Evilos Strikes Back

A while back we posted about the custom Mickey in Carbonite we bought from Evilos, showing a picture we took of Boba Fett pushing him to his ship. Evilos has one-uped us by creating one rad diorama with several of the Star Wars Vinylmation characters and his custom Carbonite figure. As always he fills the … Read more

A “Star-Studded” Cast for Star Tours: The Adventures Continue

From the Disney Parks Blog: One of our goals for the new Star Tours show was to pack as much Star Wars into the attraction as possible. That meant traveling to different planets, and meeting up with classic characters from the saga. Of course you already know that R2-D2 and C-3PO are back, reprising their roles in the … Read more

Back to Jabba’s

Custom designer Evilos (@EvilosArt) has finished his latest project. Borrowing from his previous, Mickey in Carbonite which we post about a little while ago, Evilos has made the figure inside the carbonite removable. Now not only Han Solo can go in, but Darth Vader can win and Luke Skywalker can fall for his trap. Or … Read more

My first custom purchase

I finally got my Mickey in Carbonite from Evilos!!!! It felt like forever while I was waiting, but it took less than two weeks to receive after I ordered it from his ebay site. It cost me $59.99 plus shipping and is a great addition to my collection. I got caught up in the fever … Read more

Ep. 007 Magical Star

Ep. 007 Magical Star Nick and MC discuss the Star Wars Release Party, Star Wars Chasers, The “official” announced release date of Villains, the Combo Contest Winners, Urban 6, Park 6, and more. Plus, you find out why Nick has the most famous hand in the galaxy. Listen Now: Standard Podcasts [59:36m]: Hide Player | … Read more

Star Wars Weekend Wrapup with Star Wars Chasers

If you missed all the Star Wars news from the last 24 hours here it is: The crowd was out in full force last night as hundreds of people lined up outside of the D-Street Florida store to get their Star Wars Vinylmation. Nick and MC arrived at 6pm to check out the festivities and … Read more

Everything’s under control. Situation Normal.

We had some fun with messing around with our new Star Wars. This outfit was inspired by Star Wars IV: A New Hope. “Uh, negative, negative. We have a, a reactor leak here, ah, now. Give us a few minutes to lock it down. Large leak, very dangerous.”

Waiting for Skywalker

The line outside of D-Street for the release of Star Wars. The line wraps all around the back of the Pretzel/Ice Cream/Bathroom building across from D-Street.

Our excitement level sky rockets!

Once we got over the excitement of the addition of Lightsabers to Luke and Vader’s Vinylmation figures, we missed the rocket pack on the back of Boba Fett. Well, the Disney Parks Blog released this turnaround photo today: This set just keeps getting better and better! What other surprises do they have in store for us? We … Read more

Ep. 006 Kermit Mouse

Destination Vinylmation Ep. 006 Kermit Mouse In this episode, Nick and MC review the latest releases, discuss the addition of variants, and look forward to the release of Star Wars later this week. They also remind listeners to enter the Combo Contest and too look for a photo contest later this week.

Now, Fully Armed and Operational

As I was looking at the Disney Vault page for an unrelated topic, I noticed that things had shifted since last time I was there. Thinking the release of Animation 1 this morning had shuffled things when added to the site I investigated and found that they had not updated the page with Animation 1 … Read more

Lightsabers!

Take a close look at these pictures M.C. and I took at D-Street this morning while waiting for Animation 1. Notice Luke and Darth holding anything? Close up of Luke Lightsaber close up There is Darth with his red Lightsaber! This was our first up close look at the upcoming Star Wars Vinylmation set since … Read more

Star Wars Explained

Update: 4/26/11 Star Wars set will be re-released on June 4th, 2011 at the Little Green Men Store Command in Tomorrowland, Disneyland. That is for those in California. For those in Florida, it’s still rumored to be re-released on May 20th at Star Wars Weekends. Update: 1/14/11 Star Wars released at D-Street Florida. We have … Read more

May the Force be with Us

Direct from the Disney Vinylmation Blog… Confirmation of the Star Wars Release! In Florida, they will be released on Midnight of Thursday 13th (or Friday morning the 14th depending how you look at it!) There will also be an artist signing with Mike Sullivan (There will be a limit of two trays per Guest and … Read more