ScoopsPins Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 In the New Year, there’s going to be a lot to celebrate for the Pin Trading and Collecting community. 2025 marks the official 25th anniversary of Disney pins with lots of new pins coming during the next twelve months, and the fun has already begun since the first releases appeared this week. It hardly seems like twenty-five years have gone by. This has got me thinking that maybe you'd enjoy taking a walk with me on Scoop's own Eras Tour. Prior to the new millennium, I performed for Disney off and on as an emcee at SuperStar Television (where the Frozen Singalong is now) and as a Town Crier in Liberty Square at Magic Kingdom and The American Adventure at EPCOT. It was the summer of 1999 when I was officially offered a full-time contract at the Magic Kingdom as Main Street reporter, Scoop Sanderson, a new interactive character which I would portray for almost two decades. Originally, my role was, essentially, to welcome guests to Main Street, U.S.A. Although Scoop was never intended to be a pin-trading character, the Pin Trading craze hit the parks almost at the same time Scoop hit the Main Street beat. Disney pins quickly became an obsession with me, both on the job and off. Since my work brought me to the park daily, I frequently went right back in after clocking out to hunt for tiny treasures. Back in those days, I searched for any pin that sported the clever Year 2000 Mickey-icon-logo backstamp to add to my pin book. (If you want to read more about Scoop’s pin-trading beginnings, please check out this earlier article about the early days of trading at WDW.) During a fantastic 17-year run on Main Street, Disney World Merchandise featured my character on thirty-two unique pin designs. Most featured Mickey dressed as Scoop, but there were two pins featuring me in the costume and one with Figment dressed in the trademark plaid. Scoop’s plaid suit and the PRESS badge in his hat were the only things that technically distinguished Scoop's look from that of a Dapper Dan barbershop singer. You’ll notice that the PRESS badge isn’t on every Scoop pin, most noticeably the first Scoop PTP (PP1880), where Mickey was lifted directly from the Euro Disney (Paris) Main Street pin (PP4543) with a couple of differences. (Can you spot them?) However, Scoop almost always had the PRESS badge on pins. Can you figure out when the badge was absent from his hat? (Do you know the only pin that has the ONLY PRESS badge with the word "PRESS" clearly visible? Hint: It was the inspiration for the original Scoop PTP but is not a Scoop pin.) It’s very rare for Disney characters to dress up as non-film characters, so it was a real honor when Mickey dressed up as Scoop for the first time! And he did it in such a big way! I can still feel how overwhelmed and honored I was back in 2007 when I first caught sight of the Super Jumbo “Pin Trader’s Dream” pin (PP55078) released at the Where Dreams HapPin annual pin event at WDW. It’s a multi-layer giant pin featuring Scoop Mickey standing in front of a large pin board filled with so many of the special pins that I’d traded and collected over the years. Not only had they made that great pin, but there was a large promotional sign for the event to match! Here's a picture of me wearing the giant pin while standing with the sign (that's one heavy pin). What was so exciting at the time (although the general public didn’t know yet) was that Disney was preparing to release a Limited Edition Pin of the Month series for 2008 entitled “Main Street Gazette: Here’s the Scoop!” This series features Scoop Mickey riding all sorts of rides throughout Disney World, “getting the Scoop”, as it were, on each attraction. And each pin came on a special card that featured Scoop’s own “scoop” with a fun fact (written by me) about the ride. That same year, Disney’s annual Pin Trading event theme was Pin Trading University, and Scoop Mickey made another appearance on two event pins. One was a jumbo called “Most Likely to Get the Scoop” (PP61870) and showed the ever-ready reporter standing in front of a large edition of The Daily Pin Trader. Just in case that pin was a bit too large for anyone’s collection, there was the Scoop Mickey “School Newspaper” pin-on-pin design (PP61873) featuring the Ears & Eyes, a nod to the weekly Cast Member (employee) newsletter Eyes & Ears. The newspaper could swivel or spin, sort of like in the old newsreels of Scoop's era. That Main Street Gazette series was enough of a success that Disney decided not only to dress Mickey up as Scoop for another Pin of the Month series in 2009, but they let his friends join him dressed as some of the other Main Street citizens. This was the “Scoop & Friends” series, featuring twelve different buildings or scenes that were common sights of the day if you were strolling on Magic Kingdom’s Main Street. Scrooge McDuck was Mayor Weaver, Stitch was Fire Chief Smokey Miller, Daisy was Victoria Trumpetto, Clarice was Eunice McGillicutty, and Donald and Goofy filled in as Dapper Dans. Goofy appeared on another pin as a band member from the Main Street Philharmonic. Minnie appeared as three different characters: Hildegarde Harding, Bea Starr and Sheila Shufflehop. They were all pin-on-pin designs that even featured some of Scoop’s signature props, like the Patented Pin Flipper (PP67433) and the wooden pulltoy Canine duo, Butterscotch and Licorice (PP68107). These pins are now quite hard to find, and even I don’t come across them very often. On the heels of these designs, the art was repurposed as a set of six WDW Hidden Mickey pins released in the 2009-2010 series featuring Scoop Mickey and his Main Street friends as individual character pins in the same style as portrayed on the Pins of the Month. Scoop Mickey made another brief appearance for the 10th Anniversary of Pin Trading on one of the PTN releases in March 2010 (PP76735), as another surprise recognizing Scoop's influence on Pin Trading. Five months later, Scoop made another