Palisades prototypes

[hoopless]

I was just having a look on ebay for palisades figures (I'm new and very late to the line) and I found this guy selling what he claims are some prototypes of the cancelled Sesame Street line.

this may be the wrong place for the thread but it seemed more fitting to put it here.

They're hideously expensive, I have no idea where he got hold of them or of any of the potential legal issues surrounding them if there are any, but they're interesting to see.
here's a link:
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/The-Cor...39QQ_sidZ208461145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

 

[beaker]

I was just having a look on ebay for palisades figures (I'm new and very late to the line) and I found this guy selling what he claims are some prototypes of the cancelled Sesame Street line.

this may be the wrong place for the thread but it seemed more fitting to put it here.

They're hideously expensive, I have no idea where he got hold of them or of any of the potential legal issues surrounding them if there are any, but they're interesting to see.
here's a link:
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/The-Cor...39QQ_sidZ208461145QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

I believe that is Palisades's former heads posting these auctions, very legit.

The prices for these sort of auctions(like say, the Gobo or Sal prototypes) used to not be that much comparatively. Now they are just insanely pricey. For the price theyre charging I can get Rockafire Explosion animatronics, heh.

I think these auctions serve more a reminder of what a downer 2005 turned out to be, given production on the mini Muppet line, Sesame Street line, Fraggle Rock line, etc had to be shut down right before they went retail.

 

[hoopless]

thanks for shedding some light

 

[The Count]

*Slight chuckle. That sir, is the eBay store of one Kenneth "Ken" "ResidentLilly" Lilly, former Palisades Toys Director of Product Development. Heck, you can't get more legit than him. The reason he has stuff overpriced like that is cause he's trying to finance his own new self-produced and self-run company named Creatus Maximus. All sales of his collected figures and prototypes go directly to that I believe. The only overpriced item is the Guy Smiley figure, but then again, it's only about $600 more than what I paid for it around 2005/2006 from a very good friend who because of financial reasons which I will not divulge here had to sell the entire SST S1 set, and I was fortunate enough to get them. The playset has always been at $5000... What I wonder is if he also has the Count von Count prototype figure. Oh well.

 

[Blinky_Fish]

He is a fake!

Aw - this guy advertises stuff all of the time - He is like the black market for plastic... But i like him

 

[Andibcool]

Dont know i only like to have a look on some prototypes and some playsets but i would not buy off em. Most stuff you can get on ebay for 1/4 of the price or much more less.
Imo he only wastes money by adding the items over and over again.
Maybe he find some collector that is willing to pay 5ooo$ for the oscar playset or 220$ for a little plastic wall ? 2300$ for guy smiley ? for real ?
This is in no realation and way overpriced.
But sure why not try get the most money out of someone for whatever lame reason if he is stupid enought to buy it.

 

[wembleyfraggle]

The thing i don't understand is why doesn't another company pick up the lines? I mean when Palisades went under, the scolpters didn't die! The talent is still there! Why not get those guys and redo those fugly Fraggle figures coming out? I'd gladly pay 20 something bucks for an actual GOOD Fraggle figure! The one thing this company did better than any other is they paid attention to detail and what us as fans noticed, and used it in making the figures perfect! No other company would do that!
Lets get a company, get SS and FR back in the works!

 

[frogboy4]

The thing i don't understand is why doesn't another company pick up the lines? I mean when Palisades went under, the scolpters didn't die! The talent is still there! Why not get those guys and redo those fugly Fraggle figures coming out? I'd gladly pay 20 something bucks for an actual GOOD Fraggle figure! The one thing this company did better than any other is they paid attention to detail and what us as fans noticed, and used it in making the figures perfect! No other company would do that!
Lets get a company, get SS and FR back in the works!

Palisades' Muppets line was acclaimed, but since the Muppets didn't have anything consistent (tv show or film) going Palisades figures started to sink after series two and never quite recovered. Stores have even less faith in Fraggles. The media projects really have to be around to support figures and other products. That's the way it is. Would cool Fraggle figures be successful right now? I think so, but once the film comes out they'll be even more popular. However, the merchandise will likely be cheaper than what Palisades or MindStyle would release.

So, that's why. It's not an answer I like, but them's the facts as I know them to be.

I still think there's a market to be had with Fraggles. MindStyle didn't quite get it so they delayed their figures, but in short runs through smaller retailers like Hot Topic - Fraggles = good business.

 

[beaker]

Palisades' Muppets line was acclaimed, but since the Muppets didn't have anything consistent (tv show or film) going Palisades figures started to sink after series two and never quite recovered. Stores have even less faith in Fraggles. The media projects really have to be around to support figures and other products.

Totally.

And have you noticed the extreme shrinkage of the toy market in the US? My goodness, barely any stores even got monsters vs aliens toys. Unless its Dragon Ball, Transformers, Pokemon, GI Joe, Star Wars, DC/Marvel, or wrestling there's a very slim chance of collector's toys getting shelf space these days. Even NECA seems harder to find, and they seem to be the only other company besides Mcfarlane doing non Target/Walmart/Toys R Us toys.

 

[Andibcool]

Hehe you should take a look hows here in germany. Stores only carry toys of TV Shows for kids. There is no chance to see any toy that is not realted to a running TV show beside big brands like Lego, playmobil ect. Some toys have to be importet by small comic shops too even with a tv show running.
Its really sad for the kids nowadays.