New Vinyls Were Only An Illusion

Update 7/8/12 These re-releases seem to only have happened at Disney Stores that have already released a city specific figure of their own. (NYC, Chicago, SF, Tokyo, Paris, London, Dublin) Also, thanks to the Playwright in NYC, we know the Global Vinyl was $9.95, but the others will be $12.95.

Thanks to this picture of a poster sent to us by The Playwright that was hanging at the Times Square Disney Store, we get a look at the other 5 "Magic Around the World" Vinylmation that will be released over the next five weeks at Disney Stores.

Feeling a sense of deja vu? We were excited to get 5 new Disney Store "world themed" vinyl figures, but instead all this meant was a re-issue of the previously location exclusive figures into other cities. This continues the Disney Store trend of turning "location exclusive" figures into "city specific" figures. They have previously released figures from New York, Chicago or San Francisco online for everyone to buy. I personally enjoy the idea of making some figures hard to get and only available in one city's stores. So here is the lineup:

July 2 - Global Vinyl
July 6 - London Guard
July 13 - EDO Japan Mickey
July 20 - France
July 27 - Leprechaun
August 3 - Geisha Japan

Big Hats City Exclusive Explained

Big Hats City Exclusive
Release Dates: Vary
Price: Vary
Details: This series of similar style figures will be released periodically at Disney Stores around the world. They will represent the city in which they are released.

	Roman Warrior
	London Royal Guard
	Dublin Leprechaun
	Paris Chef

Big Hats come to Rome

Even more Big Hat Figures are being released in Europe. Just recently Vinylmation.com announced that Rome had their own special figure. Meet their Gladiator. Great looking saddles and uniform. Nice use of ears also. This figure is by Adam Colp from the United Kingdom. Colp also created the French Big Hat figure.

Speaking of those other figures, here they are as a reminder. So far we've seen figures for Paris, Dublin, and England. Anyone think they know who will get the next one?

All pics from Disney

Luck of the Irish Vinylmation Fans

Another Dublin exclusive Vinylmation has been released. Thanks again to @VM_Paris for pointing us to the photos on DQForum.com.

As you can see, it has a Leprechaun appearance. I enjoy this design much more than the 1st Dublin figure. Underneath the pulled down hat, the face looks similar to Mickey from Holiday 1.

The box is full of shamrocks

As mentioned, this is the second Dublin Disney Store exclusive. The first was a green figure covered in shamrocks.

The look of the Leprechaun is also reminiscent of the faceless Paris Disney Store exclusive released last month.

No word yet on price, but you should be able to locate it in the Dublin Disney Store. Will the new Dublin figure be lucky enough to make it into your collection?