Sushi Bar now open at DisneyStore.com

Update: 5/13/11 10 AM Looks like the Sushi Set is back up on DisneyStore.com. Get yours before they are sold out again! Update: 5/1/11 Sushi sets still available at D-Street Florida. According to DV reporter Zoe, they are also still available at D-Street California. Update: 5/1/11 Sushi is sold out online. We will check D-Street … Read more

Muppets 2 Vinylmation Explained

Update: 4/15/11 Price is actually $11.95 at D-Street. But it’s $12.95 at Disney Stores. Check out more info (and pics of price tags) at Muppets 2 Price post. Update: 4/8/11 Thanks to Don Sawyer, we have the retail price for Muppets 2. It’s $12.95. We also now know the Penguin is the triple. (makes sense) … Read more

Shanghai Disneyland Announcement and Concept Art

SHANGHAI (April 8, 2011) – The Walt Disney Company and Shanghai Shendi Group, its joint venture partner in China, have broken ground on the Shanghai Disney Resort following approval from the Chinese central government in Beijing. Both companies marked the start of construction on the first Disney resort in mainland China at a groundbreaking ceremony … Read more

Shanghai Disneyland Announcement and Concept Art

(April 8, 2011) – The Walt Disney Company and Shanghai Shendi Group, its joint venture partner in China, have broken ground on the Shanghai Disney Resort following approval from the Chinese central government in Beijing. Both companies marked the start of construction on the first Disney resort in mainland China at a groundbreaking ceremony held … Read more

Artists Designs of Goof Troop Set

Today Disney opened up it’s Sneak page and allowed us a viewing of the Goof Troop set by Chris Chapman. We only saw a little bit of the designs in the advertising pictures a month ago, so it’s nice to see the whole figures. Again, no release date set for this set. What do you … Read more

DuckTales out tomorrow! Take a sneak peek today!

Being released tomorrow, April 8th, is the 2nd set in the Disney Afternoons Series: Duck Tales! The set is designed by Chris Chapman and will be releases periodically through the next couple of month. But tomorrow is the release of DuckTales, and today we got a chace to see the turnarounds of both chracters! Launchpad … Read more

Online Help Desk: Best Markers for Signing Vinyls

A reader wrote us and asked “I bought a black 9″ vinyl that I plan to bring to Disney to collect autographs on. Do you have any idea what the best kind of marker (I was thinking silver) to use on a vinylmation?” Let us know your opinions so we can help our friend out. … Read more

Celebrations Vinylmation Explained

Update: 4/6/11 Turnaround pictures of all ten 3″ and 28 Jr figures have been posted. Update: 3/28/11 We have added pictures of at least one of the 3 randomly packaged Jrs with each 3″ Vinylmation. A big thanks for our French friend Aranya for the pics! Update: Disney has officially stated an April 8th release date for … Read more

Muppets 2 Chaser

Spoiler! Well it was predicted with the rest of the set so it shouldn’t be much of a surprise, but here is the Muppets 2 chaser (front and back). The photos are from eBay seller lindogcatbird. Thanks! (Before the reveal people thought it could have been Gonzo, or another Kermit, or Waldo, or Skeeter) Muppets … Read more

Stormtrooper of the Week #10

This week I, Nick, am taking over the Stormtrooper of the Week. Several days ago I went to Megacon. Look who I found there…. On some weekends Sheldon puts on his favorite superhero’s costume and poses for pictures at the local Con.

Spotlight On: Custom Artist Justin Marshall

Recently we received an email from Justin Marshall, and inside it contained a whole lot of pictures of his customs. There were a whole lot of good ones, but the one I wanted to talk about today was the Haunted Mansion. I really like the look of this figure. He does a great job of … Read more

Cast Suits-Up for Star Tours: The Adventures Continue

While this isn’t huge news, the orange suits that have been a staple of Star Tours cast members for many years are history. Instead, Disney has developed some new costumes to better fit “Star Tours: The Adventures Continue”: Blue and gold is most certainly the new colors of the Star Tours company, but not terribly … Read more

Episode 016 Graffitti

Ep. 016 Graffitti Lots of stuff this episode. Nick and MC review Park 6 and the combo topper. They talk about the latest custom’s articles; Evilos, Celeste, and Cassie. Then they talk about the upcoming releases including Muppets 2 and of course take a questions of the Mystery Mailbag Listen Now: Standard Podcasts [59:36m]: Hide … Read more

More to Celebrate! More Jrs revealed.

Thanks to our twend @milkyjoe75 we have a look a a few more Jrs for the Celebrations Series that comes out this Friday, April 8th! Here the a few that we hadn’t seen before! (We have already seen Baby Bottle, 2nd Place Ribbon, Chinese Thank You, and Money from our French friend Aranya.) Baby Rattle … Read more

Haunted Mansion Debuts New, Cutting-Edge Hitchhiking Ghost Scene

After months of speculation as to what was changing in the famous Hitchhiking Ghost scene at the Magic Kingdom’s Haunted Mansion, we don’t have to wonder any longer. Phineas, Ezra, and Gus are now executing some ghostly gags through the use of new infrared technology that was installed while the temporary curtains and projection ghosts … Read more