ZoMG: Park 6 from Zoe

Hello everyone! Park 6 is coming out tomorrow and I’m sure that everyone is just as excited as I am! Since seeing photos of Park 6 figures, we noticed that Disney decided to go with a bit of a Disney World theme, as well as Paris and Disneyland. Being from California and also always making (at least) one trip a year to Disney World since I was 5 years old, gives me a little background on both the Disneyland side as well as the Disney World side to Park 6!

	Norway Troll Artist: Casey Jones The Norway troll is located in Disney World’s Epcot World Showcase in Norway! I think it’s great that they made a 3” version of this figure that stands extremely tall in Norway in Epcot. Everyone always stops to take photos with the troll and it is definitely the landmark in Norway at Epcot. Sadly at Disneyland we don’t have any Trolls but, hopefully everyone will one day make a trip to Epcot and see him for themselves!
	Hollywood Studios Clapboard Artist: Caley Hicks I love the Hollywood Studios Clapboard! Hollywood Studios is located in Disneyworld but here in California we do have California Adventure. In California Adventure we have, ‘Hollywood Pictures Backlot’ which is a little similar in the name to Hollywood Studios. The back shows different sayings like, Lights, Camera Action, which goes along with DCA’s Hollywood Pictures Backlot as well as Hollywood Studios.
	Walt Disney World Road Sign Artist: Thomas Scott Here comes a variant! The Walt Disney World Road Sign is a great figure! Always making trips to Disney World, this reminds me of sitting on the buses and going from one park to another. I love this figures and think that the variants work perfectly! The original figure says, "Magic Kingdom and Epcot" the 2 variants say, “Animal Kingdom" and "Theme Parks and all other guest areas". Here at Disneyland we do have signs that point guests in the right direction, but none as memorable as the ones from Disney World.
	Wet Paint Donald Artist: Mark Seppela Another variant! Everyone loves when they place a classic Disney character into the set, and Wet Paint Donald is no exception. Wet Paint Donald was found all over Disney World and Disneyland Park when painting was being done. It is a fun and familiar sign to guests and everyone will love this Vinyl! Donald comes in 2 variant colors, purple and orange.
	Monstro Artist: Eric Caszatt Monstro is from the Storybook Land Canals in Disneyland. This is a great figure because Storybook Canals is such a memorable ride, especially the entrance through Monstros mouth! This is a landmark in Fantasyland and everyone will know exactly where he is from within the park!
	Space Mountain Paris Artist: Lin Shih Disneyland Paris is incredible! This figure really shows how intricate and fun Disneyland Paris’ Space Mountain attraction is! Disneyland’s Space Mountain is not as colorful and fun as this figure, but has a white outside and more of a blue color scheme inside. This figure is fun because it will go along with Park 4’s Tomorrow Land figure!
	Orange Monorail Artist: Dan Howard Everyone loves the Monorail! This is the next figure to come out as a Monorail except this time in Orange. Monorails are found in Disneyland as well as Disney World and help guests get to and from certain areas.
	DCL Lifeboat Artist: Randy Nobel This figure has nothing to do with Disneyland or Disney World but has to do with the cruise line. This figure is modeled after a raft that is used on board. This is a fun addition to Park 4’s Cruise Line figure!
	Sonny Eclipse Artist: Maria Clapsis Going to Disney World as a little girl I always remember going to Cosmic Rays Starlight Café with my Mom and Grandparents. I love that they made this figure it looks exactly like him! Some people who have not visited Disney World may not understand who or what he is but once they eat at Cosmic Rays they will love him.
	Adventureland Tiki Artist: Casey Jones This Tiki is a great Adventureland landmark! From any Disney Park, everyone will recognize this guy! In Disneyland we have these guys near the Dole Whip stand.
	Primeval Whirl Artist: Thomas Scott This is such a wonderful take on the Animal Kingdom attraction! We don’t have a Primevil Whirl here at Disneyland but if you have visited Animal Kingdom you will recognize the design immediately.
	Mystery Chaser I don’t want to spoil the chaser but this guy has showed up in many Disney Parks and I’m sure his face is somewhere in your wallet!
	Runaway Brain Mickey Park 6 Combo Topper Great addition to the Mickey combo toppers! A bit scary but, still Mickey!

