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Up Is On The Way

WDWNT on June 23, 2011

What’s your favorite Pixar movie? Mine is Up. It not only is a great Disney movie, but one of the truly great films ever made. What is it missing? It has amazing characters. You are emotionally connected to Carl from scene one. Kevin and Dug are comedic genius. Up has a beautiful storyline. It is real. It is sad and not everything works out as planned. But it is also uplifting. Up also takes viewers on a great adventure. It has everything… except an official Disney Vinylmation. Until now. Friday, June 24 is the release date for the 9″ Maria Clapsis designed Park 6 Up (LE 1000 $44.95) at D-Street Orlando and California. So the movie has it all, but does the Vinylmation?

Take a peak. At first glance it looks like a beautiful piece. It has the house. It has the balloons. The design is well placed. But Up is a beautifully SQUIRREL!

…drawn movie, and I would expect more beauty in this figure. Instead it just… gets by.

I would have liked to see more definition in the details. Like the clouds, the sky and the balloons. I really hope, when we see this figure in person, the balloons will not have poor, overlapping paint job that shows up in a few 9″ vinyls.

Flip it over and you see… the back side of a house and balloons. The big miss on the 9″ Up is the lack of characters. Up has some of the most beloved characters of any Pixar film, and they are not here. Carl peaking out the window. Russell on the front porch. Kevin on the roof. Something. Anything.

This figure is kind of stuck in the middle to me. I’d take the lack of detail for some characters. I’d take the lack of characters for more detail. Let’s be honest, as an Up fan, I’ll probably pick it up unless I really don’t like it in person. What about you? Is Up a must add to your collection?

Make sure you check back on Thursday for our Alien Encounter preview. Also, if this Up doesn’t float your house, check out these previously featured customs.

Carl and Russell Customs

Kevin Custom

Surprising Vinylmation Discovery at Disneyland Paris

WDWNT on June 14, 2011

As promised on Facebook yesterday, here are some surprising finds from across the pond. My Destination Disney co-host had not clue the significance of these pictures he sent back to me from his trip last weekend to Disneyland Paris.

As you can see, several 9″ Park 6 figures are for sale in the DLP gift shops before we even have a release date in the states!

Adam found Alien Encounter, Matterhorn, Davy Crockett and Animal Kingdom Crate. They also seem well stocked on all Vinylmation series.

Star Wars is still abundant at DLP. You can find cases on every display. They also have the standards like Have a Laugh, Cutesters Too and Animation.

DLP shops also seem to have a healthy stock of all 8 Nerds Rock! Here is a look at some of the display areas and trading boxes there.

9″ Park 6 Vinylmation: The Complete List

WDWNT on June 7, 2011

Update: 7/18/11 Disney has officially announced a July 29 release date for both Davy Crockett and Animal Kingdom. Here is a first look at Animal Kingdom (that is not concept art)

This figure, designed by Maria Clapsis will be LE 800 and $44.95. I wonder what animal lurks in the darkness? Davy was designed by Casey Jones. It is LE 1000 and retails for $44.95. More details below.

Update: 6/20/11 The D-Street stores will still released Up and Alien Encounter on June 24… however the Online store will NOT be releasing them on that day. Disney wants to hold back and see how many they have to give to online sales first. We will post the new date when it is announced.

Update: 6/7/11 Disney announced release dates for Alien Encounter ($74.95) and Up! ($44.95) June 24th will be a fun day. Both designed by Maria Clapsis and LE 1000, they will be released at both D-Streets and Online. Check the figures out below. Disney also released this cool flat concept art of the Alien Encounter figure.

Here is a complete list of the 7 upcoming 9″ Park 6 figures. What are your thoughts?
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
9″ + 3″ Combo LE 1000

It’s the Nautilus and a Diver modeled after the ride at the Magic Kingdom from 1971 – 1994. Take a close look, half the sub is “underwater” and you can see the giant squid’s tentacles reaching out!

