I did a few 'good will' trades over tge weekend. A girl was missing one staff head, ben kuchera who wasnt at the staff trading event obviously, gave her mine. And fishfishmonkeyhat missed out on kenneths gummy bear so i gave him my spare (he sold his soul for it though but he doesnt know it yet...) Being in the hardcore category puts me in a position where i dont really need to trade anything, so im happy to help people out when i can.
I did a few 'good will' trades over tge weekend. A girl was missing one staff head, ben kuchera who wasnt at the staff trading event obviously, gave her mine. And fishfishmonkeyhat missed out on kenneths gummy bear so i gave him my spare (he sold his soul for it though but he doesnt know it yet...) Being in the hardcore category puts me in a position where i dont really need to trade anything, so im happy to help people out when i can.
Must be nice being so hardcore and owning every single pin... #jealous
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Ive been like that all my life, i cant start a collection and NOT finish it, it eats away at my brain all the time that theres aomething missing. Dem Brain Squirrels tho...
I really wish i never knew about Nintendo's new Amiibo figurines.... Ive stayed clear of Skylanders because its not a series im in to, Disney infinity ALMOST got me with their guardians of the galaxy and now Marvel characters set. But i think NINTENDO characters is going to push me over the edge....Awesome characters, works WITH games like smash bros, i dont really have a choice here...
I really wish i never knew about Nintendo's new Amiibo figurines.... Ive stayed clear of Skylanders because its not a series im in to, Disney infinity ALMOST got me with their guardians of the galaxy and now Marvel characters set. But i think NINTENDO characters is going to push me over the edge....Awesome characters, works WITH games like smash bros, i dont really have a choice here...
It's a trap! Don't do it. As cool as they are there is no point to own the whole set. When Pokemon Rumble came out for the Wii U I actually got a whole set. Now they just sit there, doing nothing. I am only going to grab a few of the Smash ones.
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ill just get link, zelda and ganondorf....................and c.falcon because hes boss....
I'm a sucker for Nintendo myself, I have Pikachu, Marth and Captain Falcon on preorder..... and if Duck Hunt gets one, he'll be mine as well... and maybe a few others...
I'm also a fan of Skylanders, the games are very fun when you look past the gimmick, and I don't need to have them all because that's just crazy.
Yes by next pax I won't be able to pull those post gripping super backs off my pins.
Can you bring some so I can have them? I'm still mourning the loss of my Aus Logo from 2013 due to a faulty back. I will never forgive the non-locking backs for what they've done.
I had several trades at AUS that I had to sweeten the pig because I would have felt super dirty afterwords. A specific example was a gentleman had an AUS 13 logo that I wanted to trade for, and he *ONLY* wanted the AUS 14 Logo, which he told me he knew was on sale in the merch booth. We were both in a hurry at the time trying to get to Panels, but I couldn't trade him just the logo, so I gave him a whole AUS 14 core set. He was thrilled and I still think I got the better end of that deal, but it was the best I could do on that short of notice.
As a side note, I gave away almost a whole bag's worth of locking pin backs to assorted Aussie traders that didn't know what they had on their lanyard. If they had any AUS 13 pins or LE pins, I gave them locking backs to prevent their loss. An unintentional (but appreciated) side effect from this, was several of those people ended up trading with me later in the show, simply because they knew me from when I gave them locking pin backs.
I have honestly found the default rubber backs plenty adequate for keeping pins secure. Are you all playing so much Joust that the pins get loosened or something?
I was once like you, blindly trusting the rubber backs. That is until the devastation of losing a pin off my lanyard happened to me. Never again! They're secure until they're not & I don't want to take that chance.
I had caught the pin collecting bug and had to catch them all. I had nearly completed not only the Prime 2013 set, but had been busting my rump on other pins as well. I was able to score an Aus chandra from the MTG booth, and felt like a million bucks. The Expo Hall was going full tilt, and I was speed running the Windborn booth trying to get the Jin pin from that damn prize wheel. I spin for another loss on the prize wheel and move to get back in the line. I feel a small, almost imperceptible brush against my hand...a fly, a loose lint ball, something minute. Then, throughout the din of the expo hall, I hear ringing like the bells of judgement day...I thought to myself, my god, what was that sound?
I look down, and there lay my beloved Chandra, dropped so unceremoniously to the floor like so much swag bag filler. I scooped her up and rushed her into my pocket with the speed and grace of a bird of prey intent on his first meal in days.
I knew then that rubber pin backs ruin lives. Please, don't trust rubber pin backs.
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I've lost a single common pin to the rubber backs. I switched to the locking pin backs prior to East, but I forgot to bring all of my extras, so I was only able to give out a few locking pin backs at East (basically to the 3-4 people wearing their DLCs).
As FishFish experienced, the locking backs aren't perfect. But I've found that if I test each locking back for grip before leaving it alone, it works wonders, I've had to through away a few locking backs that wouldn't grip completely, I didn't bother trying to fix it or see if a different pin worked better, just straight to the trash.
Speaking of which, I gave out so many locking pin backs at PAX AUS, I need to order more >< before South.
I've lost a single common pin to the rubber backs. I switched to the locking pin backs prior to East, but I forgot to bring all of my extras, so I was only able to give out a few locking pin backs at East (basically to the 3-4 people wearing their DLCs).
I don't think I've seen a DLC pin 'in the wild.' Someone told me they had one during a trade but that they didn't bring it in order to keep it safe ... I coveted it.
Anyone try using those semi-permanent locking backs, that you need an allen wrench to attach/remove? Obviously it would be inconvenient for a pin you expected to be wheeling and dealing on -- but for your most prized pins that are either only out for bragging rights or for very specific trades -- it would give you some piece of mind.
