Villains 1: Magic Kingdom Under Attack

Last year, with the help of some readers, we documented the Villains 1 invasion of Florida. Well, after laying low for a while, they recently were seen around the Magic Kingdom. Apparently they thought The Swiss Family Robinson’s Tree House was a prime hideout location. Bad Pete protects the ammo. – Bonsai takes lookout in the rocks. – … Read more

Vinylmation Speculation: Tracking down Villains 1

Over on twitter @artisticdoodle send out a mass tweet saying, “Heads up, Villains 1 may be out of print. Out of stock at DLR D-street and at my local Disney Store and not listed on DisneyStore.com. D-Street and local Disney Store have no idea if they’ll get anymore. D-Street sold their last case last week. … Read more

Evil Reviewed

We received our Villains 9″/Jr combos today. Which one is your favorite? What do you think about Disney releasing these limited edition figures in select Disney stores? What is the most fair way to allow collectors to get limited edition items? Keep them at D-Streets or put them online? Maleficent 9″ and Princess Aurora Jr … Read more

Maleficent 9″ Vinylmation Sold Out

Update: 10:30AM All the villains 9″/Jr combos are sold out online. Also as of this time, all the Villains 9″/Jr sets are sold out of the Tampa Disney Store (and we suspect any other EST store). Tampa only had 8 Maleficent sets (and the family in the front of the line bought like 6). Well … Read more

Maleficent and Sleeping Beauty: Up Close and In Hand

Here is a tweet from @zoekatherine on March 12: “Sleeping Beauty Vinylmation! She is so cute! This is the first princess Vinylmation made! So exciting! :)” She purchased these at the Mission Viejo, CA store. They also had the Jumba/Stitch and Julius/Minnie combos on the shelf as well. The Villains 9″ + Jr combos are … Read more

Villains 9″ Vinylmation on the way

Today, Disney officially announced three 9″ + 1.5″ (Jr.) Villains 1 combo sets to be released at select Disney Stores and the online Disney Store on March 21. Picture from Disney Store Facebook page The following concept art is from the official Disney Vinylmation Blog. Maleficent 9″ + Princess Aurora 1.5″ Artist: Oskar Mendez LE: … Read more

Ep. 009 SMRT-1

Ep. 009 SMRT-1 On today’s episode we talk about and review the Villains series, the WDW 40th Anniversary, and take a look forward to the Cutesters Too series. Listen Now: Standard Podcasts [59:36m]: Hide Player | Play in Popup | Download

Breaking News Alert: Villains on the loose!

We were afraid of this. We heard rumors of a country wide bad guy break out today. And it looks like it is true. Facts are still a bit cloudy right now, things are happening very fast. We are getting in pictures from eye witnesses as we speak. Villains are being spotted around the country… … Read more

Villains afoot (well, in hand)

!!For more info check out Villains Explained!! A fellow tweeter of ours got his hands on a set of Villains 1 and took some really nice pictures of them. Thanks so much @keithkrebs for these well shot photos! Check out the whole cast up close and personal! Some notes: $9.95 price tag (12.95 in Canada) … Read more

Always right behind the good guys…

Super Rumor- We got word from the twitter friend (@keithkrebs) that Disney’s Vinylmation Villains 1 series may be out in some Disney Stores as early as Friday, January 14th. This comes only one week after the release of the Animation 1 series. Steven Miller told use when we interviewed him last year that they would … Read more

Villains Explained

Update: 1/20/11 We now have photographic proof of the price of a single blind box. $9.95 in US ($12.95 in Canada). We also know that the triplet is Pete! Thanks to @keithkrebs! Update: 1/15/11 Disney’s Vinylmation Blog has announced the “official” released date as January 31, 2011. Villians 1 is a Disney Store exclusive and … Read more

Villains 1 Update

As we noted a couple days ago, Disney posted the upcoming Villains set in the “Vault” page of the official Vinylmation website under the section for Disney Store Exclusives. This prompted the question; “Are these figures currently available in the stores since only released sets go onto the “Vault” page?” I sent a message over … Read more

Villians to Invade Disney Stores across the country!

While looking around the “Vault” at Disney’s official Vinylmation website, I noticed something under the Disney Store Exclusive section. Looks like this upcoming set will not be available at the Disney Theme Parks, only at your local Disney Store. Click here for a handy Disney Store locator to find the one closest to you. When … Read more

Destination Vinylmation Ep. 005

Destination Vinylmation Ep. 005 Fireworks Check out our latest episode. In this one we speak with Disney Trading Social Media Head Steven Miller, we review the latest 3″ and 9″ Vinylmation releases, and we look ahead to 2011 and all the new Vinylmation sets scheduled to be released. We also discuss who we think will … Read more