Urban Redux 1 Explained

Urban Redux Explained
Release Date: March 22, 2013
D-Streets and Disney Stores
$12.95
Artist Signing on Friday, March 22 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at D Street in Orlando. Disney Design Group artists, Maria Clapsis, Billy Davis, Caley Hicks, Monty Maldovan and Thomas Scott will there.

Update 04/01/13 Here are all 24 Super Mystery Chasers:



Update 03/24/13 If someone has pulled a “Super Mystery Chaser” they have not shared it publicly at this point. However, custom artist Josh Edwards has posted the following info:

“24 SUPER MYSTERY CHASERS(4 each from six artists) Super Mystery Chasers are blank vinylmation figurines that are personally hand-drawn by each Vinylmation designer. Each is a one of kind creation. Soooooo draw your own conclusions. To me it doesn’t sound like a full blown custom but something quick that was drawn on the figure.”


Until one is revealed, we still have to call this a rumor, but the info is said to come directly off a Cast Member set info sheet.


Update 03/22/13 Urban Redux was released today. We have a photo from Enrique Pita of his Space Monkey Chaser:

And a photo from Michael Bimonte on Vinylmation Exchange of some of the pre-packaged hand signed (not stamped on) figures:

Update 03/19/13 The Disney Parks Blog has revealed more secrets to the Redux series. They included artist signed figs, super chasers and the reveal of another variant!

“Each tray will contain at least one of each of the five known designs shown on the packaging. The tray will also contain at least one of the following three figures – a “mystery” chaser, a variant figure or a super mystery chaser.  We also added fun surprises to Urban Redux, like a small number of figures hand signed by the artists that we mixed into the trays.” – Thomas Scott
You can see the Red Ninja and previously unknown Purple Monster variants above. I also love the reveal that artist signed figures are mixed into the trays. Great addition! I guess since I’m not a numbers person, I never looked at the ratios the way Thomas Scott explained above.  So the fun part about buying a tray is you will get one of each of the 5 basic figures, and then you will get something very special as well. This reminds me personally of cases of baseball cards where special game used, autographed and chaser cards are seeded by ratio in the packs. I am really liking this.

We also now have a photo of that 8 box tray. We have yet to see the Super Mystery Chaser revealed to our knowledge. Lastly, the blog posted a nice photo of all three Lucky Cat combo topper variants.

Update 03/16/13 We know have photos of the Lucky Cat Combos, Variant, and what seems to be a chaser. They were all revealed at last night’s DLR trade night. All the photos in this update are from Vinylmation World.

I found a great article on the Luck Cats at a site called Vinylmation Park. Read it here. The author explains what they are and why they make a great variant. 
We also have a photo of a Red Ninja variant to the Black Ninja on the box.

Also on preview, was what appears to be one of the Mystery Chasers… a Space Monkey. As noted in a comment by Mystery Man, this figure has two different faces. A regular monkey on the front and a space monkey on the back (back of figure is shown in photo below).

Update 03/14/13 Set mistakenly released at DHS… some secrets of the series are revealed. Some of the highlights:

  • Each figure is seeded by ratio
  • A case is 8 blind boxes
  • Chaser is not one per case
  • The Lucky Cat is the Combo Topper. There are three variations: Red, Black and White

Check out this post for some discussion and updates of the surprises.

Urban Redux is the reboot of the Urban series. We have been told this series will be a little different. We do know it is a 6 figure mystery box set as opposed to the standard 12. And we have this quote from the Disney Collections Blog “This new series will be filled with lots of new surprises.” To give an idea, here is the product poster we saw at Mickey’s Circus:

From Mickey’s Circus we do know that the Lucky Cat is part of a combo and that Enrique Pita designed the chaser.

Pig, Bunny, Turtle
1/6

Cowboy
1/6

Ant Farm
1/6

Yellow Monster
1/6

Ninja
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Urban Redux Secrets Reveled

The wait is over. Urban Redux has been mistakenly released at Disney’s Hollywood Studios Villains in Vogue store before the official March 22 release date. (part of the promotion or mistake?) Some photos and info have been posted on the Vinylmation Exchange Facebook page, posted by Andrew M. Pitts.

First of all, a case has 8 figures. The biggest reveal however, as shown by the packaging above, each figure has a seeding ratio attached to it. This is very common in the vinyl toy world, but the first time we are seeing this in Vinylmation. The Pig, Cowboy, Alien and Ant Farm are each in 1 out of every 6 blind boxes. The Ninja is seeded 5 in every 24 blind boxes. The single mystery chaser is seeded 1 in every 24 blind boxes. So you are not guaranteed a chaser in a sealed case, only one in every three cases will have a chaser.

The other reveal is the Lucky Cat, seen at Mickey’s Circus, is actually a combo topper with a twist. There are three different colors of the cat (Red, Black and White)

Urban Redux is $12.95 per blind box. No word yet on the price of the combo topper. No word yet on the chaser(s). Either the single ? or the triple ???. We discussed the idea of ratios in Vinylmation in an earlier episode of the Destination Vinylmation podcast. I think it is a great idea to shake things up in the Vinylmation world. However, although I think it is fun to see this method applied to an urban themed set, I don’t think I would be willing to see this applied to a park themed set that I would be interested in making sure I want the whole set. Collecting 4 Dapper Dans is one thing… trying to find various ratio figures through the set is another. I would not mind seeing this in a generic, fun Disney character set that is in the vain of that Funko Mini Mystery set that just released.

I’m sure we will be back to update this post as news comes out today.

Urban Redux 1

Urban Redux 1 
February 2013
$11.95

This series is a complete reboot of the Urban Series. It will feature 6 designs (instead of 12) with variants and different combos of figures.

 

 

 

Ninja

 

Pig, Bunny, Turtle 
Monty Maldovan

 

Country Singer
Billy Davis

 

Yellow Monster
Thomas Scott

 

Ant Farm
Caley Hicks
(shown in poster above) Lucky KittyLucky Kitty is part of a combo
? Mystery Chaser
Enrique Pita