Kim's Corner
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This cool little machine press attaches the pin elements to the "base" or background pins.
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At opening, Premiere Pins offered guests 6 different base pin designs - at $6.50 - and less than 20 character elements - at $2.00 - WDW's Build a Pin offers about a dozen base pins and over 50 pin elements - the program at Disneyland is planned to expand with a wider range of characters and Disneyland specific base designs.
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Just a few of the "base" pin designs. Bases have pre-drilled holes for one, two or three pin-on-pin elements.
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Premiere Pins CMs are all trained to assemble the pins. Truly customized collectables have reached the pin market.
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The shop features a complete selection of pins and pin merchandise. Vests, pin bags, lanyards and a very cute little pin backpack (like the one WDW has had for more than a year).
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