My Take: Urban 6

As my beloved has weighed in on Urban 6, I felt I could take this opporunity as well to give my opinion on the newly released Urban 6 vinylmation so people can see how we are the same and how we differ.  Without further ado, here goes:

The Keepers:
CACTUS:  Maria Clapsis does it again.  I love this design.  Not only does the layout work, what with the body as the cactus and the feet as the pot, it has an owl peeking out of his hole in the back.  Owls are cute and awesome and great. 
L33T SPEAK:  I know Amanda doesn't like this one, but I think the idea is cute and the placement of the various codes is clever.  That being said, I do enjoy the clear variant much better.  Either way, I'd keep it.
SUNDAE:  I'm a big fan of the food vinyls.  Ice cream, cheese, pop corn, they work and are very fun.
ZIPPER:  I don't like it as much as the rest of the Urban 6 I think are keepers, but...they're something cool in this simple design.  I like the shiny silver on black.  It really stands out.  I would still trade it if I found something from a Park series, but if I had an extra I wouldn't be too upset.
BEE:  Weird.  It is weird.  However, the composition is very creative and that wins points in my book.  The clear arms as the wings is truly inspired. 
GRIFFON:  Man I love this thing.  Not only does it fit the Mickey shape perfectly, but it uses the Mushu tail from animation.  Not to mention it looks like a baby griffon from World of Warcraft.  Cute cool and original. 

So those are the ones I like.  Sure, the Cactus and Griffon are the only ones I would actually consider big wants, but there are good qualities about half the series.  That being said-

Get rid of them:
CRY BABY:  ugh.  This one doesn't look horrible, but it's very plain and something about it annoys me.  Maybe it's my own hatred of children.
NATURE CYCLE:  Just...just boring.  Maybe it's me and I don't get it, but nothing stands out on this piece. 
SIDE MOUSE:  I...What?  What is this?  What was the artist going for?  All i see is a face haphazardly thrown on a figure and it looks as grotesque as those horrible big eyes.  The artist might have had something great in mind, but the final result just doesn't look right.
SUMO:  the placement on the Mickey works, but the face is just hideous.  I actually might have liked this one if the face looked different. 
SUNNY DAY:  This one just doesn't do it for me.  A little too cutesy, and not in the cool stylized way of the Cutesters, Too.  Kinda bland when you compare it to the awesome SMORE figure from that set. 
GREEN THUMB:  This figure looks like it was severed, left to grow gangrene and disgusting, and sent to you by a mafia boss.  Opening the box and seeing this is like waking up with a horse's head in your bed.

So, that's my take.

-Scott

Urban 6 to keep or not to keep.

With the new release of urban 6 the analyzer in me went a bit crazy.  Now, that is not saying that this series is awful, I have bought many and sadly have not received all the ones I wanted yet but, I have many questions regarding this set.  So here is my review of vinylmation urban 6.  Unfortunately my “to be traded box” is much larger in this series.

To be traded: 

• The sideways Mickey face.  I’m sure the designer had a wonderful creative idea in store for this vinyl but it is not for me.  It is out of the entire set, in my opinion the worst.
• The computer speak vinyl.  I can see the appeal by many but I personally HATE this one and everything about it including the color.
• The zipper.  I think the idea is great and creative, but I also think its pretty unimpressive.
• The sumo wrestler.  Design wise, he is great.  I feel the face has the right placement, but sorry to sound girlish, but it’s just ugly.
• The green thumb.  I just, I feel that there is all of this space to be utilized and to just leave the arms and ears blank, I just see it as a waste.
• The cycle.  Personally I just find it boring.  No real problems, I just feel it lacks creativity.

The Keepers!

• The cry baby.
• Spring
• The cactus
• The sundae
• The angry queen bee
• The chaser

As a whole based on other urban series, I think that this one is more enjoyable.  I think more detail went into the design of each of these vinyls instead of just throwing colorful designs and shapes on a Mickey as done in previous urban series.

*Amanda