Dizpins Pin Comparison Forum

FAKE ARTIST PROOF PINS! THIS IS A MUST READ IF YOU DO ANY ONLINE PURCHASING!

feeds@yuku.com (karkura) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:08:09 GMT

Please be careful of fake ARTIST PROOF pins being sold. If you want more info you can PM me.

Pin 67308: WDI - E Ticket - Haunted Mansion

feeds@yuku.com (pluto) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:22:54 GMT

Recieved this pin today from ebay and didn't assume that it was a fake and I am still not sure if it is. However what I received with the pin (as a gift) made me think it is a fake.
I felt compelled to post this because if it is a fake it does not have the word coupon misspelled as other scrappers of this pin do.

The gift pin was listed on pinpics (#26297) and was in a baggy as shown in the pictures below.
The back of the gift stitch pin says:
LIMITED EDITION...

Nothing to see here

feeds@yuku.com (Cpayne) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:26:13 GMT

Pin # 73769 on pinpics.com. I have a possible scrapper, the first in first release is spelled incorrectly and the number of toes on Hamm don't seem to match. Wondering/hoping its the picture but suspecting not. Thanks

Update, well sorry to waste the space here, definitely a scrapper as this pin set gets released in 6 days. Got it in an ebay pin lot, surprise right?

anyone have any of the DLRP married princess series?

feeds@yuku.com (chknf33t) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:33:28 GMT

I recently purchased the "Jasmine Married Princess" pin from the Paris Married Princess series, and I really want to make sure it's legit. I also purchased the Cinderella one of the same series, and they're both completely different! so I know one is a scrapper for sure, and I tend to think it's the Cinderella.

The dress on Cinderella is sparkly, but very white, and the sparkles are larger. The pin itself is also very light in weight, but so is my Tinkerbell...

i think i've been had

feeds@yuku.com (chknf33t) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:25:03 GMT

i'm very new to the whole disney pin collecting thing, and have really gotten into it. found a bunch on ebay and bought them, not realizing there are such things as "scrappers". now, as they're coming in, i'm thinking that the majority of them are scrappers i'm sending the ones back that i can, but a couple have "no return" policies, so it's my loss on those ones.

it's frustrating....

Snow White Princess Quote Collection (DLR CM HM 2007)

feeds@yuku.com (Duckmite) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:20:38 GMT

Hi everybody

The first picture is Snow White from DLR Cast Member Princess Quote Collection 2007 from PinPics (http://www.pinpics.com/cgi-bin/group.cgi?group=3786&pin=51762), the second is a...

Scrapper Traders at DTD

feeds@yuku.com (Jessfrogger88) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:39:29 GMT

Just returned from a trip to WDW and yesterday we went to DTD to pin trade and I thought I made some awesome trades and it turned out I was scammed out of a lot of my hard earned pins for fakes . I feel like such a fool. I don't really keep up on the latest scrappers and such and I generally have always trusted the people outside of pintraders at the tables. Well this time I was royally screwed. I traded for like 10 pins with two...

Help on challenging eBay deals?

feeds@yuku.com (Duckmite) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:01:35 GMT

Hi,

Sorry in advance for the long post, but I'd like some help (and moral support). Lately, I've bought 100+ Disney pins on eBay from one seller...

More Scrapper Images... :(

feeds@yuku.com (Dizpins Joette) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:02:53 GMT

Hidden Mickey Haunted Mansion scrappers

feeds@yuku.com (StarryJedi) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:06:25 GMT

I traded for a few hidden mickey haunted mansion pins (back in August when they first came out)...I know some are legit because I got them off a cast member who had just refreshed his lanyard (got the entire set since there were 4 of us there trading)....

