MORE Common Fake Disney Pins

[@MagicallyEmily]

*If you’ve gone pin trading in the Parks, I’m sure you’ll recognize many of these pins!* They all come from the bulk counterfeit pin lots sold online, which contain 100% fake pins. Say no to cheap, poor-quality, repetitive fake pins!

[@connerbrumley4857]

You should make an hour one lol, I would watch it!

[@karinalisaC]

Me too :)

[@scrappy00001]

Though they maybe fake, my daughter loves her Puffle pins and we had so much fun collecting them to it doesn’t matter to me if they are real. She won’t be trading them anytime soon so I don’t worry about them ending up in the parks. Also the pins we used to trade were the less expensive real trader sets so I don’t feel like I got too ripped off.

[@jdvdisart]

I love that you come out with these videos and educate about pin trading! They spread the joy of pintrading while making sure people know about scrappers/fakes. Thank you!

[@Matt-eb9ne]

Hi Emily! Thank you for posting this updated fake Disney pin video, appreciate all you do to spread the word on how to spot fake pins. Hope you'll stay safe and healthy. 😄

[@Enchantedmirkwood]

I’m super new to pin trading but it’s sad that this happens :( I was supposed to go to Disneyland on June 26th and I was super excited to trade and buy pins for the first time but I didn’t know it was so common to encounter fakes. Are you allowed to trade box lunch pins?

[@disneypins3608]

I know exactly how you feel, I felt the same when I started pin trading. But as to your question, yes you can trade box lunch pins. You are allowed to trade any pin with ©disney on the back of it. Also all authentic hidden Mickey pins are made with hard enamel so if you see soft enamel, it is fake. Unless it is a box lunch or loungefly pin, which you don't see a lot since they are nicer pins than what you will normally find.

[@Enchantedmirkwood]

Trying to Reach 100,000 Subscribers with No Videos thank you for helping me out :) I wasn’t sure lol

[@disneypins3608]

@@Enchantedmirkwood no problem!!

[@dustintimes1858]

Thanks so much! We love your videos! I get so tired of seeing so many of the same fakes everywhere I go in Disney

[@danielf.6162]

Jeez- pretty sure my collection consists of exclusively pins featured in your "common fakes" series haha

[@ohelloRobin]

Your videos on fake Disney pins are always so well done and thorough. This one is very helpful. Every time I think of making a video on how to spot fake pins, I feel it would pale in comparison to yours. 😂 I am sharing this with my facebook group (ohelloRobin Disney Pins & More). Thank you for another awesome video!

[@MagicallyEmily]

Thank you, Robin!

[@GingerTyPerior]

I’ve noticed fewer pennants and lanyards showing up over the last few years! That’s pretty exciting at least.

[@EisforElephant]

Have there been fake puffle pin sets that include the backer card?

[@MagicallyEmily]

No, no packaged puffle sets have been faked

[@erikayang5869]

I love your videos. They’re so full of useful information! I started getting into pin collecting last June on my first trip to Disney Aulani. My son wanted to buy a mystery tsum tsum pin set and I’ve been hooked ever since! Sadly I bought some pins on eBay, the toy story and Disney frozen treats. I will never do that again knowing that they were fake. It’s definitely a hard lesson learned. I’m only going to buy at shopDisney or at the parks. Please do some more fake Disney pin videos!

[@hihi-vq2qf]

loving these videos! i would love to see more of this series

[@disneyasmr1369]

I have a Thumper pin from 2008 that I can’t find on PinPics. I got it from a park trade. It’s good quality, but it says LE 1500, so I’m thinking it’s probably a fake because I can’t be that lucky. Is there any other way to determine if it’s a pin that’s been faked?

[@agwright99]

Hi Emily. How can you tell that the booster sets on backing cards are faked? Is there anything to watch out for? I have seen backer cards with mispellings on which seemed like a bit of a giveaway! But the cats ones, for example, look pretty good here.

[@MagicallyEmily]

Sometimes the packaging will be missing an actual sticker price tag. Sometimes the printing on it will be a bit more grainy. Oftentimes it's really the pins themselves that are the giveaway for the whole set being fake: missing printed FAC numbers, wonky backs, off colors, etc.