Release Date: June 24

Artist: Maria Clapsis

LE: 1000

Designed after my favorite movie of all time, until Toy Story 3 came along, this figure represents Carl’s floating house. ~~I wonder what surprises await us on the back? Kevin?~~ Just posted the back.

Matterhorn

This iconic Disneyland ride opened in 1959. Guest ride down a Switz themed mountain sized in bobsled like ride vehicles.

Alien Encounter
9″ + 3″ Combo
Release Date: June 24
Artist: Maria Clapsis
LE: 1000

ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter was a Magic Kingdom attraction from 1995 – 2003. The ride was in the same location Stitch’s Great Escape is in now. The show was a dark sci-fi like experience that was deemed very frightening to small children. Skippy is the 3″ figure on the right. He was an animatronic alien in the pre-show area.

Davy Crockett
Casey Jones
LE 1000
$44.95
Release Date: July 29

Davy Crockett, The King of the Wild Frontier, was a 19th century frontiersman that Disney celebrated with numerousness films. He also has a Disney theme park attraction named for him, Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes. This figure comes with an awesome removable hat!

Animal Kingdom Crate
Maria Clapsis
LE 800
$44.95
Release Date: July 29

Animal Kingdom is one of the four parks at the WDW resort in Orlando, FL.

China Pavilion

The China Pavilion is one of the 11 World Showcase Countries at EPCOT.

Episode 016 Graffitti

WDWNT on April 5, 2011

Ep. 016 Graffitti

Lots of stuff this episode. Nick and MC review Park 6 and the combo topper. They talk about the latest custom’s articles; Evilos, Celeste, and Cassie. Then they talk about the upcoming releases including Muppets 2 and of course take a questions of the Mystery Mailbag

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Park 6 Photo Shoot at the Magic Kingdom

WDWNT on April 3, 2011

Our Park 6 figures decided to take a trip to the Magic Kingdom. We said, OK, and documented the trip in pictures. A big thanks to Chris for helping us out with the shoot. You can find “variants” to many of these photos at our Facebook page: Facebook.com/DestinationVinylmation

	Look what Donald pulled out of a blind box! Find the Wet Paint Donald “variant” photos at our Facebook.
	Orange Monorail was pondering how to get his life back on track.
	Space Mountain Paris visited Tomorrowland at the Magic Kingdom to spy on his competition. Find the Space Mountain Paris “variant” photos at our Facebook.
	Abe Lincoln felt right at home in Liberty Square at the Magic Kingdom. Here, he addresses the crowed of red, white and blue Mickey Ear antenna toppers. Find the Abe Lincoln “variant” photos at our Facebook.
	Needless to say, Pinocchio didn’t expect to see Monstro show up in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom! Find the Monstro “variant” photos at our Facebook.
	Everyone on the Ferryboat to the Magic Kingdom felt safe with the DCL Lifeboat on board. Find the DCL Lifeboat “variant” photos at our Facebook.
	Sonny and Sonny perfromed many duets on Saturday to a packed house at the Starlight Cafe. Cosmic Ray was pleased enough to have a open toppings bar for the guests on hand.
	DHS Clapboard voted to go to Hollywood Studios but was outnumbered. So he spent the day at the Main St. Cinema watching classic Mickey cartoons and trading Vinylmation with guests.
	Tiki was shocked by his Adventurland counterpart’s size. He was also disappointed to find out that his designer Casey Jones didn’t equip him with the ability to squirt water. Find the Tiki “variant” photos at our Facebook.
	Walt Disney World Road Sign wouldn’t stop pointing to stuff all day! It was really annoying, but I did capture this fun shot when he was showing us all where the castle was.
	Troll of course wanted to visit his homeland at the EPCOT World Showcase, ride Maelstrom and have some good eats. Instead, he found himself at home in the brush just outside the Magic Kingdom train station.
	No dinos at the MK, so Primevil Whirl hung out in the overgrown plants in Adventureland.

