Enamel pins are still good ⊟
It’s tempting to swear off them completely with a dozen new pins appearing in the timeline every day, but that just means you have to be more discerning with the ones you spend your money on and wear. You want to pick out a pin that actually means something to you, like a floppy disk that says Sonic Porn, a 3DS Ambassador badge, or, I dunno, maybe a tiny cartridge.
And there’s this great tribute to candy cabs at Japanese arcades. Melbourne-based RGB Club is selling the painted brass soft enamel pin for $10, as well as one based on the Famicom Disk System’s mascot. I spotted this photo posted by Dan Clarke, who shares a lot of well-designed stuff on his feed and who we’ve featured a number of times for his Arkotype projects.
While I’m throwing out links to pins and cool people, let me direct you again to Capsule Corner, the "capsule machine-based micro gallery" in downtown Los Angeles. Even if you’re not in the area, you can purchase a virtual token to have a random prize (e.g. pins, keychains, iron-on patches) shipped to you.
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