What does a Dog, a Hippo, a Whale and a Wizard have in common?

If you answered, "they all showed up on a store shelf at the NYC Times Square Disney Store in Vinylmation form", you have amazing and scary powers... because you're right. Dabid's Blog reports they found some Merlins, Bolts, Willie the Whales, and Hyacinth the Hippos at the NYC Times Square Disney Store back on January 15th! Dabid has a review and some great pics of Bolt that you can see here: Dabid's Vinylmation Bolt Blog Post. The highlight for me has to be Bolt's dog tag. It's an accessory piece that hangs off Bolt's neck (see left). A few days later, Dabid posted some pics and a review of the 9" Merlin. Merlin's beard takes up much of the front of the vinyl and the back shows his robes and "magical sparkles" (see right). Dabid says these look fantastic up close. Disney has not officially announced a released date for these figures, but they seemed to pop up around the country and this is our first confirmation with photos that they are (or were on January 15th) on the store shelves at the Times Square Disney Store. We want to thank Dabid for his posts. You can easily get to his Vinylmation blog posts here: Dabid's Blog. If you find any breaking Vinylmation News or have Vinylmation posts on your blog you would like to share, please email us at DestinationVinylmation.com.

All photos from dabidsblog.wordpress.com.