Custom VinylMadness Begins!

WDWNT on March 18, 2013

It’s finally here! The first round of Custom VinylMadness starts tomorrow, March 2nd. This month long voting process will determine Vinylmation fandom’s favorite Custom Vinylmation.

Using a familiar looking bracket system, each vinyl submitted has been randomly drawn out of a hat to determine it’s location in the bracket. Customs will be paired off and fans will choose their most favorite of the two. The custom with the most votes then moves on to the next round. There are a total of 56 entries this year, so customs in the 1 through 8 spots will have a bye in the first round.

Every round will start with a post announcing that round’s pairs. Fans will have two days to vote for their favorites at facebook.com/destinationvinylmation. On the third day we will announce the winners who will be moving on and also post the next round.

There are four regions to the bracket labeled “Fantasyland”, “Tomorrowland”, “Adventureland” and “Frontierland”. These names are just to help organize the figures and mean nothing about the location of the artist.

Some quick notes. All figures will be shown with the name their artist gave them along with a number. The artist’s names will not be revealed until the end of the contest. Artists, please feel free to share and post to your Facebook groups asking people to vote for your figures. Please keep these posts positive; as in “Go vote for my figure” as opposed to negative “Don’t vote for this figure, it’s ugly”. DV reserves the right to disqualify any artist’s custom entry. If that artist is found to be making negative statements against another artist or custom during this contest. Let’s keep this a celebration of the art form!

Congrats to every artist, any of these entries is worthy of the top spot, but only one can win it! That winner will also get a banner on the DV home page for 3 months that can link to the artist’s web page, Facebook page, or store!

Spotlight On: NRB Relic’s E.T.

WDWNT on March 18, 2013

Here is my newest custom Vinylmation “OUCH!” inspired by one of the most loved films ET the Extra-Terrestrial.

“I have watch this movie over 1,000 times and every time I watch E.T. and Elliot say goodbye it brings a tears to my eyes. He also lights up! Check out this video:

ET-Come…
Eliott-Stay…
ET-Ouch.
Eliott-Ouch.
ET-I’ll… be… right… here.
Eliott-… bye.

Thank you for your time.
Nanette (NRB Relic)
https://www.facebook.com/NRBRelic

DLR “Trading in the Park” Event: March 2nd

WDWNT on March 18, 2013

Over at Disneyland this past weekend, traders organized an unofficial fan meet up for Vinylmation lovers called “Trading in the Park.” The event is held in the picnic area at DLR from 11am-1pm on the 1st Saturday and 3rd Sunday of each month. Collectors of Vinylmation, Pins, Pop and more are welcome. OCVinylDon of VinylmationTraders.com sent us some photos and a note:

“It was about 80 degrees and sunny at DLR today. The event started at 10 and traders started to stroll in by about 1-130. We peaked at about 9 trade tables, about 25/30 traders, and over 1000 vinyls. Was good to see old traders, and meet new ones and put a face behind the names. The next event is Sunday March 17th (Saint Patricks Day) with DLR Paradise Pier trade event on Friday March 15th from 5-8 . See you at the next trade event.”






A Tale as Old as Time…

WDWNT on March 18, 2013

 

In an article today, Steven Miller talked about the Julie Young being part of the Vinylmation team. In the interview she reveals that a “Beauty and the Beast Series” is coming in June. Based on the picture it looks like it will be a normal blind box series. Hopefully of 12! So far we have Belle, Beast, Gaston, Cogsworth, and Lumiere.

Are you ready for this!???

More to Sing About

WDWNT on March 18, 2013

Along with the Beauty and the Beast set, the interview with Julie Young also provided a look at a Silly Symphony series. She says it will be coming out in early Fall. She also says “it features long lost characters rarely seen on merchandise.”

We’re already excited. What do you think?

Everyone Likes a Red Head

WDWNT on March 18, 2013

 

Meet the two newest red heads of Vinylmation. First, Julie Young. She has been a long time merchandiser with Disney Pins and according to the Disney Parks Blog is coming over to Vinylmation. She also was in one of Steven Miller’s interviews when he joined the team back 9 years ago. Congrats to Julie!

Also, Julie seems to be holding what we can only assume is a Park Starz version of the Red Head from Pirates of the Caribbean. Could this be another Park Starz 2 figure? (She doesn’t say anything about the figure in her interview.) How do you think it compares to the famous animatronic?

Thanks to Michael for taking a closer look. He spotted what looks like it maybe be a Park Starz Orange Bird in the background. What do you think?
Well Steven Miller already answered this question, with a big fat YES!

We also noticed the packaging for Park Starz 2…

Spotlight On: Ryan Branoff’s Animal

WDWNT on March 18, 2013

We ran into Ryan on the internet and since MC is a recovering drummer, this custom spoke to us. We asked Ryan about his custom.

Destination Vinylmation: Hi Ryan, how long have your been doing customs?

Ryan Branoff: I’ve always been interested in the custom world of Vinylmation. I have been collecting Vinylmation for the last 3 years, but have just recently in the past month been doing my own customs. I’ve been working really hard this past month, I never knew how addicting creating your own Vinylmation would be!

DV: They are addicting! So, what is your art background?

RB: Art has always been a major part of my life. I went to an arts-centric high school, where I studied Visual Arts, and this continued on to university. Since then, I have been working as a commission artist with a focus on portraiture (on the side to my day job).

DV: That sounds fun. I love this figure, what inspired it?

RB: Definitely my love of the Muppets was the inspiration behind this figure. Ever since I was little, I have been a big fan of the Muppets, especially Animal. I have a pretty expansive Muppet collection spanning from the Palisades line of action figures to every Muppet-related Vinylmation that has been released. I knew my first 9 inch custom had to be special, and the result was my Electric Mayhem Animal.

DV: What was the most difficult part of this design?

RB: The Electric Mayhem logo on the back was the most challenging. I knew I had to get it just right to execute the overall design on the back of figure and in order for the figure to have the overall feel I was going for.

DV: Don’t worry. It looks great! Just curious, which are your favorite Muppets?

RB: Animal, Gonzo, and Bean Bunny.

DV: Which of Disney’s VInylmation figures is your favorite?

RB: This one is really tough. There are a lot of figures that appeal to me, but I would have to say that it’s a toss up between Park 1 Kermit and Park 3 Rizzomouse.

DV: How can people find more of your figures?

RB: To see any of my past projects and for future releases, you just need to ‘Like’ my Facebook Artist Page: www.facebook.com/CustomVinylmationRyanBranoff or email me at ryan.branoff@facebook.com.

CVM – Round One: Frontierland Bracket Winners

WDWNT on March 18, 2013

Here are the winners of round one of the Frontierland Bracket of Custom
VinylMadness. Congrats to all the winners! One fun note, next time these figures compete, Ursula will compete against Epic Ursula. May the best scary magical octopus win!

Round One of the Tomorrowland Bracket starts today, you can see the figures at destinationvinylmation.com/vinylmadness. Good luck to all the figures in the next round. (At the end of the VinylMadness we will be revealing all the artists.)

See the full bracket here.