Pin trading bag

Ecoho

so just wondering (and hoping) that some of you out there know a viable alternative to the official pin trading bag as I was an idiot last prime and didn't buy one, 2 weeks later my friend sends me his collection including an unopened hanna..... so I need a something to store these beauties in when I head to pax south. so help me pin collectors your my only hope......well unless the store gets a restock.

agentcooper

Before the PA bags came out, someone on the forum here recommended this bag, http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Star-Chewbacca-Trading-Crossbody/dp/B012UHDDNG , and I did end up getting one for my wife to tote around (though that didn't end up happening at Aus!).

Not cheap, but it does work well, and it's Star Wars, so it has that going for it

Ecoho

agentcooper wrote: »

Before the PA bags came out, someone on the forum here recommended this bag, http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Star-Chewbacca-Trading-Crossbody/dp/B012UHDDNG , and I did end up getting one for my wife to tote around (though that didn't end up happening at Aus!).

Not cheap, but it does work well, and it's Star Wars, so it has that going for it

TY so much was looking for something like this! orders placed:)

PedroAsani

Just FYI, the official bag has had issues stealing the souls of Pins removing the eyes of Pins, so that is probably the reason they haven't been restocked. They locked the rest of the bags away in a box like the Ark of the Covenant pulled them until they can work out how to fix the problem.

evanephrine

evanephrine was warned for this.

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skeller

I wonder if anyone has any current recommendations on pin bags, given that the official PA bags are still locked away with the Ark of the Covenant. The bag @Agent Cooper recommended is no longer available at Amazon; I bought this bag: https://amzn.com/B00RI7I3FM and it's total crap. The pages in it are the thinnest material ever, yet the whole bag is incredibly bulky and it was just really inconvenient at PAX.

Flipping through the official PA bags at community trading events made me realize how bad my bag is. Any recommendations?

theoriginalz

skeller wrote: »

I wonder if anyone has any current recommendations on pin bags, given that the official PA bags are still locked away with the Ark of the Covenant. The bag @Agent Cooper recommended is no longer available at Amazon; I bought this bag: https://amzn.com/B00RI7I3FM and it's total crap. The pages in it are the thinnest material ever, yet the whole bag is incredibly bulky and it was just really inconvenient at PAX.

Flipping through the official PA bags at community trading events made me realize how bad my bag is. Any recommendations?

personally i'm getting a document case and putting foam inside.

SkeleVader

I think this is the document holder I saw people using. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00OTI2LTW/ref=mp_s_a_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1473183110&sr=8-20&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=document+case+a4&dpPl=1&dpID=31Vu7Bno9vL&ref=plSrch

Does anyone know if there is a better place to buy them from?

Wraith90

This was the one I was using

https://amazon.com/gp/product/B01CYSVAO0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Wasn't too crazy about it though, the latch kept coming open in my bag, I know I'm going to look at those small binders I saw people made.

vonhist

I received a wonderful ring folder from the pinny angels for my secret santa with ccg 9 per page sleeves and a couple of 2 per page for sets.

fishfishmonkeyhat

Sounds like you got a Cooper Special.

D0rkAngl

I didn't do anything in advance, so I had my PA pin bag modded. Some felt on the pages facing the pins saves the eyes.

Lazorz

If you're not going to another PAX until 2017, you might want to hold off on buying any third party bags.

I talked with Brian this past weekend and he mentioned that the new 2.0 PA bags are currently in the manufacturing and QA processes and they'll be ready "soon."

I was also lucky enough to take a look at a sample unit that Beker was carrying around. The primary change is that the dividing pages are now made out of the same material as the pin pages, making eye removal 99.99% less likely. Another thing I noticed is that the outside material of the bag seemed like a fluffier, higher quality material than the 1.0 bags. It felt really great to hold and flip through.

The future is looking bright, friends. I recommend holding off for these bags to be finished; the wait will be worth it

Kamelon

Hey, now that my pin collection is outgrowing my pin board, I'm looking for a pin trading bag - I see that @Lazorz posted over a year ago saying the new bags may be coming "soon". Anyone got new news on this?

fishfishmonkeyhat

Yeah, I'd probably start using the bag now to display my extras at community trading if I had one I could trust.

Lazorz wrote: »

I talked with Brian this past weekend and he mentioned that the new 2.0 PA bags are currently in the manufacturing and QA processes and they'll be ready "soon."

I remember Brian.

callmegar

The Blizzard bag looks and feels good, but it is big

skeller

I also switched to the new Blizzard bag (from an old random bag I got off Amazon a few years ago) and can vouch for it being high quality and very large. It's a little large to put in another bag which is kind of a bummer, but it has a lot of room and pockets.