Episode 081 Epcot 82

Ep. 081 Epcot 82 In a guest filled podcast we talk with Matt from Vinylmation Kingdom about all the Vinylmation previews at Comic Con. We discuss the state and future of the hobby with Kristina from Tomopop. And Annemarie calls in to give insight on her Hurley 9″ custom and Comic Con. We also fit … Read more

Bucket of Popcorns

Vinylmation World found a few more Popcorns figures on display at Comic Con. This Dumbo Popcorns is the normal version of the LE Variant we saw at the last WDW Trade Night. Love it! Goofy was assumed because of the John Carter video a few months back. His eyes look great. The hat is wonderfully … Read more

Disney Artists: Fans Too!

Just like you and I, Disney artists are fans of things too. They wait in lines. They have people sign things FOR them. Yesterday, Caley Hicks tweeted the above picture of a vinylmation she had signed by Chris Hardwick. Over at Destination Vinylmation MC is a big fan of Chris too. In fact, that’s why … Read more

Prep your Landing for Frankenweenie?

Looks like there’s more today from SDCC, and Vinylmation Exchange is the place to find it. The first is a preview of the Prep and Landing Two Pack posted by Bryce Hamamoto. Check out the cool hats! The second is another free giveaway, this time advertising the Frankenweenie movie. Now we saw the Wreck-It-Ralph freebie … Read more

A tease of Pixar Series 1 Vinylmation

Pictures from Daniel Jue Over on the facebook page, Vinylmation Exchange, Daniel Jue posted this picture from comic con. It’s the first look at the Pixar Series 1. We speculated on this when we saw the Carl and Ellie two pack and it’s packaging made reference to it. It looks like MC was right and … Read more

Classic Collection Preview

Update: 7/14/12 Today we saw a picture on vinylmation exchange that added another figure to the classics collection. Skye Stolnitz put the above picture up. Looks like the added Clarabell. Picture is from Vinylmation Kingdom who credits Vinylmation Exhange. WOW!!! Can not wait for this series! Donald looks soooooo angry and awesome. “Look at all … Read more

FREE Wreck It Ralph Vinylmation at SDCC

Stop by the Funko booth at Comic Con today for a FREE Wreck It Ralph Vinylmation! There are only 500 of them. Photo from Vinylmation Exchange Facebook page. When I first saw Disney Store’s tweet about this, I was extremely excited. A bit less so after seeing it is only good old Theme Park Favorite Ringer Tee … Read more

Variants of the Dapper Dan Park 9

Update: We just got in a photo of the purple variant from Chris! Chris sent us our first look at the Blue Dapper Dan Park 9 Variant! (normal version is Red) He got 2 blue in a case and the filler in his case was Dumbo. I so love this design, simple and perfect. One … Read more

Release Day: July 13, 2012

Excuse me if I’m a little jaded this morning and not rushing to my computer to order from the Disney Store Online today. Not much surprise, but the Carl and Ellie release yesterday went less than smoothly. That included a mid afternoon tease where we all flooded the DSO again to purchase the “now available” … Read more

Haunted Mansion Preview

MissMouse1928 posted this picture on the Vinylmation Connection forums It is a preview of 4 of the upcoming Haunted Mansion set figures. Here we have Phineas, one of the hitchhiking ghosts. As expected, he is designed on a clear blue vinyl body. I like the use of the bold white for his brows and black … Read more

Up and Out

Almost as fast as Carl and Ellie appeared on the DisneyStore.com last night around Midnight PST… they were gone. By all accounts they were available for around 20 minutes. But already there are accounts of confirmation emails yet DSO doesn’t show record of your purchase. People adding items to carts, but not able to check … Read more

Possible Comic-Con Freebie Variant?

You might have seen this picture from a earlier post, but look below the Star Wars 2 set. What are those? They look like vinylmation! They are green and white and black. The colors sorta make them seem like Kermits wearing Mickey Ears. We got the answer from Thomas Scott in a tweet today. He … Read more

Stranger Tides Figures Rise Up

Thanks to Vinylmation Kingdom and Vinylmation Exchange, we see those Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides vinyls we have been waiting for. These were on display at Comic Con. Two words… Peg Leg! Jack looks great. Lots of pirate hats. Several people have mentioned this is Pirates Series 2. As far as we know, … Read more

More Star Wars 2!!

The Star Wars 2 Set of 11! Thanks to Evilos for the pic. Evilos tweeted this pictures he found on Facebook fromthe San Diego Comic Con. Check out the Star Wars 2 series! I see an X-Wing pilot. What can you see? Oh, and then the specially boxed Help Me Obi-wan Hologram Leia. Awesome!!!

History of: Art of Animation, Disneyland

The Art of Animation opened at Disneyland on May 28, 1960 and lasted until September 5, 1966. It sat in the building to the right of the entrance into the Circarama theater. Before the Art of Animation moved in, this building was home to the Satellite View of America. But by the end of the … Read more