Nick LoCicero Ep. 044 Green White Gear Bear News of the week includes Japan and Chicago exclusives, more Noah Vinylmation, and a 9″ price hike. We have a full rundown of the upcoming release dates and events. We review Park 7 and read your comments and questions in the Mystery Mail Bag. Listen Now: Standard Podcasts [59:36m]: … Read more
Update: 10/30/11 Remember, Cesar’s custom Zombie Vinylmation go on sale Monday, October 31! There will be 31 different Zombies to choose from. See more info at MyCustomations.com. And check out the interview below for details. DV: If someone is new to the site, could you review who you are and how long you’ve been making … Read more
We have seen Alice in Wonderland released in Disneyland Paris. Now, thanks to the website Action Figure Times, we have a peak at one of the variants. Pink Hedgehog Variant Photo from ActionFigureTimes.com Normal Green Hedgehog If you want to take away the mystery (debatable if there was any about this one), here is the … Read more
The website Action Figure Times has secured 14 figures from the yet to be released Urban 8 Vinylmation set. A set of 11, plus 2 variants and what appears to be the chaser. No word about where or how these figures were acquired by Action Figure Times. Urban 8 isn’t slated to be released until … Read more
Some people might not know how Vinylmation first started. Back in 2003 celebrities decorated six foot tall Mickey statues as part of the “Celebrate Mickey: 75 InspEARations” celebration. Disney had borrowed this idea from an artistic movement that had been trending across the nation (Liz Art in Orlando in 2000, Cows on Parade in Chicago … Read more
Update: 10/29/11 We have more info about this figure. First, it appears it will be released on November 18 in Japan along with the Disney Character Zodiac signs. We also have a price. 990 Yen, or about $13.07 USD. It is also an LE figure, but we don’t have an edition size. 9/28/11 A Mushu … Read more
Crazy4Vinyl just keeps putting out more Vinylmation for his Pop Culture Series. Here are his latest creations. Pikachu Facebook, Tony the Tiger, Papa Smurf and Charlie Brown If you like these, check out Crazy4Vinyls eBay listings.
A few days ago, Steven Miller, on the Disney Parks Blog, announced some drop dead amazing retro D-Tech iPhone, iPad and Laptop cases. So, DV reader David asked Steven about these D-Tech products we saw in the display at The Florida Project: Vinylmation Laptop Decals and Laptop Sleeve Vinylmation 3G and 4G iPhone Cases and … Read more
It looks like some, non-LE Vinylmation will slowly makes their way to the new city specific section of the Disney Store Online. The latest is this 9″ Statue of Liberty figure designed by Jim Valeri. This open edition figure was released earlier in the year at the Times Square Disney Store in NYC, but will … Read more
The first Chicago specific figure blew into town in September with the brilliant Windy City 3″. On November 18, the Chi-Town hits continue with this number: It’s a stylistic representation of the Chicago Jazz scene. The 3″ figure will be released at the Chicago Michigan and State Street Disney Stores. A man playing the saxophone takes up … Read more
Today the vinylmation.com blog teased us with a little tidbit about a new series coming up. According to them, a new series called “Furry Friends” will be coming out from the Disney Store in early January 2012. They say the series will be a mystery box series (so we expect 11 figures plus a chaser) … Read more
You can tell Park 7 is something special from the moment you lay your eyes on the packaging. Instead of the bland black boxes we are used to from the Park series, the Disney Design Group used the wonderfully designed 40th anniversary collage. Park 7 was released today at the D-Streets. With Walt Disney World celebrating it’s … Read more
Picture from Disney According to the vinylmation.com blog, there will be a new part of the Online Disney Store coming soon. On November 18th there will be a new Vault 28 section online. As part of the products there, NOAH will be designing this 9″ Maleficent figure which you can purchase for 650 dollars. These … Read more
Name: Don Location: Central Florida Collection Size: 659 3″ = 583 9″ = 56 Jrs = 20 Why do you collect Vinylmations? Walt Disney World has always been our favorite family vacation destination for many years. I actually came with my mom as a child in 1973, the second summer the Magic Kingdom was opened. … Read more
Update: 10/31/11 The back of this figure: Bald spot, turkey leg in pocket for later and a fork just in case. LOVE IT! (not fond of the price) Update: 10/27/11 Disney’s Vinylmation Blog has confirmed the November 4 release date and the $54.95 price. VinylmationTraders.com is reporting a November 4th release date for the 9″ … Read more
DV: Hi and welcome to Destination Vinylmation. I meet you at the Florida Project when I saw all these people crowded around you looking at the necklace you had on. Before we get into that specifically, let’s talk about you. Who are you and what kinda of artistic background do you have? SB: Well, my … Read more
