Mickey’s Circus- Artist Signing, Customs, Games and Trading!

WDWNT on April 19, 2012

Disney artists Ron Cohee, Thomas Scott, Eric Caszatt, Gerald Mendez, Monty Maldovan, Caley Hicks and Maria Clapsis sign for fans.

Thomas Scott

Thomas Scott

Ron Cohee

Thomas Scott

Thomas Scott signs the event cast trader Clown from Dumbo

Eric Caszatt

Eric Caszatt

Gerald Mendez

Caley Hicks

Caley Hicks and Maria Clapsis

Customs by Aaralyn
We finally met this talented artist and recorded an interview with her at Mickey’s Circus. We will have that for you on the next podcast 

Customs by Heather Kattleman


A Haunting Timepiece

WDWNT on March 31, 2012

Hey Haunted Mansion fans! Not only will you get a whole mystery set released (hopefully sometime this year) but today on the Disney Parks Blog they revealed this:

Wow! Designed by Caley Hicks, this LE 750 pocket watch and 3″ Vinylmation combo is simply amazing. A ghostly figure looms over a tomb on the vinyl. The watch is modeled after the grandfather clock inside the attraction. It will release “in a few months” and will retail for $175.

This will be a day one pick up for me. On an interesting note, Steven Miller wrote that this will be the “last” watch in the Vinylmation watch series. Interesting as there are only 3 others that were released about a year ago. I picked up all three of the Steampark, Park and Urban inspired time pieces (check them out here) and would like to see more. Especially if they are themed as well as this one.

Say Aloha to the New DCL Vinyls

WDWNT on January 12, 2012

Looks like an eBay seller in Hong Kong pulled some upcoming DCL Vinylmation figures out of the dumpster. Now if I can only find some Disney Cruise tickets in the dumpster by me. Unfortunately I will not be going to Alaska or Hawaii anytime soon, but the DCL ships will be and apparently some commemorative vinyls will be aboard. As always, we only post these pictures to show off some upcoming designs, we do not endorse purchasing these figures as they are damaged and hurt your collection as well as the hobby as a whole.

The first is a Lumberjack. The design on this one looks fantastic to me. Great face and logs in the ears are priceless.

Not much to the back of this one, but a nice continuation of the overalls. No cruise logo either.

It is a Caley Hicks design and limited to 1000. No word on release date. The second figure is a Hawaii themed piece.

A clear yellow with a lei wrapped around it.

The back of this one does include the logo and says “Inaugural Sailing.”

The Hawaii figure is an Eric Caszatt design and LE 2500. No word on release date for this one either.

A Very Goofy Christmas

WDWNT on November 14, 2011

On November 18, the Goofy Very Merry Christmas 3″ figure will be released at select locations at WDW and DLR. It will retail for $16.95. We first got a look at this one during The Florida Project.

Caley Hicks designed this special 2011 commemorative figure. The packaging is spectecular!

Photo from Disney

Pick it up at the Magic Kingdom at Uptown Jewelers, Emporium, Frontierland Trading Post or Merchant of Venus. At Disneyland, you can find Goofy at Star Trader, Adventureland Bazaar, Emporium or Disneyana. It will also be available at both D-Streets. Here is the turnaround (and the hat comes off!)

Photo from Disney

No word on a Dancing Lights or EPCOT Holidays 2011 Vinylmation yet.

And the Artist is…

WDWNT on February 26, 2011


Well, Disney has finally let a piece of valuable info slip. Today Stephen Miller posted a blog about his interview with the Disney Artist responsible for the Flags Set.

For a while now we here at Destination Vinylmation have been wondering who the mystery artist behind this series is, and now we know. The mystery artist is Caley Hicks, a new comer to the Vinylmation front. Also of note is that Lisa Badeen designed the cool boxes that came along with the series. Congrats to both of them on such a well designed series.

Picture from Disney’s Blog.

Vinylmation Farms: Now Serving OJ and Milk

WDWNT on January 1, 1970

The delayed 9″ + 3″ Urban 8 OJ and Milk combo is now for sale at the Disney Store Online.

This tasty LE 1500 combo retails for $74.95 and was designed by Caley Hicks. Thanks to Nathan and Rachel for bringing this to our attention. We know a lot of people have been waiting for this great looking set.