Hope everyone enjoys Park 6 tomorrow!
-Zoe

Kali Kali Oxen Free- New Animal Kingdom Vinylmation

Also released today is the Kali River Rapids figure. This ride is from Animal Kingdom, which makes sense because it was a reward for reaching 9,800 followers on the Vinylmation Facebook. (1998 is the year Animal Kingdom opened). Originally the name for this ride was Tiger Rapids Run, which makes a lot of sense since this figure has a very tiger-y feel to it. (Hopefully no tiger blood though!) If this vinylmation keeps form with the other WDW figures we have learned about, it will be part of a park set in the future.

What Future Vinylmation Flags Would You Like to See?

Here at DV, we like to read things into Disney's words. Hey, it's fun to speculate. Well today, the Disney Store posted a short Q & A with Disney's Vinylmation Product Developer Donald Ferro. The post points to more Flags to come! The first series of Vinylmation Flags was a 12 figure set consisting of all the countries in the EPCOT World Showcase plus Brazil.

Complete 12 figure Flags set

Post from the Disney Store Online

Ya, they say "may", but its fun to talk about. So what countries would you like to see in the next round of Vinylmation Flags? How about if they do states?

Online Disney Store Update

If you can't make it to the Disney Stores, DV likes to update you on what's available (and not) online. Jr Series 3 Good Luck/Bad Luck is still not available, Urban 6 is back and a brand new series is making it's online debut.

Here is the newest addition to the Online Disney Store:

The 3 Watches in the Vinylmation Watch / Figure combo series are now available online. Check out our detailed release day pictures and review here.

Park Series 3" Figure and Watch
$125.00

Urban Series 3" Figure and Watch

$125.00

This is a $25 discount from the D-Street store price!

Steampunk 3" Figure and Pocket Watch
$150.00
The Online Disney Store is also calling this "Urban", but a look at the description shows they are obviously describing the Steampunk inspired figure and pocket watch. A really beautiful piece.

Urban 6 is back online after selling out quickly on release day last week. Check out Urban 6's visit to the EPCOT Flower and Garden Expo here.

Urban 6 Singles - $9.95

Urban 6 Combo Pack - $24.95

TRON: Legacy - $9.95
Only Kevin Flynn (Legacy) and Jarvis are available today.

Nerds Rock! - $9.95

Only Minnie and Daisy are available today. All 8 figures are still very much available at the WDW Parks.

Occupations - $16.95

7 of the 10 are available: Medical, Judge, IT, Business Suit, Dentist, Chef, and Call Center are available.

Flags - $9.95

11 of 12 Flags available. No USA.

Stormtrooper of the Week #09

This week's caption will be chosen by your birth date. If you were born before 1992, check out the left side. If you were born after 1992, maybe the right side is more up your alley. Whichever you pick, Enjoy!

Thousand Evilos Woods

Evilos (the maker of the Mickey in Carbonite figure) is back with a custom set of Pooh and his friends. I really like the gold color of Pooh and the writing of his name on the shirt is wonderful! Also amazing is the mohawk for Eeyore. I've always identified with Eeyore for some reason. Check out this set at his site evilos.com. Also check out all his other customs, like the aforementioned Mickey in Carbonite and his cool take on TRON. (Also note the Evil Pooh in the background. I believe this is his trademark, making character's evil, and where he gets his name.) Right now you can pick up Pooh for $50 and Eeyore is $80. No word on Tigger as of yet. Thanks Evilos, your customs really raise the bar for everyone else!

