Nick LoCicero 
The Disney Movie Rewards program now offers a Vinylmation for 850 points. It is the 2012 Halloween Minnie Mouse. An interesting choice, especially since they do not seem to be offering the Pumpkin Patch vinyl along with it. They also have some Funko Pop! Vinyl Marvel figures and other Marvel merchandise available through the rewards … Read more
The Custom Artist Project is a group of 11 of the best custom Vinylmation artists in the world who have come together to make their own blind box series. Series 1 is called “Sidekickz” and is a mix of different Disney sidekicks from films or TV. It will be released on October 6th. Each day … Read more
October 1, 2012 is a big day in Walt Disney World history… Epcot celebrates it’s 30th anniversary. We got hints of a few Vinylmation customs, but today the Disney Parks Blog finally showed us some pictures of these inspired pieces. Noah will have a few 9″ and 3″ customs with this design scheme. No word … Read more
Ep. 090 Strawberry Field This week we record live at Disney’s Boardwalk hotel with Zoe. We talk all about Haunted Mansion, Cinderella and the new Japan series. We get Zoe’s take on some of the Mickey’s Circus previews and fight about what is a Dole Whip. We also have an interview with custom artist Aaralyn. Listen … Read more
Zoe found Popcorns available for purchase at the Muppets store at DHS today. Zoe also found a sign outside WDW’s D-Street advertising the release and artist signing for Popcorns. The release will be on Friday, September 28 and there will be a signing with artists Thomas Scott, Billy Davis and Doug Strayer from 3p-5p.
The candy bowl series started when I first created a mickey bowl for the blind bag series and after so many great responses I figured why stop there, so I decided to create a few more for Halloween. It’s a take on the old Halloween gag hand in the candy bowl but with some twists to … Read more
Here is a video we recorded of the Vinylmation Chat Session from Sunday, September 9 at Mickey’s Circus. Unfortunately this year, they did not play the slide show behind the speakers on stage. You can of course check out all the pictures on this website. I also want to say once again thank you to … Read more
We have more details now about the Haunted Mansion releases at WDW and DLR. (Hanted Mansion explained page) On Friday, September 21, the series will be released at D-Street Walt Disney World. Casey Jones will hold a signing that day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will also be a one-of-a-kind custom 9″ Mariner … Read more
Yesterday the Cinderella 7 figure set hit Disney Stores and Online. The 9″ Cinderella Castle figure was also available yesterday (proof in screen shot above) but doesn’t seem to be there today. It is an LE 1500 figure and quantities were available throughout US stores as well, so did the online allotment sell out in 1 day? … Read more
First, I want to thank any of our DV listeners/readers who have been checking out Once Upon a Pin, our Disney pin podcast and website we launched a few months back. Our numbers have been rising over the past few weeks with positive feedback about our approach. You can help by spreading the word to your … Read more
Ep. 089 Squares We are now a week removed from all the announcments at Mickey’s Circus. So this week we go more in-depth about our opinions on the upcoming sets and our personal highs and lows from the previews. Listen in Popup Player Download podcast
Update 9/16/12 @VM_Paris just tweeted this picture seemingly confirming the existence of the HM Variants. Earlier this week, HM blind boxes were mistakenly released in Paris. Two notes… these are ones we see in the leaked photos below and also the color looks different but that could be just the light. Hatbox Ghost clear and … Read more
Evilos’s popular Blind Bag Series is back for a third series! We recently talked to Evilos about what to expect and how and when you can purchase your blind bag. Destination Vinylmation: What is the Blind Bag Series all about? Evilos: First, thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk about my latest project! … Read more
We were happy to get a preview of the custom figures that will make up Series 1 of the Custom Artist Project at Mickey’s Circus. We also now know more specifics about how and when this series will launch. In the coming weeks we will try to spotlight the individual artists and talk with the project’s creator … Read more
We learned a lot about Popcorns at Mickey’s Circus including the actual creation of the series. Artist Doug Stayer created this art that Thomas Scott decided to turn into a series of Vinylmation. The series will be released in waves. No set number of figures in each wave, but it seems that they will let … Read more
Star Wars Series 3 is coming in May 2013 to be released at Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This installment will have a Return of the Jedi Theme. They showed us a few figures. 3″ Gamorrean Guard 3″ Royal Guard The following pictures are from Attractions Magazine at Star Wars Celebration VI