ZoMG: Park 6 from Zoe

WDWNT on March 31, 2011

Hello everyone! Park 6 is coming out tomorrow and I’m sure that everyone is just as excited as I am! Since seeing photos of Park 6 figures, we noticed that Disney decided to go with a bit of a Disney World theme, as well as Paris and Disneyland. Being from California and also always making (at least) one trip a year to Disney World since I was 5 years old, gives me a little background on both the Disneyland side as well as the Disney World side to Park 6!

	Norway Troll Artist: Casey Jones The Norway troll is located in Disney World’s Epcot World Showcase in Norway! I think it’s great that they made a 3” version of this figure that stands extremely tall in Norway in Epcot. Everyone always stops to take photos with the troll and it is definitely the landmark in Norway at Epcot. Sadly at Disneyland we don’t have any Trolls but, hopefully everyone will one day make a trip to Epcot and see him for themselves!
	Hollywood Studios Clapboard Artist: Caley Hicks I love the Hollywood Studios Clapboard! Hollywood Studios is located in Disneyworld but here in California we do have California Adventure. In California Adventure we have, ‘Hollywood Pictures Backlot’ which is a little similar in the name to Hollywood Studios. The back shows different sayings like, Lights, Camera Action, which goes along with DCA’s Hollywood Pictures Backlot as well as Hollywood Studios.
	Walt Disney World Road Sign Artist: Thomas Scott Here comes a variant! The Walt Disney World Road Sign is a great figure! Always making trips to Disney World, this reminds me of sitting on the buses and going from one park to another. I love this figures and think that the variants work perfectly! The original figure says, “Magic Kingdom and Epcot” the 2 variants say, “Animal Kingdom” and “Theme Parks and all other guest areas”. Here at Disneyland we do have signs that point guests in the right direction, but none as memorable as the ones from Disney World.
	Wet Paint Donald Artist: Mark Seppela Another variant! Everyone loves when they place a classic Disney character into the set, and Wet Paint Donald is no exception. Wet Paint Donald was found all over Disney World and Disneyland Park when painting was being done. It is a fun and familiar sign to guests and everyone will love this Vinyl! Donald comes in 2 variant colors, purple and orange.
	Monstro Artist: Eric Caszatt Monstro is from the Storybook Land Canals in Disneyland. This is a great figure because Storybook Canals is such a memorable ride, especially the entrance through Monstros mouth! This is a landmark in Fantasyland and everyone will know exactly where he is from within the park!
	Space Mountain Paris Artist: Lin Shih Disneyland Paris is incredible! This figure really shows how intricate and fun Disneyland Paris’ Space Mountain attraction is! Disneyland’s Space Mountain is not as colorful and fun as this figure, but has a white outside and more of a blue color scheme inside. This figure is fun because it will go along with Park 4’s Tomorrow Land figure!
	Orange Monorail Artist: Dan Howard Everyone loves the Monorail! This is the next figure to come out as a Monorail except this time in Orange. Monorails are found in Disneyland as well as Disney World and help guests get to and from certain areas.
	DCL Lifeboat Artist: Randy Nobel This figure has nothing to do with Disneyland or Disney World but has to do with the cruise line. This figure is modeled after a raft that is used on board. This is a fun addition to Park 4’s Cruise Line figure!
	Sonny Eclipse Artist: Maria Clapsis Going to Disney World as a little girl I always remember going to Cosmic Rays Starlight Café with my Mom and Grandparents. I love that they made this figure it looks exactly like him! Some people who have not visited Disney World may not understand who or what he is but once they eat at Cosmic Rays they will love him.
	Adventureland Tiki Artist: Casey Jones This Tiki is a great Adventureland landmark! From any Disney Park, everyone will recognize this guy! In Disneyland we have these guys near the Dole Whip stand.
	Primeval Whirl Artist: Thomas Scott This is such a wonderful take on the Animal Kingdom attraction! We don’t have a Primevil Whirl here at Disneyland but if you have visited Animal Kingdom you will recognize the design immediately.
	Mystery Chaser I don’t want to spoil the chaser but this guy has showed up in many Disney Parks and I’m sure his face is somewhere in your wallet!
	Runaway Brain Mickey Park 6 Combo Topper Great addition to the Mickey combo toppers! A bit scary but, still Mickey!

