Kickstarter for Urban Vinyl Film

WDWNT on January 9, 2013

Evilos brought us information about a kickstarter that has been started by a indie film maker named Jordan Ahern. After watching the short video on his kickstarter page, I’m convinced we need to help this guy make his movie.

Here are the details. Jordan needs $13,660 to make his film, a documentary about Vinyl artists. At the moment we are posting this, he only needs $2,468 to make his film. The goal is to raise this money by March 13th 2013. This is a kickstarter so he needs to get his goal in order to get any of the money donated.

Now here’s the cool part, when you donate, depending on the amount, you will get gifts. The basic gifts are digital download for $15 or a DVD for $25. But check out his site. For more money you can get packages of customs that have been donated to help raise the money. These customs are crazy cool.

Jordan has a tumblr at dopevinyl.tumblr.com
The kickstarter for the movie is at http://kck.st/12GHqQn

If you don’t seem interested in donating, at least take a look at the site. It’s a good example of the custom artwork that artists are doing in the vinyl world, outside of vinylmation.


Urban Barricades Photoshoot

WDWNT on December 3, 2012

The Urban Barricades had some fun directing traffic around Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Epcot and the Magic Kingdom.

Traffic at the Indy Speedway can get dangerous, but the proper traffic controls make all the difference.
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Protecting the workers at Hollywood Studios
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No job is too small for the Barricades.
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Standing guard on the Streets of the Americas.
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The Barricades remind guests to watch their step when entering the subway.
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Do Not Cross, or face the Barricade’s wrath.
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Keeping the peace
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The Monorails sneaked past the Barricades.
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Barricades at Test Track

Back It Up in Style

WDWNT on March 5, 2012

Do you trust your Vinylmation with your most important data? Disney sure hopes so. The nifty tech gadget we saw in Japan a few months back has made it stateside. On March 2, Disney will release 8GB flash drives designed as Vinylmation. At $64.95, the price seems a little steep for an 8GB USB drive. A quick search on Best Buy’s website shows that most 8GB drives can be had for $35 or less. There are more expensive ones, but they seem to come with special encryption and other data back up or security software that I doubt this one comes with. So Disney is banking on the fact that you will pay for the character. They have chosen three designs for this release.

Photo from Vinylmation World

Oopsy was the design released in Japan. He is originally a Thomas Scott figure from Urban 1. The second USB takes a design from Cutesters 1.

Lisa Badeen designed the entire Cutesters 1 series, and Disney seems to like to use this Owl design on various other Vinylmation products such as a women’s bag that is available in the stores. The third design is from the Cast Member Exclusives collection.

This retro Mickey design was the second first CM exclusive to be released. So there is really something for everyone here to choose from, but will the USB drives be a hit? At the $65 price point, will you pick one up? If so, to use or display? And if you have used one from Japan, how are they? I’m assuming they are flat on the back of the figure so they fit easily into a laptop or back of a tower?

Urban Jazz Man

WDWNT on August 9, 2011

From Disney Vinylmation Blog

Much speculation surrounded this previously unseen figure who helped make a Z of Vinylmation on a Disney Blog post earlier this week. Turns out he is just a Thomas Scott designed figure that will be part of a future Urban Series.