Yesterday we posted about our favorite group on Buena Vista Street, The Red Car Newsboys. Today we have some more entertainment for you straight from Buena Vista Street. The group Five & Dime consists of five musicians and one singer or one dime. The show is really fun and the music it very enjoyable.
Last year we picked our favorite new vinyls as our All Star Baseball teams. This year we went to the Vinylympics and picked our Dream Basketball team. These figures not only seem like good fits for the positions but they also were the best vinyls so far in 2012.
| Position | Blind Box Bashers | D-Street Destroyers |
| MC | Nick | |
| Center | Punk Stitch | Duffy |
| Power Forward | Light Up Hippo | Stormtrooper Donald |
| Small Forward | Big Top Chaser(s) | Dapper Dan |
| Point Guard | Perry | Carl |
| Shooting Guard | Chernobog | Mascot Goofy |
| Benches | Dapper Dans King (James) Mickey |
Tattered Dress Snow White Magic Kingdom Ticket |
| Equipment Manager | Nerds Figment | |
| Team Captain | Director Mickey | |
| Coach | K. Murase | Maria Clapsis |
Leave a comment and tell us who your Dream Team for this year would be!
On the podcast today we reviewed every set that came out in 2012 by giving it a score of between 0-10 (like the judges in Gymnastics do). Here are our scores. Post your scores on any sets and compare.
The winner of the Gold Medal (top score) was the Disney Character Star Wars set with a perfect 10.0 from both judges.
Silver went to Park 8, Park 9, Jr. 6 Snow White.
And Bronze went to the Mascot and Japanese Zodiac Series.
| Under the Big Top | Nick – 6 MC – 6 |
| Disney Store 25th Anniversary | Nick – 6.5 MC – 8 |
| Villains 3 | Nick – 8.5 MC – 7 |
| Furry Friends | Nick – 7 MC – 5 |
| Urban 9 | Nick – 7 MC – 7.5 |
| Park 8 | Nick – 10 MC – 8.5 |
| Park 9 | Nick – 9.5 MC – 9 |
| Park 10 | Nick – 8 MC – 8.5 |
| Robots 2 | Nick – 6 MC – 6.5 |
| Animation 2 | Nick – 7.5 MC – 8 |
| Monorail Cars | Nick – 7 MC – 4 |
| Cutesters at the Beach | Nick – 7 MC – 7.5 |
| Mascots | Nick – 10 MC – 8 |
| Phineas and Ferb | Nick – 8.5 MC – 8.5 |
| Disney Tunes | Nick – 9 MC – 8.5 |
| Disney Character Star Wars | Nick – 10 MC – 10 |
| Jr. 5 | Nick – 5.5 MC – 5 |
| Jr. 6 | Nick – 9.5 MC – 9 |
| So Tasty | Nick – 8 MC – 7.5 |
| D-Tour | Nick – 7.5 MC – 8 |
| DLR Commemorative | Nick – 7 MC – 6 |
| Holiday 3 | Nick – 8.5 MC – 7.5 |
| Chinese New Year | Nick – 4 MC – 7.5 |
| Japanese Zodiac | Nick – 8.5 MC – 9.5 |
| Color Block | Nick – 3 MC – 2 |
| Theme Park Favorites | Nick – 6 MC – 3.5 |
Newsies have come to DCA… Well sort of. One of the many new entertainment offerings in DCA for the summer is The Red Car Trolley Newsboys. The group comes six times a day to Buena Vista Street and performs right in front of the Carthay Circle Theater. We really enjoyed the show and have seen it a few times now so take a look…
Some Walt Disney World cast members were sent pictures taken from the large crane that was over Cinderella Castle a few days back, and the look into New Fantasyland is exquisite:
The Enchanted Tales with Belle and Be Our Guest Restaurant show building
Belle’s Village including Gaston’s Tavern and Bonjour Village Gifts
Work continues on the former Mickey’s Toontown Fair tents, they will open late this year
The Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid building
The Fantasyland Station looks great, but the Casey Jr. Splash ‘N’ Soak Station is nowhere to be seen
The installed Dumbo spinner
An overall look
Not Fantasyland, but how often do you see this view?
I smell a new iPhone wallpaper…
Cars Land has officially opened! Here are some of the first glimpses of the land & Luigi’s Flying Tires!
DJ’s Dance & Drive!
Queue line for Luigi’s Flying Tires
Mirrors to take a look at your new wheels!
Free air refills.
