Book excerpt: Expanded and Fully Updated for 2016! The Mouse Pin Trading Guide is your inside track to anything and everything you could want to know about Disney Pin Trading! This Guide is an essential tool for anyone who has ever traded or wanted to trade Disney pins and will earn a spot in your pin bag, right beside your favorite Disney pins. The "Pinformation" in this insightful handbook has been gathered from over 15 years of Disney Pin Trading by the Mouse Pin Trading Team in Walt Disney World and Disneyland. The book contains tons of tips, tricks and useful bits that will make your Disney Pin Trading experience an enjoyable one for everyone in your family.This guide literally covers the A-Z of Disney Pin Trading and walks you through everything from Where to Buy Your Pins to the Proper Way to Trade with Disney Cast Members. It even includes a full glossary of Disney Pin Trading Lingo, Cast Lanyard & Hidden Mickey Pin Checklists so you can keep track of the pins you have and the pins you need, and hundreds of additional pins added since our last edition! Fully illustrated with thousands of actual Disney Pins, this book is as visually captivating as it is informative. The Mouse Pin Trading Tips tucked among the pages will save you a ton of time and a lot of money! This guide is a must have for anyone planning a Disney Vacation.The Mouse Pin Trading Team runs one of the largest Disney Pin Trading Groups online, and in the Walt Disney World Area. In addition to all the information that we have packed into the pages of this book, we also host live pin trading meetups in Orlando every month; and partner with groups worldwide for special pin trading events. Come Join Us!ABOUT THE AUTHORS:The Mouse Pin Trading team was formed from a mutual obsession in Disney Pin Trading. The fact that 2 families can get to know each other through trading Disney Pins, reach the conclusion that there was not enough information available for the new (or seasoned) pin trader, and write a book to remedy the situation speaks volumes to the social power of Disney Pin Trading. The Edgar & Shilensky families have been trading pins in both Walt Disney World and Disneyland for almost 15 years, with multiple visits in many of those years.Now, we run one of the largest pin trading groups in Florida including hosting monthly pin trading events near Walt Disney World and also partner with other groups for events at other Disney Parks around the world.