pin appearance, but this time is was Figment who donned the Main Street Reporter’s outfit for the Trade City event. This was a hinged pin (PP76891), designed to look like an issue of the Trade City News, opening to a black-and-white newsprint picture of Scoop Figment breaking ground for a future pin event. It’s certainly one of the more unique Scoop-themed pins and the only one to feature a character other than Mickey in the costume. A couple years went by before Scoop made another pin appearance (though his trading was hot and heavy on Main Street). This time it was a CTT pin, made from art by Alex Maher (which art is now framed in my office here at home), showing Mickey dressed as the Mayor and me dressed as Scoop! There was a 2012 version of this pin, followed by a slightly smaller version released a year later. This was the last time Scoop would appear on a pin (or so I thought). After parting with Disney in 2016, I was delighted to find Scoop memorialized, in the newly reimagined Main Street Confectionery, with not one but two framed newspaper clippings “penned” by Scoop. As you can imagine, that kind of thing doesn’t happen by accident but is the intentional work of an Imagineer. An Imagineer who, for whatever reason, felt Scoop should carry on as part of Main Street’s mythology. The Eras Tour isn't over, though. Scoop’s trademark badge appeared in Donald Duck’s straw hat on a pin, released in a very limited edition of 250, at the 2023 Magic HAP-Pins annual pin event (PP159340). (Its original retail price was $28, but now you’ll be lucky to find one for under $300.) I’ll concede that Donald is wearing the candy-stripe pattern of a Dapper Dan, but the white badge in the hatband is uniquely Scoop’s, as is the fine pinstripe running the length of the sleeve. Plus, he’s holding a pin trading board! Not quite a “Scoop” pin, but I was pretty tickled about the design. (Thinking about it here, there’s one more distinctive feature that sets the Scoop costume apart from a Dapper Dan. It’s the long shirtsleeves without the shirt-sleeve garters matched to the color of each Dapper’s candy-stripe costume.) And this week, there’s even more good Scoop news! In honor of the 25th Anniversary of Disney Pin Trading, Disney decided to kickstart the celebration in the last days of December by releasing some new open-edition rack pins in the Parks that are particularly exciting to me, since there are six pins featuring characters dressed as none other than my old pal, Scoop! For the 25th Anniversary of Pin Trading, the press badge and signature brick-red patterned suit fabric are back, along with the unique blue hatband and matching bow tie. But this time it’s not only on Mickey, but on five different characters: Stitch, Goofy, Chip & Dale, and Minnie. Well, Minnie is wearing a bow instead of a straw hat; but she’s got the costume on, that's for sure. Take a close look, and you'll see they’re all even wearing French-cuff shirtsleeves with cufflinks! (Only one other Main Street Citizen had cuff links: my good friend Mayor Weaver.) One other detail that's nice to see is the white dot on the black noses. (That's an artistic touch that always brightens up a character by suggesting a single bright light source.) You can check these new pins out in the database by clicking here. After a dry spell of lackluster interest in pins for me, 2024 has been filled with a goodly amount of wonderful Pin Pals and pin pixie dust that’s rejuvenated my interest in the hobby! Sharing fun "pinformation" with you has been a great part of it! Thanks for taking a moment to spend time with me, as we looked back on all the Eras of Scoop’s pins over the years. And my sincere thanks to the Disney Theme Park Merchandise Pin Team and their Disney Design Group for recognizing a quarter-century of Scoop’s dedication to Continuing the Tradition of Disney Pin Trading! Special thanks to @TheTwins' Mom for the Eras Tour inspiration! Happy New Year, and may you have lots of pin fun in 2025! View full record 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz2001 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Happy New Year to you, too! Great look back on your time spent as Scoop! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkrocks Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Always enjoy reading your posts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suez Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Some of my favorite memories of my visits to WDW/MK were the times spent on visiting Main St to see everyone!! Especially Scoop, Mayor Weaver & Victoria Trumpetto!! Thank you for introducing me to Victoria & her friend Kristen !! I collected many of the Scoop pins during that time!! I have all the pins I received from you too!! Love knowing the man behind Scoop, too! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaltFan1928 Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Wow. You had an amazing career, and I’m jealous that I never got to meet you in person, but I love seeing you on Pin Pics! You’re a very knowledgeable and exciting person to listen to. Hope your New Year is great! Hope to see you Tuesday night, and I love the article! 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchinj Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Another great read. Thanks for taking us on your walk down memory lane. Scoop should reappear to celebrate 25 years of pin trading!! The new releases are amazing!! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicksMaster Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 What a great read! Scoop is such an integral part of the history of pin trading at WDW and it is wonderful to see pins acknowledging that! And, of course, Scoop would be nothing without Holland Hayes. Thank you for all you do for pin trading, for joining us on Thursday nights to share your insight and memories and thank you for being a friend. All the best in the New Year! 