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30/7: New Mascot Sport and Retail Update

Mandeville has a new sport pin available. This one is Athletics (Running). As before, issue size is 10,000 and the price is £6.50

Also, the mascot 'pose' pins - police and union flag are now in general release. These are the boxed sets (larger) and individual enamel (smaller) pins that have been restricted to the official shop to date.

28/7: Dogs, Alphabet, Mascot Street Scenes and More Stamp Pins

As well as sponsor pins issued for 1 Year To Go, it looks like a wave of retail pins became available yesterday - but only at John Lewis Oxford street. The department has been expanded and re-arranged and the range on offer is much improved on our previous visits.

28/7: Sponsor & Internal 1 Year To Go Round Up

A busy day for 1 Year to Go pins yesterday. Thanks to excellent and persistent detective work by some readers, here's news of what was released yesterday.

An internal 1 Year To Go pin was issued to all LOCOG and ODA staff

This is pin LOC0015 and has the words 'Thank You' printed on the back

27/7: Coca Cola 1 Year To Go Pin

Here is the latest countdown pin from Coca Cola - the 1 Year To Go pin.

This pin is limited to 6,100 pieces and like previous Coca Cola pins is partly made from recycled materials.

26/7: First Media Pin Issued

Next, what is probably the first media pin officially released in connection with the London 2012 Games.

This pin comes from our organisation - insidethegames.biz

26/7: New sponsor pin - John Lewis

John Lewis have produced 4 pins for their staff. They have the logo in all for London 2012 colours - pink, orange, blue and green. The pin reference is JLS0001 and is the same for all 4 colours.

18/7: First Sponsor 1 Year To Go Pin

The first sponsor 1 Year To Go pin has been announced by BT. This is pin BT0005 and follows the style of their previous countdown pins.

No issue size information is available for this at the moment, but there were 6,000 of the BT 2 Years To Go pin.

16/7: Two New Mascot Sports Pins

Wenlock tries out two new sports in the latest mascot pins. This time it's football and water polo.

As with the other mascot sports pins, these are limited to 10,000. Both are prices at £6.50 and available now.

13/7: 400 Days to Go - Paralympic Version

It's Mandeville's turn to celebrate the 400 day to go milestone with a new pin available from next week. The 400 days to the Paralympic Games falls on 26 July, the day before the Olympic 1 Year To Go day.

This pin is limited to 2,012 pieces and is priced at £6.50.

10/7: New Internal Pins

Some of you may have noticed some additions to the internal catalogue over the past few days, as there have been a few new LOCOG and ODA pins spotted. For those that haven't, here's a round-up.

8/7: 1 Year To Go Pins Become Rarest To Date

There has been a change to the issue size of two of the 1 Year To Go Pins that now makes them the rarest retail pin issued to date.

6/7: One Year To Go Pins Released

The 1 year to go pins have been announced today and there are 5 in all - the traditional 'shard' countdown pin and 4 mascot pins.

30/6: Sports Mascot Pins - Another 8 Sports

More sports mascots pins have been announced today and will be available from July 1st.

This time Wenlock is trying out Rhythmic Gymnastics, Artistic Gymnastics, Javelin, Hockey, Basketball, Shooting, Fencing and Weightlifting.

28/6: New Mascot Poses

Looks like the official online shop has launched some new mascot pins today. A quick look through the site reveals the following

Two individual mascots in Union Flag colours (soft enamel) - £6.50 each
A pair of Union Flag mascots (printed) - £7.50 the pair
A boxed set of Union Flag mascots (soft enamel) - larger than those above - £20 boxed
A boxed set of police mascots (soft enamel) - same size as the boxed Union Flag mascots - £20 boxed

24/6: Mascot Sport - Tennis, Badminton & Table Tennis

More new pins today. This time Wenlock is playing racket sports - perfectly timed with Wimbledon.

Each pin is limited to 10,000. Tennis and badminton are priced at £6 and table tennis at £6.50. Again, these are available now.

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