Nick LoCicero Release Date: May 18, 2012 Price: $14.95 Where: Disney’s Hollywood Studios and D-Street CA at release. More places at both WDW and DLR later. Details: Open Window Box Artist: Maria Clapsis Update 5/2/12 The Disney Blog updated with turnarounds of the entire 6 figure set. We have the pictures below. Update 3/8/12 Pictures of 3 more … Read more
Star Wars Weekends is right around the corner and Disney has given us a sneak peak at some of the merchandise that will be available. Of course Vinylmation fans are excited about the Disney Character Star Wars line. Mickey, Goofy and Minnie (Disney Character Star Wars Explained) are featured in this picture, but as you can … Read more
The Toyko Disney site has just announced it’s plans for the parks’ 30th Anniversary Celebration. Starting on April 15th, 2013, the “Happiness Year” celebration will begin. A new parade is being developed, Star Tours is undergoing it’s upgrade, and there will be seasonal celebrations throughout the year. Why do you care? Because with each of … Read more
For the second day, we’d like to take a look at two characters from Toy Story 3. Thanks again to Mike Boon for such wonderful artwork! Dolly Toy Story 3 (2010) Voiced by: Bonnie Hunt This sassy rag doll didn’t have a major role in Toy Story 3 but will no doubt be seen … Read more
Dole Whips are a favorite treat at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom. You can even find them at the Polynesian Resort. But I bet you didn’t know you can order one up on eBay today? A few readers pointed us toward an eBay auction from a Hong Kong seller selling a 3″ Dole Whip figure … Read more
We’d like to welcome back Mike Boon for another series of Vinylmation Speculation. Last time we saw his thoughts and designs on future Muppets series. This week we’ll see his ideas for a second Toy Story vinylmation series. Each day this week we’ll see two new designs, ending on Saturday with a design he thinks … Read more
Imagineers are currently hard at work on a version of the Toy Story Midway Mania attraction at Tokyo Disney Sea that should be open on July 9th, 2012. That makes the timing of today’s picture very relevant. There is a picture going around Twitter of a 3″ Vinylmation from a Japanese ad. I looks like Jessie depicted as … Read more
A listener/reader Charlie sent in some pictures of the Make a Wish Jiminy Cricket he purchased at his local Disney Store yesterday. He notes some problems with the production paint job. You can here a voicemail he left with his review on our latest podcast, episode 70. – –
Ep. 070 Wolf Boy This week we discuss Phineas and Ferb, Disney Character Star Wars, Duffy the Disney Bear, the new Park Starz variants and much more. Annemarie joins us to chime in on some of the key topics. We also have a full release schedule and listen to a voicemail review of Jiminy Cricket … Read more
It looks like someone was “brave” enough to claim to have their Brave set “in hand” and they are selling it for $99.00. The set is supposed to go up online on May 4th. This is however a nice look at the box and the set (similar to the Big Bad Wolf LE Animation 2 … Read more
Our friend Don sent us this picture today. You can see the auction is for what seems to be a DCL vinylmation that’s New York themed. Anyone seen this before? Could it be a custom? The seller isn’t asking for much. It looks kinda cool, would have to see what it looks like in real … Read more
A couple 9″ Park 8 LEs and an unidentified figure were on display today at the Disney Moms event as well. No release date or prices. Thanks to @kelskc for tweeting us these pics by @njoysiscaretti. Park 8 Contemporary and Monorail combo. – Park 8 Birthday Cake Castle – This 9″ was also on display. … Read more
Update: 4/27/12 Where’s Perry? On there he is! In Agent P form. Picture from @njoysiscarett. We’ll need to see him in greater detail. but he looks kinda like the other Perrys we’ve seen from custom artists. What a great unexpected news day!!! As we see the concept art for the new Phineas and Ferb interactive … Read more
Thank you to Tomio for pointing us to these pictures and Attractions Magazine for tweeting them. This is our first look at product shots of Disney Character Star Wars. This is an open window set that will be released later this year. We are thinking around DHS Star Wars Weekends in June. In this picture … Read more
Thank you to Tomio for pointing us to these pictures and Attractions Magazine for tweeting them. This is the first look at the new Duffy shaped Vinylmation. It really is a whole new look. They should be coming out later in 2012. They created an all new mold shape for this and it was the … Read more
Thanks to a post by @TouringPlans, we now have a look at the three Park Starz Variants. They were unveiled today at the Disney Moms Conference. They include Copper Abe Lincoln, Gold Yeti and Figment with his yellow sweater. They are set to come out on June 29th along with a signing with artists Thomas Scott and … Read more