If you walk around Disney resorts and parks, you will notice several people especially cast members wearing Disney pins lanyard. Aside from putting pins on caps, vests and bags, lanyards are the most frequent way to display a collection of Disney pins. There are usually about a dozen pins in each lanyard and cast members from different parks have varied lanyard colors. The most common are teal or green. These lanyards are not tradable as a whole but single pins are allowed to be traded every transaction.
As a marketing strategy back in year 2002 and to support the pin trading activities which started a few years back, Disney pins lanyard finally came into existence. The most popular and probably the most expensive Disney pins are part of the two earliest collections, the “Disney’s Cast Lanyard Collection” and the “Disneyland’s Hidden Mickey Collection”. Since then, Disney grounds have become a colossal collectors’ arena for young and old.
These lanyards were originally distributed to cast members who are allowed to trade and sell pins at Disney properties provided that their trading activity doesn’t completely sidetrack them from their work. Some lanyards of cast members are color-coded to allow them to sell pins to children from ages 3 to 12. You can also see managers wearing these lanyards but never with operators of rides. This kind of direct marketing to employees popularized the trading even more.
Guests can easily approach a cast member and trade a Disney pin as long as it is not identical to any pin that is already on the cast members’ lanyard. Disney requires cast members to trade off their pins when inside Disney grounds. Lanyards can be used twice as long as it is not by the same employee.
Disney pins lanyards of cast members have the most desired and highest appreciated pins since some of them are part of rare collections. In online trading, the prices can easily sky-rocket as collectors engage in bidding wars. A lot of people are encouraged to collect Disney pins because of its high value even in the secondary market. When you check online stores, look for the telltale signs of a scrapper’s pin. If there are 100 pieces of the same pin in their possession, their pins may not be genuine. It is still better to buy from cast members than any other trading facilities.
Do not shy away from cast members or from anyone with Disney pins lanyard. If you have only started collecting pins, trading pins with cast members and well-reputable traders or guests inside the parks can be exciting. Cast members are required to trade pins while guests may or may not. “Sharks” or professional traders who simply disregards pin trading etiquette are also around Disney parks so be aware of their tactics.
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