Around the Hub – Season 1 – Episode 1
Around the Hub!
Fantasia 3 Online
Fantasia 3 came online today. Check out the backs of the figures. Both are Dinosaurs which I have always enjoyed. $24.95 for the combo pack of two. They should also show up in D-Streets later today.
How many of the Fantasia sets have you gotten so far?
Myths and Legends Chaser
Click image below to reveal the Disney Store’s Myths and Legends Chaser. It was posted on the Vinylmation Exchange Facebook page by Daddyand Chloe Dee W. This set has no official release date from Disney, but is beginning to show up for sale in some Disney Stores around the country.
Japan Girls Festival Mickey & Minnie
Update: Tomy, or @Vinylmati0n on twitter, lives in Japan and has a Vinylmation blog. He just posted some HQ pictures of the Japan Girls Festival Vinylmation along with some photos of the shelves at the stores.
An eBay seller located in Japan (tokyo-old-new-jp) just pre-sold a new pair of Vinylmation.
They are said to be released on December 26 in Japan. At first, they appear to have a flocking or other texture, but a look at some other angles shows this may not be true.
According to Wikipedia: The Japanese Doll Festival, or Girls’ Day, is held on March 3. Platforms covered with a red carpet are used to display a set of ornamental dolls representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period.
The eBay seller who listed these items also seems to sell other Vinylmation and items out of Japan if you are interested.
Merry Christmas! Vinylmation Photoshoot
Walt Disney World is so beautifully decorated for Christmas each year, so we took the Christmas themed Vinylmation around the parks and resorts for some photos with all the decorations. I had pretty much all of them, except for Jingle Smells and the first Osborne (hint, hint) Enjoy! There are even more photos on our Facebook page.
Donald Snow Globe
Animal Kingdom Lodge
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Santa Mickey
Grand Floridian
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Santa Mickey
Grand Floridian
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Epcot Holidays Around the World
Epcot
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Epcot Candlelight Processional
Epcot
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Holiday 1 Mickey in Tree
Wilderness Lodge
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Holiday 1 Mickey in Tree
Wilderness Lodge
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Holiday 1 Mickey in Tree
Wilderness Lodge
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Holiday 1 Mickey in Tree
Wilderness Lodge
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Holiday 1 Melty the Snowman
Coronado Springs
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Holiday 2 Candy Cane
Swan and Dolphin
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Holiday 2 Key West Santa
Old Key West
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Holiday 2 Key West Santa
Old Key West
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Holiday 3 Ornament
Contemporary Resort
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Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party Gingerbread Man
The Magic Kingdom
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Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party Toy Soldier
The Magic Kingdom
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Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party Goofy
The Magic Kingdom
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Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party Goofy
The Magic Kingdom
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 Osborne Spectacle of Dancing Lights 2010
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Release Day Friday: November 30, 2012
Only two items released today and they are both online releases of products already available elsewhere.
Next week is set up as a slow release day as well. According to Disney, all we will see is the Mad T Party LE combo in California.
No December Disneyland Trade Night?
It appears that Disneyland may not have a December trade night. Over the course of 2012, DLR and WDW have alternated months, and the final month of the year should have belonged to the west coast. However no trade night has been put on the calendar section of either the Disney Pin or Vinylmation websites.
We do know, however, Disneyland will host a January trade night at the Paradise Pier Hotel (date TBA) while Walt Disney World’s Contemporary Resort will get it’s next one in February. The coasts will continue to alternate throughout 2013. One hint to no December trade night is the Disney Pin announcement that the December “Trade Night Pin” featuring Duffy the Disney Bear in Santa suit will be released on Thursday, December 6th at Pin Traders in the Downtown Disney District.
We put an inquiry into Disney to confirm, but does anyone out there know any news to the contrary?
