consider my self a pin collector. My main quest this year was to get back many of pins I got rid of in 2013 as well as my continued search for Leeroy Jenkins. I was pretty successful, but still no Leeroy. However, in my search I was introduced to this great community. Thanks everyone for being to friendly and not laughing too loudly when seeing my sparsely filled Official Pinny Arcade bag. :biggrin:
My post office insists that international tracking will only follow it while in Australia, and is effectively useless once it's out of the country.
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Hmm, guess I'll find out over the next week.
Another year of Prime gone by... commence the struggle!
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Technically this is true but behemoth pins don't always hold that value in terms of trades.
Another year of Prime gone by... commence the struggle!
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Yeah, the problem is that they seem rare at the show because of some bad luck with the machines and rumors starting, but there's actually 1000 of each of them. They tend to become equally valuable from a rarity standpoint after the show, and you're just trading on pins that people like more.
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Yeah it's kinda weird that there is a "rare" one out of each set but each pin has the same print run so in terms of probability there is not a rare pin for behemoth. Heck I never got a vampiress drop and I poured 100+ into the machines. It's all random I guess when they fill the machines and is pretty much what you said about people just trading for pins they like.
Another year of Prime gone by... commence the struggle!
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I'll gladly trade you for extras of your Derpicorns.
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In 2013 I didn't care much, just grabbed some pins here and there while at Prime. Actually ended up with some fairy desirable pins without really knowing it. Think I got around 20ish total.
2014 I cared quite a bit more but didn't want to spend money on it. So I did the best I could without buying pins and really just went for whatever I thought was cool, whether it was from Prime or not. Ended up with about 75% of the pins available at Prime, picked up some Hearthstones, D&D ampersands, AUS Chandra and a misprint Leeroy Jenkins. In fact one of the only things I didn't get was The Order pin, I had 5x and traded them all for the things I thought were cooler. :P Ended up adding a East 14 set and Aus 14 set to the collection. Totaled out 61 unique pins into the collection.
2015 I cared about pins way more, but still really didn't want to spend much money on it outside of Prime 15 sets and Prime Polygons to trade for East, South and Aus sets and polygons. My goal going into it was just to get all the staff pins, then get the core sets and polygons from all 4 shows... Well... Getting the staff pins was easy and then my inner trader kicked in and by about 1pm on Monday I had all the 2015 Prime pins except for about $100 worth of pay pins... So I went ahead and bought them and 100% it.
Came home with all the Prime pins and staff pins, a East polygon, a South polygon, 5 spare Prime polygons, 3 spare Prime 15's to hopefully trade straight up for East 15, South and Aus 15, and then 1x spare Gabbie and Tyche.
Care to share a picture of this misprint Leeroy Jenkins? Quite curious to see this!
Edit: Here ya go, sorry bout the crap photo. Left eyebrow. Skin colored instead of grey.
Oh, don't even get me started. I was trying to be sneaky Monday morning and waited downstairs by the elevator until 9:58. Of course, if you weren't in line, they had it all blocked off that day to stop people from doing exactly what I was trying to do. I understand why, etc, but man was I ever frustrated Monday. :hydra:
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How did Prime 13 kitty kemper not get you lured in?
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That's what did it for me!
This is my second PAX Prime and the first where I actually started collecting official Pinny Arcade pins. Found out about this last year when I asked one of the enforcers about the pins that a lot of people were wearing. I would consider myself more of a casual collector as I only pursued the pins which seemed more plausible to get (eg. play for pins, purchases, etc.)
I do have a couple of questions on pins which I hope you guys can answer:
Are the Pinny Arcade cardstock that the pins are attached to something that people collect? I took some of the pins out to attach to my lanyard and was wondering if I should keep the cardstock?
As a beginner, how do I know what pins are "rare"? What is the most common pin out there? I've been looking at the Pinny Pals site and the number of pins seem daunting to me.
Also, it seems that I can initiate a one to one trade for any pin with staff. How do I tell who is staff? Do the enforcers count as staff?
Sorry if that seems like a lot, especially if these have been answered. Really want to learn more and be better prepared for the next PAX.
