Beauty and the Beast Explained

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Beauty and the Beast
Release Date: June 21
$12.95
This 12 figure, mystery set was designed by both Maria Clapsis and Caley Hicks and may be my favorite movie themed Vinylmation set ever.

Updated: 5/16/13 Variants and Chaser announced.

Beast

Wonderful design. Love the facial expression. Perfect cape!

Belle

Maria went with the blue dress, and I love the choice. Leaves room for a few variants or special edition Belles. The use of ears is fantastic in the entire series with the stained glass… Belle also has a book and a rose.

Blonde Triplet Paula

We speculated on how and if they would include these girls and this sets up an obvious variant. If the other two girls are not included, a major disappointment. If they are… one of the biggest wins in Vinylmation history.

We also get variants. As expected her other triplets.

Cogsworth

Perfect fit on the Mickey platform. Wonderful face.

Gaston

I’ll be honest, I love the Villains version more, but he is done well with the arrows on the back and fun ears.

Phillipe

I didn’t expect him, yet am glad he is in the set. might be the one of the best looking long animals on the Mickey platform. Perfect proportions.

Lefou

His build naturally fits onto the vinyl form, but it is the clothing that is tailored perfectly around the canvas and the pony tail hanging over the collar in the back that make this one great.

Lumiere

Can’t get any better than this. the accessory top was a must to make this figure perfect  I commend the artists for knowing when to use items like that.

Maurice

Belle’s dad also gets gets a cape and again, it’s the faces that are done so well in this set.

Monsieur D’arque

Interesting add to this set. Really makes me wonder about the chaser even more now. I love the addition and the design is wonderful. Not many people would think of him for this set, so I applaud the artist. Coins in ear a must.

Mrs. Potts

WOW! This one blows me away. So much to see here. A clear pink body sets up the table and some dancing plates, spoons and forks. Then Mrs. Potts fills out the head with perfection and a handle drawn onto the rear. THEN, CHIP! Drawn onto the ear. Best figure in the set, hands down.

Mystery Chaser

Here is Adam, the Beast as a human. What do you think? My female friends (when I was in middle school) always said he was hotter as the beast.

New DCL Greece and Italy Figures

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Disney Cruise Line: Greece
SKU: 400007351516
Retail Price: $14.95
Artist Name: Caley Hicks
Figure: 3-inch
Edition Size: 1,000
Release Date: June 15
Disney Cruise Line: Italy
SKU: 400007351509
Retail Price: $14.95
Figure: 3-inch
Edition Size: 1,000
Release Date: June 27

The Goofy looks brilliant! Great job Caley on that one. It looks similar to a pin that will also be released soon. The Mickey really needs an accessory cap to give it extra flair. Both figures will be available on the cruise ship that goes to the respective destinations.

Spotlight On: Cesar Diaz’s Custom Iron Man with Packaging

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Destination Vinylmation: What inspired this custom creation?
Cesar Diaz: Iron Man 3 of course. For me this is the most anticipated movie this year. I’ve always been a big Star Wars toy collector. I have hundreds of carded figures and I love the look the toy brings when it’s carded. I knew I wanted to do a Iron Man Mark 42 suit in honor of the movie but I felt it wasn’t enough just making a custom vinyl, I had to step it up a notch. So I started researching how to make custom card backs and to my surprise I found out that a lot of people do Star Wars toy restoration. I got very fascinated how they do this and hence began my journey to make my own card back.

DV: Was the packaging difficult to create?
CD: 90% of the work is done in Photoshop  Luckily I know Photoshop pretty well so no problem there. The challenge was to find a bubble blister that would fit a Vinylmation. I never realized how chubby Vinylmations are until I actually tried to make it fit in the bubble. I did a a lot of trial and error until I got it just right.

DV: Are you excited about the results?
CD: I’m really happy how this piece turned out and this has to be one of my favorites. I’ve received so many PMs to buy this piece so to make things fair I’ve decided to post it on Vinylmation Exchange: Bid Wars. Later in the week I will post on my FB page www.facebook.com/mycustomations when it will go up for auction.

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WDW 4/30 Trade Night Previews

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So, I was wrong. The WDW trade night at the ESPN Wide World of Sports was by all accounts a success. Lots of space and trading tables lining the halls. Pin traders found some great pins from CMs. Also, plenty of previews of Vinylmation, Pins and Star Wars Weekends merchandise. You can find the Pin previews at OnceUponaPin.com and the Star Wars previews at JediKingdom.com. The vinyl previews were impressive, however nothing we hadn’t seen elsewhere. However, this was the first time collectors had the chance to see them in person.

Star Wars 3 Checklist by David Kramp

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Over on Vinylmation Exchange a cool picture popped up. David Kramp of Vinylmation Exchange put together this sheet to explain all the figures coming out in the new Star Wars 3 set. For those of us who are not Star Wars expert, David has listened all the names of the characters to make it easier for people who want to explain which figures they want to trade. Thanks David, from the whole Vinylmation community!

