{"id":885,"date":"2011-03-31T02:01:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T06:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/?p=885"},"modified":"2011-03-31T02:01:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T06:01:04","slug":"bitten-by-the-vinylmation-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/?p=885","title":{"rendered":"Bitten By the Vinylmation Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"D-Street<\/a>

D-Street in Downtown Disney, Disneyland. I was there, by chance actually, on opening day!<\/p><\/div>\n

When I first saw a Vinylmation figure on-line, almost two and a half years ago, I thought, how silly<\/em>! \u00c2\u00a0Who would ever want something so strange?<\/em> When I saw them in person about a year later, I thought, well, those are actually kind of cute, maybe I’ll get one<\/em>. \u00c2\u00a0At the end of that trip, I had 12 “cute” figures tucked nicely in my suitcase… I guess the rest is history. \u00c2\u00a0My collection is now nearing triple digits. \u00c2\u00a0Sometimes, I think those little vinyl Mickeys must be infiltrating my brain because I can’t stop buying them! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

So, what changed my mind? \u00c2\u00a0Before I had seen them in person, I just didn’t “get” it. \u00c2\u00a0But, the detail on the real things is really quite astounding. \u00c2\u00a0Who would think that three inches of vinyl could capture the entire essence – the magic<\/em> – of one very specific snippet of the world of Disney?<\/p>\n

That’s what they are for me… a tiny piece of Disneyland that I get to take home. \u00c2\u00a0Every time I look at one in my collection, I am transported to a tiny place where the magic lives – put them all together and it’s a snapshot of all of my favorite pieces of a Disney puzzle.<\/p>\n

\"Vinyl<\/a>My favorite new tradtion in the Parks is buying one vinyl to open at every meal while at Disneyland. \u00c2\u00a0I shared that on a Disney forum once and was promptly blasted for having such a “ridiculously expensive” tradition. \u00c2\u00a0Maybe… but when my anxious breath catches in the instant before pulling that little Mickey from its temporary foil home, I not worried about ridiculous or expensive (at $9.95-$12.95 per piece they are rapidly becoming one of the least expensive collectibles in the park, by the way).<\/p>\n

Opening a vinyl during a meal has even become a staple tradition at home. \u00c2\u00a0I try to keep a few vinyls on hand from DisneyStore.com<\/a> and we open them from time to time – at breakfast before a long day or at dinner after a particularly tough day. \u00c2\u00a0It’s the ultimate way to bring the magic home.<\/p>\n

Love ’em or hate ’em, I would love to hear your Vinylmation thoughts! \u00c2\u00a0Do you have a favorite piece, a favorite tradition, or maybe a reason why you just don’t “get” it? \u00c2\u00a0Share it in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I first saw a Vinylmation figure on-line, almost two and a half years ago, I thought, how silly! \u00c2\u00a0Who would ever want something so strange? When I saw them in person about a year later, I thought, well, those are actually kind of cute, maybe I’ll get one. \u00c2\u00a0At the end of that trip, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,9,255],"tags":[299,297,300,298,227],"class_list":["post-885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disney-magic","category-magical-moments","category-reviews","category-shine-online","tag-collections","tag-d-street","tag-disney-collectables","tag-disney-traditions","tag-vinylmation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=885"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":891,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions\/891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raysofdisneyland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}