Nick LoCicero The Disney Movie Rewards program now offers a Vinylmation for 850 points. It is the 2012 Halloween Minnie Mouse. An interesting choice, especially since they do not seem to be offering the Pumpkin Patch vinyl along with it. They also have some Funko Pop! Vinyl Marvel figures and other Marvel merchandise available through the rewards … Read more
The Custom Artist Project is a group of 11 of the best custom Vinylmation artists in the world who have come together to make their own blind box series. Series 1 is called “Sidekickz” and is a mix of different Disney sidekicks from films or TV. It will be released on October 6th. Each day … Read more
The Playwright sent us this pic of the chaser to the Nursery Rhyme Set (click above image to view). I really like the accessory. What do you think about it?
October 1, 2012 is a big day in Walt Disney World history… Epcot celebrates it’s 30th anniversary. We got hints of a few Vinylmation customs, but today the Disney Parks Blog finally showed us some pictures of these inspired pieces. Noah will have a few 9″ and 3″ customs with this design scheme. No word … Read more
Ep. 090 Strawberry Field This week we record live at Disney’s Boardwalk hotel with Zoe. We talk all about Haunted Mansion, Cinderella and the new Japan series. We get Zoe’s take on some of the Mickey’s Circus previews and fight about what is a Dole Whip. We also have an interview with custom artist Aaralyn. Listen … Read more
The Haunted Mansion series ended up online when it was released last weekend. That’s pretty cool, since we know a lot of people who wanted to purchase the set, but didn’t live near the parks. But I can only find the individual boxes for sale. $12.95 each. Did you pick up this set? What do … Read more
Nursery Rhyme Series $9.95 Each Release Date: 9/24/12 This is a set of 12 blind box figures and is a Disney Store product. Humpty Dumpty Starlight Star Bright Little Bo Peep Little Miss Moffet I’m not sure how her curds and way just float there on her stomach? Little Boy Blue Another great accessory! Hickory … Read more
Zoe found Popcorns available for purchase at the Muppets store at DHS today. Zoe also found a sign outside WDW’s D-Street advertising the release and artist signing for Popcorns. The release will be on Friday, September 28 and there will be a signing with artists Thomas Scott, Billy Davis and Doug Strayer from 3p-5p.
Rust pointed us to this auction on eBay. According to that auction this is a new Japan Disney Store series celebrating 110 years of Disney. No confirmation so far, but it’s an interesting set. Lots of hearts and magic. Lots of figures we’ve scene before, almost like a combination of sets. The Cheshire looks similar … Read more
The candy bowl series started when I first created a mickey bowl for the blind bag series and after so many great responses I figured why stop there, so I decided to create a few more for Halloween. It’s a take on the old Halloween gag hand in the candy bowl but with some twists to … Read more
Here is a video we recorded of the Vinylmation Chat Session from Sunday, September 9 at Mickey’s Circus. Unfortunately this year, they did not play the slide show behind the speakers on stage. You can of course check out all the pictures on this website. I also want to say once again thank you to … Read more
We have more details now about the Haunted Mansion releases at WDW and DLR. (Hanted Mansion explained page) On Friday, September 21, the series will be released at D-Street Walt Disney World. Casey Jones will hold a signing that day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will also be a one-of-a-kind custom 9″ Mariner … Read more
Yesterday the Cinderella 7 figure set hit Disney Stores and Online. The 9″ Cinderella Castle figure was also available yesterday (proof in screen shot above) but doesn’t seem to be there today. It is an LE 1500 figure and quantities were available throughout US stores as well, so did the online allotment sell out in 1 day? … Read more
First, I want to thank any of our DV listeners/readers who have been checking out Once Upon a Pin, our Disney pin podcast and website we launched a few months back. Our numbers have been rising over the past few weeks with positive feedback about our approach. You can help by spreading the word to your … Read more
Ep. 089 Squares We are now a week removed from all the announcments at Mickey’s Circus. So this week we go more in-depth about our opinions on the upcoming sets and our personal highs and lows from the previews. Listen in Popup Player Download podcast
Update 9/16/12 @VM_Paris just tweeted this picture seemingly confirming the existence of the HM Variants. Earlier this week, HM blind boxes were mistakenly released in Paris. Two notes… these are ones we see in the leaked photos below and also the color looks different but that could be just the light. Hatbox Ghost clear and … Read more
