What's New in 2026
We're always up to something and constantly adding new features. Here's a month-by-month look at what's changed on Pin & Pop.
April 2026
Second Chance Board
TradersVIP
A brand-new VIP-only board for pins from canceled Trade Arcade trades — a second shot at a successful trade when the first one falls through. List pins from your canceled trades, make offers on pins other VIPs have listed, and finish the trades the first round couldn't. Notifications keep you in the loop when someone offers on your listing or when a deadline is approaching.
Visit the Second Chance Board →
Pinocchio Board
TradersVIP
A companion to the Second Chance Board for pins from canceled Trade Arcade trades that turned out to be fake. Like Pinocchio, these pins started out as fakes — but yearn to be real pins some day. Thanks to the generosity of our community who donate real pins, wishes are granted and they magically transform... "I'm real. I'm a real pin!"
Active Listings
Traders
A new Active Listings section for managing your listings and the offers you've received on them — all in one place. Find it in the Trade Links section on your dashboard.
Public pin data API
Partners
A brand-new public API is available for partners and developers who want to pull pin data programmatically.
March 2026
Trade Arcade: High Scores archive
Traders
Completed Trade Arcade events now have their own dedicated High Scores page, so you can look back at past events and see how everyone did.
UPDATED vs VISITED badges
Traders
A small follow-up to February's UPDATED badge — by popular demand, the UPDATED color is now clearly different from VISITED, so they're easier to tell apart at a glance. :)
Unopened Boxes, Full Series, and Sets
Collectors
You can now create pin database entries for Unopened Boxes, Full Series, and Sets — and assign individual pins to an existing Set. These were previously locked to moderators, so more hands can help keep the pin catalog up to date.
February 2026
Pin Books, reimagined
TradersCollectors
A completely rebuilt Pin Books experience — faster to browse, easier to organize, and much smoother when adding pins. You can now set up each page of a Pin Book to mirror the pages of your physical pin book, then print QR codes and stick them into the physical book. Scan a code at an event and you're right back at that page on Pin & Pop — great for quickly showing what you have or want at IRL trade events and pin meetups.
Listing Limit Boost
TradersVIP
VIP members can now spend Trade Tokens to unlock extra listing slots when the standard limit isn't enough. Handy when you're turning over a bunch of traders all at once.
Trade state at a glance
TradersCollectors
Pin cards across the site now show whether a pin is up for trade or already part of a trade — no need to click through to find out. The grid/list view toggle also got some polish along the way.
Trade Arcade: UPDATED badge
Traders
Tables you've already visited now display an UPDATED badge when new pins have been added since your last visit, so you never miss a refresh.
Print-friendly Pin Details
Collectors
The pin detail page now has a dedicated print layout, great for binder inserts, reference sheets, or portfolio pages.
Stability & performance
General
A round of fixes and performance improvements — faster Pin Details pages, correct re-trade detection for pins that have shipped before, and improved security updates.
January 2026
Pin List, rebuilt
CollectorsBeta
A redesigned pin list with a sidebar for filters, collapsible sections to keep things tidy, and a new Collections filter. You can now share a link to a filtered view, use the back button, or bookmark a favorite setup — and it'll come back exactly how you left it.
Demand & Keeper stats
TradersCollectorsVIP
The Demand ratio has been refined, and a new Keeper Rate stat is now shown on pins — giving you a better sense of which pins people tend to hold onto vs. trade away.
Trade Arcade updates
Traders
- January Trade Arcade went live with a Valentine's Day theme
- Trade quest window extended from 36 hours to 48 hours after an event
- Hide/Show Visited tables toggle, so you can focus on tables you haven't visited yet
- Voting results now load faster and link directly from the dashboard VIP
Merge tool
Moderators
A rebuilt merge tool that's faster to use and less error-prone — now with a merge history and rollback, so accidental merges can be undone. Merge access is limited to moderators.
Stability & performance
General
A wide sweep of bug fixes and optimizations across the site — faster pin pages and trade arcade functionality, plus a stack of fixes for mobile Safari.