Hope everyone enjoys Park 6 tomorrow!
-Zoe

Park 6 Explained

WDWNT on March 28, 2011

Update: 3/28/11 Added pictures of the Chaser and all 4 variants; Donald (2) and WDW Road Sign (2). Learned of a WDW Road Sign variant with “Animal Kingdom” instead of “Magic Kingdom”. Learned the price should be $12.95. Found out Park 6 was already released, and possibly pulled back off the shelves at Disneyland Paris. Added link to the 9″ Park 6 figures. Big thanks to everyone who tweeted, commented, and emailed us about the news. Every once in a while our “real” jobs get in the way of 24/7 monitoring. But thanks to all our fans we always have someone close to the news! Thank you. Merci.

Update: 3/22/11 Release date of April 1st is confirmed at WDW Trading Event and on the Events pages at the Disney Vinylmation Blog. Added picture of the Matterhorn 9″. Added picture on set on display at WDW Trading Event.

Update: 3/9/11 Release date removed from the official site. April 1st now only a possible release date.

Update: 3/8/11 Release date announced as April 1st (no joke… hopefully). Added turn around pictures.

Update: 1/21/11 Added images from the 1/1/11 blog announcements from Disney. Includes, Primevil Whirl and Runaway Brain Mickey Combo Topper.

1/8/10 From the Disney Pin Site we get a sneak peak at the up coming Park 6 vinylmation series. Note: These pins should tell us some of the figures in the series, but they are usually a mixture of 3″ and 9″.

	Norway Troll Artist: Casey Jones The large Troll in Norway’s Puffinâs Roost store located in the EPCOT World Showcase.
	Hollywood Studios Clapboard Artist: Caley Hicks An icon representing Hollywood Studios Theme Park in Orlando, FL. The clapboard is the item used during filming of movies and TV shows that mark the beginning of a take.
	Walt Disney World Road Sign Artist: Thomas Scott Depicts the colorful signs that point the way to the Theme Parks and Resorts around WDW.
	Walt Disney World Road Sign Variant Artist: Thomas Scott The WDW road sign pointing to the Animal Kingdom
	Walt Disney World Road Sign Variant Artist: Thomas Scott The WDW road sign pointing to the Other Guest Areas.
	Wet Paint Donald Artist: Mark Seppela Donald from the old wet paint signs that used to be found around the Disney Parks. A trouble-making Stitch is found on the present day signs.
	Donald Wet Paint Variant Artist: Mark Seppela A Variant with Orange paint instead of green.
	Donald Wet Paint Variant Artist: Mark Seppela A Variant with purple paint instead of green.
	Monstro Artist: Eric Caszatt Monstro, from Pinocchio, swallows guests boats in the Storybook Land Canal at Disneyland.
	Space Mountain Paris Artist: Lin Shih The Disneyland Paris version of the popular Disney attraction.
	Orange Monorail Artist: Dan Howard Similar to the other monorails, just orange.
	DCL Lifeboat Artist: Randy Nobel Chris (in the comments) said he spoke to an artist and that it represents the life rafts (boats) used by the Disney Cruise Lines. Based on the photos, I’d have to agree. Thanks Chris!
	Sonny Eclipse Artist: Maria Clapsis Cosmic Rays Starlight Cafe Magic Kingdom Tomorrowland
	Adventureland Tiki Artist: Casey Jones Magic Kingdom
	Primeval Whirl Artist: Thomas Scott Based on the Primevil Whirl Attraction from the Animal Kingdom
	Mystery Chaser Click on the Mystery Chaser to the left to reveal the chaser.
	Runaway Brain Mickey Park 6 Combo Topper From the Runaway Brain Short

Park 6 set featured at WDW Trading Event

9″ Matterhorn on display at DLR

SEE ALL 9″ PARK 6 FIGURES HERE!

