Welcome to Sydney Pinz website est
1999
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.
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Authorised NOC Pin
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WARNING - FAKE PIN
(Poor quality and missing security features)
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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.



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