Spoiler! Well it was predicted with the rest of the set so it shouldn’t be much of a surprise, but here is the Muppets 2 chaser (front and back). The photos are from eBay seller lindogcatbird. Thanks! (Before the reveal people thought it could have been Gonzo, or another Kermit, or Waldo, or Skeeter)
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| Muppets 2 Chaser (front) |
Muppets 2 Chaser (back) |
This week I, Nick, am taking over the Stormtrooper of the Week. Several days ago I went to Megacon. Look who I found there….
On some weekends Sheldon puts on his favorite superhero’s costume and poses for pictures at the local Con.
Recently we received an email from Justin Marshall, and inside it contained a whole lot of pictures of his customs. There were a whole lot of good ones, but the one I wanted to talk about today was the Haunted Mansion.
I really like the look of this figure. He does a great job of getting a lot of details with his paints. The hitchhikers on the front, and the shadow on the back. I also enjoy the wallpaper eyes all over the front. This makes me look forward to the official Haunted Mansion set coming out this fall!
I got a chance to ask Justin more about this figure.
| MC: How long have you been creating custom Vinylmation? Justin Marshall: I have been creating them since July 2010. MC: In that time how many pieces have you created? |
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| MC: What piece that you have created is your favorite? JM: I think my first creation that started it all, Captian EO. |
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| MC: Do you collect the Vinylmation created by Disney artists? JM: Of course, I love them! MC: What is your favorite official Vinylmation figure? |
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| MC: Well that makes sense, especially since you made your own version. How did you come up with the idea of a Haunted Mansion piece? JM: The original poster you see at the entrance of the magic kingdom (under the railroad track). MC: Can you describe this figure? The inspiration. What detail went into it? MC: What is your favorite aspect of it? MC: I think you did a great job on them. What was the hardest part in creating this figure? |
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| MC: So when you’re finished with that wallpaper one, or if anyone wants to see your other work; where can people go to find out more about your pieces and see your work? JM: I am working on a dedicated page solely for my vinylmation creations. But I am on Facebook, just look up my email, jchad1000@hotmail.com, or people can email me a request for something they would want to see put on a vinylmation. MC: Thanks for dropping by! Again, love this figure. |
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Thanks to our twend @milkyjoe75 we have a look a a few more Jrs for the Celebrations Series that comes out this Friday, April 8th! Here the a few that we hadn’t seen before! (We have already seen Baby Bottle, 2nd Place Ribbon, Chinese Thank You, and Money from our French friend Aranya.)
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Baby Rattle Jr.
Comes with the Baby Girl 3″ Look at all those not so hidden mickey around the head! Very cute. Makes you wonder if any of the Baby Girl’s Jrs are just “pink” versions of a Baby Boy’s Jrs. |
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Ball and Chain
Comes with the Groom 3″ Love it! LOL. Great for all my married friends. And really well done too! |
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Birthday Balloon Jr Comes with the Happy Birthday 3″ Reminds me of that elusive Park 1 chaser! Well done I think. Simple, but effective. |
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Confetti Jr
Comes with Party Time 3″ Pretty straight forward. |
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Fancy Lace Jr Comes with the Bride 3″ Um, Joe couldn’t really identify this, and we can’t really either. So, just a pretty bride-y pattern. Enjoy. |
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Mickey Ice Cream Bar Jr
Comes with the 1st Visit 3″ Very similar to the Urban 2 Mickey Chocolate Bar 3″ figure. I like it. It makes me hungry! |
Thanks to an email by Don that pointed us to the Disney Pin site, we have a sneak peak at two new Urban 7 designs. These two pack pin sets have held designs that represent the 9″ vinyl designs. So that seems like a good assumption here! Check them out:
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 This Spotlight On segment is going to be a little different than normal. Usually we use this segment to highlight interesting Vinylmation artists. Today we will do that same thing, but in an “outside the box” way.
On twitter the other day we spotted a tweet about vinylmation pictures. We clicked on the link and found one of the coolest niche sites about vinylmation we have ever seen. Cassie Dyer is a professional photographer from Ohio. Along with her husband, she runs a local portrait studio. In her free time she’s fallen in love with a little Park 2 friend: Poncho the Mouse by Randy Noble. Cassie created the site ponchothemouse.tumblr.com and takes all the photos you can see there. We had a chance to “sit down” with Cassie and talk about her, and her site. |
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| MC: How long have you had your site? Cassie Dyer: My first Poncho picture was taken in June 2009. I would just post them on my Facebook, but due to his growing popularity I decided to create a blog site in June 2010 for a larger audience to see and enjoy. |
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| MC: What’s your favorite picture so far? CD: It was incredibly fun to take pictures throughout Disney World, but I think my 2 favorite pictures are “Poncho went rock climbing” and “Poncho went searching for dinosaurs.” |
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| MC: The dinosaur one is pretty cool. How did you come up with the idea for the website? CD: When photography became my career, I lost my passion to shoot anything that wasn’t portraiture. I wanted to take pictures outside of the business but I had to think about what my new subject would be. What did I love? Disney World was the obvious answer. At that time, my parents had fallen in love with vinylmations. I looked them up online and knew that one of those vinylmations would be perfect subject. Poncho seemed to have the most personality out of the bunch. It was love at first sight! |
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| MC: He is cute. What reactions have you gotten from the site? CD: Outside of the Disney fanatic world, I get some funny looks when I’m taking pictures of a toy mouse, but it’s very fun. My friends and family love the Poncho the Mouse series. He makes so many people smile. Now I’m really wanting to branch out into the Disney community. |
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| MC: They are a great community to be involved with. Speaking of Disney, what is your favorite Vinylmation figure? (Or 2nd if the answer is Poncho) CD: Aside from Poncho, I love all of the EPCOT vinylmations. I’m also really looking forward to my Disney World trip in July to buy park series 6! The EPCOT road sign and Norway troll vinyls are too cool! |
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| MC: Are you working on anything else vinylmation related? CD: We have about 25 vinylmations and I’m wanting to take pictures of them soon. Check out Poncho the Vinylmation Mouse on Facebook and I’ll be sure to post some! MC: I will! How can people find out more about your pieces and see your work? MC: Thanks for joining me, and I encourage everyone in Destination Vinylmation land to click on the link above and check out all Cassie’s photos! |
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Our Park 6 figures decided to take a trip to the Magic Kingdom. We said, OK, and documented the trip in pictures. A big thanks to Chris for helping us out with the shoot. You can find “variants” to many of these photos at our Facebook page: Facebook.com/DestinationVinylmation
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Look what Donald pulled out of a blind box! Find the Wet Paint Donald “variant” photos at our Facebook. |
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Orange Monorail was pondering how to get his life back on track. |
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Space Mountain Paris visited Tomorrowland at the Magic Kingdom to spy on his competition.
