Japan Girls Festival Mickey & Minnie

WDWNT on July 8, 2012

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.

Myths and Legends Chaser

WDWNT on July 8, 2012

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.

Fantasia 3 Online

WDWNT on July 8, 2012

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?

Spotlight On: Custom Vinylmation Artist Annemarie

WDWNT on July 7, 2012

Annemarie is back with some all new custom pieces.

Destination Vinylmation: Both of these new customs look amazing. What do you enjoy more, replicating a Disney character more closely like Mad Hatter or developing your own design like the Scarface and why?

Annemarie: That’s a difficult question to answer; I really enjoy doing Disney characters because in my mind they represent Vinylmation, but it’s really fun to have to start from scratch and figure out how I’m going to approach something totally unique. With Scarface, I tried to do something similar to Villains 2, for example, where you’re focusing more on the face than on the body. I thought he’d look more “serious” this way, as opposed to giving him a squat body and arms. The Mad Hatter was a lot of fun because I had so much color and detail to draw from. I actually had to simplify him a bit to give him a cleaner design.

DV: These customs are for OCVinylDon. Tell us about the trading community he has set up.

AM: VinylmationTraders.com is an online community where folks can post what they have for trade/ what they’d like to trade, and hopefully find someone who can meet their needs and in turn help out! It’s been a great experience for me, every one’s been honest and fair and there’s a place where you can leave good feedback, much like eBay. Don has been the moderator over there, and he does a great job. I’m happy to have added to his collection of customs.

An Additional 25% Off

WDWNT on July 7, 2012

 

Over at the Disney Store they are having their twice upon a year sale. Today they announced an additional 25% off selected items. Above are the vinylmation I found for the additional savings.

To get the extra discount put one of the items in your shopping cart. Then type in promo code: SALE25.

 Also check out other items on sale, like several of the Funko Pop Vinyl Series.

Release Day! – June 29th, 2012

WDWNT on July 7, 2012

Lets start with the biggest, most exclusive, piece first.

Today the Park 8 Yeti was released exclusively online. The Casey Jones figure costs $74.95 and there are only 1000 of them. Buy it at DisneyStore.com

At both D-Streets the Duffy the Bears came out. Read more about them at

And also at D-Streets are the new Color Block Series. Read more about them at:

Also remember that Disneyland will be having a trading night tonight from 7-10 at the Pacific Ballroom at the Paradise Pier Hotel.They will also be having signing with Monty Maldovan and Quynh Kimball throughout the day and at the trade event.
Over in Orlando, WDW will have a Park Starz Series artist signing with Thomas Scott and Casey Jones from 5-7 at D-Street. D-Street WDW will also be getting the new 9″ CYO Vinylmation ’95 pieces.

For all the details of upcoming events go to our calender at

The Monorails: Live at Disney’s Grand Floridian

WDWNT on July 7, 2012

Long before they made an appearance as our favorite 3″ Disney collectibles, The Monorails were a band that toured around the Walt Disney World Resort performing at the resorts. We recently dug up some of The Monorails old concert posters, CDs, Albums and publicity photos. The Monorails were on hand when Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort opened on July 1, 1988. With that anniversary this weekend, we thought we would start there.

The Monorails Concert Poster
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CD Cover
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GRR!

WDWNT on July 7, 2012

Zoe braved the wild to capture this shot of the Bear at Grizzly River Run!

Carl and Ellie

WDWNT on July 7, 2012

Disney has released an image of the Carl and Ellie Up combo set that will be released at Comic Con and online on July 12 for $26.95. It is an LE 2000

This looks like a perfect representation of the two kids who we meet early in the Pixar movie Up. It is one of my favorite movies of all-time and although we only know these characters for a short while, they are two of my favorites. The use of ears is fantastic. Check out Comic-Con Explained for the rest of the lineup.