Had reproduction TNG comm-badge nearly thirty years ago! Nice metal one too. Same with TNG rank pins.
TIL they still make stuff like that.
Ok, I’m putting it out there that I just don’t get the appeal of Fansets products.
This has been one kind of tie-in merchandising that is a bit of a head shaker. I know there are certain countries in Europe where collecting fandom pins is a huge thing. Who actually wears badges and pins in North America however unless they are usable in cosplay?
(Meanwhile my spouse and I are trying to figure out how to score a Cerritos in the Master Replicas sale this week, and are ignoring the lack of remaining display space in our home.)
Who actually wears badges and pins in North America however unless they are usable in cosplay?
I have a bunch of pins on various bags. I don’t like the Fansets ones that much, though.
A pin on a bag would seem less like a political campaign statement. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah, most of my pins are from various podcasts.
I do have a couple vegan pins, and until it sadly fell off, I did have a COVID-19 Vaccinated pin designed to look like the Ninja Turtles logo. Those are the most political things I generally wear.
I think it’s one of those things that the people who are into it are really into it.
Personally, I just like signal-boosting merch.
That’s the way I see it. The sets with images of characters etc just don’t seem like something I would ever wear.
This collection turns out to be mainly insignia pins based on costumes which seems like a more viable niche. Our kids would have loved to have had these when they were tweens. I spent an entire con with one of them looking for naught at every vendor for a Discovery-style communicator pin.
Not sure why signal boosting graphics on clothes feels different. I’m happy to wear my t-shirts and hoodies, and our family has many independently-designed licensed ones from teepublic.
