Pairs 2 Jrs Revealed at D-Street

Update 4/26/12 Austin sent in close ups of all 4 pairs.

Dopey

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Pluto

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Cheshire Cat

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Minnie Mouse

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Just a few days ago, Stephanie sent us a picture of Pairs 2 Jrs on sale at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Today, Austin sent in a picture from D-Street of all 4 Pairs on display and a sign stating they will be officially released on April 27.

The lineup includes Dopey, Pluto, Cheshire Cat and Minnie Mouse. Each Disney character Jr comes packaged with a colorful pattern designed Jr for $16.95. It is a really interesting twist on character designs and I enjoy the color pallets chosen. They are fun as Jrs and work well at this smaller size. I really like the way the Cheshire Cat's crazy face really pops out at you. The pattern pairs don't appeal to me personally, but they also work well at this size and for what this series is probably designed for... your average guest picking up an accessory to hang on a bag or key chain. Not to say these will not find a way into some collector's displays, but I don't believe that is the target audience. Especially considering the secondary pairs are not all Disney themed. I know we at DV always call for more pattern based Urban 3" designs, but these fall short (pun kind of intended because size has something to do with this comment) of our favorite Urban patterns. Will Disney Pairs be hanging in your display case anytime soon?

Episode 069 Steampunk

Ep. 069 Steampunk This week we review many sets including Snow White, Robots 2, Haunted Mansion Pocket Watch and the LE Alice sets. Urban 9 is released and the Brave set and some chasers are revealed.

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Urban 9 Variant 2: Shorn Sheep

Another variant has appeared after the Gold figure we mentioned earlier. It's the Shorn Sheep. We found this picture on the Vinylmation Exchange website. It looks great and makes the non variant figure even more interesting to me. I would really like to see both in my set. What do you think about all these variants?

Urban 9 Variant- Gold Kitsune

Over at themagickitschdom they uncovered the first known variant for the Urban 9 series. Check it out above. It's a gold version of the red kitsune-ish figure. I kinda like it in Gold. Thanks again for the pics Magic Kitschdom!

What do you think of this? What other figures in this set do you hope have variants? According to The Playwright there is also a Sheep that has been shorn.

Mysterious New Junior Keychains

Our friend Stephanie found these keychain juniors at the Villains in Vogue shop at Hollywood Studios.

It appears to be a Minnie and Cheshire in a old school color palette. They remind me of the 9" Mickey from The Florida Project. On the back it says that these are two of the ten figures in the Pairs series. So I would guess that there are also a Mickey and Donald and one other character, all packaged with a design figure too.

Has anyone else seen these? What do you think they are a part of?

Jiminy Cricket hops into some Disney Stores early

Annemarie found this figure in her local Disney Store. It was out early at her store so check yours and let us know if your Disney Store put it on their shelves. Check back soon as we should have more pics and a review of the opened figure.

DS Jiminy Cricket Review

I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of these guys a week early, thanks to (probably) some miscommunication between my local Disney Store and the powers that be. But here he is, the Make-a-Wish Jiminy Cricket! (*editor's note: the official release date for this figure is April 29th)

I love the graphic design of the suit. The button isn't three-dimensional as some guessed, just painted on, but it looks great. The face has great detail, I love the shading, but looking at the figure up close and I'm thinking his head is a bit too cocked to the side. It kinda looks like his neck is broken. When I compare this figure to the A2 combo topper Jiminy, I think I prefer the straightforward graphic style of the latter. If I give him the MAW Jiminy's umbrella, he's practically perfect!

Unfortunately, again, this figure suffers a bit from quality control issues. Not nearly the state of Furry Friends, but still, because he's mostly white a lot of dirtiness/ imperfections really stand out. Notice the dirt on his hat and feet. It's hard to tell when looking at him in the store in his box, but be mindful of this.

All in all, he's a cute figure and $1 of each purchase goes to the Wake-A-Wish foundation, so that's cool. He retails for $9.95 also, which is a great price considering he has two accessories AND when you take into account the donation.