It’s a Small World Jr. 4 Vinylmation Explained

WDWNT on August 28, 2011

It’s a Small World
Release Date: August 19 (D23), September 11 (Florida Project), September 16 (D-Streets)
Artist: Thomas Scott

Update: 8/28/11 IASW was released at D23 last weekend and sold for $8.95 a blind box. We have revealed the entire set and chasers below. We also learned that IASW will be released at the Florida Project, but then in D-Streets on September 16.

Update: 8/5/11 Thomas Scott showed us a handful of Small World Jrs. today. Some of which we have not yet seen:

Photo from Disney’s Vinylmation Blog

For more ideas of what might also be in this set check out

 Poodle

This pink pooch made the cut. In my opinion, it looks a little odd on this Jr mold, but it has been well received.
Penguin

I like the choice to have him looking up so his beak uses the ear.
Indian Girl

One of the female dolls in the attraction.
Girl Doll

One of the female dolls in the attraction.
Girl Doll

One of the female dolls in the attraction.
Girl Doll

One of the female dolls in the attraction.
Frog

Looks good on the Jr with the eyes in the ears.
Boy Doll

One of the male dolls in the attraction.
Boy Doll

One of the male dolls in the attraction.
Queen Chess Piece

A black and white figure, the Queen spins around on a chess board with the King toward the beginning of the ride. Will we see the King? Could he be on the back??
Cactus


Next to the Leopard (already done brilliantly in Park 4), the musical Cactus is one of my favorite characters in the attraction. Glad to see him a part of this set. – Nick
Masked Girl

This is another one I was hoping to see after refreshing my memory with last weekends boat trip. The masked girl is in a hula skirt and is dancing around a masked boy playing a drum.
Smiling Sun

The big smiling sun. If they were not going all Kids and Animals, this one had to be in there. It brightens up any trip around the World.
Tiger

I really like all the animals in It’s a Small World. This tiger Jr is great A lot of character packed into a 1.5″ piece of vinyl.
Girl

This girl was our first glimpse at this series when Disney Artist Thomas Scott tweeted it one morning.

Hippo

Including so many animals really brings up the enjoyment level of this set for me. Great detail for a Jr. Will it have a bird on the head?
Mystery Chaser #1

Click the mystery chaser icon to reveal chaser #1.
Mystery Chaser #2

Click the mystery chaser icon to reveal chaser #2.

Here is a look at the IASW packaging:

ZoMG: It’s a Small World Juniors

WDWNT on July 30, 2011

Hello everyone! Yesterday we found out that a Small World Vinylmation Jrs. Series is going to be released around the time of D23 (21 days – I am SO excited).

I think it was such a smart idea to make the Jrs 4 Series be Small World themed, it works perfectly.

I am going to throw out some possible Small World characters that we could see in this series. And instead of including pictures for all of the mentioned characters, I linked to a video below. We have a few hints and previews so far so lets begin with those!

Young boy – I love the way Thomas Scott designed this figure. It makes me so excited to see what else we have in store. I love that he decided to put the flowers in each Mickey ear to make sure people understand this little boy is a part of Small World and not just a random boy Vinylmation.

Tiger – I am so happy that animals are going to be included in this set. The tiger figure looks perfect. Everyone that sees this will know he is from the Small World ride.

Hippo – Funny story, as I was typing up this article at 12am PST, Vinylmation.com posted this picture to help me out, of the Jr. Series 4 box. As we all know whatever figure is on the box, is a part of the set. With that said, our third confirmed character is the Hippo from small world!

After seeing the Hippo, I am thinking that half of the set is going to be children and the other half popular animals and memorable parts from the classic ride. There are so many children and animals in the classic Disney ride that they could have chosen from. Here are a few that stuck out to me and will hopefully be a part of the series!

The Polar Bear – this guy you can find when the ride begins. He is part of the Artic/North Pole section of the ride.

Eskimo – the same scene that has the polar bear, includes the Eskimo children fishing.

The next section of the ride is Scandinavia/Canada. In this section there are many children to choose from. A few that stuck out to me are, the children dressed in band uniform with the tall black hats, one of the children dancing as you enter this section and also maybe one of the acrobats. This way each section has a child to represent the language.

The next section is Europe. This section includes:
The British Guards
The Can Can Dancers
The Goat on top of the hills
The Children in the tulips
The Children ringing bells from the clocks

Then we enter Asia where you will find,
Young Girls with Tambourines
The snake charmer boy
Young Asian children with Kimonos
Panda Bear

The next scene has many characters and animals that could be used for the set. Including,
The colorful Zebra
Hyenas
Rhino
Tiger (already confirmed)
Hippo (already confirmed)
Young boy drummer
Young girl dancers
Giraffes with flowers

Latin America is the next section of the ride that includes,
Children with Sombreros
The sun
Donkey

South Seas is the next section of Small World, which contains characters such as,
Ariel (wishful thinking.. but maybe the other mermaid that used to be in Ariel’s place?)
Turtle
Hawaiian children
Kangaroo
Hula Dancers
Platypus (not sure if that’s the right animal, correct me if I’m wrong)
The sparkly alligator with the umbrella
Children with tribal masks on
Butterflies

That is a lot of characters to pick from so here is my prediction. I think that this set is going to have a fair amount of children because children make this ride. I think the set will contain and even amount of girls/boys to represent each country/place that is represented in this ride. Along with the children I also think there will be animals that go along with the characters. Like the Panda, the Turtle, the Kangaroo, the Zebra etc. No matter what Thomas Scott decided for this set, I know it is going to be wonderful and I can’t wait to have them all!

Any other ideas please let me know, id love to hear them!

It’s a small world after all..

It’s a Small Vinylmation Set

WDWNT on July 28, 2011

No really, Junior Vinylmation are tiny. Series 4 was teased today with a tweet by Vinylmation Designer Thomas Scott. Only a few hours later, vinylmation.com is confirming the series.

Each one of the pieces in the Juniors 4 set will be related to the “It’s a Small World” ride. The series is by Thomas Scott and will “make it’s debut” at the D23 event in August in California.

Here’s a look at the sides of the box.


So far we’ve seen two pieces, a tiger and a kid. Disney promises more to come.

So it looks like a Small World Theme for Jr. 4. We have to ask, what would you like to see in this set? Do you have some favorite Small World characters? Email us photos of your favorites and we will post them. It looks like there will be all humans and animals as well!

Vinylmation Speculation: Juniors 4?

WDWNT on July 28, 2011

Today Thomas Scott released this picture on Twitter.

So what does it mean? I haven’t seen this figure before, so does this point to the first figure of Juniors 4? We are pretty sure that series will be coming at some point. Maybe this is the first clue. Will the whole series be people dressed up? Is it possible to connect this to one of the EPCOT lands? Any ideas?

Over on twitter @vinylchaser says that it seems like a 45th Anniversary of It’s A Small World figure.

As a side note, I really love the fabric it’s on. I gotta find out where to find that!