Ep. 145 America on Parade This week we review the Park 13 Haunted Mansion and Tower of Terror LE box sets. We preview the upcoming Indiana Jones series. We have news about Valentine’s Day, Aladdin and Disney Store figures. And we have an interview with Disney Design Group artist Maria Clapsis. Download podcast
Ep. 144 Zipper This week we review the releases of the past week including Animation 4, Disney Character Star Wars and the Dated 2014 figures. We also give our thoughts on the Eachez line of Vinylmation and have a full updated release calendar. Download podcast
A much anticipated Toy Story Series 2, designed by Maria Clapsis and Ron Cohee, will be released in 2014!!! I can’t wait. All they left us with was an image of Buzz Lightyear as Mrs. Nesbitt… I can’t wait!!!
The follow up to the popular Darkwing Wing Duck combo of Darkwing and Gosalyn was revealed to be Nega Duck and Bushroot. They will be released on September 20 both online and at D-Streets. It is really great to see the villains portrayed in this series and Maria did a wonderful job at capturing the … Read more
The lucky rabbit gets the unluckiest date of the year to debut. The Oswald 2013 Poster Art Figure (December 2012 on the calendar if you’re playing along at home) will be released online on September 13. It was previously thought that a quantity will be available inside the Reflections of Evil Trade Event, this appears … Read more
The second series of Popcorns is almost upon us and it appears Donald Duck will lead the charge. This figure is set to be released on August 9th. A few interesting notes… it will be an LE of 2500. Will all future Popcorns be an LE? Or is this a variant Donald? Only variants from … Read more
Looks like me know more about the Disney Afternoons line. The second set inspired buy the show Rescue Rangers will be hitting the internet and D-Street stores on August 16th. The set will cost $29.95, it be a LE of 1500, and is designed by Maria Clapsis and Monty Maldovan. And now for the big … Read more
We dug back in our collections and decided it was time to take the Maria Clapsis designed Cutesters Too around Walt Disney World for some photos.
Wow this has been a great week for Vinylmation and a great year for Ducktales. A little while back Campcom said it would be releasing a HD version of the classic game “Ducktales”, and now Disney Afternoons is back and the first set of series 2 is Ducktales! I think I asked for it a … Read more
Ep. 121 Tom Morrow Chaser A long, long time ago. In a galaxy far, far away. Two intrepid podcasters set out to broadcast the news of Vinylmation to all known lands. They had on board a set of Star Wars series 3 to review and even talked to one of the set’s designers, Maria Clapsis. They encountered other … Read more
We got a sneak peek at this one a while back, but we now see the turnaround of the Independence Day 2013 Eagle designed by Maria Clapsis. Like most holiday event vinyls, it does not have an official LE size, but these really do vary in production size. Some stay in stores for months, some sell … Read more
The Disney Collections Blog posted a new Disney Cruise Line Vinylmation. It will be released on May 27, 2013 aboard the Disney Wonder on its Alaskan itinerary. The edition size is only 1,000, was designed by Maria Clapsis and retails for $14.95. This cute little guy appears to be Spot the Whale from The Little Mermaid cartoon series. He … Read more
Jr. 8 Goofy’s Candy Co. Explained Release Date: April 12 (Facebook Store), April 19 (D-Streets) $9.95 Maria Clapsis and Thomas Scott Designs are based on Disney’s consumable line. Update 04/18/13 The Disney Merchandise Blog posted the two chasers from the Goofy’s Candy Co. Jr. 8 series. One is the official Goofy’s Candy Co. logo in the … Read more
Someone over at eBay must have had some time on his hands. And a pair of coveralls. It looks like we have another dumpster dive find. And while this one looks better then most, we still caution anyone from ever purchasing these “finds”. Now for the interesting part. It looks like Maria Clapsis is at … Read more
From the Disney Parks Blog, here is the first image of the 3″ Run Disney figure with one of the WDW Marathon mini medals. I love it! I can not wait to own one of these with my rather large finishing time written on the back. There have been some changes/clarifications in the release info. … Read more
We told you that a Maria Clapsis designed Valentine’s figure would be awesome and we were right. Check it out! (Pic from Vinylmation Exchange and adjusted by us) It’s Cupid. With a bow (like Sagittarius) that you can see at the bottom. There are also hearts in his ears. My only hope is that he … Read more