Mickey and Minnie make such a lovely couplepair here is a sample of Minnies latest creations.

Minnie is such a cutie and her girlfriends are always raving about the presents that Mickey always gets

I hope that Minnie will give Mickey a cuddle tonight

Real or Fake

Fake Disney Pins are big business.
They are sometimes auctioned on ebay as real Disney Pins.
Here are some of the ways to tell a fake.

Where do they come from ?
How to tell Fake Disney Pins ?
What are the most Faked pins ?

95 percent of the vendors on eBay sell real Disney Pins.
We are proud to offer their pins.

Regrettably there do exist both fake,unreal and copy pins.
Cast Lanyard Pins are favourites for the fakers.
Copy Pins - these are the most dangerous as they are made in China using the original Disney Moulds and are usually of very desirable cast members and limited editions.
In Pin Collecting terms these are called Scrapper Pins .

Disney are working on trying to stop this practice.

Copies from Moulds are often indistinguishable from genuine Disney Pins.
These copies are known as Disney Scrappers.

(The manufacturer runs on a quantity for himself after producing real ones for Disney)

Check if the vendor has sold many of the same pin recently (pins are often sold to vendors in batches of 50 or more) It is unlikely that any vendor will have many of exactly the same rare pin for sale. Check that with the advanced search module in ebay.
It is quite difficult to tell Fake Disney Pins from originals.
Limited Editiions MUST have the edition number on the back of the pin.

Fake pins - these look attractive but were never issued by Disney. These include rude or even pornographic pins of Disney Characters - which would never be made by Disney or licensed.
Known pins of this kind include Jessica Rabbit and Tinker Bell and several others.
Other fakes are of McDonalds and Coca Cola pins or sets that were never issued (Although there really ARE some real McDonalds and Coca-Cola pins available)

Disney has never issued Breast Awareness Pins..

The Mouse Club is an exception as they have produced their own Pins but these are real fan pins rather than bootleg copies. Original and Different designs from Disney.
Here is a helpful article on Collecting Disney Pins

For more information on Unauthorised Disney Pins try here :

http://www.ebay.com

ebay Reviews and Guides by chip_and_dale who has an excellent series of informative guides about Disney Pins
The following are REAL DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE PINS of course.

US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German Auctions Hong Kong Auctions Indian Auctions Irish Auctions Italian Auctions Dutch Auctions Polish Auctions Singapore Auctions Spanish Auctions Swiss Auctions UK Auctions

DISNEY HIDDEN MICKEY LE RACK PIN TRADING 20 PIN LOT    US $12.51

DISNEY HIDDEN MICKEY LE RACK PIN TRADING 50 PIN LOT    US $37.00

DISNEYS WDW MICKEY MOUSE SILHOETTE PIN RELEASED 2010    US $.99

Disney HIDDEN MICKEY MICKEY MOUSE IN THE RED CAR PIN    US $.99

DISNEY pin Lot 20 Trading Cast Lanyard Hidden Mickey    US $15.50

DISNEY HIDDEN MICKEY LE RACK PIN TRADING 200 PIN LOT    US $128.50

DIZpins has excellent information about Disney Pins and is well worth visiting

http://www.dizpins.com/

They have illustrations of real and fake pins and a list of unauthorised pins.

The OFFICIAL Disney Pin Trading Site is HERE :

http://eventservices.disney.go.com/pintrading/index

and you can buy pins at Normal Disney Prices there.

PINPICS has more information on unauthorised Disneyesque Pins

http://www.pinpics.com/

Home Page : http://www.bestvintagemickey.com/
The pin in the picture is actually REAL !