Happy Father’s Day!
More Cute Then We Have Ever Seen!
Surprise! Disney released two 9″ Cutesters Like You figures at the Disney Store Online today. They both retail for $39.95 and are LE 650. These are the first 9″ figures from the Cutesters series.
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Gothy Great color pallet on this figure. I like the pig tails with skulls, nice touch. |
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Cheery A cheerleader here who attends VM. Hmmm, a Vinylmation school! Looks like she has the added detail of painted finger nails. |
Noah Exclusive D23 Vinylmation
We all know when Noah does a Vinylmation, it is something to behold. Take a look at this D23 Exclusive figure that will be available at the August Convention in Anaheim.
This one-of-a-kind figure has a running broom on the body, the D23 logo and Tinker Bell on the head, a sorcerers hat and a Mickey silhouette on the back. As will most of Noah’s creations, this 9″ figure comes on a display stand with a piece of Noah’s artwork on the back. Wow, I wish I could see this one in person, that paint job looks awesome. If you missed it, we talked to Noah about his work a few weeks ago.
ZoMG: The Lion King
I am so excited to talk about this upcoming Vinylmation set! The Lion King is one of the best Disney movies and I really think everyone is going to respond well to this collection! There are so many great characters that Disney could incorporate into this newly anticipated series and I am going to brain storm some ideas here with you guys!
We already mentioned on the site, we have Banzai (Villains 1) and Simba (Animation 1) but that doesn’t mean these characters wont be repeated. I am first of all assuming that this set will be the new mold just because the photo of Mufasa looks like the new mold shape, which means they could remake/innovate these characters to look even more amazing on the new mold.
We already have Mufasa so that is one character. Mufasa looks amazing. I like the way that his face is so big it takes up the whole body just about, it really makes him look ferocious!
Now going through the classic Lion King characters there are so many to choose from. Here are some of my guesses.
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Simba – There will 100% be another Simba figure. He is the Lion King after all. The Simba from Animation 1 is a younger looking Simba so maybe this set will have an older version or both! | ||
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I just can’t wait to be king Simba – Simba with the leaves all around his head
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Nala – Simba’s best friend/girlfriend – Young Nala or Older Nala | ||
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Sarabi – Simba’s mommy | ||
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Timon – regular or maybe Timon in a hula skirt | ||
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Pumba
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Zazu
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Rafiki – This figure would be great! They should definitely give him an accessory of his stick! It would fit perfectly into the new Vinylmation molds hand! | ||
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Scar
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Pride Rock related figure – maybe with Rafiki holding up baby simba | ||
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Elephant graveyard related figure – maybe with all three hyenas |
I’m sure there are more things that I’m forgetting but let’s talk about this! Let me know in the comments what you guys are thinking!! We will have to wait and see the final product on August 29th when they are released!
– Zoe
There Ain’t No Party Like a Pirate Party!
Claudia, one of our readers/listeners and featured custom artist, sent us her pictures, video and a few words about Friday’s Pirates of the Caribbean Vinylmation release party at D-Street Orlando where they had up for sale some amazing one-of-a-kind Pirate themed customs. She was there for both the morning Vinylmation release and afternoon artist signing with Casey Jones. During the afternoon festivities, a Pirate Band entertained the crowd. Claudia grabbed some video for us:
Some rain moved into the area, so the band and signing were moved indoors
Claudia took pictures off all the customs before they were sold.
“I arrived at 9am, and there were 9 people in front of me. Rosa (D-Street store Manager) said that the first person arrived at 4:30am.”
“They had wrist bands to those wanting to buy customs.”
“The wrist bands to those wanting to get Casey’s signatures were given after you made your purchase. You were allowed to get 2 vinyls signed by Casey, but you were able to get back in line by obtaining a different color wrist band.”
The Backs of Robots
Disney released this picture of the backs of all the 3″ Robots. I especially love the back of the Mystery Chaser!
Belle & Beast Headline Disney Pop! Vinyl Series 2
Comic-Con was this weekend in San Diego, CA. Funko, who makes Pop! Vinyl figures, had a selection of special LE Disney Pop! Vinyls for sale. Our friend Daniel was at the event. Here is his account.
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| “All of these were sold out by end of day Friday, except Mr. Incredible.” |
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| Here are the 9″ Buzz and Maleficent. “They had more on top of the booth. Maleficent was flying off the shelves!” |
Now, here is a look at what to expect from Series 2 of Disney Pop! Vinyl
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Lotso “Toy Story 3” |
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Jack Skellington “Nightmare Before Christmas” |
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Sally
“Nightmare Before Christmas”
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Belle
“Beauty and the Beast”
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Beast
“Beauty and the Beast”
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Boo
“Monsters Inc.”
