Sleeping Beauty Explained

Sleeping Beauty Explained
July 28, 2014
$12.95

8 figure blind box mystery set designed by Disney Store artist Gerald Mendez. Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney and based on Little Briar Rose by The Brothers Grimm, and The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault.

Updated 7/28/14 Chaser and Variant revealed

Blue Dress Variant photo by Vinylmation Exchange member Chris Seesselberg

Chaser photo by Vinylmation Exchange Member Chris Scanlan

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	Aurora Mary Costa I love the ears and the crown. The design here, as with most of this set, is clean and simple... a departure from normal Disney Store sets. It looks like classic animation.
	Prince Phillip Bill Shirley Beautiful colors and great ears once again. This Phillip seems a more pleasing design than the Animation series version.
	Flora, Fauna and Merryweather Verna Felton, Barbara Jo Allen and Barbara Luuddy A trio of juniors in a single blind box never gets old. Perfect use of this technique.
	Maleficent Dragon Nice design and it will be great to have a really good 3" version of the dragon. The wings and neck extension are spectacular.
	Maleficent Eleanor Audley This is the best 3" version of Maleficent. Quincy's Villain is great, but the face is crowded by the collar and the horns blend into the ears. RoE is just bad. And Masks doesn't have to stick to the platform. This version is so well proportioned.
	Goon Great! Love his facial expression. Perfect use of ears.
	Owl Dallas McKennon This is my favorite figure in this entire set. What a creative way to depict the owl on this platform that doesn't waste space on the canvas!
	Briar Rose

The Jungle Book Explained

The Jungle Book Explained 

Disney Store and Online Release Date: February 24, 2014
D-Street Release Date: February 28, 2014
Price: $12.95
The Jungle Book was released in 1967.

Update 02/17/14 Mystery Chaser photo added.

	Baloo Voiced by: Phil Harris I love that we get a version with the coconut! Makes for a wonderful addition to our collections since we already have a normal version Baloo. This is an iconic scene and deserves a vinyl.
	Mowgli Voiced by: Bruce Reitherman I like the facial expression, but I don't think this captures Mowgli's look as much as the animation series version. I applaud the different look, but would have wanted more.
	King Louie Voiced by: Louis Prima Spectacular! Enrique nailed this design. He was brave enough to go outside the box and give us the ape arms. Overall, this design is preferable to the Animation topper.
	Shere Khan Voiced by: George Sanders The version is wonderful with Shere Khan lurking in the tall grass. I like this design better than the Villains 2 version because I think the face is more accurate. However, the variant Villains figure is still one of my all-time favorites.
	Bagheera Voiced by: Sabastian Cabot A great design choice. A straight forward version would be boring. And this incorporates a second character, Kaa, without giving us a second vinyl figure of the villainous snake.
	Hathi Jr. Voiced by: Clint Howard Love the trunk accessory. A straightforward design and a wonderful character selection.
	The Vultures "Buzzie, Flaps, Ziggy & Dizzy" Voiced by: J. Pat O'Malley, Lord Tim Hudson, Chad Stuart & Digby Wolfe Wonderful way to get these iconic characters into the series. Innovative, although done before, worth doing more. Well executed designs.
	Mystery Chaser Click image to see chaser

RoE: Disney Commissioned Customs

Big Bad Wolf

by Mark Seppela

$1000

Chernabog

by Alex Maher

$2200

Hades

by Derrick Lirette

$850

Jafar

by Gerald Mendez

$1600

Evil Queen (a few feet tall)

by Noah

$9800

Runaway Brain

by John Henselmeier

$1300

Turbo

by John Henselmeier

$750

Wild West Explained

Wild West
Release Date: April 20
Disney Stores
Artist Signing with Gerald Mendez and Enrique Pita at the Sun Coast Plaza Mall in Costa Meza, CA on April 20 from 10am-1pm.

Update 04/02/13 We added photos from Disney of the set.

Update 04/01/13 We added photos from Vinylmation Exchange of the remaining 6 figures off the side of the tray.

Update 03/29/13 Zoe sent in some up close photos of each figure. This is where the Disney Store shines!!! Back to doing a Disney Character-centric set. We never questioned the talent of the DS artists, just the choice of designs they produce. They have a command of the Mickey platform when drawing characters on the canvas. We just want them to be DISNEY! You may not purchase this particular set, but this is what the average VM collector wants to see from these artists. The colors are wonderful. The use of ears with the various western back drops are perfect. The biggest plus is that they changed them up. And the accessories? Among the best we have ever seen. Just take a look...

	Pluto First of all, they used the Furry Friends/Whiskers Tales paws! This may be my favorite Pluto. I love he just took a bite out of the bad guy's pants. The "V" star belt is a wonderful touch.
	Mickey He is the sheriff. Disney Store makes the most amazing hats. The chewing on the wheat is a perfect touch. And I love that the artist used an old school Mickey.
	Minnie Mouse The bonnet is another great accessory by the Disney Store. She has the old school like, just like Mickey. Disney Store does the characters so well... some of the best mouse faces we have seen in Vinylmation.
	Donald Donald as an Indian is just spectacular. The expression the DS artists give to his face in all his figures are the perfect way to draw him. It is very hard to make the duck bill work, but they always do. The feather head dress! What can I say? I can not wait to have this one in hand. Then, in the ears, you can see the wild west landscape with cactus and teepees.
	Daisy As much as I'm not a Daisy fan, the design here is a lot of fun. She looks like a performer in a wild west saloon. The clothing and feather in ear are great. Love the star background as well.
	Clarabelle Great addition of a classic Disney cow into this western series.
	Horace Another one with Furry Friends paws. Great choice of the classic Disney horse into this set.
	Goofy Crazy eyes.
	Huey, Dewy and Louie It's about time we get Donald's nephews into a set. Three 3" figures here. Wonderfully themed as Indians to fit in with Donald.
	Mystery Chaser

Zoe was walking through the South Coast Plaza Mall in California today and happened upon this poster:

Looks like the Wild West series may be a smaller open window series similar to Disney Tunes. But a close look at the fine print mentions "purchase of a tray", so I am not sure at this time. The series seems to be set for a Disney Store release on April 20th with an artist signing with Gerald Mendez and Enrique Pita from 10a-1pm at the South Coast Plaza Mall. We do expect the nation wide release over the same weekend.

Disney Store Artist Gerald Mendez Show How to Airbrush

What an unexpected treat I found on Facebook today. Disney Store artist Gerald Mendez has posted a photo album tutorial on how to airbrush a 9" Vinylmation. It is located on his Facebook page.

"Knowing the enthusiasm of many Vinylmation custom artist trying to figure how to airbrush a vinylmation piece I decided to post the step by step pictures of how I Airbrushed the 9" Vinylmation Cosmic Mickey" - Gerald Mendez

Mickey's Circus- Artist Signing, Customs, Games and Trading!

Disney artists Ron Cohee, Thomas Scott, Eric Caszatt, Gerald Mendez, Monty Maldovan, Caley Hicks and Maria Clapsis sign for fans.

Thomas Scott

Thomas Scott

Ron Cohee

Thomas Scott

Thomas Scott signs the event cast trader Clown from Dumbo

Eric Caszatt

Eric Caszatt

Gerald Mendez

Caley Hicks

Caley Hicks and Maria Clapsis

Customs by Aaralyn

We finally met this talented artist and recorded an interview with her at Mickey's Circus. We will have that for you on the next podcast 

Customs by Heather Kattleman