Bakery Online
Several people were hoping that the Bakery series (released today at D-Street) would be online. It is! Well, kinda. The Marie, Minnie, and Tink cupcakes are available, but not the other three. The price is $11.95.
Another Trading Night for WDW Announced
Today, Disney announced that Walt Disney World Florida would get another trading night on July 8th. It will be in the Contemporary Resort in the Fantasia J Ballroom from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Woohoo! These have always been a lot of fun. Be sure to be early, last time the line was huge!!!!!!!
Dive “Under the Sea” with This Week’s WDWNT Podcast!
Have you heard this week’s WDW News Today Podcast? If you haven’t, here’s what you can expect:
Join me, Tom Corless, and a cast including Jason Diffendal, Scott Smith, Zach Larson, and Conner Purzycki for a variety show dedicated to the Walt Disney World Resort and its many fans. Plenty of Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this edition of the WDW News Today Podcast!
Welcome to another edition of the WDWNT Podcast. This is episode #196 for June 1, 2011. On this week’s show, we have a huge edition of you Walt Disney World Resort News and Rumor Report. In this week’s report, we discuss Blackbeard joining the crew of Pirates of the Caribbean, major updates to the Imagination! pavilion at Epcot, the return of the Enchanted Tiki Room to the Magic Kingdom, and last, but certainly not least, DLNT’s Conner Purzycki joins us to take an early look inside the “Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid” attraction that will soon be coming to Walt Disney World, but is already open at the Disneyland Resort. All this and more Walt Disney World information and fun awaits you on this week’s WDW News Today Podcast.
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Spotlight On: Custom Vinylmation Artist Joseph
We previously talked to Custom Artist Joseph about his BioShock 9″, now he is back with Anatomical Vinylmation.
In his own words from his Joe of War Customs Blog, Joseph talks about his newest creation:
This custom Vinylmation started out as just fooling around with a 3″ white blank figure. I wanted to see how easy it would be to chop one in half, so I took a hair dryer to soften the vinyl, and a very big knife and boom! Easy as that. Next was coming up with something interesting to actually do with the vinyl. I stewed around with some ideas for a few days and finally settled on making an anatomical Mickey.
I thought it would be cool to show the insides of a Mickey without being too gross and graphic. I think I pulled it off with some cute details and only a few dabs of blood on the brain.
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The lungs, intestines, brain, ear brain, cartoony heart, and realistic heart were sculpted with Aves Apoxie. Rare earth magnets about 1/16 of an inch can be used to interchange the cartoony and realistic heart like an accessory.
I painted the outside muscles in patterns so they would look like they could move independantly. My girlfriend thought it would be cool to do part of the head as a skull and the other part as muscle tissue. I took Val’s advice and love how it turned out thanks babe!!!
For the skull half, I painted the pie eye with some brain seen through it. The only marker I used was for the teeth and the crack on the top of the skull. I made the crack in the skull so that the ear would look like it was brain sort of coming out of the skull just for a cool effect.
Finally for a base I tried to give it a rusty metal feel, so I gave a McFarlane Halo helmet display a full repaint. Added more magnets to the top of the base, and Mickey’s head stays on easily (even weighing as much as it does with all that Apoxie brain!)
Bakery Vinylmation Served up on a Platter
Nick dropped by D-Street Florida today and got some great shots of the Bakery Series coming out tomorrow. They look so yummy!
Nick also got a shot of the poster that confirms the price as $11.95. Whohoo!
Which one is your favorite?
The time is now… RSP for the Florida Project
We got our emails from The Florida Project announcing that the RSP process has begun. The deadline for submitting your selections is July 31st, at 11:59 PST. So take another look at everything being offered and make your selection!
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Retro Dumbo
RSP2 |
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Retro 70s Mickey 9″
RSP2 |
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Retro Pooh 3″
RSP1 |
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Empress Lilly 9″
RSP3 |
What are you putting first???? I think I’m gonna go for the 3″s.
Bakery Explained
Update: Price now confirmed by photo of poster at D-Street!!
