My name is Annemarie Brown and when I heard Destination Vinylmation wondering what villains would be left that they could add to another series of Villains I started to do some research. This is what I found… There are actually plenty of villains left to do another series, even two more if they get creative. … Read more
With 2012 approaching, Walt Disney World’s plans for the year are becoming more and more clear. Today, the Walt Disney World website listed several new refurbishments which lead us to some interesting conclusions: Dumbo the Flying Elephant is listed as closed from January 9th thru February 17th, 2012. During this time, it is expected the … Read more
Destination Vinylmation: You were a featured artist at The Customation Project a few weeks ago and you came up with some astonishing figures. Chelsey: As I mentioned, I want to take my custom to a next level. Well, here it is. DV: Ok, this first one is California Adventure’s Grizzly River Run. Tell us all … Read more
Update: More pictures from Johnna and Freddie from inside the event Javier Soto custom Our favorite haunts Freddie and Johnna… but there was only room for ONE of them to stay. The ballroom organist Noah Noah performs live art Noah performs live art Noah performs live art Noah’s event painting Update: More pictures from Johnna and Freddie … Read more
Steve Jobs will be missed in the world of technology, but he also held a unique position in the history of the Disney company: In 1986, Jobs bought The Graphics Group (later renamed Pixar) from Lucasfilm’s computer graphics division for the price of $10 million. After years of unprofitability selling the Pixar Image Computer, it … Read more
by Nick LoCicero I had the great pleasure of hanging out at Walt Disney World on Saturday, October 1st for the 40th celebration. I’d like to share with you some of my favorite pictures I took on that day. (click to enlarge) The line waiting to get in at about 7am Noah signs at Diamond … Read more
This is one of the oddest chaser stories we have seen. Disney, usually shy about posting pictures of chasers before they are released, posted the Park 7 chaser on the Vinylmation website today: This is made even more odd because of the Park 7 pin we have already seen: Add on top of that, the lengthy discussion we had … Read more
Sorry for my absence for the past few days as I was enjoying the lovely Walt Disney World Resort. Now to update you on all the news that we missed the last few days.
From Erin Glover on the Disney Parks Blog:
On Friday, Blue Sky Cellar re-opened at Disney California Adventure park with new looks inside the continuing development of Buena Vista Street and Cars Land. Among the behind-the-scenes peeks featured are these images, which show Cars Land in its current state of production.
Our buddy Cesar over at mycustomations.com is getting ready to announce the release of his latest vinylmation creations. This Friday, he should be letting everyone know more about his special Halloween release. Check out mycustomations.com this Friday and then come back here for an interview with the creator himself.
While at the trading event before the Florida Project, we met a custom artist that was garnering a ton of attention. Pam Murray from Orlando, Fl has created some classic Disney characters as well as at least one character that Disney artists will never be allowed to touch. Destination Vinylmation: You have a very artistic … Read more
Pic by @stitchkingdom According to Stitch Kingdom, the original LE 9″ Kidada from earlier this year is still available on shelves at the New York Times Square Disney Store (along with the Goth Cutesters Like You 9″). Weird….
Update: 10/10/11 Nick found out that Hollywood Studios Tatoonie Traders has Star Wars single blind boxes for sale. They are not selling cases! We also have a listener named Dave send us this, “Star wars vinylmation can be purchased over the phone starting today. I called and confirmed, however they said shipping was $130 for … Read more
Today we feature Vinylmation Custom Lindsey from New York. Living 1,200 miles away from Walt Disney World hasn’t deterred her spirit. She creates custom pieces under the name Vinylmation Chic Customs. Let’s take a look at her work. Destination Vinylmation: Were you into creating artwork before custom vinylmation? Lindsey: Yes, I have always loved looking … Read more
In a month, Destination Vinylmation will be celebrating it’s one year anniversary. As part of the celebrations we are going to have an awards show for the best of vinylmation from the past year. So starting today we’d like all our readers and listeners to nominate people and figures in the following categories. We will … Read more
Ep. 040 Confetti We celebrate our 40th episode with a quick talk about WDW’s 40th Anniversary. Then we run down news including release dates for Alice, Park 7, and more. We answer a few Mystery Mailbag questions, and we reveal our big listener vote for our 1st Annual Anniversary Awards Show. Listen Now: Standard Podcasts … Read more
The 2011 Trick or Treat Vinylmation is Sold Out at D-Street Orlando and can not be found any longer in most stores that did have it in the parks. According to two different Cast Members at D-Street, the figure is Sold Out and no more shipments are expected. We will look into this further.
