Nick LoCicero Update: 4/6/11 Turnaround pictures of all ten 3″ and 28 Jr figures have been posted. Update: 3/28/11 We have added pictures of at least one of the 3 randomly packaged Jrs with each 3″ Vinylmation. A big thanks for our French friend Aranya for the pics! Update: Disney has officially stated an April 8th release date for … Read more
Spoiler! Well it was predicted with the rest of the set so it shouldn’t be much of a surprise, but here is the Muppets 2 chaser (front and back). The photos are from eBay seller lindogcatbird. Thanks! (Before the reveal people thought it could have been Gonzo, or another Kermit, or Waldo, or Skeeter) Muppets … Read more
This week I, Nick, am taking over the Stormtrooper of the Week. Several days ago I went to Megacon. Look who I found there…. On some weekends Sheldon puts on his favorite superhero’s costume and poses for pictures at the local Con.
Recently we received an email from Justin Marshall, and inside it contained a whole lot of pictures of his customs. There were a whole lot of good ones, but the one I wanted to talk about today was the Haunted Mansion. I really like the look of this figure. He does a great job of … Read more
Ep. 016 Graffitti Lots of stuff this episode. Nick and MC review Park 6 and the combo topper. They talk about the latest custom’s articles; Evilos, Celeste, and Cassie. Then they talk about the upcoming releases including Muppets 2 and of course take a questions of the Mystery Mailbag Listen Now: Standard Podcasts [59:36m]: Hide … Read more
Thanks to our twend @milkyjoe75 we have a look a a few more Jrs for the Celebrations Series that comes out this Friday, April 8th! Here the a few that we hadn’t seen before! (We have already seen Baby Bottle, 2nd Place Ribbon, Chinese Thank You, and Money from our French friend Aranya.) Baby Rattle … Read more
Thanks to an email by Don that pointed us to the Disney Pin site, we have a sneak peak at two new Urban 7 designs. These two pack pin sets have held designs that represent the 9″ vinyl designs. So that seems like a good assumption here! Check them out: Delightful Flowers Mean Old Dog … Read more
This Spotlight On segment is going to be a little different than normal. Usually we use this segment to highlight interesting Vinylmation artists. Today we will do that same thing, but in an “outside the box” way. On twitter the other day we spotted a tweet about vinylmation pictures. We clicked on the link and … Read more
Our Park 6 figures decided to take a trip to the Magic Kingdom. We said, OK, and documented the trip in pictures. A big thanks to Chris for helping us out with the shoot. You can find “variants” to many of these photos at our Facebook page: Facebook.com/DestinationVinylmation Look what Donald pulled out of a blind … Read more
One of our favorite custom artists here at Destination Vinylmation recently let us in on a little, well 9″ tall, secret. After receiving her Villains 1 9″ figures, Celeste thought, “I want to see my other favorite other villains in 9″ form”. So she did it herself! Check out Scar (Lion King) and the Queen … Read more
Vinylmation Jr pics by Aranya Last week we posted photos of the Celebrations set from our French friend Aranya. This Jr was part of the Party Time 3″. We put the word out on twitter asking for help with what it was. Disney Artist Thomas Scott responded, “It makes sense when you see the side … Read more
Update: 4/2/11 Yes, as most of you commented, this is indeed our April Fool’s Joke. It’s the Park 5 Stitch with the body of Mr. Toad and a pair of glasses from the Nerds Rock set. The piece was inspired by the artwork for the Nerds Rock line as seen on various non-vinylmation products. In … Read more
Update: 4/2/11 The Art of Disney DLR page had this graphic and confirmed the price as $26.95. Also worth noting, the small print saying “2 sets per guest, per day”. Update: 3/25/11 Disney Events page officially posts the April 8th release date we announced earlier in the week. Thanks to J for pointing it out. … Read more
In this week’s episode of Destination Disney… The new Mickey Mouse meet and greet opens at the Magic Kingdom and we tell you all about it. Adams uncovers some secrets to the Haunted Mansion Hitchhiking Ghosts refurb and a web post hints at what to expect from Star Tours 2. Kindom Royal Rumble puts Dumbo … Read more
Update: 4/2/11 As of Midnight, the Park 6 figures and combo topper never made it on the site. The Vinylmation Events page had had them scheduled for a online release on the 1st, but that was deleted late this week. Who knows when they will appear online, Juniors 3 was supposed to be online weeks … Read more
Hello everyone! Park 6 is coming out tomorrow and I’m sure that everyone is just as excited as I am! Since seeing photos of Park 6 figures, we noticed that Disney decided to go with a bit of a Disney World theme, as well as Paris and Disneyland. Being from California and also always making … Read more
