Episode 057 Mission: Spacesuit
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Ep. 057 Mission: Spacesuit
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Episode 061 Cookie Jar
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Ep. 061 Cookie Jar |
Release Day: February 24, 2012
I don’t know about you, but I kind of like the surprise of recent release days. Not knowing what’s to come only days before Friday, or in some cases on the day itself. Today, the 9″ Park 7 Main Street Electrical Parade LE 1500 figure was released at D-Streets and Online.
Thanks to the Online store posting, we also got a look at the reverse…
Are you all aboard this Lin Shih design? Also released both in stores and online, the 7 Adventures Ticket Book.
I was on the fence about this one… until I saw the back.
This Thomas Scott designed LE 1500 figure has great detail and a retro figure. Both have a nice $44.95 retail price! Very nice to see that. Also very nice to see, D-Tour available online…
I can tell you from the couple I purchased, these are excellent designs and look great in person.
More 9″ Park 7 Release Dates
9" Park 7 LEs 7 Adventures MK and Main Street Electrical Parade Train to release on 2/24 at D-Streets. CM quoted me price of $44.95 out of book. The 2 figures sit on display in Orlando.
Tapestry of Nations Set
Update: 01/28/12 Pictures of set taken at trading event. We also learned that this 6 figure set was designed by Casey Jones and is five 3″ and one Jr. Remember, it releases February 3rd for $99.95 and is LE 2000.
Box Set
Tapestry of Nations figure
Tapestry of Nations figure
Sage of Time
Tapestry of Nations Jr.
Tapestry of Nations Puppet
Tapestry of Nations Kite
01/27/12 Among various announcements, Disney has sneaked in a release under the radar and onto the Events page. On February 3, a 6 figure set depicting the Tapestry of Nations Parade will release at Walt Disney World and Disneyland D-Streets. This LE 2000 set will retail for $99.95. In addition to D-Street, this set will also be on sale at select locations at Epcot including MouseGear, Disney’s Traders in World Showcase, Mission: SPACE Cargo Bay and World Traveler. No pictures have been released yet, but here is a look at what could be in the set. The parade ran through EPCOT from 1999 to 2001 and had a unity and world peace them. The parade was populated by large puppets on rotating drums.
There are a lot of puppets and performers to choose from. The only one I would be on being in there would be the Sage of Time shown above. That was the leader of the parade. The pictures below show examples of what could be in this set.
*pictures from MousePlanet.com
Episode 056 Herbie
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Ep. 056 Herbie
This week we talk about the latest releases including the Chinese Zodiacs and Theme Park Favorites. We review the D-Tour series. And Annemarie joins us to talk Variants… do we like them? What ones make sense? And as always, we open the Mystery Mail Bag and read your questions and comments.
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Kitchen Kabaret Tickets, only $99.95!
Disney has released the information about when we will be seeing that Park 7 LE Kitchen Kabaret set.
On February 10th they will be coming to the WDW and DLR D-Streets as well as EPCOT’s MouseGears and Mission: SPACE Cargo Bay.
The set was designed by Maria Clapsis and has a limited edition number of 2000. That’s great… now for the bad news. Back at The Florida Project they said that this set would be $74.95.
Sign in The Florida Project display case
Unfortunately, the Vinylmation Blog yesterday announced the price at $99.95. This is a disturbing trend that began with the announcement of the Park 7 ELP Dragon price of $74.95 earlier in the week and continued last night when it was told to guests that all single 9″ figures going forth with start with a $74.95 base price. The reasoning given by Disney officials is “rising production costs.” What does this mean for your Vinylmation collection? We will be talking about it on this week’s podcast. Chime in with your thoughts here or voice your concerns by voice mail 209-28-MOUSE and we will play it on this week’s show.
I love this set. And Kitchen Kabaret is one of those attractions that is well suited to an LE set all it’s own. The figures are designed so well too! Look at the curtain in Bonnie’s ears. And the top on Mustard above. Personally, we have seen $99.95 on previous sets of 6, but that’s my ceiling. And 9″s at $75? I think have purchased my last one unless I can pick it up in a Christmas fire sale at the end of the year.
Surprise and Expected Friday Releases
We knew of a few releases today, but we also had a few surprises on the DisneyStore.com this morning (thanks Brad for the info!).
6 of the NCAA teams are for sale online for $14.95: FSU, Ohio State, Penn State, UCLA, Florida, USC. They were supposed to release online and in select park locations on 2/10. Find all the details about NCAA teams here.
Similar story here, the first wave of 8 MLB teams are for sale online. They were also not supposed to be available until next Friday. Check out MLB explained for all the details.
Now for what we knew about… Tapestry of Nations will be available at the D-Streets and select EPCOT locations.
The NFL Teams figures went up for sale online last Friday, this week they hit the stores. Check out NFL explained for details on what figures will be available where.
Episode 054 Blue Monorail
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Ep. 054 Blue Monorail
This week Annemarie stops by to review Furry Friends. We have the latest news on Park and Urban and the Animation 2 chaser is revealed. We also have the lastest release and event calendar. And read your comments and questions in the Mystery Mail Bag.
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Release Day! A New 9″ Park 7 Revealed and New Years On Sale
Today was a big release day at D-Streets and the parks. First, 9″ Park 7 Goofy River Country went on sale and a look at the back of the box showed us the four 9″ LE figures for Park 7.
MK 7 Adventures, Goofy River Country and 2 Main Street Electrical Parade figures. All figures are LE 1500. Not surprising there are only four with Disney’s announcement of more types of LE sets besides 9″ and 9/3 combos. We had seen 3 of these at The Florida Project, but the new one was a second Main St. Electrical Parade design featuring the train.
The train is one of the most recognizable floats in the parade because it carries the sign of the name of the parade.
Photo from LaughingPlace.com
The back will be interesting. Do they take an artistic approach and paint the sign on? Or just more lights like its the rear of the train going by? As I said, we saw the other figures at The Florida Project.
9″ Park 7 Main Street Electrical Parade Dragon
9″ Magic Kingdom 7 Adventures Retro Ticket Book
Also released today was the 3″/3″ Horse and Trolley combo that celebrates a Magic Kingdom Main Street USA staple.
It is for sale behind the D-Street counter… and also at the Emporium inside MK where our friend Chris took the above picture. 9″ Urban 8 figures The Boxer, Fish Bites, 50’s Girl and Sabertooth also made their debut today.
D-Street display
D-Street Display
Upcoming 9/3 Urban 8 Archaeologist and Demon that will be sold Online
And in a semi-surprise the 4 open window New Years 2012 Vinylmation hit the shelves. We knew they would be released in early January, just not specifically today. They can be found at D-Street and throughout the parks.
Here is a look at the individual figures. The hat looks like a hard plastic accessory. If you bought them, let us know if it comes off and whats underneath!
Blue 2012
Black 2012
Pink 2012
White 2012
Did you/will you add any of today’s releases to your collection?