We took Park 9 around WDW for some pictures. Some where easy to place with their corresponding attraction… others we had to reach a bit for. Update 01/29/14 Added Disneyland Tomorrowland Astronaut LE set. Tower of Terror Bellhop Hollywood Studios – Maharajah Jungle Trek Fruitbat Animal Kingdom – Maharajah Jungle Trek Fruitbat Animal Kingdom – Camp Minnie Mickey Bear … Read more
Disney’s Vinylmation Blog announced a few releases for Friday, August 17. The 9″/3″ Park 9 Walt Disney World Boardwalk Resort Clown Slide and Simmer will be available at both D-Streets for the price of $74.95. It has an edition size of 1000. I know this is becoming a common theme from me, but I think … Read more
Ep. 083 Watermelon Chaser – The Vinylympics We are half way through the year and it is time once again to rate the sets that we have seen so far. This year, we take on an Olympics theme. 26 sets compete in 6 events to find the best of the best. We also choose our … Read more
Roger Rabbit and The Land 9″ figures are both online and at D-Street Last night, the links to purchase these figures went live at Midnight PST, but were hidden from searches for a good half hour. People also had issues checking out to purchase Roger Rabbit, but there seemed to plenty of quantity of the … Read more
Ep. 082 Goofy This week we review the new Animation 2 Rhino LE figure. We also dive into the aftermarket debate and have an update on the Disney Store Online. Listen in Popup Player Download podcast
The Land Pavilion at Walt Disney World opened just about 35 years ago with Phase 1 of the rest of Epcot Center on October 1, 1982. Epcot, The Land Pavilion Circa 1982 Photo from Matterhorn1959.blogspot.com For some undefined reason, this is my favorite pavilion in all of Epcot. It is not the most exciting. It … Read more
Update 7/16/12 D-Street had this figure on display and we finally get to see the back and sides of the figure: One side has Bullseye. These logos are find on the side of the ride vehicles. The back mimics the front, as tiny design disappointment. The other side has the color Woody logo. Do … Read more
Ep. 081 Epcot 82 In a guest filled podcast we talk with Matt from Vinylmation Kingdom about all the Vinylmation previews at Comic Con. We discuss the state and future of the hobby with Kristina from Tomopop. And Annemarie calls in to give insight on her Hurley 9″ custom and Comic Con. We also fit … Read more
Update: We just got in a photo of the purple variant from Chris! Chris sent us our first look at the Blue Dapper Dan Park 9 Variant! (normal version is Red) He got 2 blue in a case and the filler in his case was Dumbo. I so love this design, simple and perfect. One … Read more
Excuse me if I’m a little jaded this morning and not rushing to my computer to order from the Disney Store Online today. Not much surprise, but the Carl and Ellie release yesterday went less than smoothly. That included a mid afternoon tease where we all flooded the DSO again to purchase the “now available” … Read more
The Art of Animation opened at Disneyland on May 28, 1960 and lasted until September 5, 1966. It sat in the building to the right of the entrance into the Circarama theater. Before the Art of Animation moved in, this building was home to the Satellite View of America. But by the end of the … Read more
On July 13th, a 9″ Park 9 figure representing Disney’s Feature Animation Building will be released. The edition size is 750 and it will retail for $44.95. In 1994, the Walt Disney Company built a brand new Feature Animation Building in Burbank, California. The 240,000 square foot building houses 700 employees and serves as the … Read more
Ep. 080 Tomorrowland Space Suit In this episode we review all the news brought to us at the WDW Trade Night. Pixar, Park Starz, Comic Con, Park 9 and Popcorns all make headlines. We also have Annemarie stop by to give her two cents on the topics and talk about her latest custom. And of … Read more
Another clown! Yes, but this one is a truly great idea for a vinyl that I would never even have ever imagined. We already knew of most of the 9″ Park 9s (take a look at explained page), and the back of a box on display at the WDW Trade Night has shown us the … Read more
I was among the disapointed when we did not get a non-nine inch LE set in Park 8. So I was excited to see that we will get at least 1 such combo in Park 9. It is a two 3″ figure LE 1750 combo set representing the Disneyland Space Man and Women that walked … Read more
The other day Nick (with the help from some listeners) speculated on what the Park 9 Combo Topper might be. It turns out it was the Brave Little Tailor. We got to see it at Friday’s WDW Trade Night. This figure looks great. What do you think? Check out all of Park 9 here.