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyanne Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Love this Post, Holland! What a great idea from @TheTwins Mom! Twenty-five years is quite an accomplishment for Pin Trading and I agree it would not be the craze without Scoop and you, Holland! Thank you for sharing all this amazing information as always! Thank you so much for your friendship! Love you! Happy New Year Mr. Hayes! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12ontheway Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 Loved, loved the post. Enjoyed reading your WDW history. Only wish I had met you back then, but I'm content to know Holland Hayes the Legend! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmisse Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Thank you for sharing this incredible journey. I am sure it can be much, much more detailed and for newbie pin traders such as myself, I am grateful to read such an enriched arc of Scoop and the journey it is having. I am also looking forward to what the 25th anniversary of pin trading has to offer! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momin.ator Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 10 hours ago, mollyanne said: Love this Post, Holland! What a great idea from @TheTwins Mom! Twenty-five years is quite an accomplishment for Pin Trading and I agree it would not be the craze without Scoop and you, Holland! Thank you for sharing all this amazing information as always! Thank you so much for your friendship! Love you! Happy New Year Mr. Hayes! It would be fun for anyone around who has photos with Scoop to share them in a thread for the 25th anniversary. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shnymtl Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Holland, your posts evoke such wonderful memories of my past. You graced the Kingdom with your arrival as Scoop Sanderson and spread the magic for so many years. Your knowledge and enthusiasm for the pin world is so appreciated! Could you be enticed to return as beloved Scoop for the 25th piniversary? Even if only for special events? (I know the costume still fits!) Disney has recently become very frugal, but if you would consider it, is there anything we could do to give the Disney powers that be encouragement? I would happily be a part of that grass roots movement! (Or maybe Disney has already reached out to you? ) 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie.turnock@btinternet.com Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Thanks so much for sharing, Holland. Always love hearing your stories. Happy New Year to you & your family. I shall indeed be on a quest to purchase the 25th anniversary pins, so that I can maintain my status of ‘Scoop’ complete! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTwins Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 10 hours ago, momin.ator said: It would be fun for anyone around who has photos with Scoop to share them in a thread for the 25th anniversary. This is a great idea! We've just started a new area that will feature all kinds of fun to celebrate 25 years of Disney Pins, and here's a thread for sharing photos and stories: Thanks for a great idea, and, please, share pictures! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sithathoriunet Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Thanks for this fun tour of Scoop's pin history! The Hidden Mickey set was one of the first ones I was able to complete when I got deep into pin trading a few years ago. I love how it reminds me of the fun interactions I had with the citizens of Main Street! 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyanne Posted Wednesday at 03:25 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:25 PM On 12/30/2024 at 11:00 PM, Carmisse said: Thank you for sharing this incredible journey. I am sure it can be much, much more detailed and for newbie pin traders such as myself, I am grateful to read such an enriched arc of Scoop and the journey it is having. I am also looking forward to what the 25th anniversary of pin trading has to offer! @Carmisse You should check out @ScoopsPins, Holland's very first PinPost! For a new pin trader that information is priceless!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmisse Posted Wednesday at 10:46 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:46 PM 7 hours ago, mollyanne said: @Carmisse You should check out @ScoopsPins, Holland's very first PinPost! For a new pin trader that information is priceless!! Thank you! I had no idea. Going to check it out now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamadin Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago This is a great article, Holland! I loved learning about your history as Scoop and pictures of the "Scoop" pins. You will always be a celebrity to me and fellow pin collectors. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTwins Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago I'm posting this for Vickie @mommyd who found a really neat picture (with a story to go with it). Back in the day, she got most of the Scoop & Friends pins but didn't know about Scoop and the pin trading, etc. She's in California and only went to WDW twice during your time on Main Street, never knowing about the Citizens. But after reading this article and seeing the pictures with the Mayor and all, she decided to go through her pictures from their October 2007 trip. Suddenly, there was a crowd picture on Main Street . . . probably taken and saved to show off how busy it was. The really cool thing shows up when you zoom into the right side of the picture on the Mayor's sash . . . and there's that great plaid costume showing up behind the Mayor! So, they may have missed actually meeting Scoop and the Mayor, but just look how close . . . with photographic evidence! This was taken in October 2007. Wish you could hear Vickie tell the story herself, because it's fabulous! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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