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January 16, 2009
Yesterday, we gave a sneak preview for an upcoming pin for Walt Disney World® Resort. Today, we feature a pin created for Disneyland® Resort. Any guesses as to when this one may be released?

January 18, 2009
The Disneyland® Resort is hosting a Pin Trading Night this afternoon from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Disney's Paradise Pier® Hotel - Pacific Ballroom. As a friendly reminder, we ask that you please park in the Downtown Disney® Parking area and the Mickey and Friends parking structure. Also, please do not line up until one hour prior to the start of the event.

They are also releasing their first Pin Trading Knights pin to celebrate Pin Trading Night. This collection of pins continues a theme (Knights of Pin Trading) that was first introduced for Pin Trading Nights Walt Disney World® in 2008. This pin will be released at Disney's Pin Traders in the Downtown Disney® District. Wristband guidelines will apply (see the link above for all of those details).

We asked Steven Miller, Project Manager for Disney Pin Trading at Walt Disney World® Resort, if there will be a second collection of specially designed Pin Trading Night pins this year in Florida.

"I guess we'll see," he responded.

January 20, 2009
On this particularly patriotic day in the United States of America, we thought a sneak preview was in order. You may recall last November that we showed artwork for a Figment pin being created for Independence Day 2009. We just received the pre-production sample of this three-pin set. The other two pins in the set are Mickey Mouse and Tinker Bell. The set will have an edition size of 500 and will be released closer to the July 4th holiday.

John Smith, Product Developer for Limited Edition pins at Walt Disney World®, also stopped by our office with an extra special sneak preview. He recently received artwork for a pin that will commemorate the re-opening of the Hall of Presidents.

For those that don't know, the Hall of Presidents at Magic Kingdom® Park is currently under refurbishment. We reported back in November that behind-the-scenes work is already underway to update the Hall of Presidents show at the Magic Kingdom® Park. The attraction, which opened on October 1, 1971 and was originally envisioned by Walt Disney himself, will be closed for refurbishment through July 1, 2009 to refresh the overall show, apply some fresh treatments to the building façade and roof, enhance the wheelchair accessibility and of course, welcome the 44th President of the United States to the historic line-up of presidential figures.

So, without further delay, here is the artwork for that pin coming later this year.

January 22, 2009
The blog has been a little quiet these past few days. What have we been doing? When you take your next trip to Disney Parks and Resorts in California and Florida, you will see our Cast Members wearing new lanyards. We should say a new lanyard color. Yet this lanyard color isn't all that new (especially to some of you who have been with us since we started Disney Pin Trading on October 1, 1999). In celebration of the upcoming 10th Anniversary of Disney Pin Trading in October, we are returning to the lanyard color that started it all - black.

In keeping with the theme of this year's celebration - What Will You Celebrate? - these new lanyards will feature a celebratory card. A 10 year anniversary is certainly something to celebrate. The card artwork was inspired by new merchandise bags featured at Disney Parks.

In addition to neck lanyards, you will also find hip and adventure lanyards in black. Finally, we are keeping the green/teal green lanyards for kids ages 3-12 to trade.