Spotlight On: Celeste’s Disney Afternoon Villains Series 1

We have followed Celeste’s work for a long time now, and she is debuting a brand new custom series this weekend that we wanted to take a closer look at. Celeste sent us a few words about her latest creations. “Growing up as a kid of the 90’s I personally have always been a huge … Read more

Celeste Offers New Custom Blind Box Spellbound Series

Destination Vinylmation: What is the Spellbound set? Celeste: The Spellbound series is a magical based theme consisting of magic users and mystical creatures. It includes Genie, Merlin, Malecifent, Evil Queen, two versions of Tinker Bell, Blue Fairy, Chernabog, Mushu, Figment, Old Hag, Ursula and the Cheshire cat. DV: How did you choose the characters to … Read more

Spotlight On: Celeste’s Wonder Woman, Genie, Tokidoki

  We noticed a few new customs from our friend Celeste and we asked her to share them with us. Here’s what she said. (“Her Wonder Woman piece is amazing. I love the details, including the lasso!”-MC) “I’d thought I share a few customs I’ve been working on for the last few months. First is … Read more

Spotlight On: Custom Artist Project Sidekickz Artist Celeste

The Custom Artist Project is a group of 11 of the best custom Vinylmation artists in the world who have come together to make their own blind box series. Series 1 is called “Sidekickz” and is a mix of different Disney sidekicks from films or TV. It will be released on October 6th. Each day … Read more

Spotlight On: Celeste’s Candy Bowl Vinylmation

The candy bowl series started when I first created a mickey bowl for the blind bag series and after so many great responses I figured why stop there, so I decided to create a few more for Halloween. It’s a take on the old Halloween gag hand in the candy bowl but with some twists to … Read more

Celeste Custom Vinylmation Giveaway

Our friend, custom artist Celeste, made an announcement on her Facebook page she would like to share with you! Celeste is giving away a one of a kind 3″ White Rabbit! He comes with his own trumpet accessory. All you have to do is become a fan of her Facebook page AND leave a comment… that’s it. The … Read more

Spotlight On: Custom Vinylmation Artist Celeste

Celeste has a great looking Bambi 9″ and Thumper 3″ to share with everyone. Bambi has flowers on the bottom of the foot from front to back and has butterflies and birds all around him to mimic the classic scene from the film. The reason I wanted to make him and Thumper was that I … Read more

Spotlight On: Custom Vinylmation Artist Celeste

Destination Vinylmation: You recently created a Vinylmation for a contest at Vinylmation Kingdom that was designed by a reader to their website. Can you tell us about it? Celeste: The winning design was Percy, the dog from Pocahontas, designed by Abraham Mendoza. I had a great time creating him and added an accessory bell to … Read more

The Customation Project Wrap Up

Congratulations to Cesar and all the artists involved in The Customation Project. It was an event held in California on September 24 showcasing the talents of custom Vinylmation artists. We would like to share some pictures and a video from the event. The full photo album, and believe me, you MUST see it, can be viewed … Read more

Spotlight On: Customation Project Artist Celeste

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

Spotlight On: Custom Vinylmation Artist Celeste

Celeste continues to amaze us with her customs. This Steamboat Willie trio is no different. Destination Vinylmation: You went way back in Disney History for this one. How did you decided on a Stemboat Willie? Celeste: It was a commission I did for a Vinylnation member. DV: Did he commission the whole three piece combo? Celeste: He … 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

Spotlight On: Celeste’s 9″ Villains

One of our favorite custom artists here at Destination Vinylmation recently let us in on a little, well 9″ tall, secret. After receiving her Villains 1 9″ figures, Celeste thought, “I want to see my other favorite other villains in 9″ form”. So she did it herself! Check out Scar (Lion King) and the Queen … Read more

American Vidol!

We were following the twitters out there, and stumbled upon an interesting tweet that mentioned a custom 9 inch vinylmation and an eBay sale for charity. We were, of course, interested. It turns out that a custom vinylmation artist named Celeste, made and offered up for auction a vinylmation representing Adam Lambert. The piece is … Read more