Episode 015 Glow Mickey

Ep. 015 Glow Mickey In this episode, Nick talks about his trip to buy Villains 9" figures. Then Nick and MC review the recently released TRON: Legacy series. They also update everyone on the Park and Urban 6 9" figures and check out the Mystery Mail Bag.

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Park 6 Explained

Update: 3/28/11 Added pictures of the Chaser and all 4 variants; Donald (2) and WDW Road Sign (2). Learned of a WDW Road Sign variant with "Animal Kingdom" instead of "Magic Kingdom". Learned the price should be $12.95. Found out Park 6 was already released, and possibly pulled back off the shelves at Disneyland Paris. Added link to the 9" Park 6 figures. Big thanks to everyone who tweeted, commented, and emailed us about the news. Every once in a while our "real" jobs get in the way of 24/7 monitoring. But thanks to all our fans we always have someone close to the news! Thank you. Merci.

Update: 3/22/11 Release date of April 1st is confirmed at WDW Trading Event and on the Events pages at the Disney Vinylmation Blog. Added picture of the Matterhorn 9". Added picture on set on display at WDW Trading Event.

Update: 3/9/11 Release date removed from the official site. April 1st now only a possible release date.

Update: 3/8/11 Release date announced as April 1st (no joke... hopefully). Added turn around pictures.

Update: 1/21/11 Added images from the 1/1/11 blog announcements from Disney. Includes, Primevil Whirl and Runaway Brain Mickey Combo Topper.

1/8/10 From the Disney Pin Site we get a sneak peak at the up coming Park 6 vinylmation series. Note: These pins should tell us some of the figures in the series, but they are usually a mixture of 3" and 9".

	Norway Troll Artist: Casey Jones The large Troll in Norway's Puffin’s Roost store located in the EPCOT World Showcase.
	Hollywood Studios Clapboard Artist: Caley Hicks An icon representing Hollywood Studios Theme Park in Orlando, FL. The clapboard is the item used during filming of movies and TV shows that mark the beginning of a take.
	Walt Disney World Road Sign Artist: Thomas Scott Depicts the colorful signs that point the way to the Theme Parks and Resorts around WDW.
	Walt Disney World Road Sign Variant Artist: Thomas Scott The WDW road sign pointing to the Animal Kingdom
	Walt Disney World Road Sign Variant Artist: Thomas Scott The WDW road sign pointing to the Other Guest Areas.
	Wet Paint Donald Artist: Mark Seppela Donald from the old wet paint signs that used to be found around the Disney Parks. A trouble-making Stitch is found on the present day signs.
	Donald Wet Paint Variant Artist: Mark Seppela A Variant with Orange paint instead of green.
	Donald Wet Paint Variant Artist: Mark Seppela A Variant with purple paint instead of green.
	Monstro Artist: Eric Caszatt Monstro, from Pinocchio, swallows guests boats in the Storybook Land Canal at Disneyland.
	Space Mountain Paris Artist: Lin Shih The Disneyland Paris version of the popular Disney attraction.
	Orange Monorail Artist: Dan Howard Similar to the other monorails, just orange.
	DCL Lifeboat Artist: Randy Nobel Chris (in the comments) said he spoke to an artist and that it represents the life rafts (boats) used by the Disney Cruise Lines. Based on the photos, I'd have to agree. Thanks Chris!
	Sonny Eclipse Artist: Maria Clapsis Cosmic Rays Starlight Cafe Magic Kingdom Tomorrowland
	Adventureland Tiki Artist: Casey Jones Magic Kingdom
	Primeval Whirl Artist: Thomas Scott Based on the Primevil Whirl Attraction from the Animal Kingdom
	Mystery Chaser Click on the Mystery Chaser to the left to reveal the chaser.
	Runaway Brain Mickey Park 6 Combo Topper From the Runaway Brain Short

Park 6 set featured at WDW Trading Event

9" Matterhorn on display at DLR

SEE ALL 9" PARK 6 FIGURES HERE!

Photos courtesy of Disney, Ryan and Alex