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George Sanderson
“Monsters Inc.”
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Jessie
“Toy Story 2 & 3”
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Mr. Incredible
“The Incredibles”
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Syndrome
“The Incredibles”
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Mickey Mouse
“Steamboat Willie”
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Minnie Mouse
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What are your thoughts on Series 2? And did you/will you pick up any of the Comic-Con LEs?
ZoMG: New Wish-A-Littles at D23
The countdown to D23 is on! These past few weeks Disney has been giving us sneak previews at what we can expect to see at the D23 Expo. This is all so exciting. The first Expo in 2009 was SO much fun. I can’t wait to see what Disney has in store for us this year!
Today I found out from my good friends over at Destination Vinylmation that Kidada Jones will be on hand at the D23 Expo on Sunday August 21st at 1pm to sign and take photos with guests, as well as debut the new fall Wish-A-Littles.
I cannot contain my excitement. As you have seen in some of my past posts, I am a HUGE Kidada fan. I was so excited when I heard about this collaboration with the Disney Store, and now we are finding out there is even more to come!!
The last set of Wish-A-Littles that were released were, Snow White, Cinderella, Tiana, and Belle. Now, the next set of Wish-A-Littles that are going to make their debut at D23 are, Ariel, Tinkerbell, Alice and Jasmine. These figures look incredible. They go perfectly with the previously released Princesses. I am so happy that Kidada decided to include Ariel – since after all she is my favorite. I will have to personally thank her at the Expo!
Here are some photos of the new Wish-A-Littles
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Ariel My favorite. I love the way she designed this one. They all have that cute look like they are laughing and I love the small details she added to Ariel, like the flower in her hair. I will definitely purchase this Wish-A-Little at the Expo and maybe even have her sign it! |
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Tinkerbell I love how her classic green dress fits perfectly on this mold. She looks adorable. |
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Alice Now Alice is not an official Princess but we will let her slide because she looks so darn cute! I love the bow in her hair, this turned out perfect! |
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Jasmine I love the colors on this one, especially the details on her headband and earrings. She looks beautiful. |
Inside each Kidada Wish-A-Little there is a charm necklace. I can’t wait to see what each girl will have inside. Maybe Ariel will have a shell, Tinkerbell could have a wand, Alice could have the white rabbit, or maybe the eat me/drink me bottles; Jasmine could have the lamp or maybe even her kitty raja. The possibilities are endless.
I will be there in line to meet Kidada at 1pm; hopefully I will see you guys there!
I can’t wait to see what else will be available from the Wish-A-Little line when it debuts at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California next week August 21st.
-Zoe
Pint Sized Disney: Pepper Grinder Jr.
Last week, I raved over my favorite Jr Vinylmation, but not all Jrs are created equally. There are some that I think are not as well designed, and in general look sloppy. Let me introduce you to my absolute least favorite Jr ever:
Pepper Grinder from the Occupations Chef combo set.
It took me a good fifteen minutes to even figure out what this was. At first I thought that it was a gavel. My second guess… the vase optical illusion… nope. And then it hit me, it was with the chef, so it must have been a pepper grinder.
This is not a really well thought out design, so let’s take it apart. The head is 360, and looks like it might make a promising figure…so the head isn’t awful. Then we get to the body… yeah. The body isn’t 360 which takes away from the head being 360 and ruins the general effect. The curves of the grinder are not even and ends up making it look like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate River/ Waterfall. And then there are the feet… another fail. The stripe down the side takes away even more from the 360 effect, and the round on the foot on the far right image is less rounded than the other foot.
In general, this is not a good design, and makes me wish they had just scrapped it, and gone with another kitchen oriented thing, like a spork. That is all and I will see ya’ll next time.
DisneyMozart
Destination Vinylmation at D23 and Disneyland
Nick and MC are headed across the country to the D23 Expo and Disneyland. We will be at D23 most of the day Saturday and all day Sunday. Then onto Disneyland on Monday and California Adventure on Tuesday.
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I can’t wait! We have never been to Disneyland, and we have limited time, so we want to know what should we see? What rides are must dos? Where should we eat? (limited post Florida Project RSP and D23 Expo budget remember) Where should we NOT eat? Any info would be wonderful! I don’t want to be rushed, I want to be able to enjoy the park and take lots and lots of pictures. Are there some tips on Fast Passes and order of rides?
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We also would like to meet as many DV readers and listeners as we can, so let us know if you’ll be around! Also check out our vinylmationcast twitter to see where we are throughout the weekend!
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And don’t worry, we plan on doing a Podcast Sunday night after the Expo. If anyone wants to help with that, please let us know. Also, stay tuned to this site for updates throughout the weekend. If you need to read up on D23, what it is and the Vinylmation expected there, check out D23 Explained.