Prisoner 2002: An Alcatraz Podcast

From the creators of the Destination Vinylmation podcast comes a podcast based on the new TV show Alcatraz on FOX. Like DV is to Vinylmation fans, Prisoner 2002 will be a place for fans of Alcatraz to come together and share thoughts and theories. Each week we start the show with “The Trial”, a complete … Read more

Spotlight On: Custom Vinylmation Artist April Skyy

Destination Vinylmation: You just designed a line of custom Vinylmation specifically for Valentine’s Day. Tell us what makes this concept so unique? April Skyy: You can send your special someone a custom Divine Valentine Vinylmation to show how much you care. Customize the Vinylmation with a date, nickname, or initials to commemorate the occasion. Allow … Read more

Vinylmation Speculation: Rumored Release Dates

Disney Mozart has done some digging and has come up with some, as of yet unannounced, release dates for some upcoming Disney Store Vinylmation. These dates seem to appear on the store CM’s schedules, but not on the Disney Vinylmation website. So again, we are just calling them rumor at this point. January 29th Just … Read more

Urban 8 Photoshoot

There are so many little details around Disney’s Animal Kingdom. So with Urban 6 photos at EPCOT and Urban 7 at DHS, Austin and I decided to take Urban 8 around AK. Many of the pictures here were taken inside the Kali River Rapids queue. As always, you can find some different pics from this … Read more

A Haunting Timepiece

Hey Haunted Mansion fans! Not only will you get a whole mystery set released (hopefully sometime this year) but today on the Disney Parks Blog they revealed this: Wow! Designed by Caley Hicks, this LE 750 pocket watch and 3″ Vinylmation combo is simply amazing. A ghostly figure looms over a tomb on the vinyl. … Read more

Roger Rabbit 9″ Vinylmation

Disney’s Vinylmation FB page shares a picture of an upcoming 9″ Roger Rabbit Vinylmation!!!! No word on what set it belongs to.

An Alternate Concept for the Animation 2 Chaser by Mike Boon

Mike Boon’s Headless Horseman Our friend Mike Boon (who you know from the cool Muppets 3 and 4 speculation art) has been working on a set of Sleeping Hallow custom Vinylmation. With the release of the Headless Horseman in the Animation 2 set, he felt it the appropriate to release his idea of what it … Read more

Trading Vinylmation in Japan

Update: 1/16/12 I was so excited today when I saw Vinylmation World tweet this picture of the Japan trading boxes I’ve been looking for! It also seems like the article confirms this light up box trading only occurs at specific times… “every Saturday and Sunday from “13:00-14:00, 17:00-18:00.” We also got to see the “spin … Read more

Episode 055 Elephant Bathing Pool

Ep. 055 Elephant Bathing Pool This week we talk about Furry Friends and Disney’s decision to pull the product from store shelves. Annemarie joins us once again to give her first hand input. We also review the newly released Animation 2 series. There are a ton of new releases dates to let you know about … Read more

Early release of D-Tour?

@vinyl79 tweeted out this picture of a D-Tour piece he got at the Frontierland Trading post at the Magic Kingdom in Orlando. Looks like that might be the place to stop if you can’t wait til next Friday! @vinyl79 also set out pictures of the boxes. Pretty awesome!

Collecting with Claudia: Animation 2 Artist Signing

It was an event filled day as Vinylmation Collectors gathered at D-Street in Florida for the release of Animation 2 on January 13, 2012. As the doors opened at 10:30am, a line of 20 people were present on this chilly morning. Although not a large crowd was present, the eager few huddled around the Animation … Read more

Today In Review

Wow, a ton of announcements today. Disney put a January 20th release date on this 9″ Holiday 3 Valentine’s Day figure we saw on a poster at D-Street. Details January 20th will be a popular day at D-Steet. D-Tour will also hit the shelves. Details How about Theme Park Favorites? A set of open window … Read more

Spotlight On: The Millennium Middle School 7th & 8th Grade Art Classes

I have always said that the best part about running this website and collecting Vinylmation is the community. It’s meeting people with similar interests and interesting stories. Today, I want to introduce you to a different group of custom artists than you are used to. In fact, I don’t believe they ever applied paint to … Read more

Spotlight On: Custom Pumpkin Artist Gyophry

It’s January, so the thought on all our minds is of course… pumpkins! Last fall we featured artist Gyophry’s custom pumpkins. He masterfully carves works of art into these pumpkins and being a huge Disney fan, many of his designs lean that way. This year he is embarking on a series of pumpkins that will … Read more

Disney North: Cutesations Review

Well, the Disney Design group has done it again. Released today were the new Cutesations. As you have seen from Mike’s post from last week, the Cutesations are 5″ plush that are sold in Blind Boxes at the Disney Store. Since I was already in the Disney Store to pick up the new Furry Friends … Read more

Furry Friends Sent to Pound

Update: The Disney Store Blog has posted an official announcement. “It is our commitment to offer high-quality merchandise and unfortunately the application of the Furry Friends Vinylmation artwork did not meet our standards.  As such, we are no longer selling the product. We have not yet decided whether or not the collection will be re-released in … Read more