General Urban Series #9 Discussion

[Phylers]

Previewed at the Florida Project, we got the first look at two figures from Urban Series #9:



The sheep is pretty cute, and how great is that toaster?


Updated March 12, 2012


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[MsDisneyFan]

The sheep is definitely cute and I like how they made use of the ears on the toaster

[wonderland]

Got to get an army of sheep!

[jeffztt]

That toaster is great, and would be even better if it had a design "cooked" onto the toast, like this:

[884%399]

That toaster is great, and would be even better if it had a design "cooked" onto the toast, like this:

That would have been an interesting touch! I think there are toasters or waffle/pancake makers that leave an imprint of the Mickey head.

[oamisj75]

I believe that is a ram. Check out the ears

[Ticklyvinylmonkee]

I like them both. But they should have put a little mickey or somethig on the toaster so it wouldn't look so plain.

[DimMak]

judging by the advance previews of U8 and U9, i guess the new mold we'll be here for a while..that toaster is a great design, the sheep is iffy..

[Sweetartlp]

That toaster is great, and would be even better if it had a design "cooked" onto the toast, like this:

Like this one too

I'm actually surprised at how little thought went into these designs

[HawkeyeVinyl]

I like the toaster, but it is a little plain. I think I like the ram, though, because of its simplicity

Simple sheep sounds like a band name

[farva]

judging by the advance previews of U8 and U9, i guess the new mold we'll be here for a while..that toaster is a great design, the sheep is iffy..

[obiwanjacoby]

Love the toaster and the creativity in it. The detail on the sheep is well done also.

[jmp]

I posted this in the Urban 8 thread already but I just feel the need to punctuate it after looking at these designs. It seems like all the new urbans are just random animals or stuff turned into a vinyl. Like "Oh it's a toaster." Or," Oh, it's a phone." The days of abstract creativity seem to be long gone.

[HawkeyeVinyl]

I posted this in the Urban 8 thread already but I just feel the need to punctuate it after looking at these designs. It seems like all the new urbans are just random animals or stuff turned into a vinyl. Like "Oh it's a toaster." Or," Oh, it's a phone." The days of abstract creativity seem to be long gone.

What were some older Urban designs you wish the new ones would be more like? I agree to an extent that they're becoming kind of like a cutesters series, but I do like some of the newer designs. I actually miss all of the abstract designs; it seems like anymore most vinyls are turning into "stretch x-character onto a Mickey shape". I want more designs like fireworks, 3 good fairies, checkered, Elephant Bathing pool, Ariel's undersea adventure, etc. I like the character ones too, but I miss the more abstract designs.

[jmp]

What were some older Urban designs you wish the new ones would be more like? I agree to an extent that they're becoming kind of like a cutesters series, but I do like some of the newer designs. I actually miss all of the abstract designs; it seems like anymore most vinyls are turning into "stretch x-character onto a Mickey shape". I want more designs like fireworks, 3 good fairies, checkered, Elephant Bathing pool, Ariel's undersea adventure, etc. I like the character ones too, but I miss the more abstract designs.

Agree 100% on all points. I mean just look at Urban 1 and 2 (more so 2) designs like Cosmos and Paint by Numbers, or Checkered from 1 are so simple, clean, and creative. I love glass half full but I feel like were it designed today the glass would be designed on the vinyl as well. What makes the vinyl so great as it is, is that it simply appears to be the contents of the glass. It is cleaner and more fun that way.

I aslo agree with you in that I totally enjoy the character vinyls - but I'm growing tired of them. It's just too formulaic. Elephant Bating Pool is a great example as well. It uses the vinyl as a canvas as opposed to just stretching the baby elephant onto the mickey shape.

I thought that the paint splatter vinyl in Urban 7 was fantastic. Upon seeing the original design I though it would be very dull, but translated onto the shape itself, it looked fantastic and very clever. I'll be curious to see how things progress, because if anything (good vs bad aside) the new mold should allow for more abstract work.

[HawkeyeVinyl]

I thought that the paint splatter vinyl in Urban 7 was fantastic. Upon seeing the original design I though it would be very dull, but translated onto the shape itself, it looked fantastic and very clever. I'll be curious to see how things progress, because if anything (good vs bad aside) the new mold should allow for more abstract work.

Definitely. The paint splatter is growing on me now that I own it I definitely would like to see more abstract ones. I like the character ones a lot, we just have become over-saturated with them and they aren't really making anything else. I love the work by the artists, but it would be nice to see a return to the "art on a canvas" approach.

[oamisj75]

Just to reiterate, and to give credit to the artist because he/she so cleverly added horns to the mickey ears, that we are looking at a ram, not a sheep.

[mmmPIZZA]

Funny, I was actually eating toast when I first saw the toaster figure The sheep is quite cute.

[rogpalmeruk]

I am not a huge fan of the urban series as a whole, there is the odd cool one but ie series 7 looks very weak, however series 8 seemed much more exciting due to bold colours and I kindof like that toaster from the previews of series 8.

[vinylcreation]

Eh, I feeling pretty neutral on this series at the moment. Let's just there's more creativity and artwork in more of the vinyls. (Though I do admit I kinda like the toaster. )

[vinylv]

I will pass on both the ram and toaster -- bleh!

[JTChief82]

I like the Toaster. The ram is ok but not really my style. I find it funny how so many people complain that the artists aren't doing enough with the ears, but these are great examples of how they are utilizing the ears well.

[Katameran]

THE TOASTER VINYLMATION IS BRILLIANT. The ram or sheep is alright, at first I didn't know it had a nose, because the nose outline makes it look like it has a smiley face. Curious to see the rest of the series, because it already looks better than Urban 8 IMO.

[eiji]

Urban 9 looks promising but sometimes I wish they still use the old mold.

[LotsoVinyls]

We still have urban 6 for sale! I wonder when these will make an appearance...I want that ram it's adorable