Update: 5/23/12 9" Contemporary and Birthday Cake Castle get June 1st release dates. Contemporary will cost $89.95 and comes with a 3" Gold Monorail. Castle will price at $54.95.
 | 9"/3" Contemporary Resort and Monorail Gold WDW (1971-Present) LE 2000 Release Date: June 1, 2012 Price: $89.95 Artist: Lin Shih - One of the original three resorts to open at Walt Disney World (Fort Wilderness and Polynesian). The side of the resort is featured on the viny's front. The resort is famous for it's A-Frame design and unique room construction. Each room was built off site complete with electrical and plumbing and then just inserted into the frame. 
Picture from D23 WDW 40th slide
Picture from D23 WDW 40th slide
The resort is also famous for the monorail track that travels right through the building. So it makes sense, a 3" Monorail would accompany it. We have 4 Monorails (Red, Blue, Green and Orange), but this will be the first in new mold.
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 | 9" Yeti Animal Kingdom (2006-Present) LE 1000 Release Date: TBA - We have a Park 1 Yeti and a Park Starz version, but none seem to capture the Yeti's ferocity as depicted in the Exhibition Everest attraction as this one does. It has the straggly fur, glowing red eyes and big teeth where as the other version depict a more cartoonish Yeti. 
Picture from JimHillMedia.com
Picture from MousePlanet.com
The figure looks to take inspiration from both the animatronic Yeti himself as well as some of the artwork in the queue. But the big question remains... will the Vinylmaiton Yeti's arms move?
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 | 9" 25th Birthday Cake Castle Magic Kingdom (1996-1998) LE 1000 Release Date: June 1, 2012 Price: $54.95 Artist: Mike Sullivan - To celebrate the 25th birthday of MK, imagineers transformed Cinderella's Castle into a giant cake. 
Picture from leagueent.com
400 gallons of pink paint, 26 giant glowing candles, 30 3ft. tall lollipops and more decorated the castle for 15 months. This figure seems to represent one of most debated renovations in Walt Disney World history.
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  | 9" Mickey Mouse Revue Magic Kingdom (1971-1980) Artist: Alex Maher LE 1500 Released: May 2012 - An opening day attraction that featured audio animatronic performers lead by Mickey Mouse. This figure portrays the dressed up conductor Mickey with accessory baton. The rest of the orchestra was made up of classic Disney characters. 
Picture from Walt Dated World
The attraction was replaced by Magic Journeys, The Lion King and eventually Philharmagic. The show now resides at Tokyo Disneyland.
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