Sydney Pinz

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Closure notice until September 2008
Saturday 26th June 2008

To all valued customers, we will continue trading during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, but any orders that are placed will not be shipped until the end of September at the conclusion of the Paralympic Games. We thank you for your continued support.

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Images Released for Beijing 2008
Friday 21st August 2008

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games pin program has now been released. Many new NOC pins, some kept secret from all collectors have now been released. The images were kept under embargo in order to protect the NOCs and collectors from the Production of fake pins, already evident with the Rwanda Mascot pin and its poor fake copy.

At this stage just the Beijing pages are updated with each NOC page to be updated in the coming weeks.

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Fake pins cause concern with collectors
Saturday 7th June 2008

Collectors preparing for the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games are already dismayed and concerned as fake pins have already hit the market. Fake NOC pins are totally unacceptable to true collectors and to use the intellectual property of an NOC without their authorization or approval is against the Olympic Spirit and character of the Olympic Games.


Authorised NOC Pin	WARNING - FAKE PIN (Poor quality and missing security features)

As a result we have made the decision that ALL NOC PIN IMAGES are now to be kept under embargo until 21st August 2008. The decision to keep all of these exciting designs confidential until this date will disappoint many collectors, but at the same time it is required in order to protect the hobby itself.

Customers who have ordered through the sydneypinz website before and can provide a valid postal address will be sent a teaser sheet which will feature some of the images to assist you when you are trying to collect authorised and genuine NOC pins. You are welcome to ask any questions and if you feel you have purchased a pin from a source that is featured on this site and you have evidence that it has been copied or infringed, please report it to chadd@sydneypinz.com.

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Sold Out - collectors rush in unprecedented demand
Monday 24th December 2007

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is the first time that China will host the Olympic Games, and the successful Olympic Collectors Fair in 2007, National Olympic Committee pins which will be used by some of the smallest delegations at the Beijing Olympic Games have sold out in record time.
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Sydneypinz is a website where we offer pins that are used or will be used by NOCs and funds raised from the sale of the products are given back to each NOC in order to assist with Athlete development, operational costs, uniforms and sports equipment purchase. As many of the pieces are limited in production and availability, many collectors from around the world have ensured that some of the rarest and collectable pins in the history of the Olympic games will be as a result of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Unprecedented demand from Chinese collectors, with a massive population of over 1.3Billion has resulted in new collectors from all over China and other nations around the world - all are taking part in their own way in this historic Olympic Games through collecting NOC pins.

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AMAHORO captures the Olympic Spirit
Sunday 1st December 2007

The National Olympic Committee of Rwanda today released the Mascot that will inspire children and adults alike from the heart of Africa.

AMAHORO (Kinyarwanda)
PEACE (English)
PAIX (French)

The word "Amahoro" is close to the hearts of many from Rwanda, and will be used by the Rwandan Olympic Committee to communicate the values of the Olympic Games.

To compete in the Olympic Games is not always about winning medals, and one thing that athletes at an Olympic Games all have in common is that they will always be an Olympian. Amahoro is the proud representation of this fact, allowing the children of Rwanda to know that the values in the Olympic Movement is about competing at the Olympic Games, friendship through sport, harmony with others and most of all Peace.

The utilization of a mascot to bind and connect the team as they prepare to attend the Olympic Games in Beijing, and the special meaning behind the special name given to Amahoro is hoped to inspire all. Sydneypinz is proud to be assisting the Rwanda Olympic Committee and 100% of the sales from the plush toy and pin of Amahoro will be donated back to the Rwandan Olympic Committee as their team prepares for their largest contingent ever in an Olympic Games.

Please help us support Rwanda and embrace the vision behind the newest Mascot to the Olympic Family, AMAHORO.

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Timor-Leste launch new program for Beijing 08
Monday 8th October 2007

After the successful program of Athens 2004, the new pin program for the Timor-Leste National Olympic Committee was launched today with only 10 months until the start of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Sales from all of the three collectable pieces will go back directly to the team to assist them attend their second Olympic Games.

Timor-Leste (known as East Timor) is 400 miles Northwest of Darwin, Australia, sharing it borders with Indonesia in South East Asia, and famously competed at Sydney 2000 as Athletes under the IOC flag.