I've lost a single common pin to the rubber backs. I switched to the locking pin backs prior to East, but I forgot to bring all of my extras, so I was only able to give out a few locking pin backs at East (basically to the 3-4 people wearing their DLCs).
I don't think I've seen a DLC pin 'in the wild.' Someone told me they had one during a trade but that they didn't bring it in order to keep it safe ... I coveted it.
I was wearing mine all weekend at Aus this year. Red PAX East Scarf with 90 pins on it….no? .
I ended up taking it off at about 3:00 Sunday because I had had two pins(all had locking backs) fall off….and didn't want to test fate any further.
I was wearing mine all weekend at Aus this year. Red PAX East Scarf with 90 pins on it….no? .
I ended up taking it off at about 3:00 Sunday because I had had two pins(all had locking backs) fall off….and didn't want to test fate any further.
Ah, that was you. My wife kept hoping to see you again because she wanted to trade for your Leeroy. Crazy Texan with the Second Sons pin in line for Wombat theatre (I think?).
I was wearing mine all weekend at Aus this year. Red PAX East Scarf with 90 pins on it….no? .
I ended up taking it off at about 3:00 Sunday because I had had two pins(all had locking backs) fall off….and didn't want to test fate any further.
Ah, that was you. My wife kept hoping to see you again because she wanted to trade for your Leeroy. Crazy Texan with the Second Sons pin in line for Wombat theatre (I think?).
I actually tried to find you two all day sunday and didn't find you at all(even though I had seen you multiple times up to that point. >.<
Sadly no. House is almost finished so any spare funds will be going into that. Probably be at Aus next year.
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It's a trap! Don't do it. As cool as they are there is no point to own the whole set. When Pokemon Rumble came out for the Wii U I actually got a whole set. Now they just sit there, doing nothing. I am only going to grab a few of the Smash ones.
Another year of Prime gone by... commence the struggle!
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ill just get link, zelda and ganondorf....................and c.falcon because hes boss....
I'm a sucker for Nintendo myself, I have Pikachu, Marth and Captain Falcon on preorder..... and if Duck Hunt gets one, he'll be mine as well... and maybe a few others...
I'm also a fan of Skylanders, the games are very fun when you look past the gimmick, and I don't need to have them all because that's just crazy.
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Karma thanked me by having me notice after she left that my Hannah had fallen off.
When I got it back that locking-back went in the bin. Improving the locking-back gene pool.
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So you have a tank of locking backs at home where you encourage them to mate? Because that would be the other side to this thought...
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Can you bring some so I can have them? I'm still mourning the loss of my Aus Logo from 2013 due to a faulty back. I will never forgive the non-locking backs for what they've done.
As a side note, I gave away almost a whole bag's worth of locking pin backs to assorted Aussie traders that didn't know what they had on their lanyard. If they had any AUS 13 pins or LE pins, I gave them locking backs to prevent their loss. An unintentional (but appreciated) side effect from this, was several of those people ended up trading with me later in the show, simply because they knew me from when I gave them locking pin backs.
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I had caught the pin collecting bug and had to catch them all. I had nearly completed not only the Prime 2013 set, but had been busting my rump on other pins as well. I was able to score an Aus chandra from the MTG booth, and felt like a million bucks. The Expo Hall was going full tilt, and I was speed running the Windborn booth trying to get the Jin pin from that damn prize wheel. I spin for another loss on the prize wheel and move to get back in the line. I feel a small, almost imperceptible brush against my hand...a fly, a loose lint ball, something minute. Then, throughout the din of the expo hall, I hear ringing like the bells of judgement day...I thought to myself, my god, what was that sound?
I look down, and there lay my beloved Chandra, dropped so unceremoniously to the floor like so much swag bag filler. I scooped her up and rushed her into my pocket with the speed and grace of a bird of prey intent on his first meal in days.
I knew then that rubber pin backs ruin lives. Please, don't trust rubber pin backs.
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As FishFish experienced, the locking backs aren't perfect. But I've found that if I test each locking back for grip before leaving it alone, it works wonders, I've had to through away a few locking backs that wouldn't grip completely, I didn't bother trying to fix it or see if a different pin worked better, just straight to the trash.
Speaking of which, I gave out so many locking pin backs at PAX AUS, I need to order more >< before South.
Way more than I needed, but it was nice to be able to give some out.
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I don't think I've seen a DLC pin 'in the wild.' Someone told me they had one during a trade but that they didn't bring it in order to keep it safe ... I coveted it.
I ALSO TOUCHED HIS DLC PIN WACCA WACCA!
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Pedro, I would like to trade you several years of indentured servitude for your second DLC pin.
AND THEY ALSO WANTED HIS DLC TOOT TOOT!
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I was wearing mine all weekend at Aus this year. Red PAX East Scarf with 90 pins on it….no?
I ended up taking it off at about 3:00 Sunday because I had had two pins(all had locking backs) fall off….and didn't want to test fate any further.
Oh yes. Several times. You didn't want to hold me it though.
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There were certainly left overs, but whether they will make it to South in great numbers of be saved for future use has yet to be seen.
Ah, that was you. My wife kept hoping to see you again because she wanted to trade for your Leeroy. Crazy Texan with the Second Sons pin in line for Wombat theatre (I think?).
I actually tried to find you two all day sunday and didn't find you at all(even though I had seen you multiple times up to that point. >.<
Will you guys' be at South?
Sunday I was in the expo hall all day and she was in panels.