We know that you were all sitting on pins and needles waiting for an update, so we figured today was as good a time as any to get caught you caught up.
We should have known it would be a good month when Amy pulled a Park Series 5 combo pack out of her hat to give to Chad. She had a spare it seemed so for nothing more than a willingness to take it off of her hands, Chad wound up with these:
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| Sorcerer Mickey & Fairies and Flowers - Park Series 5 |
Ironically, the "Flowers and Fairies" Vinylmation (deemed a little too girly) would later be traded (again to Amy) for the "Magic Mirror" also from Park Series 5. It'll show up again a bit later, though, don't you worry.
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| Magic Mirror - Park Series 5 |
Here's where the real fun begins, though. December was a really good month for us in terms of our "pulls" (the act of randomly selecting boxes of Vinylmation from their cases). We got a little crazy during the month with our purchases. Well, crazy by our standards anyways. When we first began, we foolishly told ourselves we would just buy one box every time we went into The Park. Silly boys. We spent most of December tripling that number and buying three every time we went in the stores. Well, Chad and Mark did. We watched stupifed as Amy bought five once, but we digress.
On one such run about midway through the month, Mark asked Amy to select his three for him. The results should speak for themselves, as Mark got his first chaser.
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| Waldorf and Kermit (Chaser) - Muppets Series |
They were definitely two that Mark needed towards his Muppets Series collection (the third was also a Waldorf), and pushed him to finally agreeing to a pursuit of all of the Muppets, including Piggy (which we traded at an earlier date -- D'oh!).
Meanwhile, bolstered by a new-found confidence in Amy, Chad also decided to let her pull his three from D-Street in Downtown Disney. Unfortunately, at this point, it seems that the Park Series 4 Vinyls just aren't to be found anymore. Having search all over both Parks in all kinds of stores and not having seen any at all, we figured it was time to move on. So, we decided to go with Park Series 5. Amy pulled these:
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| Tom Morrow 2.0 (Chaser), Haunted Mansion and Carousel of Progress - Park Series 5 |
For those pretending to be unimpressed, Amy somehow managed against all odds not to pull one, but two Chasers from two completely different series (and stores) over the course of an hour. Amazing!
Chad did make one more set of purchases later in the month (another three) and on a whim, again let Amy pull his three for him. Prepared to be amazed again?
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| Tom Morrow 2.0 (Chaser), Lightning McQueen & Fairies and Flowers - Park Series 5 |
At this point, we think we may be on to something here. Three straight trips and three straight Chaser pulls has got to be some kind of record. We're looking into ways to loan her out to you guys for a nominal fee at this point. We'll let you know what we come up with.
At any rate, Chad managed to get the "Fairies" Vinyl back (much to Stephanie's delight), and with an extra Chaser at his disposal, was able to trade for another Park Series 5 he needed for his set, "Stitch".
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| Chad's current collection |
And now, unless we're missing something, you're all caught up! We're both about halfway through our respective sets (Chad only needs five more for a complete and Mark six). We know it was probably a lot for one post, but since we've been running behind we wanted to get it all out there so as this month moves along, we can make the posts shorter.
It promises to be a good month, too! The Animation Series has just been released, and on January 16th, the Star Wars Series will be released. Chad and Amy plan on going in together on a case of those. And we're looking forward to the Villains Series too, which is on the horizon. We plan on getting back to some "in-Park" trading, as well, so we should be able to talk about that, too.
Wish us luck on Sunday! We're looking forward to seeing just what we can come up with this time!
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