Two Mickeys One Broom
Straight from Hong Kong
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| This weekend we got a nice surprise in the mail (well okay, we paid a lot of it, but we’re gonna call it a nice surprise). Our 3″ vinylmations from Hong Kong flew all the way from Asia. Between Dumbo and his feather, and Sorcerer Mickey and his magical hat, they made their way to our homes for some pictures. Check out the picture above, the figures came in the new (and much hated) boxes, we prefer the tins. | ||
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| Check out the back sides of these figures. Both have a reference to the 5th Anniversary Celebration that is the event these vinyl were released for. Also notice the hidden Mickey that the magic glitters form on Mickey’s back. | ||
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Check out the bottom of each figure. They both say “Hong Kong Disneyland” and reference the “Celebration in the Air” 5th Anniversary Festival. Notice that neither figure mentions an artist. That fact still eludes us. (Also pictured is the platform from the bottom of the boxes.) | |
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Here is the Hong Kong 9″ Castle Vinylmation. Check out the great castle on top. With a great silhouette of Mickey in the body.
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What are your opinions? How much would you pay for each of these?
Working for a Collection…
Clear those shelves fellow Vinylmation Anonymouses. The Occupation Series will be coming out on March 4th. This will be a 3″ open window (like Sports) 10 figure set, each sold with one of three randomly packaged Jrs associated with each figure. That means that there will be a total of 30 Jrs! 30!! They will come out first at the D-Streets at Walt Disney World and Disneyland.
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IT Tech 3″
This looks awesome. The screen and keyboard are the perfect gift for that friend who is really into computers. |
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Finger Click Jr
One of the three Jrs randomly packeaged with IT Tech. It shows the familiar icon of a finger that we all associate with the mouse. |
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Thumb Drive Jr
Another of the Jrs that are randomly packaged with IT Tech. A great representation of a thumb drive. |
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USB Cable Jr.
The last of the three Jrs that are randomly packaged with your IT Tech purchase. I like the simplicity of this figure. |
Look for more info on this series as it comes.
What other occupations do you think will be part of this set? We know Teacher and Fireman. Leave a comment with your ideas.
Photos from Disney Vinylmation Blog.
Tailspin’s Wings Iced
Today Disney announced on their blog that the Tailspin online exclusive series will be delayed until March 5th. This is a Saturday. Does this mean it now lines up with some other release? Maybe they will have the rest of the Disney Afternoon Series out in stores the same day? I hope so! What are your thoughts?
Photo from the Disney Vinylmaton Blog
Stormtrooper of the Week #04
Well, I’m a day early with this one. My week has been so out of sync that I forgot what day it was today. But that just means you get a smile a day early.
Sometimes the Stormtrooper of the Week hits too close to home.
Spotlight On: Cesar Diaz
Last week, Cesar Diaz from Reseda, CA sent us pictures of his custom Vinylmation LOST set. Check it out here if you missed it. Impressed by this set, we asked Cesar a few questions about his artwork.
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Destination Vinylmation: How long have you been creating custom Vinylmation?
Cesar: I’ve been doing customs for about a year now. Only recently has it become more serious. DV: How many pieces have you created? Cesar: I’ve done about a total of 25 vinylmation customs. I started off with Munny customs. But once Vinylmations were introduced there was no turning back. |
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| DV: What’s your favorite creation?
Cesar: My favorite so far is Lilo. That was the first custom I added clothes to. DV: What other art-forms do you create? Cesar: I do illustrations and cartoon/comic drawings. |
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| DV: Do you collect the Vinylmation created by Disney artists?
Cesar: Of course I do! I only collect the ones I like though. DV: What is your favorite Disney Vinylmation figure? Cesar: My favorite is Stitch (Park 5), although Buzz Lightyear is great as well. |
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DV: Can you describe the creation process of the LOST figures?
Cesar: The origin of the LOST customs came from an idea my cousin Steve Zaragoza and I had. We started to talk one day about how cool it would be if Disney would make a LOST series. But we realized that probably would never happen. So I decided to make my own. The first one I did was Locke. My cousin Steve sent me a sketch of Locke. Once I get the sketch I modify it to make it work on a vinyl. Steve designed Locke, Hurley and Kate. |
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| DV: Some artists struggle, but you made good use of the ears. Was painting the island on the ears your plan from the start? | |
| Cesar: Your so right! The ears are always a challenge. When my cousin Steve sent me the first sketch of Locke he put the island on the ears, which I thought was brilliant. It wasn’t until I had a couple of vinyls made that I decided to make a part of the island in the ears, so when you put them together it completes the island. |  |
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DV: Which one of the Lost figures you created is your favorite?
Cesar: I don’t really have a favorite. I love them all. I did have a lot of fun designing Charlie, his shoes especially. |
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| DV: Where you happy with the LOST finale?
