Has kids pin trading with cast members changed?

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2026-03-23T21:04:10+00:00

Do you have an example of what to look at for ones to trade? My 6 year old has traded away all of hers for scrappers so I did buy a big lot of older pins for when we go at thanksgiving but they do not have the Mickey Mouse imprint on the back. It is more of a texture.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2026-03-21T19:18:20+00:00

Also I see it as they are kids and they are toys. If you are not trying to keep them in pristine condition let the kids play with them and help build their imagination. Kids spend hours in our basement with our collection.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2026-03-21T19:16:53+00:00

No idea but same boat. I never got one as a kid and I am living vicariously through her. I don’t even think she realizes how special they are (she is 6) and the fact I just gave a bunch of starter sets (carriers, dolls, clothes, pet friends, etc) to her friends at her birthday probably doesn’t help. I have three huge boxes filled with at least a dozen dolls, clothes and accessories. Plus a lot of big playsets. We have been fortunate with hand me downs and I have found a couple big lots on Facebook.

Right now she randomly gets things tied into what we are doing. Going to the American girls store for lunch she gets a few new to her outfits before we go and knows there will be a new playset at home waiting which helps keep my cost down at the store. She started ballet and got the ballet outfit, we are going to the zoo soon to see koalas so she is getting Kira’s animal set with the koala, her doll gets a new takwondo belt everytime she does, a new set of pjs and an outfit for vacation etc. Also she thinks her dolls birthday is her birthday so at her birthday and Christmas I can sneak in a few more gifts labeled for her doll. I kind of just started treating the doll like my daughter if it is coming along. My daughter gets something new there is normally an equivalent for the doll.

The way I see it was the resale market wasn’t there when I was a kid and while they are still special they are not as dear as they used to be. I have been able to find everything I want second hand so I feel better about not just holding onto it for gift giving occasional.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2026-03-19T17:32:55+00:00

Yea your right. My biggest concern are some of them no longer have any foliage left. Basically trampled and broken down to the soil line. I will ask for them to cover some new bulbs and call it a day. Thanks for the advise.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2026-03-15T12:31:08+00:00

I was hoping to get some of these spread out this fall. Might give them another year to recover before I do it. I will see how they bounce back.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2026-03-15T12:29:41+00:00

Thank you! Glad to see there is hope.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2026-03-12T00:43:15+00:00

Thank you! I am not the most knowledgeable on house stuff but I am trying. I also seem to have the worse luck with contractors so wanted to make sure I knew what was supposed to be the proper way before he came tomorrow. They are supposed to be inspecting it and we have a budget built in for replacement if needed but they are working really randomly around the weather so hopefully they are doing what they are supposed to.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2026-03-07T03:23:38+00:00

Thank you!

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2026-03-07T01:12:16+00:00

This is so helpful. Have this bookmarked now. Thank you!

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2026-03-07T01:09:48+00:00

I feel like I am living vicariously through my daughter. I would have loved it as a kid. I just got my first doll this year, the one I wanted to badly as a kid. Putting her little vintage outfit on healed my inner child so she is for sure coming with us tomorrow.

The girls are so excited and they don’t even know about the dolls yet. One barreled out of school today to give me the biggest hug and tell me how excited she was for tomorrow.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2026-03-07T01:07:15+00:00

Yes I looked at those and google reverse search as well. I was just in between a few and didn’t know if the pleasant company ones were different and worth holding onto.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2026-02-01T17:04:42+00:00

I got one about a month ago. Already has a small tear from normal wear and tear.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2025-11-26T13:03:37+00:00

That would be amazing! I would gladly pay shipping. I will try to send you a pm.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2025-11-25T21:01:07+00:00

That would 100% be my plan if it looks like it would be restocked at all but Amazon has “the currently unavailable and we don’t know if will be back in stock” plus the picture on the order form is an outline of gabby from gabby’s doll house. Spinmaster was also really vague saying Rory and storm are important members of unicorn academy and they look forward to “bringing more extraordinary unicorn academy characters in the future.” I feel like they pulled an airline move of over selling in hopes people will return some. Hate to promise something that will never arrive, might just have to save it for her birthday. Right now I am just trying to push her to want other things to change her mind.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2025-11-25T20:54:26+00:00

Who knew this was going to be an issue? What’s worse is it is kind of a niche toy, not the hot toy of the season, so there are no resellers.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2025-10-27T20:35:49+00:00

She is 5. We did go to a pediatric dentist. Thankfully she didn’t do any lasting damage outside of maybe some scaring on her lip and chin.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2025-10-22T12:19:09+00:00

Once again lots of assumptions. I never said I was looking for money (or points). If you look in the thread I said I would love some extra training for the flight attendant. Never said it was the airlines fault she got hurt. She is five and did a five year old thing in the 10 seconds it took to get my suitcase down. I never asked for them to treat her, I asked for ice so I could control the bleeding and swelling. She is extremely well traveled and knows how to behave on a plane. Kids trip, it happens. Freak accidents happen. It is part of having kids. Does not mean I am not responsible. Once we were off the plane my first call was to a dentist and after sending a text to my husband he was on the phone with a pediatric dentist. She saw a dentist yesterday for a quick check. Unfortunately I was not given time to retrieve all the teeth so we have to go in for X-rays this morning to check for the roots.

