Waxahachie · TX · Dallas-Fort Worth · baseball
11U Flying Chanclas
A North Texas 11U team, 780 pins and a spinner — the longest design conversation in the baseball set.
780 pins2.0"No quote on record
Project records
Thirteen orders, documented from the thread up
Real completed trading-pin orders: what was asked for, how many proof rounds it took, what it shipped as, and what we learned. No invented testimonials, no guessed specifications.
13 of 13 records
Killbuck · NY · Western New York · baseball
Aces 12U
A parent who thought the team's Cooperstown pins weren't good enough — so they had one made for their own kid instead.
100 pins2.0"cooperstownNo quote on record
Elkins Park · PA · Philadelphia · 12U · baseball
Anderson Monarchs
Two orders, two years apart, and only one jersey number in common — the roster turned over almost entirely and the account stayed.
Verbatim quote
Burke · VA · Northern Virginia · baseball
Annandale North Springfield Little League (ANSLL)
Four orders, three years, and two different people doing the buying — a little league account that outlived the person who opened it.
No quote on record
Antelope Valley · CA · baseball
Antelope Valley Coyotes
A club that wanted one pin every age group could use — and got the clearest demonstration in the archive of why the bigger pin costs less.
1,000 pins2.0"usssaNo quote on record
Apple Valley · MN · Twin Cities metro · baseball
Apple Valley Baseball
A thousand pins, a banner, spinners, sliders and glitter — and a last-minute artwork change because a player left the program before Cooperstown.
1,000 pins2.25"Banner includedcooperstownNo quote on record
Winchester · CA · Inland Empire · baseball
Arsenal Elite
Two sizes quoted side by side at 400 pins — 2.25 inch against 3 inch — with glitter and a slider on the table.
400 pinsNo quote on record
Hanover · MA · South Shore · club · hockey
Bay State Breakers
A returning customer who couldn't name the style he wanted, whose final design was reverse-engineered from a decade-old pin someone dug out of a drawer at the rink.
300 pins3.0"Verbatim quote
Baxter · MN · Brainerd Lakes · association · hockey
Brainerd Amateur Hockey Association
An entire association covered by one order — 1,500 pins on a single invoice, with a rush that TPC had to chase the factory to protect.
1,500 pins2.0"Banner includedVerbatim quote
Pennsville · NJ · South Jersey · hockey
Campus Wild 12AA
A South Jersey 12AA team on a hard January deadline — routed by freight forward specifically to avoid the tariff.
375 pins1.75"No quote on record
Chaska · MN · hockey
Chaska Chanhassen Hockey Association (CCHA)
Three teams from one Minnesota association, three separate orders, two different families — and a puzzle-piece pin set that had to be re-engineered so it would survive production.
No quote on record
Westerville · OH · Columbus metro · hockey
Columbus Mavericks
A 1.5-inch order — below the 2-inch trading floor TPC normally recommends — and the smallest pin in the sample.
400 pins1.5"No quote on record
Philadelphia · PA · Delaware Valley · 13U AA · hockey
Philadelphia Blazers
The team that let its 13-year-olds vote on the final artwork — and turned down a spinner upgrade to put every player's number on the pin instead.
250 pins2.5"No quote on record