I think the beach balls add a fun touch to the ride!
Thanks for reading!
The Playwright wrote into us because he just received his SDCC So Tasty Vinylmation in the mail from the Disney Store Online.
I got my whole set of 8 comic con “exclusives” in the mail today. As per your request on the podcast, here is a picture of the front and back of the vinyl.
It does have the comic con sticker and nowhere does it say it’s limited edition of any kind.
The Playwright
It’s January, so the thought on all our minds is of course… pumpkins! Last fall we featured artist Gyophry’s custom pumpkins. He masterfully carves works of art into these pumpkins and being a huge Disney fan, many of his designs lean that way. This year he is embarking on a series of pumpkins that will pay tribute to the Disney theme parks.
I am attempting what could be my most ambitious series yet, and the 1st of this is the Epcot 30th anniversary.
This is special to me due to Epcot being the 1st Disney park i had the pleasure to visit way back in 1982. I wanted to do something that would also bring back memories for a lot of us fans.
I began by finding a pattern series and then outlining the design in a pencil, it is difficult to see most detail when taking the paper pattern and laying it on a round 3d surface. I then painstakingly use a pin tool to pierce the pattern to the pumpkin, this allows me to remove the paper to see the design better, this process took me approximately 4 hours to complete.
Then the fun part, its time to cut and carve. This is the most exciting and nerve racking point in the process. Any mistake and its all over, as you can see the amount of time taken on the prep allows for the fine line detail. Slowly but surely the final design starts to show up.
The carving all in all took approximately 6 hours to complete, and other than some issues with the paint of the actual Funkin (brand of pumpkin), I feel like this was a great start to this series.
If you are wondering what the rest of the series will be….well all i can say is its like Park Starz in the way it honors the classic rides and attractions we all love and cherish. I look forward to keeping you and the rest of my Vinylmation fans in the Halloween spirit all year round.
Destination Vinylmation: So far you have created a 9 inch Hades, Ursula and Maleficent for what you are calling your “Epic Villains” series. Is it possible to pick a favorite out of this trio?
Rust This World: I like different things about each one, but it’s hard to top Ursula’s giant tentacles. I tried to do something special with the sculpting for each figure in this series so that they really transform the Mickey shape.
DV: Which one was the hardest design to execute?
RTW: They have all been challenging. The sculpting of Hades’ feet was pretty tricky, as were Ursula’s tentacles. There’s a really high level of detail in the painting as well. These figures are just all around more complex than anything else I’ve done.
DV: I like the cohesive look. Did you have this in mind the whole time or did it spring from the Ursula design?
RTW: I made Ursula back in August when I found the tentacles in a store. She became probably the most popular design I’ve ever done. When it was announced that the big annual trade event in WDW would be villains-themed in 2013, I decided to make an entire set using a similar style. The whole style is based around big, detailed, and heavily sculpted figures.
DV: What event did you create these figures for?
RTW: I’m planning on attending the Reflections of Evil event next summer and want to have a big villains-themed showing.
DV: Do you have more planned for this series?
RTW: Since I have until September, I’ll definitely try and get several more made.
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| DV: The Wuzzles only had a 13 episode run, but apparently had a big impact on you. Tell us why you choose these characters as the subject of your latest customs.
Annemarie: I barely remember the actual show, but I do remember the characters. I always thought they were so colorful and fun and the idea was so creative. I basically decided to do Vinylmation of them because I thought they’d be fun to do. |
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 Hoppopotamus |
DV: I had a Bumblelion when I was a kid. Out of your 6 Wuzzles customs, which one is your favorite?
AM: I think Hoppopotamus came out the best. I tried to capture her expression as best I could, and I think it worked. Moosel is probably my second favorite, just because I love his colors. I tried to get them to all to work well together as a set by giving them all the rainbow image in the ears, which is my favorite aspect of the set. |
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| DV: Which figure and what features on that figure proved to be the most difficult?
AM: Rhinokey was probably the most difficult to do, he has a smaller head and I tried to indicate that on his figure. He also has the rhino horn, which I painted on sort of like Eleroo’s trunk. I tried to draw from examples like the Pink Elephant from Animation 2 to get that three-dimensional look as best I could.
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 Rhinokey |
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Eleroo
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 Bumblelion |
 Moosel |
| DV: Are you working on any other obscure Disney cartoon based customs?
AM: Not at the moment, but maybe sometime in the future I will! |
 Butterbear |
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-Annemarie