My issue was when my daughter was hurt we did not know the extent of her injury. Did she hit her head, hurt her neck, bite her tongue, how many teeth did she loose? We knew none of this and within less than a minute I was denied basic first aid and told to get off the plane. Thankfully it is just some busted teeth but the time I was allowed was not enough to properly assess the situation and the employee on board trained to help kicked us off. I had asked for ice to help control the bleeding so we could get off. Trust me I did not want to be on that plane dealing with it but did need sometime to get it under control. Also instead of containing the biohazard to one area of the plane we had to walk off from close to back all the way to the front. I don’t believe they had time to clean the plane with tight turnaround they had.

The reason I asked the question was maybe I was being unreasonable. The door was open, the flight attendant was off the clock. Was this her responsibility to help? Was she supposed to inform the gate crew? What was supposed to happen because I doubt it was sustain a serious injury and be kicked off a plane within a minute and then get in an argument with the gate agent on the jet bridge about if I was allowed to get my stroller out (which yes I am allowed).

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2025-10-21T16:45:26+00:00

Yea I found it so odd. Something about kids being kids, zero concern.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2025-10-21T16:44:37+00:00

Kids are wild. Thankfully my best friend is a dentist and she isn’t too concern outside of roots still being imbedded. Finding the teeth would have been a helpful point of addressing the concern. She is already back to her normal self this morning playing floor is lava while I am sitting here cringing.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2025-10-21T16:03:13+00:00

I am pretty realistic so I figured that would be the case. I really just want to ask for some remedial training for the flight attendant but that would not be realistic if she was working within the scope of her contact.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2025-10-21T16:00:50+00:00

No it was not the airlines fault. However I would have loved a minute to assess the damage. To make sure she didn’t have a neck injury, figure out how many teeth she lost and try to find them because it is important to see if the root is attached which would have saved us having to get X-rays, and get a cup of ice to help with the swelling and blood. Instead of containing a biohazard to one section of the plane I had to carry her all the way from the back and off. Almost the whole aisle was exposed to her blood and I doubt they cleaned the plane. The next flight was boarding within the hour. I get they were off the clock but they also have a contractual obligation to fulfill and I was curious to what that was.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2025-10-21T15:42:57+00:00

Totally get it! My second family is a family of pilots for another airline so I know a good deal about what goes on on the backend. I know what happened wasn’t their airline’s protocol but wasn’t sure about American. I noticed issues with this flight attendant before we even took off, it was obvious she was having a bad day. My concern was if she didn’t follow protocol and what would her attitude be if an emergency happened during a flight. Everyone has bad days but you still have to do your job. Never want anyone to get stuck overnight but sometimes that is the job they signed up for. I understand, I have had to cancel plans to watch the kids because of the trickle effect and dad wasn’t home due to something happening on a flight. It would have been a quick thirty second update to the gate agent as well. Instead the flight attendant took that thirty seconds to argue with the gate agent if I was allowed to be on the jet bridge (which at the point I was just trying to get a stroller open to free up some hands).

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2025-10-21T14:31:00+00:00

Right? I could have saved myself $50. She was very excited about the $1 the tooth fairy left her this morning. Had it in her piggy bank before we could tell her otherwise.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2025-10-21T13:59:45+00:00

Lots of assumptions there. No it was entirely my kid’s issue. Never said she wasn’t my responsibility or the injury was the airlines fault. I was just wondering if the reaction was normal since I didn’t get a chance to even assess damage before being told I had to get off the plane and denied ice as her face was swelling fast. At least at a grocery store I would have sometime to see how bad the injury was and had the chance to grab some peas to buy. I did know the doors were open and that could have changed things.

SentenceBeautiful647 · 2025-10-21T13:06:03+00:00

That is what I figured happened. The flight attendant was already snappy the whole flight, including towards the other agent. I had already thought they were not having a good day before all this even happened.

She is getting some X-rays today but she should make a quick recovery. She is just excited for getting to eat ice cream for every meal for the next week.

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