Star Wars Weekend Wrapup with Star Wars Chasers

WDWNT on January 14, 2011

If you missed all the Star Wars news from the last 24 hours here it is:

The crowd was out in full force last night as hundreds of people lined up outside of the D-Street Florida store to get their Star Wars Vinylmation. Nick and MC arrived at 6pm to check out the festivities and join the line. After several hours the wonderful cast members brought out several heat lamps borrowed from Bongos. At around 11 PM the store closed to set up and a DJ started to play outside. During the music, the DJ asked trivia questions for prizes. The winners got to pick Vinylmations from a bag. MC won a NBC Sally and an Holiday 1 American Flag. Nick scored a Buzz Lightyear Vinylmation.

Nick and MC were one of the first groups in, and the first customers out of D-Street. They instantly ripped into their box to find the chaser, a Darth Vader, and a Stormtrooper. They got Vader and the Stormtrooper signed by the artist Mike Sullivan (who was there from 12-2 AM).

Then the rumor started to spread that there was a variant somewhere in the cases, so Nick opened up his case. He was lucky enough to find the chaser variant! (Click on the mystery chaser to see a picture of both the chaser and the variant chaser.) Nick was the first, and as far as we could tell, only person to get the variant that night. Lots of people came over and took pictures of Nick and his variant. (In fact, as of now, every picture online of the variant IRL has Nick’s hand in it. Including the official picture from the Vinylmation.com blog)


We had a lot of fun and look forward to the next event. We met a lot of cool people in line and got some good trading done while waiting. Also we would like to thank the entire staff of D-Street Florida as well as everyone from Disney Vinylmation. Thanks to Steven Miller for creating the event, Donald Ferro for making the stormtrooper the extra figure, and especially Mike Sullivan for all the designs.

Now for some photos we have from this morning. Click to see larger.

Did you go to the event? How was it? Let us know what you think!

Combo Contest #1

WDWNT on January 14, 2011

Update: 1/16/11 The winner are announced and the gallery of entries is here.

Update: 1/14/11 The entries are all in. We are voting, and the results will be announced on the podcast this weekend. Check the site later this weekend for the gallery page of all the submissions.

For those of you who don’t listen to our podcast, in the last one we announced a contest. Today we are announcing the contest to everyone else, and providing an end date! If you have questions email us at

Combo Contest 1

The Rules:
1: Take vinylmations and form a new one by changing around the parts (the easiest way is to put a new head on another one’s body) See the examples below.
2: Email the photo to . In the email name the new figure and explain which parts you used to make your figure.
3: You can use any 3″ Vinylmation (nothing selfpainted) to help create your figure. You can use a “make your own” piece, but only if it hasn’t been painted. The more interesting and better themed, the more likely to win.
Update: 1/6/10
4: Enter as many different combos are you want!

The Prize:
The winner will receive a Vinylmation (from a list we will supply).
Once the winner is chosen, they will receive an email with a list of Vinylmation what we can send out. The winner then chooses which they want and they get it!

The Due Date:
The contest will end at 12 pm (noon) EST on January 15th. The winner will be announced on the next podcast following that date.
Head: Strawberry Field
Body: Watermelon Chaser
Head: Orange Bird
Body: Steampunk Watch

The winner will be named by Destination Vinylmation. All decisions are final. All photos may be published in a gallery for Destination Vinylmation. Feel free to add a watermark to your photos. The list of vinylmation to win is subject to change, but we promise NO CLEARS!

January 21st Release

WDWNT on January 14, 2011

Update: 1/20/11 We added the online exclusive Car and Driver combo.

Several 9″ Vinylmation will be released on January 21st 2011.

In both D-Streets:

Urban #5 – Moon 9″
Artist: Doug Strayer
LE 1000
(The moon glows!)

Urban #5 – Drippy 9″
Artist: Thomas Scott
LE 1000

Urban #5 – Hidden 28 9″
Artist: Susan Foy
LE 1000

Urban #5 – Creatures 9″ & 3″ Combo
Artist: Thomas Scott
LE 1000
(Awesome!!)

At Disneyland only:


Disneyland 55th Anniversary
Fantasyland Area 9″
Artist: Alex Maher
LE 555

Disney Store Online Exclusive:

Urban #5 – Car and Driver 9″ & 3″ Combo

Urban 5 9″ to be released later:

Orange Gear Bear

Everything’s under control. Situation Normal.

WDWNT on January 14, 2011

We had some fun with messing around with our new Star Wars. This outfit was inspired by Star Wars IV: A New Hope.

“Uh, negative, negative. We have a, a reactor leak here, ah, now. Give us a few minutes to lock it down. Large leak, very dangerous.”

Waiting for Skywalker

WDWNT on January 14, 2011

The line outside of D-Street for the release of Star Wars. The line wraps all around the back of the Pretzel/Ice Cream/Bathroom building across from D-Street.

Urban 5 Mickey Hats with Vinylmation

WDWNT on January 14, 2011

Update: 1/14/11 According to @EPCOTCENTERed the Creatures hat was accidentally sold in Disneyland back in October or November of 2010. (Confirmed)

1/13/11-We found these at D-Street Florida while waiting for Star Wars. $49.95 each. The top one is based on the Hidden 28 9″ and the bottom one is based on the Creatures 9″ 3″ set. Both sets will be out on January 21st at both D-Street locations.

Always right behind the good guys…

WDWNT on January 13, 2011

Super Rumor-

We got word from the twitter friend (@keithkrebs) that Disney’s Vinylmation Villains 1 series may be out in some Disney Stores as early as Friday, January 14th. This comes only one week after the release of the Animation 1 series. Steven Miller told use when we interviewed him last year that they would be coming in January, but on January 4th, “The Buzz” had an image that said, “Spring 2011”. This weekend at the parks the Star Wars set comes out. Would they release two at the same time??

We shall keep you updated, but while you wait check out our regularly updated Villains Explained blog post for information.

Our excitement level sky rockets!

WDWNT on January 12, 2011

Once we got over the excitement of the addition of Lightsabers to Luke and Vader’s Vinylmation figures, we missed the rocket pack on the back of Boba Fett. Well, the Disney Parks Blog released this turnaround photo today:

This set just keeps getting better and better! What other surprises do they have in store for us? We will see at the Midnight release party this Thursday, January 13th at D-Street in Orlando.
Another detail released today is the Star Wars set is a parks exclusive. It will not show up on the online Disney Store or at Disney Stores around the country.
Disney Design Artist Mike Sullivan is the designer of the Star Wars set. Here is what he had to say on the Disney Parks Blog:
“We began with several rough sketches of characters we wanted in the series,” explained Mike. “We selected characters from ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ in honor of the film’s 30th anniversary. With so many memorable characters in the film, it was difficult to select just 12 figures. We worked closely with the great team at LucasFilm to make the final choices for this first series.”

Check out the complete blog post for yourself, and more pictures, here.

Are you wearing a costume for the release event? Make sure to bring some doubles for trading as we all sit outside D-Street Thursday night. And I can’t wait to talk to everybody in line about Vinylmation. Destination Vinylmation is around for fans of Vinylmation, so we welcome your input.