Stormtrooper of the Week #15
The other day I was watching the Game Show Network, and look who showed up on a rerun on Chain Reaction!
Nick LoCicero
Disney Store Online Report: 5/11/11
Hey there Vinylmation fans. This is the first edition of the Disney Store Online Report. For those living next to one of the two U.S. Disney parks or one of the Disney stores throughout the country, purchasing Vinylmations is fairly convenient. However, a great number of Vinylmation fans don’t live within driving distance of the … Read more
The Florida Project: What is RSP?
For those of you who came over to Vinylmation from Pins, you probably already know what Disney’s RSP or Random Selection Process is. If you are familiar with it, please feel free to share your comments below. For those not familiar with the process, what follows is a brief explanation of it. The reason we are bringing this up today, is … Read more
Vinylmation Speculation: Cutesters Like You and Robots
We are still hearing lots of chatter about Cutesters Like You and Robots… two rumored upcoming Disney Store Exclusive Vinylmation sets. The latest word is a May 23rd release date for Cutesters Like You. This set is to be geared toward girls and features girls doing “sporty” and “outdoorsy” things. Could this be a clue … Read more
Maleficent appeared briefly online
This morning the 9″ Villains 1 Maleficent showed up at the DisneyStore.com. It quickly sold out. I still think it’s odd that Maleficent continues to pop up once in a while, even though they cancelled all those “3 pack” orders back when they were originally released.
Muppets Take Over Disney's Hollywood Studios
We recently took all our Muppets to visit Muppet Vision 3D at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. As always, please visit our Facebook page for the Muppets DHS Photoshoot Variant pictures. (click the pictures below for a larger image)
ZoMG: Vinylmation Trading Night – Paradise Pier Hotel
Friday, May 6th was Trading Night at the Paradise Pier Hotel. Vinylmation and Pin collectors gathered to trade and share their collections. This was the second trading event of the year and it was a huge success! There were at least 10 or 12 tables dedication to just Vinylmation! This was exciting because last time … Read more
Retro Looking Vinyl Tease
Update: 11 PM We took a look at the vinylmation.com blog tonight as part of our rounds and notice something interesting. The Rotary Telephone pic was a little different. It’s lost the grey outline around the body and is all red now. Any ideas what this might mean? It doesn’t seem like a variant. More … Read more
Episode 020 Pinball
Ep. 020 Pinball This week we welcome our Disneyland Vinylmation Reporter Zoe on the show for the first live ZoMG. We talk all about Kidada, the DLR Trading Event, and her own Vinylmation collection. We cover the latest news and rumors; including Aliens, Robots, and the Japan exclusive Pirate Mickey. We also discuss the latest … Read more
Trading Locations Updated
I want to thank everyone on Twitter, Facebook, Email and Comments to the site who gave us updated info on the trading locations found throughout WDW, DLR and the world. We appreciate the pictures of any of the locations we were missing. Please continue to help us keep the Trading Locations section of our site … Read more
Villains Vinylmation Re-Release at D-Street
Disney has deemed the Villains rehabbed enough to released them into the Theme Parks. Today, D-Streets at Walt Disney World and Disneyland have seen the re-release of this once Disney Store exclusive series. It’s a great set that fits perfectly with Animation 1 on your Vinylmation shelves. To celebrate the D-Street release, we wanted to share with … Read more
Spotlight On: Custom Artist Amanda Albert
A while ago, while surfing the twitter waves, we ran aground of this cool custom vinylmation. Like always, we tweeted the designer and bring the interview straight to you. Check it out: If you don’t know who this is, this is a great version of Scott Pilgrim from the comic books Scott Pilgrim. This awesome … Read more
Vinylmation Exchange Report: May 5th, 2011
by Ryan Thompson Welcome to the second edition of the Vinylmation Exchange Report, or V.E.R. It’s no secret that part of the allure of Vinylmation is the ability to trade for the ones you want; however, sometimes it’s hard to be sure you’re getting a fair trade. This article, which will be posted weekly, will contain … Read more
Spotlight On: Vinylmation Custom Artist Cesar Diaz
As part of today’s Star Wars celebration we have a very special Star Wars themed custom to show! Custom Vinylmation Cesar Diaz from California, who created a great looking LOST set, just finished a 9” Star Wars Tusken Raider. We talked to him recently about this design. Destination Vinylmation: Tell us about the process of … Read more
Kidada's Sweet 9" In Hand
DV Reporter Zoe was nice enough to take these pictures for us. Check out the front. She says it’s “even better in person”. It does look pretty sweet. Here’s our first real look at the back side. Kinda of strange as Minnie is thru the hole on the front, but on the back she’s also … Read more
Stormtrooper of the Week #14
It’s Star Wars Day. May the Fourth. Not all stormtroopers are heartless killing machines. Sometimes they have fragile hearts that can be broken. Sometimes the world just doesn’t make any sense to them. Just look at Bob here…
