Year 2000 Best-of-the-Best Game

[TheTwins]

Warning: This game may cause insomnia! FIVE POINTS and a profile badge for anyone who answers in a thoughtful way. Sorry, but eeny-meeny-miny-moe answers won't count!

 

Points and badge will be awarded to anyone who follows all the instructions below.

 

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Starts off easy:

1) Click on the PINS DATABASE tab on the home page.

 

The next step is a bit tricker:

2) Scroll down through the filter section and use the dropdown YEAR box to filter only pins from 2000 and hit the search button. You should end up with over 1,800 PinPics listings to plow through . . . I mean, look at.

 

If it's still early in your day, and you haven't had that cup of coffee yet, here's a link that will take you to the filtered pin list:

https://pinpics.com/pins/?filter_years=27

 

This is the part where your brain has to be fully awake:

3) Make a list of the five pins from this list which you think should have the first and best numbers (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5). Use the PinPics numbers for your list.

 

Now, the insomnia sets in. Try not to spend too many sleepless nights figuring this out:

4) Why those five pins? (Must include one unique answer for each of your five choices.)

 

THE FINE PRINT

• No pin may be used more than once.
• No character's face may be on more than one of your five pins.
• Only pins with an original release date or backstamp of 2000 may be on your list.
• Only released pins may be used (no APs, PPs, or prototypes).
• Cast pins are allowed.
• You DO NOT have to own the pins to use them in your list.

 

[TheTwins]

It's been awhile since we posted a new game, so to get things started (and illustrate the way answers need to be posted), I thought I'd play first! Now, on to my personal best-of-the-best list from Year 2000 releases.

~ Sarah

 

#1: Real-cloisonne Belle Head

If it wasn't for this pin, I would never have fallen down the rabbit-hole of real-cloisonne pins and older pins and everything that goes with it. In my mind, this pin always has pride-of-place in my collection!

 

#2: United Kingdom Mickey-head Flag Icon

Another real-cloisonne gem, Sis and I had a bunch of fakes of these pins (unknowingly) from years ago. When we got our first flag icon pin made of real cloisonne, the colors were absolutely breathtaking. This pin changed my outlook on this whole set of pins, as well as the red and blue tones from the RC pins. Wow! Of course, the UK is my dream vacation, so it's extra special to be the Union Jack.

 

#3: American Adventure Pavilion Mosaic Framed Set

Sis and I have always loved World Showcase, but we were never much on the American Adventure pavilion. That all changed last year when we went to EPCOT with a friend. He took us to see the Voices of Liberty perform and then see the animatronic show. Ever since, we've been reformed World Showcase travellers and listen to "Golden Dreams" before bed all the time. This is one of our very favorite pavilions, and this framed set is on the top of our Wants list. We've managed to get six of these frames now for different countries, and they're totally amazing!

 

#4: UK Pavilion Real-cloisonne Pin

This set of pins is so much more impressive in real life than any pictures can convey, and the reason I'm counting this pin in my Top 5 list is the manufacturing technique used for the thatched roof. The pin is real-cloisonne hard enamel, but the roof looks metallic. They achieved this by letting the base copper metal of the pin show through a tinted enamel filling, rather than an opaque color.

 

#5: Theodore P. Trader Bear

And in the final spot is a pin that is just so cool, and one I only just added to my collection with the help of a friend! Theodore was a genuine limited-edition Steiff bear released in 2000. He came with a sash that featured four pins on it, this being one. He's not easy to come by, but Sis and I got some mini Steiff bears in the shop at the Germany pavilion and plan to make our own small versions of Theodore!  

 

If you'd like to see some photos of Theodore and his Steiff friends, click here to check out a forum thread about them.

 

[bogeymike2003]

#1: Scuba Diver Mickey

How can you not love this pin. This is just a great representation of Mickey having a great time and spending that time underwater. (If you know me you know why this is a great pin).

#2: Lincoln 35 Years

I have an exenstive collection of Pressed Penny Pins and this pin sort of falls into that category. Based on the number of people trading this pin it may be sort of hard to find.

#3:  USPS California

I think I have 11 pins so far with the shape of California, this pin is also on my want list and may also be tough to find.

#4: Disneyana Pin Trading 2000

Early on I had a pin board with a lot of "pin trading" pins. This is one I was alos never able to find.

#5: Snow White 

Another great early pin trading pin. Snow White in her purist form. What is there not to love about this pin. (This is one pin from a set of 6)

 

[MicksMaster]

I actually chose 5 pins that are in my collection (or my wants) because they represent the pins I love best.

 

#1: Dopey in a Bubble

I love the dwarfs but especially Dopey. What can be more fun than Dopey in a bubble? Love that facial expression.

#2: Eeyore as a Butterfly

I love all of the Pooh characters but ultimately Eeyore is my favorite. To top it off, he is dressed as a butterfly, which is also something that I collect.

#3: Flower and Garden

Of the festivals offered at Walt Disney World, I absolutely LOVE the Flower and Garden Festival. 

#4: Kilimanjaro Safaris

No trip to Disney World is complete without going on the safari at least once. I have been known to take the journey at least twice on most trips. The trip is never the same so it is exciting to see what each safari has to offer. 

#5: Hall of Presidents

Not only is this a great air conditioned venue but it never ceases to thrill me to see all of the U S Presidents on one stage. Again, a trip to the Magic Kingdom is not complete without a visit to Hall of Presidents. Be sure to take the time to look at all the artifacts in the "rotunda" before you enter the theater. 

 

[DisneyCatMom]

Well all I can say is, this was very difficult!  I was amazed at how many pins I liked and how many of those pins I own or used to own.  
#1). 

