Here is my collection of the Toy Story Series 1 (assuming/hoping there will be more) Vinylmation! This was the very first series I started collecting a few years back and what got me hooked on Vinylmation in general. It was November 2011 and I was on a family vacation to Disney World. As I walked around the parks, I kept seeing this thing called "Vinylmation" and hearing all this hype about it. Had no idea what it was yet. As soon as I saw the Toy Story ones though, I knew I had to start collecting.
I learned more about how the blind boxes worked and about the mystery box trading posts throughout the parks. One night at Epcot, I was with my mom and she encouraged me to just go for it to see who I got. I think my very first one was Lotso. Anyway, I was hooked at that point and she told me she would buy me another one cause she was super into it as well. After that, I had a blast going from park to park trying to track down each one without getting repeats for the rest of the trip. I ended up getting 9 out of 12 which was not bad! I got one repeat out of that bunch and was able to trade it for Wheezy at one of the trading boxes in Epcot (pic of that moment and others below).
Here are some of the pictures from that trip documenting me at the mystery box trying tracking more down:
That was the day I was lucky and was able to trade for Wheezy!
Was anyone ever lucky enough to pull the Toy Story chaser from a blind box? Let's here your victory stories!
UPDATE 12/31/13-
Happy New Years Eve everyone! I hope you all have a fun, safe holiday and an amazing year in 2014!
Today I woke up to a New Year's present from my Brita (Thank you love!) and I was SO excited to finally get the Toy Story Series one Vinylmation Chaser-Evil Dr. Porkchop! I have been wanting to get this for years but the price just always went way too high for me on eBay and I was never lucky enough to pull it from a blind box.
A huge thanks to blog reader Zach who let me know that there was a steal of a deal on eBay a few weeks ago ("buy it now") and needless to say I snatched that up as quick as I could. Zach has been a fantastic help informing me of great deals online and collectibles that I should be looking out for. Thanks man!
This Chaser is by artist Thomas Scott and comes with a collectible card that features an illustration of his design for this Vinylmation.
Love it!! Series now complete.