2. Well there faces are on the pin... But seriously, they will often be wearing a PA pin lanyard covered with their staff pins. I noticed this year many of them had their old staff pins on the lanyards and the new pins in bags. You can also find them in certain places through out the day (next to Merchland is common area) and the Staff Pin Trading Panel.
Most people seem to not collect the cardstock.
Far as rarity, without diving in and tracking all the various economics of it, you can try http://pinmash.info/Ratings which attempts to rate the pins based on the communities feedback.
Staff will also have a purple badge. Enforcers are not staff and wear a black badge, and in general are not supposed to trade while on shift, one notable exception are the Line Entertainment enforcers who have official pins to trade.
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First of all, let me reiterate the topic of this thread and bid you welcome!
1. There are about one out of every twenty-five or so people who genuinely view the cardboard backing as part of the collectible, but the majority of folks don't care. In general, you are good to get rid of them. Personally, I do what @fishfishmonkeyhat does and keep a few extra around in a box in case I do an online trade with someone who places importance on them.
2. I direct you to This thread that is kind of a catch all for great community tools to help you orient yourself and get your pin game up to the next level(not to be confused with Next Level). A solid tool on there to use as kind of a bellwether to gauge the general community perceived "desirability" of each pin is Pin Mash, which you can see linked about halfway down that thread that I linked. While value of any collectible is variable based on rarity, perceived rarity, cost, demand, popularity, etc etc, this listing can kind of give you a quick indicator if you've got a highly desired pin on your hand. The major drawback is that new pins are added into the mix shortly after they're revealed, so their true popularity has really yet to be determined in the long run.
3. Don't let the number of pins get you down; it can seem daunting at first, but just find the ones you like and focus on those first. After that, if you feel like you wanna be the very best, like no one ever was, then you can start looking into catching them all!
4. As far as PA Staff go, you can absolutely initiate any one for one trade with any official Pinny Arcade pin you have for any pin that they are displaying. It's a very fun part of PAX and an excuse for us tocreep on interact with the staff of Penny Arcade! As far as who they are well...it's hard to tell unless you know their faces. Many of them have Twitter accounts and will tweet when they are in a certain part of PAX trading, so you can check them out there. There is also the official pin trading event they have at each PAX where they corral all the staff into one room for a little bit and force them to endure us as a collective to trade for their pins! (SPOILER: This is becoming a very popular event at PAX, and I would arrive earlier than the posted schedule time for this event if it's something you really want to attend). Other ways to kind of learn the PA staff is to check out PATV on the main Penny Arcade site; many of the staff play games on there each week so you can see their faces, their twitter handles and everything so that when you go to your next PAX, you'll be a pro who knows all the big dealers and can approach them with confidence all while saying "I know you and your face! May I please trade for one of your lovely pins please?!" As mentioned earlier, by @Beker enforcers, while great and wonderful beings to their very core and who are serving all us PAX goers by giving up their free time and enjoyment, are not technically PA Staff Members, and therefore would not be doing official trading while rocking their standard issue PAX Armor(enforcer tshirt).
To wrap it all up...we're a pretty friendly and welcoming community, and we are always happy to see new faces/usernames join us in our little adventures in pin trading/collecting! If you ever have questions about pins, you've come to the right place, and never be afraid to ask! I hope you enjoyed your most recent PAX, and good luck pin hunting at your next one!
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@Thuror Hi! I have been Line Entertainment recently- as @Beker said, we are not staff! But my LE family are the only ones who sometimes trade pins as a part of the job- we are given PA lanyards to use and use the staff trading rules (2 per person per day, and we cannot refuse you a 1-1 trade for something on the lanyard). These are then returned to PA when our shift is over, they do not belong to us! This may not happen every PAX (this Prime, Line Entertainment did not receive any...it made me a sad panda). We should not be trading while in our shirt. When we remove it, we are an attendee like you, then we would love to trade with you from our personal collections!
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I think I ended up with a raccoon and traded for it at Behemoth. I know that I got my set on the second try, and so I used my last two coins to try to get a pin for someone there from last years east series.
If so hi! ^_^