NFL Series storming the fields on 1/27 and 2/3

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Today the Disney vinylmation blog announced the release of the NFL series. This series will be open boxed and cost $14.95 each. These figures will be released online on January the 27th and in various vinylmation stores in WDW and DLR on February 3rd. 6 figures will be available in WDW, DLR, and online. Two figures will only be available in the stores in WDW and online.

Teams:
San Francisco 49ers
Pittsburgh Steelers
New York Giants
New England Patriots
Dallas Cowboys
Oakland Raiders

Available in WDW and Online ONLY:
Miami Dolphins
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Which of these will you be picking up? What do you think of the $14.95 price tag?

Giants 21, Patriots 17, SB Vinylmation $18.95

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Update: 2/6/12 The DisneyStore.com updated the picture on the SB commemorative figure to represent the Giants designed figure.

Apparently it is the same figure as we showed you in the ad from last night. I’m a little disappointed in the design as I thought this was just a placeholder. Other than the logo on the chest, it doesn’t really say New York Giants. The colors are a generic red and yellow instead of Giant blue. I suppose it is possible this is also a placeholder. Also of note, the status of the figure has been changed to backordered.

The website state “this item will ship in 4 week.” Makes sense, I wouldn’t expect them to have produced both and have them ready to ship

2/5/12 Much to this podcast host’s dismay, the New York Giants colors and logo will adorn Disney’s commemorative Vinylmation.

Note the small print: “Site image will be updated to reflect the NYG mid-Monday morning PT.” Here is a screen shot of the DisneyStore.com’s listing as of about an hour after the game.

You can actually add this item to your cart and purchase it right now. Guess Eli Manning saved me $18.95 tonight. This limited release vinyl complete with Super Bowl XLVI logo on helmet was designed by Eric Caszatt. The price is a bit higher than the regular NFL teams figures, but it is a commemorative item. What say you Giants fans… adding this to your collection?

Episode 59 WDW Castle

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Ep. 059 WDW Castle
This week we discuss the latest sports teams releases as well as news about the Disney Store 25th Light Up Series and Kidada. We have a hands on review of Cutesters at the Beach and Kitchen Kaberet. And we also answer your questions in the Mystery Mail Bag.


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Collector’s Corner: Daniel

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Name: Daniel
Hometown: Lockport, NY

Collection Count: 51
3″ = 48
9″ = 3
Jr’s = 0

How long have you been collecting?
I’ve been enjoying Vinylmation since September 2010. It was the first Disney World trip my wife, Krissy, and I took together. Since both of us are big Muppets fans, we were immediately drawn to that set. Our first box was the Swedish Chef, one of our favorite characters. Although in my mind my collection is large, obviously it pales in comparison to most that are featured on your site. But my favorite part about collecting is obtaining vinyls that I LOVE, not just ones that I find pretty good.

Tell us about the Create Your Own you use as a keepsake of your vacations.
A fun way Krissy and I commemorate each of our Disney trips (we became DVC members in March of last year), is to write a word or expression that represents the vacation onto our 9″ CYO’s. The first “ink” was courtesy of my brother, Dave. He and his wife came down for a long weekend in the middle of our trip…without us knowing! While sunbathing at our resort, they tip-toed behind us and Dave shouts, “We’ll do it live!” (see Bill O’Reilly rant). Recognizing the voice, but unable to process the whole situation initially, just added to the awesome surprise. Consequently, that phrase became the first of the current three on our 9″ red CYO.

What is your favorite figure that you own?
Lew Zealand…it’s just a spot-on awesome design.

What is your favorite figure that you don’t own?
My picture likely gives it away. It’s Kermit from Muppets 1. An honorable mention to Balloon Chaser from Park 1.

Which of these is the best feeling: Pulling a figure you want… from a blind box you just purchased, from a great trade with another collector, from a mystery trading box at the park or from a clear trading box?
I must say that I’ve been fortunate with all of these (except trading with a collector, which I’ve never done). But the best feeling is pulling a desired vinyl from a blind box. That’s how I got my Park 7 Figment variant. My wife almost always opens blind boxes and was about to tear the foil when she felt the astronaut helmet. Being a Figment aficionado, she let me open it. Getting a variant was icing on the cake. I luckily found a Park 3 Small World Chaser in a clear trading case. And lastly, I traded for an Animation 2 John Henry variant from a mystery trading box.

Thank you Dan for sharing your collection.
Thanks for letting me share my collection and stories!

Monorail Cars or Cars Monorail

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Update: 3/16/12 Disney’s Vinylmation Blog has cleared up the Cars Monorail news.

