John Carter With Making of Video

Amanda Bittencourt - Personal Collection

Celebrating 25 years of Disney Stores

This is coming to Disney Stores on March 28 to celebrate their 25th Anniversary. In each open box you'll find an explosion of "confetti" in the shape of Mickey Mouse heads and the "25th Anniversary" logos. 

3-inch figure celebrating Valentine's Day

This figure resembles a delicious box of Valentine's Day chocolates and comes packaged in an open window box. 



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Happy Valentine's Day

Mickey Mouse Vinylmation - Cast Member Exclusive

Released March 19, 2009

This Vinylmation™ figure was released exclusively to Cast Members.

Walt Disney custom Vinylmation by Michal Miszta

"Another custom on small 3 inch platform, this time on vinylmation. The blank toy was sent to me over the ocean by Linda from USA. She bought me this gift in Disneyland in California. I decided to paint it as Walt Disney and keep him over my desk as a tribute to the man who pushed the art of animation to the next level and shaped entertainment and toy industry all over the world. I know that the world he created is full of colours, but I made him black and white to match my Albert Einstein figure."

 -   Michal Miszta

Holiday Themed Vinylmation featuring Goofy

On Friday, November 18, Disney has released a holiday themed figuring featuring Goofy. The figure was designed by Caley Hicks and will be presented in special packaging. Goofy is also holding a lollipop and has a removable hat.

The figure has a retail of $16.95 and will be sold at the following locations:

Walt Disney World® Resort

D-Street - Downtown Disney® West Side

Uptown Jewelers - Magic Kingdom® Park

Emporium - Magic Kingdom® Park

Frontierland Trading Post - Magic Kingdom® Park

Merchants of Venus - Magic Kingdom® Park  
Disneyland® Resort

D-Street - Downtown Disney® District

The Star Trader - Disneyland® Park

Adventureland Bazaar - Disneyland® Park

Emporium - Disneyland® Park

Disneyana - Disneyland® Park

Furry Friends series 2012

Take a look at the new Vinylmation series coming to the Disney Stores on January 9, 2012. It's called Furry Friends and here are two figures from that series. It will be a limited release mystery series with each figure having a $10.95 retail. 

And in celebration of the release of the Vinylmation - Furry Friends series, the Disney Store will donate $60,000 to the ASPCA - $1 for every unit produced! To learn more about how you can help your Furry Friends, visit ASPCA.org today.

Alice in Wonderland series released today

Today, it is all about the new Vinylmation™ - Alice in Wonderland series! 

D-Street locations in California and Florida will be releasing this series on November 4 and 5 respectively. The Disney Store locations will also be releasing this series on November 4. If are unable to visit any of these locations, then mark your calendar for November 11 as that is when the series will be released via the DisneyParks.com/Store.

For those who are attending the release at D-Street at Downtown Disney West Side in Florida, Disney will be releasing three one-of-a-kind custom figures tomorrow. Each figure will have a retail of $1,000. They were designed by some incredibly talented artists.

First, a 9-inch figure designed by Julie West from San Fransisco, California. The figure features a stylized Queen of Hearts presented in Julie's unique art style.

This is a 9-inch figure designed by Jeff Lamm featuring the White Rabbit. Jeff hails from Ohio and created a one-of-a-kind Vinylmation figure earlier this past year featuring a pirate.

Our last figure was designed by Lana Crooks and also features the White Rabbit. Lana is from Chicago, Illinois and the figure she designed looks awesome. It comes complete with a small pocket watch.

These figures will be released on a first-come, first-serve basis at D-Street in Florida on November 4.

Disney caught up with Thomas Scott on the eve of the release of this series. Thomas was the sole artist who designed the figures and packaging for this series. He shared with us a little history behind the creation of it. 

"The 'Alice in Wonderland' series was planned to be an extension of the Animation series," explained Thomas. "We thought there could be certain features that could have an individual series. Alice was in Animation series one so I built upon that design. The animated feature has long been a favorite of mine and I am happy to see it come to life." 

Thomas said his favorite figure in the series is the Oyster Baby as he loves that scene in the film. It was one of the first figures that he created for this series. He spoke of the other characters selected for the series. 

"I wanted a good balance of characters for this series," continued Thomas. "The film offers a whole array of characters so I selected some of the more popular ones and some characters who I never see on merchandise."

Thomas also designed the packaging.