Update: 6/1/11 On Facebook, Kevin from CA, confirmed a price tag of $11.95. We assume that the price will be the same here in Florida. Once we get visual confirmation, we’ll let ya know! This is cheaper then I expected with all the extra vinyl, what do you think of the price tag??
Update: 5/19/11 Disney has announced a release date of June 3 at D-Street FL and CA. They also released pictures and an exciting reveal.
As some people have predicted, the icing is removable revealing the character’s head inside. Right now, we only have a picture of the Mickey with icing off, but they also released pictures of Cheshire Cat and Tinkerbell (see below). This set will be sold in open window boxes and was changed from being limited edition to an open ended production number.
Open Window Box Bakery Series
Update: 4/20/11 While looking at the Disney Vinylmation Vault today I noticed that they added Bakery to the list. This usually means that it’s out already, or that it’s really close to release. What do you think? Might it be out in a foreign Disneyland or will we get a surprise on Friday? Also we now know the artist is Susan Foy.
Update: 4/9/11 After a discussion in line at D-Street we pondered if the icing would be removable. Check out the discussion at Cute on the Inside?
4/7/11 How awesome is this? Today Disney added a sneak preview of the Bakery set to their Sneak page. And get this, The Mickey, Minnie, and Cheshire Cat look exactly like MC artistically rendered! First, they were cupcakes with frosting, like we imaged, and then they look very very similar! So check out the whole set, designed by Susan Foy, and let us know what you think!
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Mickey Cupcake
Straightforward, but kinda cool. We don’t have many straight forward Mickey heads, so this will be nice. |
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Minnie Cupcake
Also simple in design, but perfect in execution! |
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Cheshire Cat Cupcake
Purple stripes, with little tuffs of hair at the top. (Hair in a cupcake? ewwwww) Look at that signature big grin! Nice and colorful… great looking piece. “Makes me want a real Cheshire Cat figure.” – Nick |
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Marie Cupcake
“Lots more detail here, but I surprisingly am starting to like this Bakery set.” – M.C. |
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Tinkerbell Cupcake
I wonder how shinny the glitter is? A very Tink design, the wink is a nice touch. “This is why Princesses are going to be a problem, the head is just to fat for Tink’s look and she looks boyish to me.” – Nick |
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Confetti Mickeys Cupcake
“Wow, a fail for the final one. Why not do another character? Donald? Snow White?” – M.C. (before removal of icing) “Great surprise underneath! Like the facial expression.” – Nick |
Open Window Box Baker Series
Susana Gay vs the Light Meter
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Susana Gay, the artist behind the 9″ Urban 6 Light Meter figure took some fun pics of the piece along with an old camera and an actual light meter. So, even though the piece is sold out online, you still have a chance to see some of the coolness. Susana also lets slip that the numbers on the right arm are a secret code. We think it’s probably to her husband, Will. |
Spotlight On: Vinylmation Soap
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Today we feature a special custom Vinylmation. Remember those Ice Cube trays released awhile back? Well one Vinylmation Collector is using those trays to make Vinylmation Soap. Her name is Claudia (not the Claudia with the Mickey and Minnie Customs). We caught up with Claudia at the last event and she told us all about it. And if your interested in purchasing some, her contact info can be found below. |
Destination Vinylmation: How did you come up with the idea for making Vinylmation Soap?
Claudia: The idea was born because I love Vinylmations, and one day I was looking at them and thought that it would be cool if they could be used for something else, like soap. I found the right molding and gave it a try, they came out looking so cute, that I decided to offer them to all the Vinylmation collectors out there.
DV: That’s a really cool idea. A nice conversation starter at the house.
Claudia: I believe they can be a great item for the house or even for party favors.
DV: I see you have different kinds. What are the colors and fragrances available?
Claudia: The colors are based on the primary colors, I adjust the tones or mix them to have a nice variety of colors to match every taste. As for the fragrances, I use any of the following: tropical, citrus, lemon, vanilla, cucumber, lavender, orange, coconut, almond, green apple. If I don’t have it, I can try to find it. I can make any color and fragrance combination. The bases available are: Ultra Clear, Goats Milk or White glycerin.