The series will be a blind boxed set of Cars characters as Monorails! I love this idea and really hope more characters are used in the future. They will retail for $11.95. Each figure is 4.5″ with the artwork designed by Maria Clapsis and Thomas Scott. Lin Shih designed the form and Eric Caszatt designed the packaging.

The artwork is truly beautiful. The series will first be released at the DLR Annual Passholder event for Cars Land talked about below… then in select stores at both DLR and WDW on March 30th. Disney Store Online will see a release at a date TBA. Vinylmation forms are expanding way past Mickey and even characters now and I for one very much welcome it! I came around on Park Starz rather quickly, am not a big fan of the look of Popcorns, but these… are great. I may not want to collect all the forms of Vinylmation, but keep ideas like these coming Disney.

Back on March 12th the Vinylmation.com blog posted the above picture of a Blue Monorail figure. Lots of people speculated on what it was (we know there will be a new mold monorail as part of the Contemporary Hotel Park 8 LE) but no one knew for sure. Then there were rumors of a Monorail Cars pack. We originally thought that meant there would be a set of figures that represented the front, middle, and end cars of a monorail. Now it’s looking more like the figures will be Cars characters as monorails. I know confusing. We haven’t seen any pictures yet, but it will be interesting to see them when they are show.

The only way to get them is to go the the Annual Passholders Disney California Adventure Merchandise Showcase from March 27 – 29, 2012 at Stage 17 in Disney California Adventure. Merchandise is limited and there is a limit of 2 trays per customer. (Which brings up the question: Trays? How big is this set going to be? Is it a full 12 figure set?)

For details on this event go to the Art of Disney page.

Anyone going? Will they be picking this up?

Hot off the set: Director Mickey

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Writer AnneMarie was able to snag one of the highly sought after Director Mickey that was released earlier this week. Here are a few of the close ups she took with him.

First up, check out the beautiful tin. I’m not sure when this design was made, but this seems to once again point to tins making a come back. Go tins! I also really enjoy the design work, especially all the background pictures of Mickey.
Director Mickey comes with a Megaphone. Took late for Combo Contest #3, but I’m sure #4 is on the way soon!
Artist Jim Valeri did a excellent job with this figure. Thanks Jim for another awesome job!
And to complete the design, on the back Mickey is sitting on his very own director’s chair. Like the podium on the front of Classical Tunes Mickey, this extra piece of art makes it just a little better!

What do you think of Mickey? Were you able to get your hands on one of these exclusive figures?

Japan Easter Duck and Mouse

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Coming to Japan on April 2nd are a couple of Easter themed Mickey and Donald Vinylmation. We found this snapshot of a Japanese ad on Vinylmation World (originally tweeted by @dizpix).

Retailing for 1200 Yen, or about $14.83 USD, they will be sold in open window boxes. The Mickey is decked out in colorful spring time clothes and is topped with a checkered hat. The Mickey face and the overall design look very well done, but I don’t know if I want to add this pastel clad mouse to my personal collection. The Donald is a completely different story. With those new bunny ears (as seen on the US Easter Bunny Vinylmation), I want him to hop into my display case ASAP! This is the way the ears should be used. I don’t mind taking away the Mickey shape canvas if you are still going to give me a Disney themed design. The face is drawn in a very cartoonish manor that is different from all the Donalds we have seen so far. The little hat also looks great.

All Aboard! A Park 9 Vinylmation is Previewed

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Yesterday on the Vinylmation Facebook page…

They previewed for us a pretty amazing looking 3″ Park 9 design! It’s the No. 2 Lilly Belle locomotive from Walt Disney World. The Lilly Belle is named after Walt Disney’s wife Lillian Disney. Lilly Belle is also the name of the scaled-down steam locomotive Walt had built in his backyard. It is also the name of the special caboose car guests can board at the Disneyland Railroad.

This is a great shot of the Lilly Belle from the website StartedByAMouse.com. It is interesting to note that the Lilly Belle is a restored train that was built in 1928… does that year sound familiar? As important as trains were to Walt, I’m surprised it took us this long to see one of the locomotives made into Vinylmation. One of my favorite Walt Disney quotes, probably because it shows his gigantic creative thinking coupled with his child like qualities is “I just want it to look like nothing else in the world. And it should be surrounded by a train.” And this Vinylmation is like nothing else. What do you think of the top?

I really love it. If there was one negative, I would want a little more realness and grit tot he design instead of the clean illustration. But it looks very good and has me already anticipating Park 9. I can also see this one become an easy, and masterfully used, variant. We know practically the full line of Park 9 by the way. Check out this post from when the pins were leaked last fall.