30/6: Anniversary Offer from Tragars Collectables

ANNIVERSARY SALE

Tragars Collectables would like to offer readers some pin sets this week.

VENUE & MASCOT 2 PIN SETS AND 3 PIN SETS IN PRESENTATION BOXES

ARCHERY
MOUNTAIN BIKE
VOLLEYBALL
TRAMPOLINE
JUDO
WRESTLING/GRECO - ROMAN
ROAD CYCLING
TABLE TENNIS
BADMINTON
WEIGHTLIFTING
FENCING
HANDBALL
EQUESTRIAN - DRESSAGE
EQUESTRIAN - JUMPING
EQUESTRIAN - EVENTING
BMX
DIVING
WATER POLO
CANOE SLALOM
CANOE SPRINT
TAEKWONDO
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

3 PIN SET SWIMMING
3 PIN SET SAILING
3 PIN SET BASKETBALL
3 PIN SET ROWING 3 PIN SET RYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

SPORTS POSE 3 PIN SET TRIATHLON - £12.00

The price is £6.00 each for the 2 pin sets and £7.00 each for the 3 pin sets

Postage within the UK.

£3.70 UP TO 4 SETS
£5.50 UP TO 10 SETS

This offer is available now until Friday 26th July.

Contact Gary at tragar@blueyonder.co.uk

20/6: Anniversary Games - Pin Trading

For those of you that wanted to take part in the pin trading at the Anniversary Games in July, but did not have event tickets - Good News!!

I've had it confirmed that pin collectors/traders who would like to sign up to take a trading space, but do not have event tickets, WILL be able to get accreditation to the pin trading area and therefore get inside the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

You'll still need event tickets to get into the stadium, but essentially it's the same set up as last year - collectors/traders can get into the park once they are accredited but only to the stadium if they have event tickets.

So, if this news now means you would like to take part in some pin trading on Friday 26th July - Sunday 28th July, then please drop me an email to info@londonpins.co.uk. As well as your name, please let me know what day(s) you would like to attend.

It's not quite the pin meet and picnic we planned, but it will be a fantastic chance for lots of us to get together and relive the summer of London 2012 (well for 3 days!).

10/6: Anniversary Games - Pin Meet - Details

Thanks to the hard work of a fellow collector - Mark Kass, I'm pleased to confirm that as part of the arrangements for the Anniversary Games, there WILL be a designated area for pin traders.

At the moment, we cannot confirm the size or specific location for the area, but here's what we do know...

• the area will be in the "Spectator Village" (I presume close to the Stadium)
• at the moment, this area is accessible to Anniversary Games ticket holders only
• the area MAY be opened up to non-ticket holders - waiting for details
• accreditation may be required to be a designated trader (like the Coca-Cola centres during the Games), but it looks like anyone can turn up to the tables and trade if they can access the area
• Pin trading will take place on all 3 days of the Games

I appreciate that there are still some unanswered questions, but if you're interested in taking a table/space/seat, then we're collecting names to register your interest. There may be security checks or forms to fill in, we don't know.

At this stage, it's just a matter of collecting names regardless of whether you have tickets for the Games or not. As soon as we know more, I'll post it here.

If you'd like to be on the list then send your name to info@londonpins.co.uk.

Please also indicate if you already have tickets for any/all of the Anniversary Games days.

Remember, I can't take any credit for arranging this, I'm merely communicating the excellent work done by Mark.

9/6: July Pin Meet - Updated Information

Now that the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (QEOP) have published details about the activities in the park around the weekend of July 26-28th, it looks like the planned 'picnic and pin meet' will not be able to go ahead.

The north park is being opened with the Open East Festival that weekend and as this is a ticketed event, it seems there will be no part of the QEOP open to the non-paying public. This is different to what was implied after the Games.

The stadium area is only accessible to those with tickets for the Anniversary Games, so there's no common area in the park that we can all get to without paying.

I'm waiting to find out if there may be an area within the Anniversary Games site that we can have a pin trading area - as soon as I know more, I'll publish it here.

So, in summary, at the moment, it doesn't seem that we can find a place where everyone can get to easily that is free and still allows each of us to go to the Festival or the Anniversary Games if we have tickets.

Keep an eye on the blog and as soon as I know more, I'll post here. I suppose at the worst, if you're in the area, bring your pins, wear a lanyard to identify yourself and see who you bump into! We may be able to use email and Twitter on the day to arrange a 'flash pin trade' event.

Hopefully, better news soon...