Pixar 2 Photoshoot

Finally added Boo and Little Mikey!

Episode 164 Spaghetti and Meatballs

Ep. 164 Spaghetti and Meatballs This week Nick and Brendt have a lot to talk about. SD ComicCon brought about the release of new Disney Pixar Villains and the news of more to come. Duffy and Sleeping Beauty blind boxes were released and Animation 5, Haunted Mansion 45th and Halloween Vinylmation were previewed.

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Episode 163 Phone

Ep. 163 Phone This week we preview Park 14 and an upcoming Gravity Falls Eachez. We also discuss the Pixar Villains Vinylmation that will be part of SDCC 2014.

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Pixar 2 Chaser

Pixar 2 was released early at a UK Disney Store and a Vinylmation Kingdom staff member pulled the chaser from the series. Click below to reveal it.

Pixar 2 is due out at D-Streets, Disney Stores and Online on November 15th

RoE: Pixar Series 2

Pixar Series 2 was designed by the Disney Store artists Gerald Mendez and Enrique Pita (as opposed to Series 1, a Disney Design Group set). The series has been reduced to 8 figures in a blind box set. It features Boo and Little Mikey, Dory, Dot, Alpha, Emile, Elastigirl and Mr. Pricklepants and Mystery Chaser. It will be released sometime in 2014.

I wish Ron Cohee and the DDG were given this assignment, but these look okay via the artwork we saw. I will have to see them in person to really tell. I do like the idea of Elastigirl. Pricklepant's hair is like Disco Goofy. Emile and Atta are bland to me, but Alpha looks awesome. Cone of shame accessory???

Ratatouille's Gusteau and Ghost Chosen to Represent Food and Wine 2013

Update 8/6/13: That's no ghost. After MC looked at the variant he realized it's not a ghost, its Gusteau on his black and white cooking show!

That makes a lot more sense!
Also, the variant will be a LE of 250 and the original will be a LE of 2250.

8/1/13- Artist Thomas Scott has designed two Vinylmation for the 2013 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. It will be Gusteau from Ratatouille and the Ghost of Gusteau! At an LE of 2500, they are set to release at the start of the festival on September 27 for $16.95. That is not enough to cover two figures, so we don't believe this is a combo set. Do you have your choice? Is it blind box? Do they each have an LE of 2500 or is the ghost equal or more rare? I really like this choice and the design is done well.

New December/January Release Dates

With the announcements below we confirm there will be WDW Marathon figures this year as well as another Valentine's Day commemorative. We have yet to see the actual figures, but the marathons are called "mini medals." So here is a look at the 2013 medals:

The Valentine's one is anyone's guess. We also get details about the 2013 series, a Pixar LE combo and the third Fantasia. We have no clue what order the 2013's will be released in, but Disney released the calendar from which the figures were inspired in park stores. So i'll find it and take a look this week. I would assume the order of release would correspond to the months they appear on the calendar. Here is a look at the 13 figures as they were on display at Mickey's Circus.

We will have to wait until January for the 9/3 Crush and Squirt LE combo. It will have an edition size of 1250 and will retail for $64.95.

The third Fantasia combo is a Parks and Online release featuring Hop Lo & Gold Fish. There are 1500 of them and it will retail for $24.95.

Also in the mix is the seventh junior series installment and a new Disney Vacation Club Piece. The junior series is themed to space and was on display at Mickey's Circus.

We don't know for sure, but we can assume the DVC figure will be this design that we saw only in concept art on Vinylnation years ago.

JANUARY 4, 2013
D-Streets
2013 Series - 3-inch figure by Dave Keefer & Maria Clapsis (Edition Size: 2,013 / Retail: $14.95)
Valentine's Day 2013 - 3-inch figure by Maria Clapsis (Commemorative / Retail: $14.95)

JANUARY 4, 2013
Online
Valentine's Day 2013 - 3-inch figure by Maria Clapsis (Commemorative / Retail: $14.95)
Vinylmation Jr. Series #7 - In Space (Mystery Box / Retail: $9.95)

JANUARY 10, 2013
D-Streets
2013 Run Disney - 3-inch figure by Maria Clapsis (Commemorative / Retail: $12.95)

JANUARY 10, 2013
D-Street Orlando (And Wide World of Sports?)
Walt Disney World Half Marathon Mini Medal (Open Edition /Retail: $1.95)
Goofy's Race Marathon Mini Medal (Open Edition / Retail: $1.95)
Walt Disney World Marathon Mini Medal (Open Edition /Retail: $1.95)

JANUARY 11, 2013
D-Streets
Vinylmation Jr. Series #7 - In Space (Mystery Box / Retail: $9.95)
Disney Vacation Club Exclusive 3-inch figure (Open Edition / Retail: $14.95 )

JANUARY 11, 2013
Online
2013 Series - 3-inch figure (Open Edition / Retail: $12.95)
Disney Vacation Club Exclusive 3-inch figure (Open Edition / Retail: $14.95)

JANUARY 18, 2013
D-Streets and Online
Pixar Series #1 - Crush & Squirt, Finding Nemo - 3-inch & 9-inch figure set by Maria Clapsis (Edition Size: 1,250 / Retail: $64.95)

JANUARY 25, 2013
D-Streets and Online
Fantasia Series #3 - Hop Lo & Gold Fish, The Nutcracker Suite - 3-inch figure set by Thomas Scott (Edition Size: 1,500 / Retail: $24.95)

Episode 095 Yellow Splattered

Ep. 095 Yellow Splattered This week we discuss the Pixar 1 line up, the new AP 3" figure, new Japan figures and much more. We have the full announced upcoming release calendar. And we have a Mystery Mail Bag filled to the brim with your questions and comments.

