The Making of A Piece of Disney History Pins

[TheTwins]

A lot of us are familiar with the old monthly series called A Piece of Disney History pins. There were quite a number of them over the years, all featuring a small bubble-dome encasing a small piece of an attraction from one of the Disney parks. Well, thanks to the Wayback Machine, we can take a peek at how these neat pins were produced!

 

This was the announcement that was published on DizPins back on 06 Jan 2005:

 

In 2005, the Piece of Disney History Pin Collection will debut at the Walt Disney World® Resort. This pin collection will celebrate Disney Attractions and let Guests take a piece of Disney history home with them.

Working with the Engineering Services teams around the Walt Disney World® Resort, the Disney Pin Team was able to obtain actual pieces of Disney Attractions, some of which have been retired. In turn, the Pin Team partnered with the manufacturer to add pieces of those Disney Attractions to the pins.

"Attractions are an important part of a Disney vacation," said Julie Young, Product Developer for Disney Pin Trading. "With the Happiest Celebration on Earth just around the corner, I thought this would be a great way for our Guests to remember their favorite attractions."

A variety of Attractions will be featured in this collection from all four Theme Parks, including Maelstrom at Norway Pavilion in Epcot®, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at the Disney-MGM Studios, Swiss Family Treehouse at the Magic Kingdom® Park, and many more.

"I was really inspired by the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea porthole," continued Julie. "After seeing [the porthole], I wanted to find a way to get a piece of that classic attraction into the hands of many Guests. This pin collection was the result."

A new pin will be released each month throughout 2005 and each pin will have an edition size of 2500. Check back soon for a confirmed release date of the first pin (most likely, the latter part of January).

 

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For the first time, the Disney Pin Team is offering a sneak preview into the creation of these special pins. Each month, this page will highlight the manufacturing process - from the first cut to the final pin sample. Below you will find the creation of the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea pin, the first pin in this collection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sis and I are very keen on these pins and have some of them in our collection (even more of them in our Wants list), including this Nautilus pin (PP36280). Does anyone else still have or collect these? So far, the one we're having the hardest time obtaining is the Swiss Family Treehouse (PP71450), so that's our trading challenge these days!

[cousinbruce]

I have most of these. I love them all!

[shnymtl]

Thanks to Sarah and Elizabeth for reminding me about these series of pins and posting the creation process. Being an attractions collector, I love these pins. Here are the ones I have in my collection. 

SERIES I

 

 

SERIES II

 

SERIES III

 

 

Hoping to add more after I turn on my trade assist!

[TheTwins]

@shnymtl Wow! That's a great collection! You have some really neat ones. The Journey into Imagination and It's a Small World from Series II are really great. These are all such neat pins. We've been working (slowly) at trading for pins from this set, but you have a lot that I've never seen. So cool! Thanks for sharing. 

 

Here's my favorite one (which is now part of my collection, I'm happy to say):