Pins and Pins

From the same event last Sunday, I also picked up a small bunch of pins. There were actually two sizes of pins on offer, small and large, but the price ratio was 6:1, which means that you could get 6 small pins for the price of 1 large pin. Considering this, I picked up the small pins, which were more numerous in quantity and variety. Fortunately for me, there were more than quite a few Pokémon-related pins, of which three I picked up for my collection.

Looking at the pins - Charmander, Alakazam, and Zapdos, all of which are first-generation Pokémon - the influence of Go seems to be still strong, as the game initially featured those Pokémon during its boom. The Charmander one also complements the stickers for which I couldn't find the one for Charmander. However, looking at the Zapdos pin, I can't help but notice that its image seems a little jagged around the edges, which could be an indication that the image used for the pin was low in resolution. Regardless, I like the use of the official images on the pins, though the pin itself remains indie.

Pins aren't exactly my first choice for collectibles of anything, since you can only put them effectively in so many places - namely wherever fabrics are involved. That's not to say you can't put them in a case, but they are better shown when they are stuck on something. One of my relatives put a collection of pins on a fabric tapestry and hung that on a wall. This is something I can foresee doing, though it would be a challenge to make the fabric tapestry Pokémon-related also.

Still, if pins are available in later events, I might just get a few more to add to my collection. I might also consider the larger pin, though this will mean shelling out a little more money and sacrificing a little more space. The tapestry approach remains intriguing, though, and it's something I want to do should I have a lot of pins later on. In the meantime I can think and rethink its concept while I collect more and more pins.