Find the Space Mountain Paris “variant” photos at our Facebook. |
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Abe Lincoln felt right at home in Liberty Square at the Magic Kingdom. Here, he addresses the crowed of red, white and blue Mickey Ear antenna toppers.
Find the Abe Lincoln “variant” photos at our Facebook. |
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Needless to say, Pinocchio didn’t expect to see Monstro show up in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom!
Find the Monstro “variant” photos at our Facebook. |
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Everyone on the Ferryboat to the Magic Kingdom felt safe with the DCL Lifeboat on board.
Find the DCL Lifeboat “variant” photos at our Facebook. |
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Sonny and Sonny perfromed many duets on Saturday to a packed house at the Starlight Cafe. Cosmic Ray was pleased enough to have a open toppings bar for the guests on hand. |
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DHS Clapboard voted to go to Hollywood Studios but was outnumbered. So he spent the day at the Main St. Cinema watching classic Mickey cartoons and trading Vinylmation with guests. |
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Tiki was shocked by his Adventurland counterpart’s size. He was also disappointed to find out that his designer Casey Jones didn’t equip him with the ability to squirt water.
Find the Tiki “variant” photos at our Facebook. |
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Walt Disney World Road Sign wouldn’t stop pointing to stuff all day! It was really annoying, but I did capture this fun shot when he was showing us all where the castle was. |
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Troll of course wanted to visit his homeland at the EPCOT World Showcase, ride Maelstrom and have some good eats. Instead, he found himself at home in the brush just outside the Magic Kingdom train station. |
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No dinos at the MK, so Primevil Whirl hung out in the overgrown plants in Adventureland. |
One of our favorite custom artists here at Destination Vinylmation recently let us in on a little, well 9″ tall, secret. After receiving her Villains 1 9″ figures, Celeste thought, “I want to see my other favorite other villains in 9″ form”. So she did it herself! Check out Scar (Lion King) and the Queen of Hearts (Alice in Wonderland). You might remember Celeste from other figures we have showcased on this site. Her work with Adam Lambert for his charity auction was cool, but her Muppets’ Animal has spoiled us for whatever plans Disney has for their upcoming 9″ Animal.
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Scar
When I first saw the picture of this figure I was amazed. Whatever Celeste has done to finish the paint on this vinyl makes it look like it’s straight from the Disney factory. Not only that, but the face is perfect, right down to the sideways glancing look in his eyes. Her use of space on this figure is wonderful, having Scar’s head fill most of the front. On the back is a nicely rendered tail, one that makes me not care that it’s not 3D. |
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Queen of Hearts
Wonderfully colorful, this piece comes alive with the queen’s mouth screaming “Off with their heads”. I love that Celeste uses Mickey’s nose as the queen’s chin. And check out the crown in the ear. Great piece, I’m sure it would look even cooler with a tiny Alice next to it! |
We’d like to thank Celeste for letting us see these figures, and plead with her to continue doing exactly what she’s doing! For more of her custom’s check out Celeste’s site at celestecustomvinylmations.blogspot.com.
Last week we posted photos of the Celebrations set from our French friend Aranya. This Jr was part of the Party Time 3″. We put the word out on twitter asking for help with what it was. Disney Artist Thomas Scott responded, “It makes sense when you see the side view.” So that’s exactly what we did. We contacted Aranya and asked her for a side view. She responded with the pictures seen above. We are now calling this Noisemaker Jr. after those things you blow into during parties that make weird noise. Like this one…
What do you guys think?
Update: 4/2/11 The Art of Disney DLR page had this graphic and confirmed the price as $26.95. Also worth noting, the small print saying “2 sets per guest, per day”.
Update: 3/25/11 Disney Events page officially posts the April 8th release date we announced earlier in the week. Thanks to J for pointing it out. It looks like both the FL and CA D-Streets will get the Duck Tales combo pack. It is NOT listed as being released online. Set your alarm clocks and we will meet you out there before dawn. What time will you line up?
Thanks to Ryan, the newest addition to the DV team, we have a release date for the Duck Tales combo pack from the Chris Chapman designed Disney Afternoons Series.
