Vinylmation Domination: Runaway Brain Mickey

We know that sometimes people might not really understand or get the whole Vinylmation phenomenon.  We've been asked before why we write about them on our blog, because a lot of people really don't get how they tie into The Park, and that's cool.  We figure each to their own for the most part.  For us, collecting Vinyl ties into our visits to The Park in one simple way: it's a way for us to bring a part of our visits to The Park home with us.  We look forward to our purchases whenever we go out, and it's just become a pretty natural part of our Days while we're out and about.  Selecting the individual boxes we purchase has become a game we enjoy playing, and even the times we get a duplicate is an opportunity to trade, so it's all fun for us.

We also get asked a lot what Vinylmation are when we mention them.  We've discovered that even people who go into The Park a lot really don't pay much attention to them, or what they're called anyways, but they seem to have all seen those "little hard plastic Mickey Mouses painted like different characters" when we describe them to people.  We figured since people seem to be familiar with the little plastic Mickeys, it only made sense to feature some of the ones that are actually painted like Mickey over the next few weeks, since they are some of our favorite Vinylmation from our collection.

He's licking his chops. Must be hungry.

Today's is one of our favorites, and was sold only as a combo-topper (part of a two-figure set) in The Park 6 Series: Runaway Brain Mickey.  The Runaway Brain Vinyl is based on a Mickey Mouse cartoon, called "Runaway Brain" of course, which was produced in 1995 by Walt Disney Feature Animation Paris and originally packaged with the theatrical release of "A Kid In King Arthur's Court".  In it, we find Mickey trying to make money to pay for a Hawaiian vacation with Minnie, but as usual, things don't quite go the way intended.  He winds up being a part of a "brain-switch" in an evil scientist's experiment with a huge behemoth of a monster looking very much like Pete, and this crazed look is the result.

There's been an increased interest in what we've dubbed around here, "Troublemaker Mickey", in recent months, especially with the release of the "Epic Mickey" video game around Christmas, which makes this one of our favorite pieces we've collected and very popular with many people.  Mickey hasn't always been what one might call a "jolly good fellow", and "Runaway Brain" was a fantastic cartoon and an excellent inspiration for this particular Vinyl, and we think it does a fantastic job of showing off the "darker side" of The Mouse.

We liked the detail on his back; even his tail is frayed.

So let us know what you think of this piece!  Yay or Nay?  Do you enjoy seeing Mickey a bit "out of his element", or is it just a bit too creepy?  We'd love to hear from you so drop us a comment and let us know!