[@watermelonstarfish]

Disney parks needs to stop accepting these as trades and people will stop buying them and then the counterfeit biz will stop being so popular. My little kids were trading their real pins for counterfeits at the park so i had to intervein... so lame, people knowingly and unknowingly suck the fun out of the trading game

[@fangwolf9209]

Disney needs to ban these fake pins and train their employee's to look out for them and refuse them. Its not fun trading for fake pins with authentic ones. If employee's can refuse a trade because they already have the pin on the board/lanyard, they can definitely refuse to trade for a fake one. The reason why fake pins are made are because pins are so expensive, and they wouldn't be a problem if disney made affordable pins. Of course they're never going to do that, so they should just refuse fake ones. If you're ok with fake pins thats fine, but its not fair to trade them in the parks. If you're someone like me who doesn't live near a Disney park then its so frusturating when you take a vacation to the park and there's the same fake pins on every board and lanyard. And you can't go trade at pin events because 1. Thats more money for a trip and 2. You don't have all the rare Wdi or limited edition pins to trade with others who get to go to every pin release because they live near the park. Disney please do something about the fakes.

[@chicklebird]

there's a lot of hidden mickeys that i like and want but it's so hard to figure out what's fake and what's not by images on an ebay listing, i can't tell you how long i've spent trying to compare colors on the front and edges on the back of the pins and i end up just confusing myself

[@Joanne_Zuniga]

can you maybe mention in another video those pins that are hard to confe fit or are close to the real ones? (i.e I have Pins quest pins that I have found on the boards at DLR but not sure if those tend to be faked and are close to the real ones and we cant tell or are real and good finds..)

[@nikkijewel1285]

How would you go about buying a real one of a rare pin? I’ve already watched your buying pins online video, which was wonderful. Do you possibly have more ebay sellers that you’re sure are always authentic? Thank you.

[@ajaxmouse2942]

It seems as if hidden mickey pins are commonly faked. Do you think sets from recent years (2018-present) are safe to buy?

[@lazers28]

Thanks for addressing that packaging can be fakes. I bought the dlp stitch set on eBay and returned it when I realized it was fake.

[@MagicallyEmily]

I unfortunately seen so many people purchase and try and trade that fake Stitch set!

[@lazers28]

@@MagicallyEmily I've also seen people in trading groups tell others that if it's got packaging it's real. If someone is going to fake a metal diecast and fill it with enamel, what makes you think they can't use an inkjet printer?

[@toriandtilly]

I have the Hong Kong Merry Go Round pin. I got it from a friend who got it from her Uncle who has worked for Disney World as long as she can remember and I have always had a suspicion that it is fake but ehh I like it anyway. It looks good with my Mary Poppins collection so I keep it anyway

[@kimberleyaubrey2750]

Thanks for sharing! By your pictures- I have four of the real Brights Watches hidden Mickey pins. I traded for them on a trip in 2010 when they first came out. Feeling super lucky!!

[@MagicallyEmily]

Yes, the best thing to do is trade for new hidden mickeys right when they’re released in the parks!

[@primrose4441]

This video makes me sad. I’m so looking forward to trading at the parks but I just know I’m going to get a lanyard full of fakes if I do 😔 Because I don’t live in the US the only way to continue collecting pins is online so I keep looking on eBay but I just don’t trust any sellers to have genuine pins. Do you recommend any non-eBay pin selling sites that will post internationally?? Or any reliable eBay sellers?

[@MagicallyEmily]

Check out my Online Pin Buying Guide video, I link to many places to buy authentic pins.

[@primrose4441]

Zip a Dee Emily ok thanks. I guess I just assumed they were US based ones. Most of the places I’ve checked out don’t post internationally (why??). I’ll watch your video. Thanks for replying so quickly ❤️

[@MagicallyEmily]

Most large sellers will ship internationally, but some may have halted international shipping due to the pandemic

[@fistiria]

Join a US Facebook pin selling and trading group. Admins will patrol posts for fake and you can pay PayPal goods and services for buyer protection. I'm in the UK and when I first joined a UK group everyone told me my pins are fake. Two months later I have over 70 genuine pins haha.

