39915 - Lanyard Pin Series 2002 - Couples - Snow White (COMPLETER) - Walt Disney World

Pin Description:

This pin is 1 of 6 pins from the first series of Hidden Mickey pins released at WDW in 2002 and showed Couples in Hearts. The heart behind the couple was different shades of pink/red. At that time there was no hidden mickey icon on the pins. The pins were released throughout the year on different dates. The pins were found exclusively on WDW Cast Member Lanyards for trade and were not for sale.

This pin features Snow White and the Prince (Florian/Ferdinand?) from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs are etched in gold with a LIGHT PINK heart behind them.

Historical Note: At the Disney Pin Celebration: A Family Pin Gathering in September 2004, attendees were surprised with a sneak preview of art for a new ten-pin Cast Lanyard Collection. Straight from the Disney Pin Vault, these pins had originally been designed for the first “Disney’s Lanyard Pin Series” that had been released in 2002. They’d been sampled but never ordered. Two years later, Disney announced, “The Disney Pin Trading Team is excited to offer a special promotion starting Monday, April 24, 2006, at Pin Central, located at EPCOT.”

Although often mistaken for Completer pins for some of the earlier sets, the ten released pins were (according to Disney) created especially for this promotion, “as a tribute to the original series”. They were not distributed to Cast Members for trading and were released as a Purchase with Purchase (PWP) at Pin Central in EPCOT. For every $25 spent on Disney pins or Disney trading accessories at the shop, guests could add one (1) of these pins to their purchase for $1. A year later, on July 1 2007, the pins were sent to Downtown Disney’s Pin Traders, where the promotion changed to one $1 pin for every $35 spent.

Size: approx 1.25" tall

Pin back:
Metal, gold
1 post, 1 prong
pebble sandblast texture
Cast Lanyard Collection
2006 ODPT logo
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