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Good to see the Muppets given the all-out treatment over the weekend!
Not much of the news blew me away however, as much as the presentation looked cool...and a meet and greet with actual muppets/performers=the win. Wish I could have made it as planned(tho I might have been bored the rest of the convention, as other than Pixar and NBX Im not much a Disneyana fan per se)
The idea of more Muppetty presence in Disney theme parks rocks(animatronic Electric Mayhem? Woot!) And that they are not just keeping but updating MV3D.
Probably my favorite news was of course Disney FINALLY releasing Muppet merchandise, a void thats been had since 2003.
Again, not much really new was announced that was all too groundshaking, other than the fact Disney FINALLY seems committed fully. And the Muppet thing on the opening day presentation sounds like a good signal. Good to hear the new Muppet film is officially official now. And maybe we'll get word on a new tv show?
calendars/posters/ads/you name it(the upcoming Rizzo, Reporter Kermit, etc) Some...uh, dont look like their poser counterparts at all. Though I used to wonder if maybe that was a legal issue, in that they didnt want *exact* Muppet posers being released to the public.
Not much of the news blew me away however, as much as the presentation looked cool...and a meet and greet with actual muppets/performers=the win. Wish I could have made it as planned(tho I might have been bored the rest of the convention, as other than Pixar and NBX Im not much a Disneyana fan per se)
The idea of more Muppetty presence in Disney theme parks rocks(animatronic Electric Mayhem? Woot!) And that they are not just keeping but updating MV3D.
Probably my favorite news was of course Disney FINALLY releasing Muppet merchandise, a void thats been had since 2003.
Again, not much really new was announced that was all too groundshaking, other than the fact Disney FINALLY seems committed fully. And the Muppet thing on the opening day presentation sounds like a good signal. Good to hear the new Muppet film is officially official now. And maybe we'll get word on a new tv show?
Some of the Muppet replicas look JUST like the posers used in
calendars/posters/ads/you name it(the upcoming Rizzo, Reporter Kermit, etc) Some...uh, dont look like their poser counterparts at all. Though I used to wonder if maybe that was a legal issue, in that they didnt want *exact* Muppet posers being released to the public.
Ugh, I ask Disney: why do you instruct Puppet Heap to change the Muppets' look so drastically so soon? They've looked a certain way for a while now, you can't just revert them back to their original (and unpolished) look at the drop of a hat! Gonzo and Sam, AIIIEEEEEE! And Fozzie? He looks like the "ugly" square-headed poser used since the 90's. UGH! 
