Project record
What a squirt team actually orders
One hundred and fifty pins at an inch and a half — the small end of the range, and a useful reference for a single youth team rather than an association.
- Quantity
- 150 pins
- Size
- 1.5"
- Pin type
- Standard pins
The brief
A squirt-level team that asked for a range and ordered at the bottom of it.
How the design got made
- Beat 1
Opened asking about 150 to 200 pins
- Beat 2
Ordered 150 at 1.5 inch, proof V1A
- Beat 3
One of the smaller runs in the library, at the smallest size still recommended for trading
The full account
The small end of the range
Most of the hockey records here are associations ordering for several teams at once — 250, 330, 400 pins. This one is a single squirt-level team, and it is a useful counterweight.
They opened by asking about 150 to 200 pins and ordered 150 at 1.5 inch.
Why 1.5 inch is the floor
One and a half inches is the smallest size worth making for trading, and there is a practical reason. Below that, a pin stops competing. At a tournament a player is holding a lanyard of thirty pins from a dozen teams — a one-inch pin disappears between two two-inch ones, and it does not get taken.
That is the guidance given consistently across these records, and it is why the smaller sizes in this library belong to lapel and corporate work rather than to trading.
What 150 covers
A squirt roster is roughly a dozen skaters. A hundred and fifty pins gives every player around ten to trade, plus spares for coaches, siblings and the ones that end up on a hotel carpet.
If you are ordering for one team rather than a club, this record is the closest thing here to a template.
Specification
| Team | Hutchinson Squirt B1 |
|---|---|
| Sport | Hockey |
| Quantity | 150 |
| Size | 1.5" |
| Pin type | Standard pins |
| Banner included | No |
| Inquiry | 2025-12-02 |
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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This order was 150 pins at 1.5". Send us your roster size and your event date and we will come back with a price.
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