Release Day! – June 22, 2012

WDWNT on September 12, 2012

A ton of releases today! Here we go…

Celebrate the 4th of July with a 3″ Uncle Sam figure. It’s designed by Thomas Scott and retails for $16.95. Available both online and D-Streets.

My favorite of the day, Mascots. A series of 4 open window vinyls that retail for $12.95 each and designed by Maria Clapsis. These are available both online and D-Streets as well.

Next up is the LE 2500 Golden Yeti Park Starz variant. This is available at the D-Streets but shows up as “Sold Out” online as of this post. He will set you back $26.95.

Next up, Nerds Rock! Figment and Stitch for $12.95 each. Available at D-Streets and the Disney Vinylmation Facebook Store.

Lastly, the 6 figure Disneyland set. Check out the full series here. And if there are Cast Member trader variants as assumed, please let us know as you find one!

WDW Trading Event; News We Learned

WDWNT on June 13, 2012

The WDW Trading Night was full of previews as usual. Not much we haven’t seen in some form or another, but some great news including: Release Dates for Park 9, Duffy and Park Starz Variants. A ghost bride reveals herself for the first time. We got our first look at the Mascot Series. And oh ya, we learned of more Mickey’s Circus vinyls for the fall event!


MICKEY’S CIRCUS
Registration: May 19
Event Dates: September 7-9
Details: We were told of some Vinylmation that are not yet in the preview catalog, but will be available for the event. There will be two 9″ figures each with an LE 100. The CMs would not disclose the identity of the figures. There will also be another 3″ two pack featuring two bears. Again, the identity of the bears was not disclosed, but we can speculate based on the pins and Disney bears that we know. No Vinyls were on display, but we did get a look at 3 of the special pins:

Breakfast Pin

 

Dessert Pin

 

Early Bird Pin



MASCOTS
Release Date: June 22
Price: $12.95
Details: 4 figure open window series. Foam fingers, flags and hats highlight this series.

Donald! The faces on this series are amazing. The hat is fantastic.

 

Goofy has one of the best accessories I have ever seen… foam finger! What do you think of the shape of the right arm to make that effect happen?

 

Mickey has a cool baseball cap.

 

We have seen this Pluto, but this is why you don’t buy dumpster divers… the real figure comes with a flag. How cool is that!!?? Maria Clapsis has out done herself with this series.

PARK 9

Release Date: July 20
Price: TBA
Details: 12 figure blind box series. We have seen a picture of the pin box in the past, but we have some higher quality pictures of the pins here that show some of the detail.

AK Camp Mickey and Minnie Bear, AK Bat, ???

 

Typhoon Lagoon Gator, Dapper Dan, MK Train

 

Flick’s Flyers, Phantom Manor (Disneyland Paris) Ghost, Dumbo

 

Skyway
No Dole Whip pin, but the figure was on display

 

So was the Dumbo

PHINEAS AND FERB

Release Date: May 25
Price: $12.95
Details: 6 figure open window series. We got our first real up-close look and see the detail in the ears.

How cool is Agent P’s hat?

 

Candice’s expression makes more sense now that we see Jeremy is in her ear! Great touch!
Buford. Artist Ron Cohee went with clear ears and put some tufts of hair up into them.

 

Doofinshmirtz

 

Ferb. A better job could not have been done without a mold change to capture Phineas and Ferb’s faces!

 

Phineas

NERDS ROCK!

Release Date: no date given
Price: TBA
Details: Stitch and Figment “add-ons” to open window series. A really bad tease because no release date given, but they must be getting close… right???

Figment

 

Stitch

DUFFY

Release Date: June 22 (online), July 6 (parks)
Price: TBA
Details: 2 figure open window series

I was worried about the color, but looks great in person.

 

The detail in person is great. They look so well produced and designed. Also, the size of Duffy sitting is the size of a 3″ Vinylmation. It appeared it might be a bit bigger. Not a bad thing.

PARK STARZ VARIANTS

Release Date: Varies (see below)
Price: TBA
Details: 4 variant figures to the Park Starz series. Each has an LE of 2500

Haunted Mansion Bride (June 8). The surprise of the bunch and in my opinion the best. Makes perfect sense and looks great.

 

Figment (June 22 online only). Love the sweater. The online only release for such a localized WDW character makes little sense to me.

 

Abe Lincoln (May 25)

 

Yeti (June 22)

 

Episode 072 DCL Smokestack

WDWNT on June 13, 2012

Ep. 072 DCL Smokestack

This week we meander off the Vinylmation path just a bit to discuss other Disney topics, but once we get on track we have a ton of news. Many release dates and product first looks as well as a review of Urban 9. The Mystery Mail Bag is full and the events calender is long.

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Mascots Photoshoot

WDWNT on February 25, 2012

All excited about the Olympics, Disney’s #1 fans wanted to take in some games at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World. As always, there was plenty going on. But just in case there was some down time, they brought along the Sports series to play some games of their own.

Donald Duck
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Goofy
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Mickey Mouse
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Pluto
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The Mascots
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The Mascots
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Mickey Mouse
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Baseball
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Basketball
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Cheerleading
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Football
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Golf
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Soccer
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Tennis
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Volleyball
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Austin lines up his kick for the game winning goal!

Animal House: The Mascot Series

WDWNT on January 12, 2012

Update: 5/7/12 The Disney Vinylmation Blog added Mascot Series to the release schedule today. Look for them on June 22 at D-Streets. They will be sold individually in open window boxes for $12.95. No word yet on other figures.

5/5/12 A few readers sent us over some pictures of new figure found on eBay. Hopefully someone landed in detention for leaking this, as it is another “dumpster diver” from Hong Kong. This one has intrigued me more than any of the dirty vinyls we have seen the past couple weeks. The name of the series this Pluto is from is called “Mascots.”

The second I saw this vinyl, I immediately thought of a line of clothing I see at the parks. The various shirts, jackets, hats, etc… feature Mickey and Donald in a retro university style. Not until I took a peak on the DisneyStore.com did I realize they call this clothing line “Mascots.” Take a look at some of the styles below and let me know if you agree, but once I saw the name, I’m even more convinced they are connected.

Mascot Mickey Green Tee

Mascot Mickey Hat

DisneyStore.com listing showing the “Mascot” name

Donald Duck Sweatshirt
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To my dismay, there is only one Donald Duck item, this sweatshirt. One I would love to have, but I would only get to wear it like once a year living in Orlando. I always thought the graphic was incredible. I really like the retro look and as you can see, they do them in a number of poses and facial expressions.

The design style chosen for Pluto just looks amazing. We do know, the artist on this one is Maria Clapsis.

If the Mascot series turns out to be like the clothing line, I will most likely be signing up day one… as long as the final product line makes the grade.

Mascots Vinylmation Explained

WDWNT on January 12, 2012

Mascots Series
Release Date: June 22
Price: $12.95
Details: 4 figure open window series. Foam fingers, flags and hats highlight this series.

Mickey

Mickey comes with a baseball cap and is wearing a red sweater.

Goofy

Goofy has the most interesting design change ever, his right arm is bent and includes a foam finger design.

Pluto

From the HK dumpster dive we saw Pluto, but he was without his school flag. It seems like that flag would slide into holes in his mouth.

Donald

DOnald comes with a different type of hat and matching sweater.