Star Wars series 1 launched at midnight on January 14th, 2011, and The Vinylmation Station was on the scene! We take you to D Street at Walt Disney World’s Downtown Disney West Side to see all of the fun and festivities, and then grab an exclusive interview with Merchandise Communications Manager Steven Miller.

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WDWNT Reporter Banks Lee visited D Street at Walt Disney World earlier today and here’s what’s happening in Vinylmation:

Plenty of Dreamfinder and Figment to go around

Same for Retro Magic Kingdom

Animation 3″ now available

Star Wars coming out next week, but I’m sure you already knew that

Beast 9″ from Animation available

Very cool box for Animation Series #1

Plenty of Beast and Elliot/Pete 3″+9″ available

Zurg & Bo Peep 9″ still available

Vinylmation + watches still available, despite being absolutely amazing

Vinylmation and ear hats still sitting around too

From Official Vinylmation Blog:

Lots of information to share today.

The 9-inch figure designed by Tyler Dumas from Holiday #2 will be released at D-Street in California and Florida on Friday, December 10. The figure resembles a birthday cake (if only it was real!). The edition size is 1000 and the retail is $44.95.

We also have a release date for the much anticipated Disneyland® Resort – A-E Ticket book set. This set will be released at D-Street in California on December 10. The edition size is 1955 and the retail is $99.95. The artwork for this set was done by Lin Shih from Disney Design Group.

There will be 100 sets released on the Disney Parks on-line store at a future date. Stay tuned as we do not have a confirmed date for the on-line release.

There will be a special Artist Meet and Greet session this coming Friday, December 3 at D-Street in Florida. The event will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and will feature several Disney Design Group Artists including Eric Caszatt and Mike Sullivan who designed the Vinylmation™ – Timepieces with figures being released on Friday. There will also be Monty Maldovan and Maria Clapsis who designed figures from Vinylmation™ – Holiday #2. We hope to see you there!

Speaking of this coming Friday, we learned that D-Street in Florida will be opening at 8:00 a.m.

And now, another look at the upcoming Animation #1 series. This time we have Philoctetes from Disney’s Hercules designed by Eric Caszatt.

Project Manager for Disney Trading Steven Miller was gracious enough to give us a few minutes of his time to take a look at some upcoming Vinylmation being previewed at the Vinylmation booth at Festival of the Masters at Walt Disney World this weekend. Here is our Vinylmation Station exclusive video!

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Tom Corless went to the “soft opening” of Time Square’s newest store, the Disney Store, and he brought back some pictures of what else but the Vinylmations, of course, and their exclusive figures.

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Over the past couple of days, the Official Vinylmation Blog has previewed many great upcoming figures, here is a recap.

First is a preview of the Sam the Eagle figure, to be released in the Muppet Vinylmation Series #2.

Here are a few more previews of upcoming special releases, and series:

We can’t wait to take a ride on the AquaDuck!

Well at least he is no longer suspended indefinitely.

A look at three more figures from the upcoming Vinylmation™ – Animation #1 series. We wonder who is in the middle.

Some news on upcoming Holiday Themed Figures:

This is the Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party 2010 limited release 3-inch figure. It will have a retail of $16.95. In Florida, it will be released on November 8 at the following Magic Kingdom® Park locations – Emporium, Mickey’s Star Traders, Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe, Frontierland Trading Post. In California, it will be released on November 12 at D-Street – Downtown Disney® District.

This is the Osbourne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights 2010 limited release 3-inch figure. It will have a retail of $16.95. In Florida, it will be released on November 8 at the following Disney’s Hollywood Studios™ locations – Mickey’s Of Hollywood, Youse Guys, Beverly Sunset, Sorcerer’s Hat Shop, Art of Disney Gallery, Tower of Terror Shop, Stage One Company Store. In California, it will be released on November 12 at D-Street – Downtown Disney® District.

Finally, the Official Vinylmation Blog recently showcased two upcoming TRON Legacy themed figures.

My apologizes for the limited amount of updates recently. Here is a ”round-up” of all the latest Vinylmation News and Previews. 

From Official Vinylmation Blog:

Here’s a sneak peek at one of the great Vinylmation™ Figures part of the Park #5 collection:

 

This Vinylmation™ Figure was inspired by the Buzz Lightyear themed attractions at Disney Parks and was designed by Disney Design Group Artist Eric Caszatt. Disney Park fans will notice many details in the design, including the iconic Zurg “Z” targets in the ears, a couple of batteries on the back and the Galactic Hero score (which we’re sure all of you will remember as the highest possible ranking).

For fans who are planning to attend the 10-10-10 Trading Event on October 10, 2010 at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Convention Center, please note that the time for the event has changed. It will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

 

A new Cast Exclusive Vinylmation™ 3-inch figures was released at Company D and Team Centers in Florida and California. This limited edition figure was designed by Maria Clapsis and salutes Disney Voluntears. It has an edition size of 10,000 and Cast Members must present a valid ID card in order to purchase it. Limit of two figures, per Cast Member, per day.

 

Everyone has a birthday and this series will make a unique birthday gift. This open window box series will feature figures inspired by the Zodiac. The figures were designed by Maria Clapsis and Lisa Badeen. They did extensive research on not only the traditional figures associated with the Zodiac but also the colors and stars associated with each sign.

From Official Vinylmations Blog:

The Disney Parks Blog posted an article today about the upcoming Limited Edition ear hats inspired by two figures from the Urban #4 series: Check It Out.

A few of you may be wondering about an announcement that was shared yesterday about Duffy, The Disney Bear. Passholders who attended a sneak preview of Duffy, The Disney Bear heard that he is coming to the world of Vinylmation™. It’s true and we can’t wait. We spoke with Donald Ferro, product developer for Vinylmation™ about this figure.

“Mickey Mouse will remain the current platform for Vinylmation at this time,” explained Donald. “We are looking at different forms to complement the Mickey Mouse form and Duffy, The Disney Bear will be one of them. He will be a unique form not necessarily designed to replace the Mickey shaped form.”

Stay tuned for future interviews with Monty Maldovan and Thomas Scott, two of the Disney Design Group Artists, who are working on this different and unique form. We are still in the high-level concept phase. When we have additional concepts to show, we will post them here (and on the Sneak page).

Cody Smith has returned from a final day at Trade City USA, today was the Vinylmation Showcase. Not only did we have the ultimate preview area, but also taking place was the Vinylmation Conversation, a 30-minute information presentation by Steven Miller of upcoming news and previews in the Vinylmation World.

Let’s begin with a Park Series #5 Preview of the whole set (excluding chaser, and a few 9in Figures)

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Cody Smith has returned with more photos of upcoming Vinylmation figure previews from today’s second half of the Pin Celebration 2010–Trade City USA, each day at the event they add a few more figures, so let’s see what tomorrow, the Vinylmation Showcase, brings.

Park Series #5 Preview, Coming October 2010

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