Ever since the first One Woman A Capella Disney Medley premiered on YouTube, Heather Traska has been a force to be reckoned with. She recorded and released more videos, including tributes to Whitney Houston and covers from female favorites Katy Perry, Mariah Carey, and Adele. She graduated high school and entered her …
Once upon a time, in what seems like a long, long time ago (it was only 3 months, but I felt like Genie trapped in a bottle for 10,000 years) the Kingsway Mall Disney Store in Edmonton, AB closed its doors. We finally reopened last Tuesday and we have had …
Today, Heather Traska, who became an online sensation with her One Woman A Capella Disney Medley, gave a sneak peek of her newest project, set to release later this month: Heather as our favorite sea-witch Ursula! Looks to be another Disney Medley… but could it be a Disney Villains Medley? …
Usually Growing Up Disney is published on Friday. However, yesterday was probably one of the more exciting days I have had collecting vinyls recently, and it warranted me moving my column to today so I could share it with you. I woke up yesterday to rain…. yea, a rainy and cold …
Life’s been hectic. As you may or may not have noticed, I’ve missed posting a column the last couple of weeks. My apologies…it’s been busy with a new full time job in the midst of the other two jobs I have. The most exciting part of all of this is …
When I was little, I went to Walt Disney World with my parents and my brother when I was 3 and 6. Those memories are few and far between, aside from a few flashbacks and photographs. It wasn’t until 1990, when I was 9 and my brother 6, that we …
It was a regular, middle of March Tuesday in Edmonton. The fresh snow from the weekend was just beginning to melt and I was sitting comfortably in the office after lunch. Among my daily routines at work is to brose disneystore.com for sales, check out Vinylmation trading groups and forums, …
If you have 22 Vinylmation figures and you had to divide those equally amongst 7 friends, how many would each get? Okay fine, let’s be irrational today because today is the day we celebrate Pi. Before we celebrate our Irish selves, let’s celebrate our Pi-rish selves. Pi Day might not …
Last night, Stompin’ Tom Connors passed away. For many of you in the United States or around the world, this name might not ring a bell. I don’t expect you to be familiar with a 77 year old Canadian country artist. Stompin’ Tom is best known, however, for The Hockey …
Logged in this morning to find an awesome email from Zach over at Diamond Select Toys, who puts out Minimates. Looks like they had some fun with the Peter Pan Minimates prior to the release exclusively at the Disney Store. I am quite excited for these, which have begun to …
The latest Disney Store series dropped this week. I use drop specifically because that’s about all the High School series is worth – a drop in (choose your own destination).
Last week, I took a look at how Disney uses Facebook with different aspects of the company. This week, I’ll touch a little bit on Twitter. Instead of a big rambling rant like last week, I’ll keep this one quite short. A quick search for Disney on Twitter will bring …
Last week, I reported back from Toy Fair with what 2013 offerings Diamond Select Toys, including a bevy of Minimates from licences ranging from Star Trek to The Walking Dead. Well, I was shocked and overjoyed with an email I got today with the announcement of Peter Pan Minimates, coming …
Happy Valentine’s Day! Ah, yes, Valentine’s Day. I thought about a few ways to approach this column: different hypothetical Valentine’s-themed Vinylmation options, a list of Disney candy-heart phrases, etc. In the end, I have decided to share my own Disney love story. Travis has done a wonderful job with Growing …
First off, thank you everybody for all of your support with last week’s column about the trader boxes getting eliminated from the Parks. I got a lot of positive feedback about the letter and it got me thinking very hard about Vinylmation: why do I collect, what am I collecting, …