Nick LoCicero We are Ben and Brendt. And like the rest of you, we are obsessed with the 3” collectible known as Vinylmation. However, unlike many of you, we have the extreme disadvantage of living thousands of miles away from a Disney park. While those in Orlando and Anaheim get to enter Fantasyland or Futureworld to make … Read more
Calling all custom artists. This March, Destination Vinylmation will be holding the first annual March VinylMadness contest. Vinylmation fans will be voting in a bracket style play-off to determine their favorite custom figure. Here are the rules for submitting your custom vinyl creation: Eligible Vinyls are: Any custom created by you. Since Vinylmation started. Any … Read more
@ctizz36 tweeted out this picture earlier today. Just a quick look at the new Whiskers & Tails set of vinylmation. Nothing too crazy here, just the first good look at Tito’s crazy hair piece. Check it out in the top right corner. Fun!
“My three most recent 3” commissions were all a lot of fun to create. My customs always start with a sketch to get an idea of how I’d like the custom to look. Roger Rabbit has so many adorable features, especially his big eyes, nose and ears. I focused a lot of my design … Read more
Myths and Legends Release Date: January 7, 2013 Disney Stores and Online $9.95 Myths and Legends is a mystery set of 12 designed by the Disney Store Artists. Once again, they have decided to bring artist cards back, but to utilize them in a very unique way. Big Foot Quincy Sutton The larger than normal … Read more
Jr. 7 In Space Explained Release Date: January 4 (Online), January 11 (D-Streets) $9.95 Thomas Scott 18 figure blind box set themed to 50’s and 60’s Space Toys Update 01/07/13 We have photos of the chasers and variant chaser for this series. Follow the links to see them.
From the Disney Parks Blog, here is the first image of the 3″ Run Disney figure with one of the WDW Marathon mini medals. I love it! I can not wait to own one of these with my rather large finishing time written on the back. There have been some changes/clarifications in the release info. … Read more
Can’t say we didn’t see this one coming. All Disney Store blind boxes eventually make there way to this familiar sale shelf. All Extreme Wrestler and Nursery Rhyme blind boxes and trays are Buy One, Get One Free at the DisneyStore.com. Two great things, you can mix and match sets and full trays are BOGO, however, that … Read more
Pixar 1 Explained November 16 at D-Streets and Online Combo Topper November 23rd $12.95 12 figure blind box series. Each figure in a series will be from a different Pixar movie. Update 11/06/12 Added some pictures and edition size/price of LE combos. Update 11/03/12 Added Heimlich and other pictures. Updated release dates. Update 10/17/12 Artist signing at … Read more
It’s the end of 2012. Time to look back and reflect on the year that was in Vinylmation. At the end of each year, Nick and I come up with our top ten lists. To try to bring you a different side of things, we make these lists up of things we personally feel are … Read more
It’s the end of 2012. Time to look back and reflect on the year that was in Vinylmation. At the end of each year, MC and I come up with our top ten lists. To try to bring you a different side of things, we make these lists up of things we personally feel are … Read more
Ep. 103 Magic Mirror This week we announce DV’s March VinylMadness! A contest for custom artists. We also have Matt from Vinylmation Kingdom on the show to make a huge announcement you will not want to miss. MC and I talk about our Top Ten Vinylmation stories from 2012 and look ahead to 2013 with predictions. … Read more
Over at vinylmationworld they are reporting that Bob Garner found this special surprise in a Juniors 7 In Space box. It’s a red variant of the green chaser. So it’s a Variant Chaser. What do you think of variants in the junior series? Is it as cool as the 3″ or pointless?
Today, @Pluchiot tweeted this picture of the Pegasus from Whiskers & Tails. What do you think?
Fantasia LE Combos Explained Release Dates: Vary. 1 per month beginning in October 2012 $24.95 This series features 8 two 3″ figure combo packs based on the 1940 Disney animated classic Fantasia. Each set is an LE 1500 and will feature some characters never before on merchandise. Update 05/03/13 Photos and release date of Series 8 Gator and … Read more
This week while we surfed the facebook I noticed some customs I had never seen before. They were created by Amber Gonzalez. So of course, I had to get in touch with her and ask her about her latest creation. This is what she said… Destination Vinylmation: I’ve never seen your stuff before. How long … Read more