[@CapeSIX]

so what you are telling me is I should buy 1000 fakes off ebay so i can collect them all. bestway to find the fakes it to own them all.

[@MagicallyEmily]

You’ll probably end up with many many duplicate fakes, lol!

[@CapeSIX]

@@MagicallyEmily I just looked at ebay... its sad they advertise them as "These Disney Pins are 100% Tradable at any of the Disney Theme Parks." Guess you can trade them for more fakes because that's all they have now of days

[@scrappy00001]

I’m starting to think you need two sets one real for collecting, one fake for trading in the park. It’s still fun to do but who wants to trade real for fake. Although trading maybe no more with Covid 19 worries.

[@MagicallyEmily]

“Tradeable” is just what all the counterfeit sellers say because even fake pins have the Disney pin trading logo. If you see ‘tradeable’ in a listing instead of ‘authentic’, that’s an omission that the pins are fake

[@christopherrogers1126]

You should do a video on the 2012 admit one 1971 pin set that I have been seeing everywhere. I believe most of these are fakes

[@ThisGirlReviews]

Disney could literally solve this problem by letting us buy pins online from their website.

[@MagicallyEmily]

What they really need to do is finally shut down the production and sale of counterfeits!

[@madderandmadder]

People still wouldn't buy them. They buy the fakes because they're cheaper.

[@ThisGirlReviews]

@@MagicallyEmily I agree with that put I think many people would buy real pins if they were sold from Disney directly.

[@archielewis8751]

Yay I'm always worried when I trade pins at the parks if the pins I'm getting are actually real.

[@MagicallyEmily]

It is a valid worry to have. I recommend looking for the most recent wave of Hidden Mickey pins to trade for, or look for pins that have not been faked, like certain mystery and booster sets.

[@archielewis8751]

@@MagicallyEmilyyeah I collect the cast member costumes hidden mickey pins an I had an absolute breakdown after I told myself most of these probably aren't real as I was so close to finishing the set.

[@absterdraws]

oh wow i have some of these pins and i didn’t even know they were fake! i got them at a flea market, not at the park, so i didn’t even think that they could be fake

[@MagicallyEmily]

Unfortunately it’s super common to find fake pins sold at flea markets

[@ForeverObsessedR5]

I got an authentic version of the Mickey Autograph and it is SO MUCH NICER in comparison to the fakes!! I got it in a pin lot and instantly knew it was real! It’s unfortunate that fakes are a thing, but I think it’s important not to let it ruin the fun of pin trading!

[@MagicallyEmily]

Once you find a real version, you can really tell the difference!

[@JMCEdits]

I can’t believe that there going to faking the PACKAGING too now 😱😭 It’s just so sad and makes looking for puns that much harder :(

[@MagicallyEmily]

Thankfully sealed mystery pouches and mystery boxes are safe!

[@jenlaprincipessa]

I love your educational videos just as much as your DIYs actually I love the DIYs more but I learn so much from you.

[@ennefarenzel8898]

Thank you soooo much! I was soooo close to buy this daisy fake safety pin 🤦🏻‍♀️😱 you saved my day haha

[@barbarasanglard3355]

I’ve never pin traded, all the Disney pins I have I bought in the parks or got as gift from friends who visited Disney. Still, your videos about fake pins always make me wonder if the are real (IK, completely nonsense), especially now cause I have the Star Wars emblems set

[@funname148]

Are most pins sold by disney pin blog fake?

[@michaelhatcher4097]

I got in the hobby a year ago and got out withing six month do to fakes.I joined some of the online clubs an still got took. I was not having any fun.

[@MagicallyEmily]

Once you get a better eye for fakes, it becomes much easier to avoid them

[@thanku4et449]

No way please tell me the booster packs I ordered on eBay are not fake 😭😭😭😭 I thought boosters are ok!! I have the 2020 characters Mickey and friends (6 pieces) , and the Mickey and Minnie body parts (2 sets of 4). I do realize that I was probably duped and the auction that I won for the fruit Mickey ears are probably fake 😭.

[@tammyh2144]

I love these videos you do. 😊 fake pins are the worst! One reason I don’t like to trade with CMs. But... I did find an orange pendant! I think the rest of the set is fake but I still like them.

