Release Weekend News

A few interesting notes about the latest slue of Vinylmation releases. First off, D-Tour. One of the original six designs that we saw Disney release photos of was NOT available for purchase at D-Street this weekend.

Flowers & Vines has not yet, to our knowledge seen the store shelves. In it's place was a design Disney hadn't told us about.

Headphones Mickey, a figure we reported for sale on eBay a few days ago, is fully stocked at D-Street. Here's a peek at the shelf as it looked last night.

I saw a lot of interest in these new designs. We also learned via Disney Artist Eric Caszatt's Twitter that: "Artists at DDG created flat 2D art that Maria Clapsis translated to the Vinylmation Mickey platform." I was wondering about that as the first thing I did when I ripped open my first D-Tour was check the bottom of the feet... no credit given.

Next up, when Disney released the turn around pictures for the Theme Park Favorites, there were two we had not seen on the series poster.

They are variant designs of the yellow "Classic Fan" figure from the poster. A look in the D-Street display case...

...and the shelves...

...show no sign of the Red and Blue versions. Might these be more variant Cast Traders? In retrospect, this is a great series to have such traders. As this is series geared toward the guests of the parks that are not necessarily into Vinylmation yet and Disney would like to hook them on the idea of trading. A concept that hooked a lot of us into this hobby in the first place. Your thoughts?

Also available this weekend for the first time state side, the Chinese Zodiac series.

No oddities here. And the final release was this 9" Valentine's Day piece from Holiday 3.

Also of note around Downtown Disney...

The shelves where stocked with plenty of Astrology, 2012s, Flags and Nerds Rock! (minus Daisy) but notably missing from D-Street were the WDW 40th figures and Sea Creatures. Granted, there are a ton of new releases, so they probably had to move them around property to make space.

We also saw signs that Urban 6 is on sale for Buy One, Get One 50% off. Did you pick up any new Vinylmation this busy weekend?

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 figures will also be out... you guessed it, January 20th. Details
This crazy little hamster appeared on Vinylmation's Facebook page. It's Rhino from Bolt! And yes, that's his own plastic ball. I saw a great comment speculating is is an Animation 2 LE. How cool would that be?
	Oh ya, and this little set came across from China. It's the Chinese Zodiac set. This drops in the states on... January 20th! Details
We also had a special treat... Vinylmation projects from the 7th and 8th grade art classes of the Millennium Middle School. Details
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Chinese Zodiac Vinylmation Explained

Update: 01/13/12 We learned today this set will release in the states on Friday, January 20th at the D-Streets. This give hope the Japan Zodiac series with Disney characters maybe as well.


Update: Pictures of the actual figures were put out on display on Sunday at The Florida Project

Release Date: January 2012
Artist: Unknown
Location: Hong Kong Disney Exclusive
Assumed to be open window

	Dragon 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012
	Snake 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013
	Horse 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002
	Ram 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003
	Monkey 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004
	Rooster 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005
	Dog 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006
	Pig 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007
	Rat 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008
	Ox 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009
	Tiger 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010
	Rabbit 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011

Chinese Zodiacs Released in Hong Kong

Exclusive to Hong Kong Disneyland, a set of 12 open window 3" Chinese Zodiac figures were released on November 21. They cost 120 Hong Kong Dollars per figure witch works out to about $15.40 USD. A little steeper than we have seen for a non-LE or a 3" not packaged with a Junior.

We had the chance to see these in person at The Florida Project. It is a very colorful design collectively throughout the set. And as you can tell, the are a bit abstract for the animals they represent. Will you be importing these from Hong Kong? For more pictures and info on this set, check out Chinese Zodiac Explained.

Florida Project: Chinese Zodiac Signs

Well it looks like we'll be getting our signs and the Chinese will be getting theirs! I want this set.

Hong Kong Disney exclusive. Jan 2012

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Chinese Zodiac Vinylmation Explained