December 3 will be an exciting day at D-Street in California and Florida. We will be releasing several things including the 3-inch figures from Vinylmation™ – Holiday #2, the Vinylmation – Ice Cube Tray with 3-inch figure, and three different timepieces with 3-inch figures.

You probably recall reading a Disney Parks Blog article about the Steampunk inspired timepiece as few months ago. Here are some additional details.

This timepiece plus 3-inch figure was designed by Mike Sullivan from Disney Design Group. It has an edition size of 750 and a retail of $150.

This timepiece plus 3-inch figure was designed by Eric Caszatt from Disney Design Group. It has an edition size of 750 and a retail of $150.

This timepiece plus 3-inch figure was designed by Eric Caszatt from Disney Design Group. It has an edition size of 750 and a retail of $125.

For fans in Florida, we are finalizing details for an artist autograph session with Disney Design Group artists to be held on December 3 at D-Street. Stay tuned for more details.

We are happy to present the itinerary for the upcoming Trade City, USA – Vinylmation™ Showcase event. There are a lot of great activities planned, so you’re probably going to want to start mapping out your day now.

Click HERE to download the intinerary.

A couple of notes about what to expect.

Trading Activities
We currently have planned six trading activities – three mystery 24 boxes, two open trade boxes and one more open/mystery trade.

• Mystery 24 Box – There will be three stations featuring the Mystery 24 boxes. There will be two boxes per station – Box A and Box B. This means there will be 48 different numbers for Guests to select. There will only be one trade per visit to the station which means that Guests can select a number from either Box A or Box B (but not both).
• Open Trade – There will be two stations with open trade boxes. There will be a total of 48 figures per station presented in Vinylmation™ Trays (see, they are useful). Guests will have one minute to chose one figure from either Box A or Box B.
• Open / Mystery Trade – We are looking at one final opportunity that will be a combination of open and mystery trading.

Due to popular demand, we will introduce Vinylmation, Jr. trading into the mix. This may become an open or mystery trading activity depending upon the interest. We haven’t introduced it to everyday trading yet as we were waiting for a few more series to be released. Yet, we know there are fans who would like to trade for either Series #1 and Series #2.

Passholder Exclusive Figure Featuring Mr. Toad
Quick update on the Passholder Exclusive Figure featuring Mr. Toad. To confirm, the release date for this figure will be Sunday, August 29 at the D-Street locations on the West and East Coasts. This figure will also be available at the Vinylmation™ Showcase Event at Epcot® on Sunday (makes it easier for all of the Passholders attending the event). Remember, a valid Annual Pass must be presented in order to purchase this figure.

Creation Station
From 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., a Creation Station hosted by Disney Design Group Artists will be held. If you attended the opening of D-Street in Florida, you may recall seeing this station. Basically, a Guest purchase a blank figure and an artist will be on hand to help she or he create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. The following artists have been confirmed for the station: Quynh Kimball, Adrienne Draude, Casey Jones and Lisa Badeen.

Autograph Session with Disney Design Group
An autograph session with Disney Design Group artists will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The following artists have been confirmed for the session: Thomas Scott, Eric Caszatt, Dan Howard and Lisa Badeen. There may be additional artists that will join the session based on availability. By now, you have probably seen the Silent Auction lots. Yes, the one-of-a-kind figures are THAT awesome. Look for some wallpaper images coming to Vinylmation.com later this week (for all those who won’t be bidding on the items).

Early Registration
Guests attending the Vinylmation™ Showcase Event can pick up their product and event credentials on Thursday, August 26 between 12:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Convention Center.

Christopher with Disney Design Group Artist Thomas Scott

Disney Design Group Artist Lin Shih

Disney Design Group Artist Eric Caszatt

24 Slot-Mystery Trading Box at Event

Signed Buzz Lightyear Figure from Toy Story Series by Thomas Scott

Signed Figure by Lin Shih

Signed Artist Cards From Event

We mentioned earlier this week that the Glow-in-the-Dark Vinylmation™ Create-Your-Own Figures were arriving in select Disneyland® Resort merchandise locations within this week. More Good news – many Walt Disney World® Resort locations should start receiving them soon (as they have arrived in Florida). There are lots of locations that will carry them, but your first stop should be D-Street at Downtown Disney® WestSide in Florida. Check there in about a week or so as these items will be rolling out to locations within the next two weeks.

 

Okay – so we hear that there are some questions around the theme of Vinylmation, Jr. Series #2. Let’s take a look at the box top above (to which we took the liberty in changing the colors). What colors do you see? Does it remind you of anyone? It makes us smile . . . . almost like a cat.

And this just in …. we’ve had to make a minor change to the upcoming Disney Design Group Artist signing planned for Sunday, July 11 at D-Street in California. Here’s the deal – we want to have a signing on July 11 but we’ve had some schedule conflicts come up. So we are working on the best time for the artists and will update that information as soon as possible. So sorry for any confusion. Trust us, we are super excited to have a signing at D-Street in California.

And for those Guests attending the Dateline Disneyland® 1955 – Pin-Vited Press Event on July 10, Monty Maldovan and Alex Maher will be attending that event as well.

But here is some exciting news – the Vinylmation® Condiments set will be released on June 25, 2010 at D-Street in California. The release date for Walt Disney World® Resort and on-line is still unknown (but the set is coming soon).

 

This set will have an edition size of 2000 and will have a retail of $84.95. Since this will be a limited edition set, Guests may purchase a maximum of two sets, per day. For those of you wondering, you unfortunately can’t put any real condiments in these figures.