Nick LoCicero Leading up the Cesar’s event in Santa Clarita, CA this weekend, Destination Vinylmation will feature each of the custom artists and talk to them about some of the figures they will be bringing to the event. Today we will start with one of our personal favorites, Celeste. We have reviewed several of her pieces, the most noted of … Read more
Release Date: 2012 Artist: Casey Jones Details: Open Edition, open window 4 figure series featuring Captain Jack Sparrow, Blackbeard, Barbossa and Angelica from “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” Update: 07/18/12 The figures were on display at Comic Con. Still no release date. Photo from Vinylmation Kingdom. Peg Leg for Barbosa! Jack looks great. The … Read more
Ep. 038 Chinese Writings A week after The Florida Project, we break down the announcments in more detail. We give our opinions of our favorites and least favorites of what’s to come, what we enjoyed about the event and what we would like to see next year. We also cover all the latest news including … Read more
On the Buzz, The official Disney Store blog, they are holding a contest for a 3″ Windy City Chicago Vinylmation. It appears the post went up early as the contest starts at Midnight on September 19th… but you can check out the link to the blog here. You just have to answer a few simple questions, … Read more
Room For One More is an event celebrating the 40th anniversary of Walt Disney World’s Haunted Mansion. It will be held on September 30th at the Contemporary Resort. Tickets sold for $285 per person. The event will include a recreation of the Haunted Mansion cemetery inside the Contemporary Resort, a Mansion’s Feast with appearances by “restless spirits,” … Read more
Evilos is giving Vinylmation fans a whole new way to collect. He is offering up a mixture of customs, commons and rare Vinylmation in blind mystery pouches. Intrigued? Check out all the details at Evilo’s website here.
New the DV reporting staff is Minnie Malice. She lives in Chicago and attended the Windy City 3″ Vinylmation release. Here is her experience. Ever since I got into Vinylmation—which, admittedly, wasn’t all that long ago—I’ve been hoping and praying for a Chicago exclusive. In fact, not that far back my partner and I were … Read more
Wow. As far as Vinylmation release mornings go I would have to say, in my years of Vinylmation experience this was insane!! I went to this release morning, or night I should say, around 11:30pm. My boyfriend said I should get there early just because this release seemed so popular! I agreed and we made … Read more
The Disney Afternoon Vinylmation releases have been very eventful. From lines being moved, to online order screw ups to near altercations… it is clear that a generation of Disney collectors love their childhood cartoons. Today, Darkwing Duck released at WDW and DLR. We arrived at D-Street Orlando 4am and where about 10th in line. People … Read more
A handful of location specific Vinylmation come out tomorrow, Saturday, September 17. This Chicago Disney Store exclusive 3″ figure is an open edition designed by Oskar Mendez. It will come in a tin. This NYC Times Square Disney Store exclusive figure is a 9″, open edition Vinylmation designed by Oskar Mendez. It features the celebrated … Read more
Release Date: October 4 Where: Disney Store at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu, Hawaii Update: 10/05/11 We are getting lots of people letting us know that, in fact, you CAN’T ORDER THIS THRU THE MAIL. It seems that the policy was changed after we made our initial call. We tried to call last night but … Read more
By RMThompson I know, so much as been written about the Florida Project already, what else could we cover? Well, as much as Fl Project was a showcase for new things coming in the Vinylmation world, it was even MORE SO, a place to trade for things already released. While other DV Reporters spent their … Read more
Last week, Disney dropped the price of its Billiards set from $255.95 to $178.99. (thanks to Brandon for the email) Does this entice you to bite? These have been sitting on shelves around WDW since before I started collecting these little 3″ Mickeys. The set is also available online.
Update: 9/14/11 9:58pm The answer seems to be no. Sorry for the false alarm. Disney Artist John Henselmeier (@johnhensel) just sent us this tweet: @VinylmationNews those are from a PVC park characters set that were sold in the parks a couple years ago. None the less, it was fun to speculate on some Park Starz! Through an … Read more
Vinylnation.net found this image as a hidden placeholder page on the UK DisneyStore.com website. It looks like this may be a UK exclusive. It is called 9″ Ice Cream Sundae with 3″ Chocolate bar. Also, Bethan on the Vinylnation.net forums found some additional info and pictures. It is LE 1500 and retails for 50 pounds, or … Read more
Disney announced specific dates for the DCL merchandise we saw at D23. Everything (not including the 8 part character set) will be released on the appropriate ships on September 25th. The Disney Wonder will get their bow, along with an special 2011 Mexican Riviera piece. We have confirmed an LE 2500 with Disney. LE1500 (the plaque … Read more