Well, my best laid plans to finish the "clean up" in a timely manner, went along the wayside. I did a quick scan of some of the marketplace websites and found 24 new images to save, print, identify and get on the blog. So I better get back at it.
A little annoying news. TradeKey which has been a primary source for images, has updated their search engine so now when you search for "Disney pin" it gives you a little note saying:
"Important: "Disney" is a brand name that can only be traded on TradeKey.com with proof of proper authorization. Please confirm with the supplier(s) before trading with them. "
Then it changes the search to what it would be without the brand name, so in this case "pin." Which, as you could imagine, returns thousands of results, none of which are Disney pins. You might think, "Good, someone's getting tough on counterfeiters." But going back to the older links on this blog, those all still work. So I'm not sure if the site is actually doing anything about counterfeiters selling products, or just covering themselves from liability. There may be newer images posted, but I'm having trouble finding them. I guess if it's harder for me to search, then it would be harder for the counterfeiters to sell their wares too.
That may be why, these new images all showed up on a different marketplace website.