Pin #39284.  This was not necessarily my favorite picture because I like a lot of color.  I chose it because Walt and Mickey were the starting point.  And Disneyland was the first park I ever went to, (back in 1959).  It is also my favorite park for the same reason.

 

#2).

#45192.  This pin gets the number 2 spot because I spent a lot of time watching the original Mickey Mouse club and The Wonderful World of Color movies back in the 60’s.  Yes, I am old. . There was actually one I preferred, #45192,  but it had Mickey on it and I was only allowed to use him once.

 

#3).  

#2191.  I chose this pin as #3 because as most of you know, I love collecting cats and dogs although I would choose cats over dogs, (sorry Pluto my favorite dog).  Anyway, this pin won because it shows my favorite cats, Figaro #1, Berlioz #2 and the Si and Am troublemakers #3.

 

4). 
#1710.  This pin made the cut because I collect nurse pins.  I was a nurse for 45 years before transitioning into a Health and Wellness Coach.  I chose this nurse pin because I like the color blue better than the color green.  

 

5).  
Pin#3134.  This was my hardest because it was the last pin I was allowed to choose.  I love #21138 which is the Headless Horseman and my favorite part of the Halloween party.  However, I prefer Christmas over Halloween.  My two favorite parts of Christmas at Disney were the Osborne Lights and the Candlelight Processional.  I choose this pin because it has an angel which is part of the Candlelight Processional yet it is from the Osborne Lights which is no longer.  So therefore comprises both of them, (kind of).

 

Those were my choices for the year 2000, today.  Tomorrow I might change my mind.

 

[roadrunner8310]

This was a very fun game! It is crazy how many memories are attached when seeing all of these pins from 2000. Just flooded with memories and so many I could have picked. Here are my 5 at least at this moment!

 

1. WDW - Mickey Mouse - Official Pin Trading

 

This pin reminds me of why I started collecting pins. One of my jobs while in the Disney College Program WDW was to replenish cast members lanyards in the magic kingdom, and I was able to meet a lot of great people and cast members throughout the park every week. I have collected pins on and off now since 2002.

 

2. WDW Main Street Electrical Parade

 

This is one of the first parades that I really remember seeing at Disney. I remember being in awe at the lights and loving the music and all the movement with the lights. It was simply amazing!

 

3. Disney Dollars

 

I chose this because it reminds me of many Christmas’ and birthdays where I would get these as gifts for my spending money at Disney. I would be so excited to get these and all of the different bills with the different characters were so fun! Crazy to be excited for fake money that could only be spent at one place!!! lol to be a kid again!

 

4. The monorail and the Contemporary

The monorail is one of my favorite ways to get from the parking area to The Magic Kingdom and the Contemporary is one of my favorite hotels to pass through. I’ve never actually explored the contemporary because I always thought you couldn’t just explore hotels if you weren’t staying there, but now that I know that isn’t the case, I am making it a point to go in there!

 

5.  Pirates!!!

If we don’t ride this attraction at least 5 times while at the park, it was a failed trip!!! Not really, but my wife and I love this ride and it is one of the must rides for us. 

[PixiePinTrader]

OK so my biases are clearly going to come out because there were actually a LOT of REALLY GOOD pins released in 2000... 

 

#1 First up, my girl Tink and I'm specifically choosing the WDW version since I've never been to DLR. For Peter to be scolding her, you just know she's done something sassy & feisty. 

 

#2 Has to be the OG Princess Snow White. I love this entire set and coincidentally, it includes 5 of the 6 princesses I collect   Since Tangled was still but a dream, I'll forgive its absence from the set.

 

#3 Hard to believe Cindy was celebrating 50 years and although there were some great pins commemorating the event, I had to go with the WDW Cinderella gold velvet box set PP3355 (is this cheating?) because it has everything and because who doesn't like a blue velvet box?

 

#4 I love PP49204 Robert Silvers Photomosaics framed set for three reasons - it's a series of #1 Sleeping Beauty pins that combine to shape the #2 Canadian pavilion at #3 Epcot. I've only seen pieces of this IRL and would love to see what this looks like in the frame. Such an original idea and when I looked through and saw so much of the artwork repeated in pins over the years, it reminds me we're due for some original pin concepts.

 

#5 PP1870 is from another great series of pins (in my collection you'll find a lot of sets that came out in the 6 princesses I collect) and love that they use a Mickey head for the 000! I'm a sucker for a princess in bridal gear. This got knocked down to 5th place because it says WDW on the pin. I'm not a fan and try to avoid pins in my collection that say what park they're from. And normally I don't like dated pins either, but because of the logo, I made an exception for this one.

 

 

I have no idea why some posted the listing and the others just did the pic when I did the exact same for each... 

 

[sithathoriunet]

After going through the list twice, these are my top 5 pins released in 2000.

 

1. Are you kidding me?!  How have I never seen this pin before??  It's GORGEOUS.  Sleeping Beauty has a special place in my heart, I even named my son after Eyvind Earle! 

 

 

2. It's really kind of shameful that I don't have a Jungle Cruise collection.  My dream job since I was a tweenager has always been to be a Jungle Cruise Skipper.  I really should start a collection, and this would be a great one to start with!

 

 

3. The Kooky Cutouts series is so cute, but the Goofy one is the best of them all, because he IS kooky!!  The design takes me right back to the 80's.  Yes, I remember the 80's!

 

4. You had me at Swarovski.  I have a few jeweled pins, but nothing like this!  Swoon.

 

5. This one is a very personal choice, because my Papa left me this pin.  He and my Gigi were annual passholders at WDW for many years, including in 2000.  They lived in Winter Garden, and would often go to EPCOT just for dinner.  They traveled all over the world, but Disney World was their happy place.  This pin reminds me of that.