Mickey's Circus Is Now a Must Attend Event!

Awesome! Look at the latest item shown at vinylmation.com. This 3"/Jr set of Jumbo and Dumbo will be your free gift if you come to the vinylmation day of Mickey's Circus. Both pieces are by Thomas Scott. If you haven't registered yet, this will totally make it worth it! Do so now!!

What do you think of these pieces. They are perfect to me! Simple, straightforawrd, and extremely effective!

When I See an Elephant Fly

This September at The Florida Project event, a 3" Dumbo Vinylmation designed by Thomas Scott will be released in a 9/3 combo with a 9" Retro Mickey.

	If there were a poll of the most iconic rides at the Magic Kingdom, Dumbo would surely be toward the top of the list. In the shadow of Cinderella's castle, kids and adults alike hapily take flight high above Fantasyland in one of 16 Dumbo-shaped ride vehicles.
In truth, this is no more than an aerial carousel ride you may find at a local carnival, but the location and theming make it a classic. This ride, with minor differences, appears in all 5 Disney parks world-wide. At Magic Kingdom, Dumbo was an opening day attraction in 1971. And this figure perfectly captures both the style of the ride vehicle and era in which it opened.

The overall design, with the selected color palette and flowers, really place this figure into the early 70's. 

The face of Dumbo well represents the front of the ride vehicle with the animated look and the eyes peeking upward at the rider. The main discrepancy is the trunk... upward facing on all the ride vehicles, but downward on the figure. The hat is also a great touch. Well done, and just like the Hong Kong 5th Anniversary Dumbo.

But that is where the similarities end, this new Dumbo has a much different design scheme. The obvious difference is in the colors that are used. Also, check out the trunk. The HK figure has the upward facing trunk that this Dumbo should have. The back of the HK figure continues with the magical sparkles that surround the figure and features a HK 5th Anniversary Logo. The back of The Florida Project figure however shows off the brilliant details that tie it more closely to the attraction ride vehicle.

The "rug" on the back perfectly represents the area where the rider sits... right down to the curled up corners. This Dumbo figure also features his signiture ruffle collar.

Originally, Disney was going to package a Polynesian Hula Girl figure with Retro Mickey. They pulled it in favor of Dumbo. The Hula figure looked great in concept art and as a Disney history fan will be a welcomed addition to my collection someday, but in the end, i'm glad Dumbo stepped in to take her place.

What are your thoughts on Dumbo and The Florida Project?

Episode 011 Yeti Mouse

Ep. 011 Yeti Mouse On this episode, Nick and MC review the recently released series, Nerds Rock! They also review the Park 5 9"s and the 3" exclusive figures from Hong Kong's 5th Anniversary. This week they added a regular Online Disney Store section, to keep listeners not in either Orange County up to date on what they can buy. We also answer a special question in the Mystery Mailbag section.

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Farther around the world to "keep collecting" (Hong Kong Vinylmation)

The latest rumor (unconfirmed, but the flyer looks like it's from Disney) is that Hong Kong is getting it's own exclusive Vinylmations. They will be part of the 5th Anniversary Celebration called, "Celebration in the Air".

The 9" Castle Mickey is a Hong Kong exclusive. It will be a Limited Edition of 1000 and only available in the stores in Hong Kong Disney. The price will be HK$500 (~64 US$) and will be released on Jan. 21st.

The Sorcerer Mickey is similar to the one that came with our Combo Park 5s, except he isn't winking, but his face seems to be the only change. The flyer claims this is out yesterday (Jan. 6th International Date Line thing!) and will cost HK$135 (~17 US$).


The most interesting, to me, is Dumbo! He comes with a cute little hat, and this is the first time we've seen Dumbo in Vinylmation form. Dumbo will also be released on Jan. 21st and will cost HK$135 (~16 US$).

If anyone is over in Hong Kong, we'd love some of these!

Here is the flyer we got the info from. Click to enlarge.