Cesar: At first I was a bit disappointed. Not many things got answered about the island. But as time went by, I re-watched the finale and I get it now. It was never really about the island. It was always about the people. So I’m happy with the ending. LOST will always be a big part of my life. DV: Will we see a LOST Series 2 from you? Cesar: Most definitely! I’m already thinking about the characters. One thing’s for sure, Series 2 will be the Dharma edition. I’m really looking forward to creating Desmond and Ben. DV: Do you have any for sale? Cesar: All the vinyls I create are for sale. I also do special requests. DV: How can people contact you? Cesar: If people are interested in any customs, they can email me at darthcees@gmail.com also they can add the facebook group “My Customations”. DV: Any tips for people who want to begin creating custom Vinylmation? Cesar: The only tip I can give is to have fun with it! Oh, and try to get your work seen. It’s always good for people to review your stuff. |
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Evilos Strikes Back
A while back we posted about the custom Mickey in Carbonite we bought from Evilos, showing a picture we took of Boba Fett pushing him to his ship. Evilos has one-uped us by creating one rad diorama with several of the Star Wars Vinylmation characters and his custom Carbonite figure. As always he fills the piece with lots of extras, like the guns for everyone and Boba Fett’s cape (see 2nd picture). This is a great way to show off the custom piece he’s created. The base also plays the Imperial March. Check it out.
We also got a chance to talk to Evilos about several aspects of the diorama’s construction.
Destination Vinylmation: We really like the guns you find for your pieces, where did these come from?
Evilos: The guns were from the 3 3/4″ product hasbro line, also Boba’s cape. The guns were dry brushed with silver to make them look real and glued
DV: The base is awesome, tell us about it.
E: The base was custom masked and painted, all figures are bolted to the base. Static but Heads and arms still move.
DV: You say the base plays the Imperial March. How was that constructed?
E: Low profile base stand legs used to help house (hide) the sound component. Sound works with a switch in the back of the base.
DV: Lastly, the floating Carbonite Slab looks magical. I know in my picture it was a camera trick, but here its floating from all viewpoints. If you can, could you explain how that happened?
E: The floating effect is achieved by pinning the block to the side of Boba, then bolting Boba to the base to hold the weight of the block.
DV: Wow. Amazing as always. Thank you for your time, and once again we appreciate the contribution to the Vinylmation community you and your art provide.
To purchase this detailed representation of the famous scene from Star Wars, just to to the eBay action here.Evilos makes and sells his custom pieces at Evilos.com and is on twitter at @EvilosArt. Check out his stuff.
Nerds in Hand
Update: The glasses on all these figures do come off, and, as long as the figures are not moved a lot, they will stay on after the band is removed. It is similar to the 3D Mickey glasses. All you have to do is find the right spot of the head to sit the glasses on.
Disney’s Nerds Rock! series has been a popular theme for clothing and other Park merchandise and today they were released in Vinylmation form. Each figure retails for $9.95 at D-Street in Orlando and CA and will be released soon at the Disney Store Online. We got our hands on the 8 figure Doug Strayer (9″ Urban 1 Tin Mickey, 9″ Urban 2 Tiki Mickey, 9″ Urban 5 Moon) designed Open Window set today. So sit back, relax and take a trip into the world of pocket protectors, chess club and weggies. We present to you, Nerds Rock!
Mickey Mouse
Mickey’s cool (yes, these Nerds are cool) feature is the pencil in his ear!
Minnie Mouse
Minnie and Dasiy have removable clip-on bows! Just think of the other Vinylmation that can wear bows now.
Donald Duck
Donald has a cool Propeller Hat. It doesn’t spin, but its still a great addition.
Goofy
Goofy’s distinguishing feature is his braces.
Pluto
All the characters in Nerds Rock! have designer glasses with Mickey heads on them.
Daisy
All the character’s glasses are held on by the clear elastic bands we saw on the display figures awhile back. We thought they might just be for display, but it turns out the released figures have them. The bands are wrapped around the head and ears and lay over the sides of the glasses. The bands can be removed, but it seems to me the glasses would probably have a hard time staying on if you do and they do sit well enough to not require the bands. They are not too noticeable though, so I don’t see it giving most collectors a problem (if they want to keep them on).
Chip
Dale
What Nerd is complete without a place to protect his or her pens???
Other Nerds Rock Pictures
Disney Design group artist Doug Strayer put a ton of detail into this series.
Another Holiday
The Vinylmation Facebook showed a sneak peak of another Holiday 3 Series. (We previously saw the Chanukah figure.) Today they revealed another Valentine 3″. I really like it. I think it’s better then the 9″ Cupid from the Holiday 2 set!
What are your thoughts?
With Those, Hungry (Pied) Eyes
Check out what we stumbled onto at the Disney Store. The rare Pied Eyed Mickey from the Big Eyes series. And only $9.95 at the moment! Get them while you can!