4 hours ago, Emily48098 said:

If I order pins from their online store, do I get the passholder discount or no?

No…only at the park. Just an FYI, 4 pins ship for the same amount as 2…so if you’re trying to save money that’s the way to go.

yeah it does express shipping and $7.15 which is outrageous.    But agree, when you order make it worth your while as it is expensive.

next 2 pins are up but no pictures    Drop Zone and Invertigo

 

I ordered the Invertigo & Drop Tower pins sight unseen…gotta complete the set, so it really doesn’t matter what they look like…but I am hoping that the Drop Tower one is a little more deluxe and has it so that the ring slides up and down…I can dream! 

8 hours ago, standbyme said:

I ordered the Invertigo & Drop Tower pins sight unseen…gotta complete the set, so it really doesn’t matter what they look like…but I am hoping that the Drop Tower one is a little more deluxe and has it so that the ring slides up and down…I can dream! 

And after you have the complete set, you will sell them on ebay for $11,000  (cross threading)

Well, unfortunately, design wise, neither of the latest pins are anything to write home about…but fortunately for me, neither ride is in my top favorites.  

I do find it odd how some of the pins are super deluxe, and others simply plain…for example, I never would have guessed that the Flight Commander would get the deluxe treatment while Adventure Express got a generic pin.

I really hope they can get pins for The Beast and The Bat back in stock but I'm not sure with them being limited edition.

go to the park as in stock there

I'm guessing Son of Beast/Tomb Raider and Delirium/IJST are next, and that'll be it for Paramount workarounds.

One can probably guess which one I want...

Considering the Drop Tower and Invertigo treatments, I'm surprised they didn't just use Flight Deck instead of the "1993 Jet" name invention.

Hopefully they finally do something for Firehawk as well.

I will retract my comment about the Invertigo pin…it is 2 layers high and looks a lot nicer than the park’s photo shows. 
 

Pins #37 and #38 have been released.

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Thrilled to be getting a Fearfest pin!!! 
Also, I was never a Son of Beast fan…but boy that’s a nice looking pin! It’s ironic that the best SOB pin to be released has come way after the ride was torn down. 

Was not expecting FearFest but I'm not complaining. It's on my list now.

Currently having a likely cracked rib and others badly bruised, just looking at the SoB logo hurts...

Both of these are really cool!  

Kings Island taunting us by not releasing a BLSC pin...

SoB and FearFest are both 2000, so they still have Tomb Raider, Delirium, and Backlot for Paramount things.

FYI, the typo of Anniversary has been finally fixed on these pins...

On 10/13/2022 at 4:26 PM, disco2000 said:

 

Will you buy the limited edition 80s pin set 

Nope! 

once again trying to sell pins already out there but add a single new one?????

Why not just offer the new pins and people would buy those.....

I have one of the pins and thats all I have, unsure if I'll get the rest. You know which one it is. 

The latest two…

...Okay, I don't want to be a whiner, but I really had my hopes up that the TRTR pin would get the Top Gun treatment to avoid Paramount naming. The Crypt was not the same experience as Tomb Raider. I think many would argue that The Crypt was not a positive experience. I realize there was a lot of copyright to navigate with TRTR in particular, but surely there was another option than to make a pin representing that ride's worst version of itself? (Purely in jest, I have to imagine this is what it would feel like for Son of Beast fans if their pin had just been a picture of the track that replaced the loop!)

Heck, even the back of the card the pin is attached to has a picture of the ride as Tomb Raider! Even a pin of something as abstract as one of the queue lanterns, one of the bowls with fire in the antechamber, or a depiction of the cave front with "2002" underneath it in the TRTR sign font would be a little more compelling for me.

I mean, I'll probably still buy it since even Crypt merch has never been common... but I'm a little miffed. I was holding out on buying any pins to avoid that dastardly shipping charge until the TRTR pin became available. My hopes were admittedly up.

Oh well. Such is life.

15 minutes ago, TombRaiderFTW said:

...Okay, I don't want to be a whiner, but I really had my hopes up that the TRTR pin would get the Top Gun treatment to avoid Paramount naming. The Crypt was not the same experience as Tomb Raider. I think many would argue that The Crypt was not a positive experience. I realize there was a lot of copyright to navigate with TRTR in particular, but surely there was another option than to make a pin representing that ride's worst version of itself? (Purely in jest, I have to imagine this is what it would feel like for Son of Beast fans if their pin had just been a picture of the track that replaced the loop!)

Heck, even the back of the card the pin is attached to has a picture of the ride as Tomb Raider! Even a pin of something as abstract as one of the queue lanterns, one of the bowls with fire in the antechamber, or a depiction of the cave front with "2002" underneath it in the TRTR sign font would be a little more compelling for me.

I mean, I'll probably still buy it since even Crypt merch has never been common... but I'm a little miffed. I was holding out on buying any pins to avoid that dastardly shipping charge until the TRTR pin became available. My hopes were admittedly up.

Oh well. Such is life.

I bought both pins, of course - I will complete the entire collection no matter.  

I figured they'd go the Crypt route rather than TR:TR.  I know firsthand the "hoops" they have to jump through with the Paramount licenses (more about that at a later time.)

I was actually hoping for more with the Delirium pin.  I had expectations akin to the Viking Fury pin with a swinging gondola.  A little disappointed that there's no articulation.

I've really enjoyed this series - overall very happy with all the pin releases.  Its also been fun guessing, then finding out each week what the new releases are.  (Although the cost of S&H for each release is ridiculously astronomical.)

 

I agree with both opinions of TombraiderFTW & Shaggy about the latest batch…there is no justice that The Crypt ends up with a pin…I mean really, the parking lot trams were WAY more beloved and it doesn’t appear they will be getting a pin. 
And as for the Delirium one, I love the ride and was hoping for (finally) a nice pin of the ride…but it is basically a bigger version of the one from years ago…Delirium deserved better.

42 minutes ago, Shaggy said:

I figured they'd go the Crypt route rather than TR:TR.  I know firsthand the "hoops" they have to jump through with the Paramount licenses (more about that at a later time.)

I'd love to hear more when the time is right!

42 minutes ago, Shaggy said:

I've really enjoyed this series - overall very happy with all the pin releases.  Its also been fun guessing, then finding out each week what the new releases are.  (Although the cost of S&H for each release is ridiculously astronomical.)

Oh yeah--to be clear, I think the fact that this pin series is happening at all is really above and beyond. I don't mean to be backhanded, but prior to Mike Koontz, I kinda expected the 50th anniversary to pass by with about as much fanfare as the 40th (which is to say: without much fanfare beyond some commemorative merch.) The pin collection is a cherry on top of a fantastic and exceptional season.

...I just don't like the artistic choices around this particular release. But it's easy for me to criticize behind my keyboard when I don't know just how intrusive the rules behind this one were.

The latest merch offerings...  CoasterDynamix Statix Models of Beast & Racer trains!

If you want them, you'd better snap them up - these sold out when they offered The Beast & Diamondback versions several years ago.  This version of Beast has the updated (original) color scheme.  The earlier release was all red.

Hoping (probably unrealistically) that the KIGear site will have some sort of Black Friday sale…I can dream. 

56 minutes ago, standbyme said:

Hoping (probably unrealistically) that the KIGear site will have some sort of Black Friday sale…I can dream. 

A birdie told me there might be event more fun things on the way.  Save your $$$.  LOL!

Flight Deck in the AZ set instead of the "1993 Jet" one. Guess they needed some way to include one not available by itself.