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Man, these would have done so darn well! If Palisades had another year in business this would have pulled it back up. I can only imagine what a Snuffelupagus would look like. That thing would have been friggin huge! I still objected to separating Ernie and Bert by waves. This had so much...

You are right in that Star Wars fans do not make more money than Muppet fans. However the Muppets need to rebuild their name like Disney is currently doing before high or low end Muppet stuff becomes profitable. One success is the Whatnot Workshop. It is a great product, but it also was heavily...

In my experience Muppet fans tend to be much more discerning about investing their fan dollar. I still blame the horrible photography for the sluggish poser sales. However, a low price-point is key. Star Wars and Trek toys will always sell so stores are more than willing to stock pricy items...

I'd say that Star Wars & Trek fans are more willing to purchase an item due to the branding while Muppet fans require something visually appealing beyond the logo designation. ;)

You're right. I grew up in the Jim era when that was still respected in every aspect of the Street. The magic Sesame formula was creating educational children's entertainment that would appeal to kids while not talking down to them and retaining enough solid humor to effortlessly entertain...

I really do believe something changed at Hit and Henson certainly can't have its quality series posting poor Amazon ratings along with such dire customer dissatisfaction. I wonder if this is also why the Red short was canceled. It appears Hit wanted to make all the money they could before the...

I think LCG's being fair so far. He's judging from the preview comic that came out last year. It was intended as a promotional piece but has served as a polarizing lightning rod. It was several pages and used to promote this new four-series comic. Many people have read the entire thing. I've...

You know, there's enough high quality photography already that could fill dozens of calendars. I'm all for new parodies and shoots, but how lazy can these graphic design monkeys be when using the same images over-and-over-and-over again? There are enough Pepe images to give him his own calendar...

I have faith that the artwork can evolve to some sort of edgy Muppety state and it's good to see someone experimenting with the designs. Roger Langridge has said as much recently over at Tough Pigs, over on his site and also in an email response to me. I do appreciate his pseudo-underground...

God bless. I'm glad you and your daughter are okay.

These are all such interesting reads. I already stated my origins, of course. I wanted to read how experiences differed from mine: Jim's Kermit was my first introduction to the frog, The Muppet Show airing right before dinnertime, Sesame Street being an ensemble cast with no Elmo at all...

If Gonzo evolves into actually resembling the character I can overlook the rest. Some of the designs were initially shocking, but I do like Langridge's art and style. I just think more of an effort needs to be made in respecting the source material and the lifelong fans. I approve of giving an...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY :super: VIC! :hungry: :coy:

I could be wrong but it appears that MR is basically two guys now. They certainly aren't "suits" however it appears they are business management rather than artisans or particular Muppet fans like we are. It appears they really would like to get this product to us if it makes good financial...

Personally, I'd rather the Fozzie poser look right than technically be right, but I think we can have both. It should be remembered that posers do differ in some ways from their puppet counterparts. I'd also hope for them to be as affordable as possible. I'm not encouraging compromising cost...

Eisner is now officially 100% evil in my eyes. I do not like that man. Bad man! :halo:

Kermit tells Robin in The Muppet Movie that it is approximately how they got started. Future discrepancies aside I loosely base Muppet cannon on TMM.

The bloated look of costumes works best for the Muppet Babies. Their designs are fairly nice. I've never been a fan of the adult Kermit costumes that range from pudgy to hideous. Some of the early Miss Piggy ones were good, but they've gone down hill. Gonzo is just a difficult character to...

That was the year Ma Bear spent in the slammer. Kidding, of course.

:search: First error I've noted so far in the book is citing the $40M domestic grossing Dark Crystal as the box office bomb that plagued Jim when actually they meant the $12M domestic grossing Labyrinth. Just a note. It's a great read when I can actually get to it - paragraph-by-paragraph right...