Nick LoCicero 
Vinylmation World posted these pictures last week of a geeky little treat only available in Japan right now. An 8 GB USB flash drive. Pretty cool, especially because they used the Urban 1 Oopsy Mickey design. No word on price or other designs. I like the way the Vinylmation brand branches out into products we … Read more
A couple weeks ago, on podcast #56, Annemarie, MC and I took a list of all the Vinylmation variants to date and discussed which ones were better, the variant or the regular version. I contend that while many of the variants make sense, the regular version is the more desirable design most of the time. I understand … Read more
Rust This World dropped some Disney villains on us for this spotlight. A 9″ Chernabog and a 3″ Headless Horseman were the subjects of his latest customs. Let’s take a look. Destination Vinylmation: What inspired each piece? Rust This World: I decided to make the light up Chernabog because a lot of people on custom … Read more
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 … Read more
Custom artist Nathan resides in FT Worth, Texas is the subject of our spotlight today. Classic Disney characters old and new were the subjects of his latest creations. Destination Vinylmation: Were you into creating artwork before custom Vinylmation? Nathan: Why yes. I’m a professional Graphic Designer and have been into different styles and medium of … Read more
Artist Justin Marshall has been featured before, and so you may know of his fondness for a certain purple dragon. Well, he may have topped himself with his latest work. Front view of Justin’s new 9″ Figment Back view of 9″ Figment To see more of Justin’s work, please visit his Facebook page.
The Disney Store Blog today took a look at Disney Store character artist Quincy Sutton. Quincy is new to Vinylmation design, but not new to creating amazing products for guests. He designed 2 of the Furry Friends; Peter Pegasus and Percy the Pug. Production issues aside, these were great designs (and my personal two favorites … Read more
Today the Disney parks blog teased a new Vinylmation series. Popcorn Vinylmation will be a series of figures reimaged with a new look. Will this be similar to Park Starz, where everybody gets their own design? Does this get too far away from the Mickey mold to be considered Vinylmation? (picture from Disney)
We spotlighted John Ward last year with some of his great 9″ customs and he is back to share a couple villains and a non-Disney set as well. Destination Vinylmation: Why all the villains? John: The villains are some of my favorite characters in Disney movies, so naturally I enjoy creating customs of them. DV: … Read more
M.C. braved the rain to hit up D-Street today. Let’s see what he found… Rescuers 2-Pack with Bernard and Bianca from Animation 2 for $26.95. He was excited enough to wake up early and go grab these. I enjoy the design, but not enough to grab them. Especially since I never really had a connection … Read more
After Santa Donald, the second custom in my planned line of Donald Ducks was Star Tours Donald. I always start with the body. Mostly because I avoid doing the head as long as possible. That was my first sketch of a face outline onto the canvas. One thing i learned quickly was how difficult it … Read more
I’m not sure if I’m supposed to be sharing this with you. You see, I’m secretly a sorcerer. Yep. With the help of my Disney character friends I can actually cast spells that defeat some of the most notorious villains around. Don’t believe me? Why just yesterday I took down Scar and his Hyenas and … Read more
Disney’s Vinylmation website today has announced the Disney Store 25th Light Up series will be delayed indefinitely. It was originally scheduled for a January 30th release. We know the product is sitting in the backs of some Disney Stores around the country… does this point to a possible production quality issue? Also, Disney Store Tunes … Read more