DV: I see some of them are even sparkling.
Claudia: Glitter can be added by request to the clear soap, or jojoba spheres for exfoliating.
DV: How can people order your Vinylmation Soap?
Claudia: The price is 6 pieces for $5.00 plus $2.50 for shipping and handling. I also make discounts on bulk orders. I send the items via USPS first class or USPS Priority (in bigger orders) and only accept payments with paypal. For orders please contact me via email: vinylmationcreations@yahoo.com
or by Phone: 321-278-9252.
Scuttle’s Scavenger Hunt & Casey Jr. Roundhouse Join the Fantasyland Expansion!
Two new additions to the Magic Kingdom’s Fantasyland Expansion were announced today on the official page of the project, as well as some details on the other attractions coming as part of New Fantasyland:
Beyond the Horizon — New Expansions
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” —Walt Disney
The Fantasyland Expansion
Princesses, Dwarfs, Beauties and Beasts have all been working past midnight to unveil the grandest expansion of Magic Kingdom theme park ever! Scheduled to begin opening in 2012, here is a glimpse of the future of Fantasyland:Storybook Circus
The sound of the calliope will lead you to the brand new carousels of airborne pachyderms on Dumbo the Flying Elephant—now with 2 Dumbos! Before taking to the skies on this Fantasyland favorite, experience an array of fun-filled family games and interactive wonders for kids of all ages inside the Big Top.Barnstormer
Hosted by the Great Goofini, this daredevil roller coaster, which twists and turns high above the Storybook Circus grounds, is getting a bright new look.Casey Jr. Roundhouse
Adjacent to the Fantasyland Train Station is the Casey Jr. Roundhouse, a circus-themed immersive water play area that’s fun for the little ones. They’ll splish and splash as Casey Jr. billows off cool steam and water squirts from playful monkeys, elephants and camels.Under the Sea: Journey of The Little Mermaid
Make a splash with Ariel as you take a voyage in a clamshell into a world of imagination under the sea. This attraction features her friends Sebastian and King Triton and, of course, music from the Walt Disney Pictures film.Scuttle’s Scavenger Hunt
While approaching Ariel’s Grotto to meet The Little Mermaid, join Scuttle for this fun, interactive game! Search the seaside entrance way to find the seagull’s treasures from the Human World, like a dinglehopper or a bulbous snarfblatt. Scuttle will be on hand to help with the hunt.Enchanted Tales with Belle
In Maurice’s workshop, a magical mirror is your doorway to a captivating storytelling experience. Transport to the Beast’s library to meet Belle and Lumiere, and share in a lively, interactive re-telling of the “tale as old as time.”Be Our Guest Restaurant
Experience the elegant ballroom, gallery and mysterious West Wing of the Beast’s castle. With seating for 550, this magnificent dining hall will offer great quick-service meals by day and full table-service dining in the evening. Nearby in Belle’s Village, discover the rousing Gaston’s Tavern and Bonjour!Princess Fairytale Hall
Greet Aurora, Cinderella and Tiana and in their new home, an elegant royal court fit for every princess.The Seven Dwarfs’ Mine Train
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, off to work you go! Take a rollicking, musical ride through the Seven Dwarfs mine—where a million diamonds shine. This roller coaster features a first-of-its-kind train that responds to every twist and turn of the track . The journey will be accompanied by music from Walt Disney’s animated classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
The Casey Jr. Roundhouse is not a big surprise, as we can actually see it in some early concept art (pictured below). On the other hand, “Scuttle’s Scavenger Hunt” is something completely new to us. We expect this to be very similar to the Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure at Epcot. Stay tuned to WDW News Today as more information on the Fantasyland Expansion becomes available.
UPDATE:
Here is the concept art for the Casey Jr. Roundhouse released in the large overall concept back in January:
Also, multiple reports have confirmed that some early testing was conducted for Scuttle’s Scavenger Hunt inside the queue of The Seas with Nemo and Friends about a month ago.