2012 Dee Vee Award Winners
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2012 DeeVee Awards
The 2nd annual Destination Vinylmation Dee Vee Awards honors this year’s best Vinylmation and Artists. If you haven’t listened to Episode 96, please do, a lot of hard work was put into it by Nick and MC as well as all the presenters and artists who lent their voices. Here is the list of this year’s winners. We hope you enjoyed the process and remember to be on the look out for vinyl to nominate for next year’s Dee Vees. Please listen to our next podcast for the announcement of the winner of the Vinylmation from the voters drawing. |
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Favorite Disney Artist Maria Clapsis Some of Maria’s popular figures of the past year include: Star Wars, Tower of Terror Bellhop, and Roger Rabbit. Thank you Maria for all your hard work. And thanks to Inside the Magic host Rickey Brigante for presenting this award. |
| Favorite Disney Commissioned Artist NOAH NOAH gave us customs such as: DCL Pirates, Muppets, Villains and Epcot 30th. Thank you NOAH for your dedication to this art form. |
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Favorite Custom Artist Annemarie This past year Annemarie has made many stand out customs including: Furry Friends 2, Hurley, LOST and Figero/Cleo. |
| Best 3″ Figure Director Mickey Artist: Jim Valeri |
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Best 9″ Figure “The Clock Strikes Twelve” Cinderella’s Castle Artist: Gerald Mendez Thank you Lou Mongello from WDW Radio for presenting this award. |
| Best Jr. Figure Three Blind Mice Set: Nursery Rhymes |
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Best 12 Figure Set Furry Friends Set: Furry Friends |
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Best non-12 Figure Set Disney Character Star Wars Artist: Maria Clapsis Thanks to presenter O.C. Vinyl Don from Vinylmation Traders.com |
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Best Chaser Tower of Terror Bellhop Artist: Maria Clapsis Thank you to celebrity presenter Tom Corless, host of the WDW News Today and the See Ya Real Late podcasts. |
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Best Variant Dapper Dans Artist: Thomas Scott |
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Best Use of Ears Mickey’s Philharmagic Donald Artist: Casey Jones |
| Best Trading Location Online Thanks to Dedicated to Disneyland Paris Podcast host Steve Riley for presenting this award. |
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Most Likely to Be Found in a Trading Box Robots 2 Artist: Billy Davis |
| Best Accessory Rhinoâs Hamster Ball Artist: Monty Maldovan Thank you to celebrity presenter Amber from the Revolution Diaries podcast. |
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Best Mickey Director Mickey Artist: Jim Valeri Thank you to celebrity presenter Matt Hochberg from the WDW Today podcast. |
| Best Non-Mickey Platform Figure Park Starz Yeti Artist: Thomas Scott and Casey Jones |
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Best LE Combo Set Carl and Ellie Artist: Ron Cohee Thanks to Carl C. Von Lewin from ChasingVinylmation.com for presenting this award. |
| Best Use of Clear Hat Box Ghost Artist: Casey Jones |
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Best Location Specific Director Mickey Artist: Jim Valeri Thanks to the creator of Vinylmation World, Gregg Gaines, for presenting this award. |
| Best Packaging Furry Friends Set: Furry Friends Thank you to celebrity presenter Brent Dodge from From Scream to Theme.com. |
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Best Vinylmation Event Mickey’s Circus September 7-9 2012 at EPCOT Thank you to celebrity presenter The Professor from the YesterEARS podcast. |
| Most Anticipated Upcoming Series Pixar 1 Release Date: All ready out! Thank you to celebrity presenter Rapinzel from the Once Upon a Pin podcast. |
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Best DV Episode Ep. 088 – Coverage of the Mickey’s Circus This is a great episode and includes an interview with artists Thomas Scott, Maria Clapsis, Eric Caszatt and Caley Hicks. Thanks to Matt Norris from Vinylmation Kingdom for presenting this award. |
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Favorite DV Cast Member The Woman Who Reads the Podcast Intros Years on DV: 2 Thank you to celebrity presenters: Adam from DisneyBrit.com and Juz from OrlandoSkyRadio.com. |
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 Red Balloon Awards The Red Balloon Awards are one-time categories that honor special achievement in Vinylmation. They are named after the first chaser from Park series one. |
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| Best Furry Friend Cheshire Cat Artist: Enrique Pita |
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Best Park Series Park 1 Artist: Various |
| Those are this year’s winners. What do you think of the results? | |
Annual Passholder Vinylmation Now Worldwide
by Nickolas Lam
Hello DestinationVinylmation fans, my name is Nickolas Lam and I am a new contributor to this website. I am excited to be joining this awesome website, and I will bring you exciting new articles about Vinylmation. Please enjoy my articles and I hope it helps the community.
Ni hao! If you live near Hong Kong Disneyland and Disneyland Resort Paris, there is a new Vinylmation for you guys. The Annual Passholder Vinylmation for HKDL has a yellow Mickey balloon in the head, like the Disneyland Resort Vinylmation. It has the clear outline globe, and the blue and green balloons on the bottom. It has a small edition size of only 300.
(Photo from dsewrc on eBay)
The Disneyland Paris AP’s edition size has not been released, however, the size will probably be 300 or 3000 like the others. It has a blue Mickey balloon for the head. The bottom balloons are blue and green, reminiscent of the Disney World Passholder Vinylmation. It was released on Saturday in the Disney Village in Paris
(Photo from miaze49 on eBay)
Robots 3 Sticker Shock
Robots 3 was released today at Disney Stores and Online and it wouldn’t be a Disney Vinylmation release without some surprises now would it?
The 9″ Steambot Willie was featured on the Vinylmation Blog a week ago with a $69.95 price tag, already a bit high for a solo nine inch, but not unprecedented. Well, when it was released today, it actually had a 79.95 price tag attached to it.
I had hoped we were past these ridiculously high prices on solo nine inch figures. They tried it a few times to heavy backlash and seemingly low sales and have seemed to drop back down to manageable prices. But now they are giving $80 a try… any takers? Or will this be seen at next year’s Vinylmation madness sale? The LE is 1000 and here is a look at the back in case you have not seen.
The 3″ blind boxes were also released today. While we have seen the set by now, chaser and all, we had not seen the price tag. Disney Store decided to release this series at a $12.95 price point.
Not shocking for Vinylmation in general, as we are used to that price at the parks. However, the Disney Store blind box products are normally $9.95. So for a set that I was only on the fence about, but leaning toward buying at $10 a pop, this is too much and I now will spend my money elsewhere.
One last thing… there is an interesting note in the ad campaign banner I received in the email from the Disney Store today. The phrase “works with light-up base” appears. It is very interesting to see Disney promoting the base in general and for use with other figures. Whether they actually kept the base in mind while designing this series or just thought about it afterword, would be an interesting question.
