Your move, Zack Snyder. Over the last few months J. J Abrams, director of Star Wars: Episode VII, and Zack Snyder, director of Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, have been having a friendly little Twitter war concerning the two movies. Both are excited about seeing the other director’s movies, but they each stand firmly … Read more
A pilot from Airbourne Aviation, a flight school located in Popham, Hampshire in the UK, happened to come across something unusual while flying over Greenham Common. He spotted what appears to be the Millennium Falcon in mid construction, which will be used in Star Wars: Episode VII. The photo below was tweeted along with the … Read more
Starwars.com has announced that the upcoming animated series, Star Wars Rebels, will premier October 3rd on the Disney Channel at 9PM. The one hour episode is called Spark Of Rebellion and was shown to some attendees at Comic Con in San Diego and received high praise for the story, the characters and the direction that … Read more
First look at the new Stormtrooper design for Star Wars Episode VII IndieRevolver.com got their hands on some of the new concept designs for the Stormtroopers that will be seen in Star War Episode VII. It has been confirmed that there will indeed be Stormtroopers in the new movie as well as an updated design … Read more
Star Wars is ready to blow up the comics world like Alderaan! During Saturday’s Cup o’ Joe panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel’s CCO Joe Quesada helped introduce three new Star Wars titles to be published in 2015. Each of the series will be headed up by different creative teams, but all will be … Read more
WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited Downtown Disney, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom last week and has some newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look: The Rainforest Cafe volcano is done Tons of Marvel stuff in Once Upon a Toy They also now have the Star Wars Droid Factory Over at Epcot, work … Read more
Over on Vinylmation Exchange on facebook, Josh Edwards has shown off a variant colored C3PO from Star Wars Series 1 that he got from a “high up” friend. Check out these pics and see what you think? As we speak someone is showing off the pictures to Mike Sullivan and then we’ll get some more … Read more
I am in shock as I write this, but Disney is going to acquire Lucasfilm, Star Wars and all… Burbank, CA and San Francisco, CA, October 30, 2012 – Continuing its strategy of delivering exceptional creative content to audiences around the world, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a … Read more
The Disney Character Star Wars series was my most anticipated group of Vinylmation to date. It is a mash-up of two of my favorite properties. As you know from listening to the podcast, I have been collecting the action figures as long as they have been released. That being said, in this review, I may be both … Read more
Release Date: May 18, 2012 Price: $14.95 Where: Disney’s Hollywood Studios and D-Street CA at release. More places at both WDW and DLR later. Details: Open Window Box Artist: Maria Clapsis Update 5/2/12 The Disney Blog updated with turnarounds of the entire 6 figure set. We have the pictures below. Update 3/8/12 Pictures of 3 more … Read more
So, what’s with this information drought Disney? No solid info has been posted on Vinylmation.com since before the Super Bowl. And with an ever shrinking confirmed release calendar, the Vinylmation collecting community is wondering what’s next? So I thought this is as good a time as any to go over what sets and figures we know … Read more
We saw Evilos tweet some pictures of his latest creation so we asked him about the project and his love of Star Wars. “A lot of my work gravitates towards many things I enjoyed as a kid, Star Wars being one of them. Mickey in Carbonite was one of my early customs made before Star … Read more
Each day this week, someone from the Destination Vinylmation staff will give their Top 10 list from 2011. The lists can include just about anything from figures to sets to headlines to personal moments. Please feel free to comment with your favorites and memorable stories from the past year as well. (Other lists: Annemarie, Claudia, … Read more
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
Ep. 039 Chocolate Mickey Bar This week we take an in depth look at the Villains 2 set. We give our opinions and share yours as well. We talk about the events set for WDW’s 40th and MC’s speculation on Star Wars 2. We have all the news, including Park Starz and some NYC Jrs. … Read more
Update: 9/16/11 Disney Character Star Wars Vinylmation Explained page now up. One of the best announcements at The Florida Project was the Disney/Star Wars characters. So far we know of two characters: Donald as a Stormtrooper and Minnie as Princess Leia. They said the series will be 6 characters and will be open window and open … Read more