However, now I see that there are scrappers. How can you tell which is the real one and which one is the scrapper? Specifically for the haunted mansion series?

vinylmation urban series

feeds@yuku.com (thejessta) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:18:26 GMT

hi, folks. i received, through a trade, what i believe are counterfeit vinylmation pins. i took some (poor camphone) pictures to share notable differences between the fake and genuine pins.

the top three pins are real, the bottom two are fake:

though similar in thickness, glossiness, and polished edges, the fakes do feel a bit lighter:

hidden mickeys

feeds@yuku.com (disneydonkey) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:13:09 GMT

I'm new to pin trading and I have a quick question. On the hidden mickey pins what is the color of the hidden mickey. In the pin pics they look black. I just wanted to confirm to make sure it wasn't a picture illusion. tia

Princess Tiana Pin

feeds@yuku.com (PrincessBecky) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:54:49 GMT

Hi everyone! I haven't been to WDW in a few weeks and was curious if anyone knew if the Princess Tiana pin (PinPics ID: 72833) has been released yet. The Disney Pins website says it will not be released until October 29, but I know they do release pins early sometimes.

I am curious because someone is selling this pin on Ebay. I asked where the seller got the pin, and she said in a trader lot. The seller even asked me if I knew who the character was...she had no idea. She...

Need a Scrapper Check

feeds@yuku.com (Melonballer) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:24:58 GMT

Hi,

I recently traded for a Disneyland cast lanyard pin and I am looking for an opinion from someone who has a definitely legit version of it.
I got Pin 64127: DLR - 2008 Hidden Mickey Series- Armed Forces Collection (Donald).
I am just looking for a second opinion. The yellow in the bottom stars seems small compared to the picture and there is a noticable divit in Donald left shoulder.
Here...

Scrapper Images

feeds@yuku.com (Dizpins Joette) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:03:02 GMT

Received an e-mail this morning asking if I wanted to purchase these pins directly from China. As a reference for you, here are the images:

Fake Costumed Stitch Dalmatian pin

feeds@yuku.com (unibear) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:29:46 GMT

I just received Pin 69433: DisneyShopping.com - Costumed Stitch Pin - Dalmatian Puppy that I purchased off the bay. I compared it to one I have on the card that I got from DisneyShopping.com and in the counterfeit pin, Stitch's coat is more green-gray (or just darker gray) compared to the light gray of the authentic one. My digital camera is at work, but I will take a pic and try to post it for you to see. Besides the color issue, the pin...

It's A Small World Hidden Mickey Series

feeds@yuku.com (dznycrazy) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:56:17 GMT

How can you identify a scrapper? I have two types, larger ones with one nub on the back and smaller ones with two nubs. If I had to guess the smaller ones are the real deal. Can anyone help me?

What is up with this Rescuers Pin

feeds@yuku.com (Jessfrogger88) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:47:54 GMT

http://www.pinpics.com/cgi-bin/pin.cgi?pin=61074&sid=2741.1252417354.v2

Saw this pin at WDW on a cast lanyard and thought I lucked out and found something cool LE 500. I traded for it and then traded it away later that trip to a trader at down town disney. After that I saw it on another cast members lanyard which I thought was odd. I saw it on ebay for .99 cents and then...

Scrooge taking bath pin from DS

feeds@yuku.com (Pinhead57) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:28:56 GMT

I have seen a few scrappers of this one lately on CM lanyards at DLR:

Pin 42925: DisneyShopping.com - Scrooge McDuck - Taking a Bath - Snow Globe Set (Pin Only)

I asked to look at them (the back) and sure enough, per the comparisons made on Pinpics, they only say "Disney" and "China" but no LE info, etc. I explained to the CMs and to their credit, they kept the pins...

Tinker Bell Jeweled Wings - Scrapper??

feeds@yuku.com (halloweenfiend) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:51:29 GMT

Hi Guys;

This pin http://pinpics.com/cgi-bin/pin.cgi?pin=50634&sid=2109.1251427485.v2 is described with a silver-finish and a 2006 stamp. We just traded for a gold-finish with a 2006 stamp. Scrapper??

Thank you for your help