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Mickey's Circus- Vinylmation 95 Pixar Series

Based on Pixar characters.
Six figures. We know Buzz Lightyear.
LE.
One released per month.
2013 Summer release.

Mickey's Circus- Pixar (part 2)

Remy

Filmore

Mr. Incredible

Captain B. Mccrea

Nemo, King Fergus, Dug

Each character from a different Pixar Film
$12.95
November 16th 2012

LE Combos

9"/3" Crush and Squirt
Two 3" Combo - Tuck and Roll (A Bug's Life)

Three 3" Combo - Little Green Men (Toy Story)

A Brave Photoshoot

Merida and the Triplets from the Disney Pixar movie Brave recently posed for some pictures for us at Epcot.

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A tease of Pixar Series 1 Vinylmation

Pictures from Daniel Jue

Over on the facebook page, Vinylmation Exchange, Daniel Jue posted this picture from comic con. It's the first look at the Pixar Series 1. We speculated on this when we saw the Carl and Ellie two pack and it's packaging made reference to it. It looks like MC was right and the series will be a normal 12 figure blind box series. (That's speculation at the moment, but the display with 3 loose characters seems to point to it.) This would make the Carl and Ellie figures the first LE from that series. Here's our breakdown.

	Nemo From: Finding Nemo Great use of clear.
	King Fergus From: Brave (2012) Another peg leg! (For the first one see the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides vinylmation)
	Dug From: UP Simple, but classic.

Let the speculation begin. Who else would you like for this series?

Up and Out

Almost as fast as Carl and Ellie appeared on the DisneyStore.com last night around Midnight PST... they were gone.

By all accounts they were available for around 20 minutes. But already there are accounts of confirmation emails yet DSO doesn't show record of your purchase. People adding items to carts, but not able to check out. Slow loading pages where the figures could not be accessed. I was among the frustrated that went to add a set to my cart only to find them not available on the next page. Tell us your story and let us know what time you were or were not able to grab this combo set? And what does this mean for the rest of the week's purchases?

Also, if you are a Comic Con attendee, did you try to purchase through your QR code yet? I'm hearing that avenue says Sold Out as well, but I do not have any confirmation if they were ever available through that route.

Episode 080 Tomorrowland Space Suit

Ep. 080 Tomorrowland Space Suit In this episode we review all the news brought to us at the WDW Trade Night. Pixar, Park Starz, Comic Con, Park 9 and Popcorns all make headlines. We also have Annemarie stop by to give her two cents on the topics and talk about her latest custom. And of course we dive into your comments in the Mystery Mail Bag.

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More Pixar Combos Coming (After) Up?

On July 12, a two figure 3" combo set featuring Carl and Ellie from Up will release at Comic Con and Online. It was great to see them in person with the packaging at the WDW Trade Night. But it wasn't just the phenomenal designs on the figures that caught my eye. The box, which features pictures of Pixar characters from all the movies, says "Vinylmation Pixar Disney #1". Meaning... we are to see more Pixar combos coming down the line! I have been craving this. Especially after it became clear the Animation series is staying away from Pixar. So ever since the Lightning and Mater 2 pack, I have been saying this is the perfect way to present the Pixar universe characters to us. I am super excited! I hope some Bug's Life vinyls are just over the horizon. Maybe a Marlin and Dory combo? Remy and Linguini? What combos would you like to see in this collection?

Spotlight On: Custom Artist Aaralyn

To have your custom work spotlighted, please send an email to DestinationVinylmation@gmail.com

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On the opening day of the new Disney Pixar film Brave, it is fitting to see a custom featuring the heroine Merida. This one comes to us from Aaralyn. I was sad to hear it is already sold out, but Aaralyn has many more customs to look at and order at her website: www.customsbyaaralyn.com. Now let's take a look at this custom set.

"As soon as I saw the trailers for Brave, I knew it was going to be an amazing movie. The beauty of the animation inspired me to create this custom set. I attended the midnight premier of the movie, and I have to say it lived up to all my expectations and more. It was a phenomenal film." - Aaralyn

Merida is designed on a 9" Vinylmation and comes with a custom bow! The bear cubs are expertly painted onto three 3" vinyls.

"Personally I think Brave is my new favorite Pixar film because there are not many Disney films that portray the entire family unit as well as Brave does. The interactions and emotions between the characters along with the stunning animation and storyline ranks it number one in my book. And of course, there are the baby bears, and I can't resist cute things." - Aaralyn

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