2. Rare Buzz Lightyear pin in his own packaging This hard-to-find pin is a Toy Story fan’s dream come true! Everyone loves Buzz Lightyear—the spaceman action figure who thinks he can really fly at first. He’s devastated to learn that he’s a toy until he realizes how cool that is! This pin depicts Buzz inside his packaging from his manufacturer, ...
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12 Disney Trading Pins That are Hard to Find
3. Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs 80th Anniversary Commemorative Slider Pin This beautiful detailed trading pin is in high demand, as 2017 marked the 80th anniversary of the theatrical release of Disney’s Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs. The pin features the Evil Queen with her arms raised, and when you slide her to the left, the Magic Mirror ...
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4. Donald and Daisy Duck “Cruisin’ Through Time” Pin This pin was released in 2006. It was a free gift for Guests aboard the Disney Wonder cruise ship who attended the “Cruisin’ through Time” pin event from October 29 to November 2, 2006. The pin depicts Daisy on the beach watching as a crab grabs onto Donald’s webbed foot. Only ...
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5. Commemorative Holiday Pins This group of pins includes Official Disney Trading Pins released as part of a season or holiday. They are hard to find because they are released in limited quantities and only available in the parks during the season or holiday they were designed to commemorate. The Walt Disney World 2018 Happy New Year Pins depicted Mickey ...
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6. Park Event-exclusive Pins This group of pins includes any Official Disney Trading Pins released as part of a special event in the parks. Examples of these pins include those made for, and released during, EPCOT’s Annual Flower and Garden Festival, EPCOT’s International Festival of the Arts, EPCOT’s International Food and Wine Festival, Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party and ...
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7. Annual Passholder Pins Disney World offers pins for exclusive purchase by Annual Passholders. The pins are different each year and usually don’t hit the parks or Disney Springs’ Pin Traders boutique until sometime after the D23 Expo in July each year. You may have to ask for the Passholder pins, as they are usually kept in a case at ...
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8. Walt Disney World 2014 Hidden Mickey Cast Lanyard Series – The Seven Dwarfs (Dopey) This set was released the same year the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train attraction opened at Walt Disney World. The 7-piece set features one pin representing each of the Seven Dwarfs—Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, Doc, Grumpy and Dopey. Each pin features a Dwarf’s head and a ...
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9. Disney Pin Celebration – The Museum of “Pin”-tiquities Figment Set This 4-pin set was released on June 29, 2009 as part of a 3-day event held at EPCOT, which celebrated ten years of Disney Pin Trading. Only 75 sets were produced, making this set extremely rare. Since so few were made and because the set features Figment, this set ...
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10. Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs Carthay Circle Marquee Pin This pin is part of the “GenEARation D” series of pins. It was released on September 11, 2015 in a limited-edition amount—only 500 were made. The pin is quite detailed, as it depicts a showing of Disney’s 1937 Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs film at the Carthay Circle ...
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11. Walt Disney World Expedition: PINS – Parachuting Goofy and Parachuting Pluto Pins These two pins are part of the 2008 Walt Disney World Expedition: PINS Series. They are two pins of a 6-pin framed set (set #61186). Only 75 of each pin were produced, which makes these pins very rare. The Goofy pin features Goofy hanging from a yellow ...
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