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The 3D effect on the boxes are pretty good but I have to agree that the bonus features are not as good as they could have been. I wanted to see uncut, raw footage from Jim Henson's archives rather than it being intercut with the interviews. I haven't listened to the commentary from Brian Froud...

Can't get it from Amazon.co.uk now unless you buy it from a private seller. Trust me to hang on for too long. :smirk:

Nice to know, thanks Rowlfharris. I bought the US release purely for the "fuzzy felt" cover. I can watch it on my PS2 with a special disc but it only plays in black and white on my [old] TV.

I am also convinced that it will all be in the posing. If you look at the original Kermit replica pictures and how he looked when you first took him out of the box! lol. Once you squash him and bend him a little he gets more and more "real". Animal will be exactly the same and I pretty sure...

Apologies, but I have to bow out of this discussion for a while, I have to catch up on some work.

Of course it is, but that is something that has been created for ease of use. Reporting a copyright violation is a completely different ball game. You can't dial 911 for that.

Okay, if you see someone holding up a bank with a shotgun, do you jump in and help out and risk being shot and maybe killed in the process? If so, I think you are rather foolhardy. There are systems put in place to these kind of jobs so we don't have to put ourselves in danger. We can not be...

So, really, laws aren't always there to deal with the criminals, just ignorant people who don't know any better.

But how far can each of us be expected to go out of our way to prevent these things from happening? It would be like individuals policing the streets because the Police can't cope with all the work. I wouldn't expect somebody else to do my job, that I get paid for, just because they liked me.

Okay, pretend this guy lives in Singapore, if someone in the US decided to buy one of his replicas and have it sent to himself in the US, who would be commiting the crime?

It might not be going away but it will soon be policed so much that there will be nothing worth "surfing" for anymore.

But how about if he used the same design as the original "Matchbox" but didn't advertise it using the "Matchbox" name, is he still breaking the law? In other words, this guy who is creating rip-off Muppet relicas, if he created an exact replica of a Muppet but didn't advertise it as a Muppet but...

It's occured to me that even out Avatar's are breaking some copyright policy. Using an edited and copyrighted image without the consent of the licence holder.

We have been having a discussion about copyright and how people feel about it here if anyone is interested: http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=33619

I am wondering if Disney or Muppets Holding Company are just putting ideas out there to see what sort of reaction they get. The best way to find out if a type of Muppet program will be successful is by listening to the fans' reactions to the ideas first.

I hope they include "All Around The World" (Travelling Matt's Theme), I love that track.

Just what I was thinking when I was watching the Twiggy episode last night. He has a lot of characters but I seriously doubt they would sell many. He isn't recognisable enought. That goes for the likes of Boppity and Droop too. A lot of the more obscure characters probably don't even exist...

It looks like MR are desperately trying not to price themselves out of the market. They realize that people wouldn't be able to afford $800 dollars for a replica. My only hope is that the quality isn't reduced too much for the prices.

It's down to the fact that copyright is there to protect the creator of whatever the copyright is holding. If the person who created something and then copyrights the idea, it is up to the person themselves to make sure that their idea isn't being stolen and if it is, to report it to the...

Kinda my thoughts too. I would try and afford Pepe and other "post-Henson" characters but I wouldn't be too disappointed if I couldn't get him.