@Peppermintsheep - yes, it is. The group/company Tamikan Space puts them out in a range of colors and does specific-color preorders periodically.
I missed an awesome meet! Thank you for sharing your photos, @hobbywhelmed and @echotexture I got out of bed too late last Saturday
No, you got lucky. The E wasn't running uptown, and was running on the 6th avenue line going south; the entire 5th/53rd station was closed!