New Star Tours Marquee Poster Revealed

From Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald on the Disney Parks Blog: Today, May 4, we unveiled a stunning new piece of Star Tours art which serves as the attraction poster at Disneyland park and the marquee at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Designed by Imagineer Scot Drake, the piece features the new Starspeeder 1000 surrounded by many of the planets, vehicles … Read more

Kidada 9″ Donut Disney Store Exclusive

Update: 5/4/11 8:06 AM EST – SOLD OUT at the Disney Store Online. We also got a better look at the charm that comes with this 9″ figure. It’s in the shape of Minnie’s bow. Update: 5/4/11 3:45 AM Today is the day Kidada’s vinyl comes out. In fact, it’s already out at disneystore.com. Check … Read more

Kidada Wish-a-Little

Since everyone is talking about Kidada Jones’ 9″ vinylmation, we also wanted those who don’t already know, that she had several other things designed for Disney. One of the cooler sets is the Wish-a-Little set of Princess figures that includes a necklace with a special charm. They sell for $49.50 on the DisneyStore.com. There are … Read more

Time Lapse Footage of Little Mermaid Construction

Neat little video from the Disney Parks Blog: We love time lapse footage around here! It shows how much progress we’re making! In this time lapse you’ll see the façade of The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel’s Undersea Adventure in various stages of construction. You’ll notice at the beginning of the video – over to the … Read more

Packing a Lunch for the Florida Project

It’s been a while since we’ve just pointed to another blog for a story because we like to try to give you all the info we can, here and now. This story is just off the subject matter for Destination Vinylmation, and we wanted to point you to it, without rehashing too much of it. … Read more

WDW Trading Event: May 20th

Update: 5/4/11 Thanks to Konrad for noticing that Disney updated the events page confirming this event as vinylmation! Disney Pin and Vinylmation (confirmed) trading event: May 20, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Disney’s Contemporary Resort – Ballroom of the Americas This will also be the first day of Star Wars Weekends, where it … Read more

Nature’s Calling!

Today, Disney also gave us a vague look at some future Vinylmation. At first glance, they seem to be from two different series. Update: Thanks to a comment from “Unknown”, the ALT tag for the original picture of these on vinylmation.com says, “Urban 7”. We don’t think that they ALL are part of urban 7, … Read more

Tangaroa Terrace & Trader Sam’s Opens May 25th

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From the Disney Parks Blog: We’ve been sharing details here on the Disney Parks Blog about the new Disneyland Hotel restaurants, Tangaroa Terrace – Casual Island Dining and Trader Sam’s – Enchanted Tiki Bar, and today we’ve got even more to share with you. The biggest news is that both restaurants will open on May … Read more

Spotlight On: Vinylmation Custom Artist Joe

We here at DV are huge video game fans, so we were excited when Vinylmaiton Custom artist Joe got in touch with us. Joe, a huge video game fan himself, focuses on video game characters for his designs. Joe, who resides in Pennsylvania, recently talked to us about himself as an artist and his new … Read more

Coral Rivera’s 4/30/11 WDW Mini-Photo Report

WDWNT Reporter Coral Rivera has a few newsworthy photos to share with us from her most recent trip to Walt Disney World on Saturday:

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Still no visible work being done to the Barnstormer track in Storybook Circus

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Vinylmation Aritsts Enjoy: Dessert Keychains

Every vinylmation designer has his or her own unique interests. In this column, we will learn more about your favorite Vinylmation artists by takign a look at something they enjoy while not at work. Most of the time this will come from something they mentioned in an interview, blog, on Twitter, or Facebook. The subject … Read more

Disney Updates Star Tours Webpage with New Images and Story Hints

The Star Tours page on the official Walt Disney World website was updated recently with a new flash-based preview (Sorry iPhone) of the destinations we’ll be traveling to when Star Tours: The Adventures Continue opens on May 20th at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. For those of you without a flash-capable device, here’s a look at the … Read more

Evilos Contest Winner

Last week we got an email from Sabrina. You might remember her as the winner of the Evilos’ Evil Kermit Contest back on April 15th. She sent the following pictures, along with a few kind words. “I got my Vinylmation yesterday! It is amazing- and it is a 9 inch! I was totally expecting a … Read more

ZoMG: Kidada Jones’ Artwork

I am sure by now you have all seen a glimpse of the brand new Vinylmation figure hitting 5 select Disney Store shelves (as well as online) on May 4th!! We have seen one image floating around the web of what looks like a 9 inch figure! The head is hot pink with what looks … Read more

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