The lucky rabbit gets the unluckiest date of the year to debut. The Oswald 2013 Poster Art Figure (December 2012 on the calendar if you’re playing along at home) will be released online on September 13. It was previously thought that a quantity will be available inside the Reflections of Evil Trade Event, this appears NOT to be the case. Instead, park goers will have to wait until September 20. Each poster art figure is LE 2013 and $14.95.
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Ep. 103 Magic Mirror This week we announce DV’s March VinylMadness! A contest for custom artists. We also have Matt from Vinylmation Kingdom on the show to make a huge announcement you will not want to miss. MC and I talk about our Top Ten Vinylmation stories from 2012 and look ahead to 2013 with predictions. And of course, we have all the latest news and release dates. |
The collections by Disney page has already announced the date for the March Poster Art Series release and signing. On March 1st, Thomas Scott will sign the Vinylmation, Pin and Calendar from 5-7pm at Disney’s Pin Traders in the Downtown Disney Marketplace. March features a Donald Duck inspired design. Take a look at the viny, pin and calendar page below. Take a look at the complete lineup here.
On Friday, April 5 Disney Design Group artist Tyler Dumas will meet with guests and sign his April 2013 Poster Art series merchandise at D-Street Orlando from 5-7pm. Tyler’s April design is one of my top three favorites of the entire series. (see the entire series here) This is a look at the calendar page:
Here is a look at the Vinylmation:
I think they translated the design to the Mickey platform as well as they could, but it falls a little flat to me when compared to the 2-D art on the poster. There will also, of course, be a pin available to purchase.
Now if Tyler’s artwork here looks familiar to Walt Disney World fans, it should. Tyler is the artist behind the Cinderella Castle collage that was used on merchandise to celebrate the 40th anniversary of WDW in 2011.
Tyler also created to logo for the “Room for One More” event at WDW that celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Haunted Mansion.
Tyler is also no stranger to Vinylmation. He has his autograph on the bottom of a few vinyl Mickey feet, including:
Why do I even try to assume I know what Disney is doing? Thanks to a tip from a reader Chris, we found a Hong Kong eBay seller with what appears to be the 2013 open edition figure up from auction.
It also seems to be a legitimate figure, not a dumpster diver, that was released in Hong Kong on December 6, 2012. I have recently assumed the Open Edition 2013 figure we will see released here in the states on December 28 would be the Oswald figure since the Oswald poster is December 2012 on the recently released WDW calendar. But maybe not.
This design has some similar elements, but is not one of the 13 limited edition figures we saw on display at Mickey’s Circus. The first LE figure is set for release on January 4, 2013.
You can check out the auction for yourself here.
A few days ago, we revealed what the inside of the 2013 Walt Disney World calendar looks like, also revealing the line up for the 2013 poster series of Vinylmation. Then we received a photo of the Disneyland 2013 calendar from Thomas. He showed us that the December poster, along with a few others, are different depending on the coast you purchase your calendar on.
The DLR version includes Disneyland icons. The differences include the Buena Vista St. Walt and Mickey statue in the “1”. Then over in the “3” the ’59 Matterhorn, Retro Mickey star, ’01 Grizzly Peek, and Disneyland partners statue are all different than the WDW version (see below).
Here are the other pages that have DLR icons instead of WDW. (Check out the entire WDW calender and corresponding Vinylmation here.)
With the announcements below we confirm there will be WDW Marathon figures this year as well as another Valentine’s Day commemorative. We have yet to see the actual figures, but the marathons are called “mini medals.” So here is a look at the 2013 medals:
The Valentine’s one is anyone’s guess. We also get details about the 2013 series, a Pixar LE combo and the third Fantasia. We have no clue what order the 2013’s will be released in, but Disney released the calendar from which the figures were inspired in park stores. So i’ll find it and take a look this week. I would assume the order of release would correspond to the months they appear on the calendar. Here is a look at the 13 figures as they were on display at Mickey’s Circus.
We will have to wait until January for the 9/3 Crush and Squirt LE combo. It will have an edition size of 1250 and will retail for $64.95.
The third Fantasia combo is a Parks and Online release featuring Hop Lo & Gold Fish. There are 1500 of them and it will retail for $24.95.
Also in the mix is the seventh junior series installment and a new Disney Vacation Club Piece. The junior series is themed to space and was on display at Mickey’s Circus.
We don’t know for sure, but we can assume the DVC figure will be this design that we saw only in concept art on Vinylnation years ago.
JANUARY 4, 2013
D-Streets
2013 Series – 3-inch figure by Dave Keefer & Maria Clapsis (Edition Size: 2,013 / Retail: $14.95)
Valentine’s Day 2013 – 3-inch figure by Maria Clapsis (Commemorative / Retail: $14.95)
JANUARY 4, 2013
Online
Valentine’s Day 2013 – 3-inch figure by Maria Clapsis (Commemorative / Retail: $14.95)
Vinylmation Jr. Series #7 – In Space (Mystery Box / Retail: $9.95)
JANUARY 10, 2013
D-Streets
2013 Run Disney – 3-inch figure by Maria Clapsis (Commemorative / Retail: $12.95)
JANUARY 10, 2013
D-Street Orlando (And Wide World of Sports?)
Walt Disney World Half Marathon Mini Medal (Open Edition /Retail: $1.95)
Goofy’s Race Marathon Mini Medal (Open Edition / Retail: $1.95)
Walt Disney World Marathon Mini Medal (Open Edition /Retail: $1.95)
JANUARY 11, 2013
D-Streets
Vinylmation Jr. Series #7 – In Space (Mystery Box / Retail: $9.95)
Disney Vacation Club Exclusive 3-inch figure (Open Edition / Retail: $14.95 )
JANUARY 11, 2013
Online
2013 Series – 3-inch figure (Open Edition / Retail: $12.95)
Disney Vacation Club Exclusive 3-inch figure (Open Edition / Retail: $14.95)
JANUARY 18, 2013
D-Streets and Online
Pixar Series #1 – Crush & Squirt, Finding Nemo – 3-inch & 9-inch figure set by Maria Clapsis (Edition Size: 1,250 / Retail: $64.95)
JANUARY 25, 2013
D-Streets and Online
Fantasia Series #3 – Hop Lo & Gold Fish, The Nutcracker Suite – 3-inch figure set by Thomas Scott (Edition Size: 1,500 / Retail: $24.95)
On January 4th at D Street in Orlando Disney Design Group Artist, Dave Keefer will hold a signing from 5 to 7pm. On that same day, the first 2013 Poster Art inspired Disney Pin and Vinylmation figure will be released. Dave will be available to sign the Vinylmation, pin and Poster Art Calendar. The Vinylmation is LE 2013 and will retail for $14.95. The pin is LE 2000, costs $19.95 and comes with a display easel. The calendar includes some amazing artwork and has perforated pages to make it easy to remove the posters. It retails for $19.95.
Each month, a new Vinylmation and Pin (as well as other merchandise including iPhone cases) will be released based on artwork from the 2013 Poster Art Calendar. This previous article took a look at the entire Vinylmation set and the calendar pages.
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Ep. 102 Lightning McQueen This week we had lots of fun breaking news. The announcement of a follow up to Furry Friends. The early release of Myths and Legends. Monorails in Disney trade boxes. New Japan releases. And artist signings for the 2013 series and WDW Marathon. |
