Project record
400 pins at an inch and a half — the smallest pin in the collection
A central Ohio hockey team ordered 400 pins at 1.5 inches — below the size most trading advice recommends, and a useful reference point.
Westerville · OH · Columbus metro
- Quantity
- 400 pins
- Size
- 1.5"
The brief
A 1.5-inch order — below the 2-inch trading floor TPC normally recommends — and the smallest pin in the sample.
How the design got made
- Beat 1
Ohio youth hockey
final artworkwesterville-oh-hockey-final-artwork.jpg - Beat 2
400 pins at 1.5 inches
- Beat 3
No banner: under the 2.0" / 1,000-pin threshold
The finished pin
The full account
The small end of the range
Four hundred pins at an inch and a half. That is the smallest pin in this collection, and it makes a useful reference point precisely because it sits below the size normally recommended for tournament trading.
Two inches is the working floor for trading. Below that, at a table where every kid is comparing what's on offer, small pins get passed over. That isn't a rule about quality — a 1.5-inch pin is a perfectly good pin — it's a rule about attention.
When smaller is the right call
There are good reasons to go under two inches:
- The pins are mainly for your own players and families rather than heavy trading
- You want more pins in hand for the same budget
- They're going on a lanyard or a bag rather than into a trading rotation
At 400 pins this order also sits below the 1,000-pin threshold where the free banner comes in, so the size and the quantity were both consistent with a team buying for itself rather than for a trading tournament.
Where the team is from
The team brands as Columbus. The order ships to Westerville, a northeastern suburb about fifteen miles from downtown.
We use the ship-to address for geography and the team's own name for identity — the same way a club that plays out of one town and names itself for the city stays a city team on the pin.
Specification
| Team | Columbus Mavericks |
|---|---|
| Sport | Hockey |
| Quantity | 400 |
| Size | 1.5" |
| City | Westerville |
| State | OH |
| County | Delaware County |
| Region | Columbus metro |
Reference material on file — logos and flat artwork, not steps in the story
The banner threshold
This order sat under the threshold, so no banner was included. At the time the line fell at 1,000 pins at 2.0 inches or larger: the size step cost $0.20 more per pin — $1.07 to $1.27 — and brought a free 3ft × 6ft banner plus 100 bonus gold-metal or blackout pins with it.
Worth checking before you commit to a quantity: the bigger pin is frequently the cheaper total order.
quoted for this order onlyAbout the prices on this page
Every figure here is taken from a real quote for a real order. That is the point of it — and also the reason it will not match what you are quoted.
- Quantity moves the price more than anything else
- Size and build are priced separately
- Turnaround changes the total
- Import tariffs apply and are disclosed on the quote
- These are historical
Questions this order answers
Two inches or larger is the working floor for tournament trading — smaller pins get passed over. Sizes run from 2 inches up to 6.
One little league's four orders across three years show the migration in practice: they started at 1.25 inches and moved to 2.0. Larger sizes also unlock the banner threshold, which is why the bigger pin often costs less in total.
Sourced — Sizing guidance across multiple orders; Northern Virginia little league, 2022–2026
No. Every figure in this library is what one team was quoted for one order, on the day they asked. It is published as a record, not as a price list.
Quantity and size move it most: the break runs about $0.20 per pin for every hundred pins, and the range here goes from a 1,500-pin corporate run at 1.25 inch to a 3 inch dangler with glitter. Pin type and finish are priced per pin on top of that — a spinner was $0.65 more per pin on one order, glitter is $0.10 per pin per glitter colour.
Timing is separate again. Six weeks ahead of your date carries no delivery or rush charge; four weeks adds a $40 delivery charge; three weeks adds $40 plus a $75 rush fee. The pins are manufactured in China and are subject to US import tariffs, disclosed on the quote rather than at invoice.
For a price that applies to your order, send your quantity, size and in-hands date and we will quote it.
Sourced — Quoted ladders and fee schedule across the AP Pope, Corona Avengers and Brainerd AHA threads, 2025–2026
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