Nick LoCicero Update: 03/20/12 @Kidada4Disney says release has been delayed to a date TBD Update: 02/12/12 Rumored March 19th release date for 9″/Jr Pinocchio and Jiminy. Update: 11/5/11 When we asked Kidada4Disney why Jiminy doesn’t get candy. She responded: “Because he is the voice of reason.” Wow, this combo makes more sense than we thought. After the release … Read more
Ep. 064 Little Dragon A big discussion about the Monorail mold and Mix and Match Robots dominate this episode. Also the latest news about the DLP exclusives and all the latest release dates. Listen in Popup Player Download podcast
From the person on Vinylnation.net who shared the picture of the chaser (Damang6388), comes a picture of what appears to be the box side with the full Monorail Cars lineup. Lightning, Mater, Chick Hicks, Red, Doc Hudson, Finn Missile, Ramone, Filmore, Flo, Sheriff, Francesco Bernoulli, Holly Shiftwell (Chaser). Thanks to Evilos for the heads up … Read more
Big Hats City Exclusive Release Dates: Vary Price: Vary Details: This series of similar style figures will be released periodically at Disney Stores around the world. They will represent the city in which they are released. Roman Warrior London Royal Guard Dublin Leprechaun Paris Chef
Today Disney showed us a first look at the Monorail Model onto which the Cars characters will be applied. “Before they announced the mold I was looking forward to the set on Mickey Mold. I thought it would be interesting to see. Now that the mold is announced I don’t think I’m as excited. I … Read more
Spring has sprung… well, at least at EPCOT it has. The annual Flower & Garden Festival has given us a single commemorative Vinylmation a few year back. I figured it was about time the little guy visited the event it was designed for. I also tossed the single Food & Wine figure into the mix … Read more
It’s been a long week of crazy information about Robots 2, so we wanted to clear a few things up. Robots 2 was released in Paris earlier this week. Robots 2 will be coming to America on April 13 2012 to Disney World and Disneyland. Later they will be available on the Disney Store Online. … Read more
Update: 3/16/12 Disney’s Vinylmation Blog has cleared up the Cars Monorail news. The series will be a blind boxed set of Cars characters as Monorails! I love this idea and really hope more characters are used in the future. They will retail for $11.95. Each figure is 4.5″ with the artwork designed by Maria Clapsis … Read more
Even more Big Hat Figures are being released in Europe. Just recently Vinylmation.com announced that Rome had their own special figure. Meet their Gladiator. Great looking saddles and uniform. Nice use of ears also. This figure is by Adam Colp from the United Kingdom. Colp also created the French Big Hat figure. Speaking of those … Read more
This one deserved a post all it’s own. We were taking pictures at EPCOT and happened to have the Cutesters at the Beach Seagull on us. We put it down to take a picture and to our surprise, the real one came over to investigate. Seagull 1 – Seagull 2 – Seagull 3 – Seagull … Read more
Pic from Disney Alex Maher will be celebrating the release of some new artwork by signing his art on March 30th and 31st. The event will take place at the Art of Disney in Downtown Disney WDW. He will be unveiling two new pieces. The first is the “Bambi” seen above and the second will … Read more
Although I live in Orlando and am able to get to Walt Disney World practically whenever I want (he he, don’t worry, I’m not rubbing it in, I have a point here) I miss out on one important aspect… vacation. For me it’s a day trip, but often I like to pretend I’m on vacation… … Read more
Thanks to all of you who pointed us toward these wallet emptying deals online today. First up, an insane deal. 2 select 9″ figures for $50. Here is the list: (link to sale) Next on the sale list, 2 Chinese Zodiac 3″ figures for $10. All 12 are available as of this post. (link to … Read more
Artist Justin Marshall has sent us a new custom. He told me how he used a glue gun then painted over it to get an actual texture to the design.
Update: 3/15/11 After a closer look it seems the feet are mixed up too. So each piece has a different set of arms, body, head, and feet. After a day of waiting we finally have a look at the figures for Robots 2. Like we were told they will be mixed up. The question is, … Read more
This is neither Vinylmation, nor Disney, but if you would like to see pictures of Universal Orlando’s new Mini Golf courses, check out my articles on Orlando Sky Radio. I had a chance to play on both 18 hole courses last night. They are set to open on Monday. Here is a link to pictures … Read more