Fantasia Series 1 Release Date Announced

The first in a series of 8 Fantasia Combo Sets has a release date. The Yensid/Mickey set will be released on Friday, October 12 at both D-Streets. It will be $24.95 and has an edition size of 2500.

Check out our Fantasia Explained page for me info.

2012 Food and Wine Festival Tony Review

Today marks the release of the 2012 Epcot Food and Wine Festival 3" Tony (from Lady and the Tramp) figure.

The 3" LE 2500 figure designed by Billy Davis is the second Food and Wine Vinylmation so far. You can find it for $16.95 at the Festival Shop located just past the entrance into the World Showcase (or by the beer kiosk if that helps). You can also find Tony a the Festival Shop near Morocco and at Mouse Gears.

I found him checking out the scenery. So how does Tony look? i find him to be an extraordinarily designed figure. The face looks great. As does the pile of spaghetti and meatballs in the ear. The issue I have is with inconsistent production value. Actually the only consistent factor was there seemed to be a small error on all of them.

 One of the most common errors was a blotch near the left shoulder as seen above.

The other common error was a string of paint falling off the pasta... almost like a strand of pasta hanging off the bowl, but this was not an intentional 3D effect. It was almost impossible to find one without this error. The other less common errors were lines around Tony's mouth, lines on his shirt and specs of white in the tie that should be all black. These things distract partially from an otherwise perfect figure.

Moore News from London

Some friends of DV, the Moores, just got back from an overseas trip and sent us back a report of what they found.


Hey guys,
We just got back from London and had to make a visit to the Oxford Street Disney Store while there. We also stopped in to the Covent Garden store and the store out near Stratford. The Oxford Street store was by far the biggest of the three as it had a second floor below street level. It was also the only store with more than a half dozen vinyls total. They had lots of flag vinyls and lots of the 25th anniversary light up Mickeys with the base. They also had a full shelf of Big Top and Spooky Series 2. Aside from that they only had a handful of the around the world and a couple of Nerds Minnie vinyls. They also had a 9" vinyl for £5 which converted to roughly $9 when we were there. Aside from that, they had a few cool displays.

Tower of Terror 10 Miler

This is a big weekend. Epcot 30th merchandise today with the celebration on Monday. Food and Wine Festival just begun. And Saturday night, the big Tower of Terror 10 Miler. Now I just began my Disney running career this past January with the WDW Half Marathon, but these medals are sure good enough motivation to keep on going. This race gives finishers a replica of the Hollywood Tower Hotel with moving elevator and glow in the dark elements.

I had to abstain from chowing down at the Food and Wine Festival today, which was hard since I had to stop by to grab my Epcot 30th stuff and Tony Vinylmation. But you can bet I'll be attacking those stands Sunday as I walk around the park proudly wearing my medal. I want to say good luck to everyone out there participating in this weekend's race including our friend Matt over at Vinylmation Kingdom and my Once Upon a Pin co-host Rapinzel. We still couldn't convince MC to run... maybe next year.

Spotlight On: Custom Artist Project Sidekickz Artist Celeste

The Custom Artist Project is a group of 11 of the best custom Vinylmation artists in the world who have come together to make their own blind box series. Series 1 is called “Sidekickz” and is a mix of different Disney sidekicks from films or TV. It will be released on October 6th. Each day leading up to the release, we will spotlight a different artist from the series. Today we spotlight custom artist Celeste.

Hometown:
Southern California

Website: 
http://celestecustomvinylmations.blogspot.com/

What Disney Sidekick did you choose? 
Booster Munchapper!

Why did you choose that sidekick? 
It wasn't a easy choice but I wanted to choose a character that's not too obscure but would look cool on a vinyl and I chose to go with Booster Munchapper from the animated series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. So now Buzz has a sidekick he can roam the universe with!

Favorite Disney Movie? 
So many great films out there but Beauty and the Beast would be considered my favorite Disney movie.

Favorite Disney Theme Park Attraction?
Every time I visit Disneyland I have to always ride Peter Pan's Flight at least once.

Favorite aspect of working on the Mickey shaped canvas? 
I would have to say that my favorite part when working on a Vinylmation is coming up with designs that best suits the shape.


More info on the Custom Artist Project:

Website: http://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtistProject/

How to purchase: The price of one blind box is $65, including shipping within the US. We’re looking into international shipping right now, but it will probably be another $5-10 if it works out.Paypal is going to be the accepted payment. It is limited to one household per blind box.

What you get: You will get one blind box (yes, I’m actually making boxes) with one of 24 different figures. Some figures come with accessories. You will also get 11 different cards, 1 from each artist.

Noah Shows Us His Dark Side

According to the Disney Parks Blog, Noah will soon be releasing a line of merchandise themed to Disney Villains. These new designs will appear in a variety of items including limited edition giclees on canvas, men’s apparel, women’s apparel and skate decks. The highlight for this audience is surely this custom Chernabog piece...

No word on edition size or price yet, however Noah will be on hand for a special appearance and signing October 20, from 3–6 p.m. at D Street in the Downtown Disney District at the Disneyland Resort. So we assume this is the release date. Here is a look at a few of the other products and designs.

Japan's Walt Disney 110th Anniversary Series

On October 5th, Disney Stores in Japan will release a set titled Walt Disney 110th Anniversary Series. This will be a blind box series with a 1200 YEN ($15 USD) price tag on it.

The set has a cute, love theme going on here. You can also kind of pair up a few of these such as Mickey/Minnie, Donald/Daisy, even Pongo/Cheshire if you want to go cat and dog. Pooh and Bambi are forest animals. But I can not link Goofy and Pinocchio no matter how hard I try. Then you have the Three Little Pigs which leads me to speculate on a Chip and Dale chaser as I stated in the last podcast. Here is a look at the individual figures.