[@sthur6476]

Thanks for another informative video 😊

[@claudekaneiii2283]

Great video! I didn’t know what some characters/sets these pins were from previously but I’ve definitely seen almost all of those fakes in the parks before. Very accurate & helpful!

[@patricialopez3772]

Love these informative videos! Great for pin traders who are just now starting out. I know it took me a bit to get familiar with fakes when I first began pinning years ago. Now it’s almost like second nature!

[@kaipeterson4842]

What fake disney pin Collection look like

[@tanyamassey9438]

How is your summer going?

[@matthewleeprice6611]

I have a fake puffle but that ok. I love it because I grew up playing that game!

[@RaechelSykes]

Thanks Emily

[@watermelonstarfish]

ty, I almost bought the fake tsum ice cream set off ebay =/

[@janetpreciado1116]

It's Toy Story Land from Disney's Hollywood Studios.

[@MagicallyEmily]

No, Shanghai Disneyland has their own Toy Story Land and this set is exclusive to Shanghai

[@bridgetclement8167]

I have some of the COMMON Fake ones but Mine r the REAL ONES.

[@aidengideon5631]

I don’t think it really matters if they are fake because I think a Disney pin is a pin even if it’s fake But still I love watching your videos and I am a big pin trader

[@HamtaroWarriors]

in conclusion: Shanghai Disneyland pins are most likely all fake if you buy them from pin lots on ebay, trading groups, or anywhere else unless bought at the parks specifically or the person can provide p.o.p? Got it.

[@MagicallyEmily]

Correct! Shdrstore on eBay is my favorite place to get authentic pins from Shanghai

[@HamtaroWarriors]

@@MagicallyEmily Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely check them out :)

[@AdaylnTheLifeOf]

I’ve gotten some of these pins in “mystery bags” from one pin seller on Instagram and I was already high key suspicious that the pins were so cheap (I’m not trading them but I wanted to make pin ears for my next trip to Disney so I was okay with fake pins). I also received a scrapper pin from eBay seller that’s a DLP LE of 400 that’s pin on pin! Any pin can be faked or a scraper!!

[@MagicallyEmily]

Oh yes, there are many many many limited edition pins that are faked.

[@AdaylnTheLifeOf]

Zip a Dee Emily I’m so glad I stuck with only buying from the parks, having someone do pickups for me or buying from a collector that I know irl. That insta sale was a one off and no more!

[@tmnt2105]

As I said in my face reveal video you can like or you can hate it.

[@Mr.Shawn034]

I wish Disney audited the Cast Members lanyards often to get these out of the marketplace. I think if Disney does more Pin-on-Pin designs and with colors it would help. One way I cut down on getting fake pins is getting the pins right when they come out from eBay.

[@hydrofisk]

This made me so sad, I'm now questioning every pin I've bought second hand. I have the cats booster set (which came with packaging so I didn't think it could be fake), the Minnie Popsicle, and the Star Tours Fast pass. I've never traded my pins before, but now I'm going to treasure the ones I know are real.

[@MagicallyEmily]

It all depends on the places you’ve bought the pins, some sellers are great and guarantee authentic, other sellers you’ll only end up with counterfeits.

[@nathanannaballi9644]

Every time I trade in the parks I always try to trade for authentic pins but somehow half of them always end up being fake

[@MagicallyEmily]

Even to the trained eye, it’s difficult to only trade for authentic pins!

[@kaylaandmarkalan]

This made me question the legitimacy of every single pinned I’ve ever traded for. Lol.

[@MagicallyEmily]

It is something you have to be cautious of in the Parks!

[@car998]

Thanks. My kid loves penguin club and gets so upset when I won’t trade a new pin for a puff at the park.

[@skylarsmith13]

I have the puffle pins and unfortunately I have three fake ones.

[@100jeichelle]

All the fakes really take the magic out of collecting. Even for 39 year old kids like myself 🤘

[@aliciabruce9881]

I thought my ferris wheel pin was dodgy 🙃

[@MagicallyEmily]

I couldn’t even include a photo of a real comparison in the video because I legitimately have never seen one.