Vinylmation Of The Week: Janice

Vinylmation sure can get expensive!  Our favorite hobby can end up costing us quite a bit of money even though we enjoy doing it, and as such, recently we haven't been buying as many of the little guys when we're out and about inside The Parks.  However, that said, one series we still have been plugging away at bit by bit has been the Muppets Series #2.  We love The Muppets in all of their forms, including when they come in the shape of little Mickey Mouses that cost us $10 a pop.  All three of us have either complete or almost complete Muppets Series #1 sets, so when we heard they would doing a second, we immediately started collecting.  But, even though we enjoy all of our Muppets, we were most excited to start collecting Round 2 because it would be featuring the greatest band on the planet, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem!  So for the next few weeks, we're going to focus on just that; the little plastic bandmates that make up some of our favorite Vinyls of all.

We've always believed in the old adage, "Ladies first", and with that in mind, for our first Vinylmation of the Week focusing on the Electric Mayhem, the spotlight shines solely on Janice.

One of the continuing reasons we enjoy collecting Vinyl so much is because of the detail the artists continue to put into their work.  Janice is certainly no exception to the rule.  She's bright, colorful, and has a ton of detail.  Janice was always one of The Muppets who danced to the beat of her own drum ("If I want to live on the beach and walk around naked..." from 'The Great Muppet Caper', anyone?), but that's exactly one of the reasons why we like her the most; she certainly has a 60's looking "Flower Child" thing going on with her red beanie (complete with flower), necklace resplendent with a peace sign, and denim jeans with a rope belt.   She's most definitely a free-spirit and we think that Disney Character Artist Monty Maldovan did a fantastic job conveying that with the way that he painted her.

The back of this piece is pretty standard but we did get a kick out of the little piece sign on her left jeans pocket, smack dab on the buttock!  It makes us laugh every time we see it.  We're not entirely sure whether that's a good thing or not, but it's a nice little touch we thought and wrapped up the piece nicely.

So there you go, this week's choice for Vinylmation of the Week.  We'll be back next week with another from our Electric Mayhem set, so be sure to come back to see who we highlight. 

In the meantime, if you have a Muppet you'd like to see us highlight let us know and we'd be happy to!  Thanks for stopping by, and happy collecting!