39940 - WDW Cast Lanyard Series I: Mickey Expressions - Happy - Walt Disney World

Pin Description:

This is part of the first series of Cast Lanyard exclusive pins released at WDW in 2002 to address the lack of diversity in trading options on cast lanyards. There were no hidden mickey symbols on these pins. The pins were released throughout the year in eight different batches, much like modern hidden mickey pins, however they did not release a whole design collection at once. Instead, they released one pin from each collection at a time. You could not complete a series until the final batch was released. The pins were found exclusively on WDW Cast Member Lanyards and were never available for sale with the exception of the Completers that were later released in 2006.

Released in Batch 5. Mickey Mouse (head only) smiles and looks left.

Reverse of pin reads: Disney's Lanyard Pin Series.

For search purposes: WDW Cast Lanyard Collection #1; Cast Lanyard Series; WDW Lanyard Pin Series I; Lanyard Pin Series 1.

DizPins very rudely labeled this Mickey picture "chubby Mickey". It's unclear if there was ever anything official calling him that but adding it as a search term anyway.