Episode 118 X-Ray Mickey

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Ep. 118 X-Ray Mickey

This week we talk about the theme for the Reflections of Evil Trade Event at WDW and a brief overview of what it is all about. We also discuss the event merchandise previews we saw as well as the character selection. We also have updated news about the Star Wars releases and about a new LE Radio Disney Award vinyl.

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Pick up Mechanical Kingdom Cheap!

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According to Disney, from April 26 – May 6 you can pick up Mechanical Kingdom from D-Streets for only $24 for 4! That’s pretty cool. The only down side is that Ludwig is a online exclusive! This sale is part of the limited time magic event.

Do you have this set yet? Will you get it now?

Who is the 13?

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Now that you know What and When the 13 is, what about Who they are? (Who who, who who, I really wanna know!)

The tech team over at Destination Vinylmation has sifted thru the notices and discovered the names of these vile villains (as well at the heroes who will take them on). On the dark side we have:

Chernobog (Fantasia)
Oogie Boogie (Nightmare Before Christmas)
Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
Jafar (Aladdin)
Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
Hades (Hercules)
Cruella De Vil (101 Dalmatians)
Queen of Hearts (Alice in Wonderland)
Evil Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
Dr. Facilier (Princess and the Frog)
Scar (Lion King)
and Ursula (The Little Mermaid)

Luckily we have the light side we have:

Goofy
Figment
Minnie
Mickey
Donald
Chip
and Dale

I like the massive selection of Villains (although I think Gaston is too dumb to be a true villain). I got excited when the description of the event included a nod to Figment. I was hoping for a few more unique characters in the group of 7. With Daisy out for Figment there is only one female good character. All of these chracters have also be represented in vinyl form. The only characters with “non traditional” figures could be Chip and Dale since they only get their own figure as Nerds or DCL workers.

Another note, Disney revealed that Madam Mim is a vinyl. But she’s not even in this picture! What is up with that? Are there really 14 villains?

Also, does anyone else feel like this is a video game? I almost expect an announcement soon that Disney is releasing a mobile app that is a video game with these 7 against these 13. (Well, except that Disney keeps cutting their games departments and most recently dissolved Lucas Art).

What do you think? How many of these will see vinyl form? (Because we know they will all have pins!) And if you missed it, check out the previous article on the “mirror pins“. Very interesting stuff.

When and What is the 13?

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We learned back at Mickey’s Circus that this year’s big trading event was going to be called 13: Reflections of Evil. Today, the Disney Parks Blog gave us more info, and it kinda blows my mind.

Not only is this event starting on the Friday the 13th in the year 2013, but according to the story, it’s going to feature 13 Villains who have come together to gain power. The only way this can happen is by using the Magic Mirror to bring all these villains to the same world. This was done.

Now (quoted from Disney Parks Blog) “As the newly assembled Villains are hashing out their nefarious plans,
the Villains intentionally break the mirror and hide the thirteen
shards. Now the mirror can never be used against them, as it is the only
object that can send them home. Lucky for us, an imaginative purple
dragon named Figment overheard their plotting and asks Mickey Mouse for
help. Along with five of their trusted friends known as the “Lucky 7,”
Mickey Mouse and Figment devise a plan to stop “The 13.” They must
reassemble the broken shards to send the villains back to their rightful
places in time.”

This is an awesome story that seems to be leading to an awesome event. It almost makes me want to see all three days! I am also hoping for a series of 13 Villains Vinylmation to go with this story (It could be Villains 4!). But based on the pieces revealed today, I don’t think that’s happening (unless there is a lot more vinyl to come). Today we got to see two figures. First, a Maleficent on the Minnie platform.

This is interesting, although I’m not sure abut the use of the bow. I kinda wish they would use the Mickey platform head with the Minnie body to get interesting combo (just like Amber Gonzalez did with her Ladies of Disney Set).

The set Vinylmation revealed was a two pack set with Madam Mim. She looks better then she did last time we saw her in vinyl form. Madam Mim isn’t even in the picture of the event! But the big question is what will be the second vinyl. It could be a mirror, that seems vital to the story. It could be the hero that defeats them. But I think this set of pins will give us a better idea of what it could be.

These pins are called the “mirror” set. In it, each villain is shown with their alter ego. How awesome is that? And does that mean that the second piece of the Mim set might be her in a different form? Could they have two piece sets for all 13 villains? In the past they have only had a few vinyl each year, could this be the year they bust out over 26 vinyl? I certainly hope so!

Also note, tickets for the 13: Reflections of Evil event will go on sale via DisneyParksMerchandise.com on May 8 at 1:00 p.m. EST.