Moore News from London

WDWNT on July 8, 2012

Some friends of DV, the Moores, just got back from an overseas trip and sent us back a report of what they found.

Hey guys,
We just got back from London and had to make a visit to the Oxford Street Disney Store while there. We also stopped in to the Covent Garden store and the store out near Stratford. The Oxford Street store was by far the biggest of the three as it had a second floor below street level. It was also the only store with more than a half dozen vinyls total. They had lots of flag vinyls and lots of the 25th anniversary light up Mickeys with the base. They also had a full shelf of Big Top and Spooky Series 2. Aside from that they only had a handful of the around the world and a couple of Nerds Minnie vinyls. They also had a 9″ vinyl for £5 which converted to roughly $9 when we were there. Aside from that, they had a few cool displays.


New Vinyls Were Only An Illusion

WDWNT on July 7, 2012

Update 7/8/12 These re-releases seem to only have happened at Disney Stores that have already released a city specific figure of their own. (NYC, Chicago, SF, Tokyo, Paris, London, Dublin) Also, thanks to the Playwright in NYC, we know the Global Vinyl was $9.95, but the others will be $12.95.

Thanks to this picture of a poster sent to us by The Playwright that was hanging at the Times Square Disney Store, we get a look at the other 5 “Magic Around the World” Vinylmation that will be released over the next five weeks at Disney Stores.

Feeling a sense of deja vu? We were excited to get 5 new Disney Store “world themed” vinyl figures, but instead all this meant was a re-issue of the previously location exclusive figures into other cities. This continues the Disney Store trend of turning “location exclusive” figures into “city specific” figures. They have previously released figures from New York, Chicago or San Francisco online for everyone to buy. I personally enjoy the idea of making some figures hard to get and only available in one city’s stores. So here is the lineup:

July 2 – Global Vinyl
July 6 – London Guard
July 13 – EDO Japan Mickey
July 20 – France
July 27 – Leprechaun
August 3 – Geisha Japan

Big Hats coming to London

WDWNT on March 26, 2012

VM_Paris just tweeted this picture to the world. After a French and Irish Big Hats, we speculated that we’d see the series of them from different locations. We also thought it would make a cool Beefeater from London. Well, here it is. Thanks VM_Paris!

What do you guys think of this one? Which one do you want the most? What other cities do you think will be Big Hat figures and what do you think they will be?

Big Hats come to Rome

WDWNT on March 26, 2012

Even more Big Hat Figures are being released in Europe. Just recently Vinylmation.com announced that Rome had their own special figure. Meet their Gladiator. Great looking saddles and uniform. Nice use of ears also. This figure is by Adam Colp from the United Kingdom. Colp also created the French Big Hat figure.


Speaking of those other figures, here they are as a reminder. So far we’ve seen figures for Paris, Dublin, and England. Anyone think they know who will get the next one?

All pics from Disney

Big Hats City Exclusive Explained

WDWNT on March 26, 2012

Big Hats City Exclusive
Release Dates: Vary
Price: Vary
Details: This series of similar style figures will be released periodically at Disney Stores around the world. They will represent the city in which they are released.

 Roman Warrior
London Royal Guard
Dublin Leprechaun
Paris Chef

London Exclusives Now Online in UK

WDWNT on January 1, 1970

We have a ton of international readers that will enjoy this news. Our friends over at Vinylmation World found out that the London Bus and London Taxi, both 9″ exclusives at the Oxford St. Disney Store, are now available at the Disney Store Online UK.

Link to London Taxi
For those state side collectors thinking they could now have access to these UK gems, think again. The Disney Store UK does not currently ship to the US… no matter how much you offer them for shipping. Collectors in the UK shouldn’t hesitate to pick up the double-decker bus. I have one and it is a spectacular figure. I did not get the taxi as I was a bit underwhelmed by the design.