Photos courtesy of Disney, Ryan and Alex

Park 6 News and Chaser: de la Fance

WDWNT on March 28, 2011

Our friend Aranya sent in pics of the Park 6 series including the chaser (pictured below). She picked them up at Disneyland Paris. We have heard rumors that Park 6 has been pulled off the shelf at DLP until the US April 1 release date. Other news about Park 6 include the visual confirmation of a Wet Paint Donald variant (you can see that figure here) and the textual confirmation (no pic yet) of the WDW Road Sign variant with “Animal Kingdom” instead of “Magic Kingdom” on the sign. Also of note, is the 12.95 Euro price tag on the figures. All indications point to a $12.95 US price tag, as past releases have been the same “number” price, just either in Euros or USD. Meaning collectors in France, pay a bit more for their Vinylmation.

Click on the Mystery Chaser below for a picture of the Park 6 chaser.

Donald Spills All Colors of Paint in the Park 6 Variant

WDWNT on March 27, 2011

Our friend Aranya, over in France, got her hands on the Park 6 set when they released it last Friday (along with the TRON and Sushi set). In it she found this cool variant of the Wet Paint Donald. Makes a lot of sense right? Aranya says they cost 12.95 Euros. Could this be a direct comparison to the price here?

What do you think? Leave us a comment!

New DV Reporter Ryan Got the Scoop on Some Release Dates

WDWNT on March 22, 2011

Destination Vinylmation is excited to announce the addition of a new contributor to our website. Ryan helped us out at the recent WDW trading event. Below, Ryan introduces himself and gives the scoop on some upcoming Vinylmation he uncovered at the event. Ryan, take it away…

Hey all, my name is Ryan, a photographer, writer and avid Vinylmation collector for the past few years. I’m the newest writer over here at Destination Vinylmation, and wanted to introduce myself. To get the big questions out of the way:

How long have I been collecting? I’ve been collecting since about Urban 2’s release. I didn’t realize then how popular things would be and several times passed up on opportunities to purchase both “Ham and Eggs” and “Carnotaurus” 9 inch. I kick myself to this day.
My favorite figure I own? Tough call, but I’d have to say Sulley and Boo!
Favorite figure I don’t own? Mine Mine Mine is my current Holy Grail.

Anyway, enough about me! While the rest of the Destination Vinylmation crew was busy trading, I took it upon myself (as the newest member of the team) to head over to the trade box and upcoming release table and ask some questions about the imminent releases.

Park 6, as seen above, is set to be released on April 1. If you remember, Disney announced an April 1 release date, then retracted it because the product wasn’t at WDW yet. But according to the cast member behind-the-counter, that date is back on! Check out Park 6 Explained for more. This is a good time to point out the glaring lack of Steven Miller, Vinylmation’s tried and true “Ambassador of Trading”. According to the Disney cast members at the event, Steven has moved up to another position within Disney. Several pin traders took to calling the two women who were helping organize the event “Steven” as an homage to Mr. Miller. He will be missed.

Also being released with Park 6 is the Park 6 Combo Topper, which features Mickey Mouse from his highly popular animated short “Runaway Brain”. This 3 inch, as shown above, will go great with the recently released Villains 9” Julius + Minnie Jr. combo.

Other releases shown were TRON (March 25) and a couple already known Muppets 2 (April 15) figures. Also shown was the newly announced Celebration series which will be packaged and sold just like the Occupations released a couple weeks ago.

Also shown was the 9” + 3” Urban 6 combo of a Bubble Gum machine and boy blowing a bubble!

While no samples were on display, we also received confirmation that the Duck Tales 2-Figure set from the “Disney Afternoon” series will be released on April 8, although there were some discrepancies on whether or not the set would be online exclusive like the previously released “Talespin” set or in D-Street, as Disney previously announced it would be.

All in all it was a successful trade event. LOTS of Vinylmation traders peppered the sea of pin traders, and there finally seemed to be a healthy amount of trading happening. This is also likely because of the lack of a trade night in 2011 before March, and lots of new product has been released recently.

Thanks for reading, and until next time… make YOUR Destination, Vinylmation!

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