Hey, did you buy Disney Infinity, the part-Skylanders, part-Minecraft videogame mashup of Disney's most popular franchises? Did you blow a bunch of money making sure that you bought all of the interactive figurines, playset pieces and Power Discs that add characters, levels and items to the game?

Well, there's a good chance your collection isn't complete yet. That's mostly because it requires so much work (not to mention cash, at 13 bucks a figure) to get everything, since Disney has brokered a whole list of exclusive deals with big retailers that make sure that certain characters are only available in certain stores. I don't blame you if you're confused at this point as to what's available where, and what exactly it does. Some of the figures come with their own Playsets, traditional action-game levels that give you 6-7 hours of play time. But some are purely for use in creating your own levels in the game's Toy Box mode.

So here's a guide to what's been released since the launch of Disney Infinity in August, where you can get it, and how you might be able to save at least some money doing it.

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Amazon's Infinite Bundle ————————

This week, Amazon put a pricey but potentially appealing bundle up for sale. For $199.99, you can get a bundle of extra characters and playsets that, combined with what's already included in every Infinity starter pack, gives you every standard character for the Incredibles, Monsters University, Cars, Toy Story and Pirates of the Caribbean playsets.

Also included is the Frozen set, which includes the Anna and Elsa characters from the new (awesome) animated film plus the two Power Discs that transform the Toy Box into a Frozen-themed play area. There's also a Jack Skellington figure. But the big draw for this bundle is that it's currently the only way to get the Sorcerer Mickey figure. Disney gave out a few of these figures at the D23 Expo and in other giveaways, but this is the first time it's been made available for sale.

If you don't have any of this stuff and plan on buying it all anyway, this is a significant discount over the retail price of everything (over $250). If you don't want to buy the whole bundle just for Mickey (or pay eBay prices), just wait until February 2014 when the mouse will be available on his own everywhere.

Crystal Figure Variants ———————–

As with most toy lines aimed at adult collectors with more money than sense, Infinity has a line of variant figures so you can buy the same character twice. And of course, the in-game Hall of Heroes, a virtual shrine to all of the toys you've purchased, counts these variant figures as separate items, so there will be big lonely empty pedestals in your Hall unless you buy, buy, buy.

So far, Toys R Us is the exclusive home of the translucent Crystal figures. Currently, The Lone Ranger, Mr. Incredible, Sulley, Lightning McQueen, Buzz Lightyear and Jack Sparrow have been crystallized, and a leak from August suggests that Sorcerer Mickey will eventually get the treatment too.

Right now the only way you can get Crystal Buzz Lightyear is through the Race for Space pack, which includes a Crystal Lightning and two Power Discs. Hopefully they'll release him on his own at some point for those who own all that stuff already.

Toy Story ———

The final Playset release for Infinity is based on Toy Story. We played through this a while ago and really liked it – it's not as good as The Lone Ranger, which might actually be the best of all the playsets, but it's fun. The Toy Story Playset package contains almost everything you need – the playset piece, a Jessie figure and a Buzz Lightyear (sadly not of the Crystal persuasion). Buy the Woody figure, which used to be exclusive to Walmart but not anymore, and you've got everything.

Wreck-It Ralph ————–

Two characters from Disney's hilarious spoof of the world of retro videogames are available for use in the Toy Box mode, although until December 31 they're only available at separate retailers: Ralph can be purchased at Best Buy, and sidekick Vanellope Von Schweetz is only available at Target. In the new year, both should be available everywhere.

Frozen ——

The Frozen set isn't exclusive either, and buying the package will get you everything Frozen-related – the Anna and Elsa figures and the two Power Discs.

Jack Skellington —————-

While the Pumpkin King used to be exclusive to GameStop stores, that's no longer the case and you can now find him everywhere. He has no playset and can only be used in the Toy Box.

Rapunzel ——–

The heroine of Tangled, who can only be used in the Toy Box, is exclusive to Walmart until the end of the year.

Power Discs can suck up a lot of your Disney Infinity budget, but there are some ways to get them more cheaply. Image courtesy Disney

Power Discs ———–

This is where things get hairy. Disney has released, so far, two waves of the blind-bagged Power Discs that add special powers and items into the game. The bags are clearly marked Series 1 and Series 2, and each contains a random two discs from the series.

Injecting some confusion into this is that Toys R Us has special gold-colored bags of Power Discs, and these are not entirely random – each one always contains one "exclusive" Power Disc. Some of these are, at least for the time being, truly exclusive – as of now, the only way to get discs like Scrooge McDuck's Lucky Dime (which lets your character obtain a whopping 20 percent extra currency) is to buy the gold bag at a Toys R Us store.

But some of these are only sort of exclusive. When Infinity launched, Mike Wazowski's Car was an orange-colored TRU-exclusive disc. Now that disc – clear colored instead of orange – can be purchased as part of the Series 2, at any retailer. While the TRU variant is different since the disc is translucent orange instead of clear, the game doesn't distinguish between the two variants unlike the way it separates Crystal figurines from the mundane varieties. So if you're just looking to fill your virtual Hall of Heroes with everything, you don't need to get all the TRU versions.

Again, remember that these discs are not random – the UPC codes for the gold bags are actually distinct for each of the exclusive discs. If you buy them online, it actually says in the fine print of the item description which exclusive disc you'll get (you'll also get one non-exclusive, truly random disc in the bag). And you don't have to buy them individually. Toys R Us has an exclusive set: For $25, you get a plastic storage capsule that holds 22 discs, plus the first 6 of the individually released TRU exclusives.

If the idea of going through blind bags until you find all 20 of the Series 2 Power Discs makes you want to cry, there's actually another solution. At Target, you can buy a $60 bundle that includes all 20 of the Series 2 discs and a cardboard binder to store them all in. I'm not sure why Disney did this – one would think they'd make more money selling blind packs and sticking people with duplicates – but we're not complaining. At $3 a disc, they're not any more expensive than buying the $6 packs of 2 discs each, plus you get a free binder.

Hidden Magic ————

You might think you own all of the Disney Infinity content, but think again. Disney hasn't made a big deal out of this – in fact, it never officially said anything about it – but there is one more item. Disney is in the process of shifting its theme parks from paper tickets to RFID-enabled Magic Bands that will let them track guests' whereabouts. Right now, these are in use in a limited fashion at Disney World in Orlando.

If you put the Magic Band onto your Infinity portal, it actually unlocks a set of dragon-themed toys and backgrounds related to the New Fantasyland area of the park. You can buy used Magic Bands on eBay for about $40.

Coming Next Year —————-

While Disney has by now released most everything that works with Infinity, it is waiting until 2014 to finish it out. First, Sorcerer Mickey will be released en masse. (Note that there's actually a difference between the version given away at D23 Expo and the mass market version – only the first version has a silver-painted star pattern on the hat.)

Then, the final figures: Phineas and Agent P from Phineas & Ferb, which will probably be released in a set along with Power Discs that will transform the Toy Box into their hometown of Danville. (Alas, no Playset.) And they'll also roll out the rest of the Series 3 Power Discs. And that should be everything.

Until, of course, such inevitable time as Disney announces Infinity 2 and the whole thing starts over again.