Hi! I'm a Prince fan from way back (circa 1977). I used to snatch-up any Prince items I could find. Back then, it was hard to find such stuff. Retailers would be like, "Prince, who?"

Anyway here are a few of my old school pins. Anyone else collect them?

[This message was edited Sat Oct 19 19:36:58 PDT 2002 by UptownDeb]

I thought this was gonna B a thread about his legs!!
Nice badges tho!
I used 2 collect rubbers when I was at school(aye, rubbers as in erasers-NOT.....rubbers)

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[This message was edited Sat Oct 19 19:45:59 PDT 2002 by thebumpsquad]

where's the rude boy pin?--my personal favorite!!!

Eye have all of those pins except 4 1.

Yes,I have the Rude Boy pin,Controversy,Prince,Dirty Mind every pin I could find in N.Y.C. I would still buy everything today and intend to pass it down the family line..

I can't tell ya I have stuff all the way from Purple Rain t-shirts and Parade and I just have so much stuff. You should see the Collection of Posters,Songbooks,Magazines. I'm gonna continue Collecting his stuff Forever. How can one possibly ever get enough? If Prince isn't worth Blowing your Paycheck on nobody is!

Natasha said:

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I got all of these pins. I also have a RudeGirl pin and a Time pin. It was a big thing back then to have pin of your favorite group.

thebumpsquad said:[quote]I thought this was gonna B a thread about his legs!!
Nice badges tho!
I used 2 collect rubbers when I was at school(aye, rubbers as in erasers-NOT...rubbers)

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LMAO :LOL:

UptownDeb said:

DAYUM...Prince is such a cutie!

A Prince acquaintance of mine has over 1,000 Prince pins/buttons mounted on purple fabric covered cardboard. It's an amazing sight when all of the Prince button boards are laid out end to end.

I have most of these pins somewhere.

Have you all seen the Prince drink coasters and guitar pick collections on e-bay? Stay away if you're not into fakes.

UptownDeb said:

The one you say is "just cheesy" is actually quite FINE...

Yea, I used to have some. Please don't drag me back to junior high! They're probably in a box in the garage or something. I'm a packrat, wouldn't have thrown them out.

Thanks for posting this, memories...

Oh man,you're taking me right back to my 7th grade days

I had a TON of Prince pins back then,including a few of the ones you have.After 'Purple Rain' came out,I bought this HUGE pin that has the photo of Prince on the purple motorcycle.It's about 5 inches across!! I still have these pins too.The 80s was the decade where you wore pins of your favorite artist or group,just to "look cool"

been searchin everywhere 4 a prince pin or two...i haven't succeeded yet. it'd be nice if one popped up at ragstock or somewhere, but i know that ain't gonna happen...there's always ebay...

uptowndeb: gimme yo avatar.

CalhounSq, that button is "cheesy" looking up close. It's looks like someone took a pic of Prince and stuck it on colored paper. Must've been someone as desperate as I to have a button.

PlastiKLuvAffair you could probably jack my avatar by right-clicking on it and saving it, I think. Actually, that pic is from a button, I just added the background colors.
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UptownDeb said:

nah, i don't wanna jack it...i think it just looks awesome.

thought i wuz the only chick 'round here who uses pix of p circa '79 in their avatar on a regular basis...



lean cuts o' edit...
[This message was edited Mon Oct 21 8:04:57 PDT 2002 by PlastikLuvAffair]

I'm an old school fan; hence, the old school pic. When I saw your avatar it brought back memories. You just know homey was probably rockin' black bikini's and leg warmers.
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UptownDeb said:

either that or them gold tights and the gold boots...

Check out different Rock n Roll stores . I can't Believe you can't find any Prince pins. Where are you Looking? Look further.

Natasha said:

places like sam goody, etc. would more than likely sell a n'stink pin before they'd sell a p pin, so nope ...i stay away from that crap. i look 4 stuff at thrift stores and places like that.