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  1. matleo

    Ghostbusters: Back In Action!

    if yo uwant to get technical it was only 5 years, 84-89, and it say at the beginning of the film, "Five Years Later". Ok so Oscar was born about a year before GB2 so you figure Dana would get married about a year and a half-2 years before GB2. GB has to be **** down at some point too but that...
  2. matleo

    Ghostbusters: Back In Action!

    hey Kevin, being the huge Aykroyd/BB/GB fan you are I was wondering what your take on the whole comic book vs. cannon timeline was. It kindo f bugged me at first that they did this kind of "6 months after the first movie but it's 2004" thing (the Cameorn Diaz reference) but then I kindo f...
  3. matleo

    Ghostbusters: Back In Action!

    hey guys, picked up a copy of GB Legions 1 yesterday at my comic book shop and so far I like it. I actually think I'll start buyin GB comics bsed on this. I mean this one seems ot be mostly exposition but I like the artwork and they've got the characters mostly right. I expect the future...
  4. matleo

    Fun-4-All may produce Sesame Street Action Figures

    Dr. Tooth, Yeah the last rumor was that these had been pushed back to July sometime. Also someone asked about which characetrs were gettign the animator treatment. Right now, they're planning on the Bird, Grover and Guy Smiley, but I wouldn't expect those for a while. They didn't even have...
  5. matleo

    Sababa Puppets?

    Sababa will be releasing two kermit puppets (one with legs and one without) later thisy ear as well as an Animal puppet. hope this helps. --Matt
  6. matleo

    New Janice Plush

    hey guys, Saw the Janice plush back at toy Fair. You will not be able to pass her up. she looks fantastic!! and I tihnk she might actually be larger than 14 in. She seemed to be onf of the larger plushes i had seen. but otherwise yes, shew is basically in that scale. I'm really hoping...
  7. matleo

    National Day of Puppetry is coming!

    funny that this should come up, Pezbalubah (Jamie) and I are involved in the planning for our guild's activities this year and a lot of stuff has happened in the last week regarding that. I'llpost this agin as we get closer to the date, but if there is anyone in the NJ area, you shoud check out...
  8. matleo

    IGN's at Toy Fair '04 with Muppet plush info

    they look way better in person than in this pic. Especially booober. boober is the BEST out of the four. Wembley is a lttle off but this pic really makes him look worse. Hope this helps. --Matt
  9. matleo

    Matleo's Toy Fair Adventure: Part 1 and 2

    Yeah Folkmanis has a couple new puppets out. they have a great new dog that addsto their line of great dog puppets. A yorkie. he's got a lot of expression in the mouth and you can even get your fingers into the nose and ears for a little more expression. They have a new crow puppet and a new...
  10. matleo

    If there were a SS themed Chess Board, what would the pieces be?

    trust me, the lamppost with little bird on it is the coolest piece. you're going to like it. It's my favorite piece on the!! Really makes the whole thing stand out. --Matt
  11. matleo

    If there were a SS themed Chess Board, what would the pieces be?

    there is one coming out. Sababa toys will be introducing it later in the year. Saw it the other day at Toyfair. Your pretty closeo nyour guesestoo. The pieces are as follows..... Pawns: Lamppost with Little Bird Castles: Count and OScar Horses: Grover/ Prarie Dawn Bishops: Ernie/ Bert...
  12. matleo

    Matleo's Toy Fair Adventure: Part 1 and 2

    Part 2: the adventure continues. sorry this is late. My wife was messing with the computer last night and then I had to sort through the 5000 posts and messages about the Muppets buyout this morning which left me with no time ot write before goign to work. but you don't want excuses do you...
  13. matleo

    Matleo's Toy Fair Adventure: Part 1 and 2

    hey Warrick, Don't remember seeing a fourth on the PIS plush. may not be one. but i'll look again tommorow. I'll also see if I can get a closer look at the SS animators too. Doozer plush: I remember Cotterpin. She's deifinitly there and then I can't remember if it was one or two morw...
  14. matleo

    Matleo's Toy Fair Adventure: Part 1 and 2

    Matleo's Toy Fair adventure: part 1 Posted this at Palisades and TP but I figured I'd post here too..... as you may know, for the last few years I've done freelance puppet work for Folkmanis toys demonstrating their products at toy fair and for the last several years, I've come back with a...
  15. matleo

    Sesame Street Figure Pics Here

    the pics are definitly cooler, but I'm stillo not jazzed abotu them. I did see them today at Toy fair, but I think they were the odl sculpts...except bert, I think betr had the new sculpt.. They are not really in scale with Palisades. I didn't think so anyway. They're a tad smaller. The...
  16. matleo

    Fun-4-All may produce Sesame Street Action Figures

    Well, Phil has been here. I was lookingat his profile and it said his last activity on the forum was January 7th, 2004. So he obviously swings by form time to time and reads. At least I assume he reads this thread. Oh well, guess we'll just have to wait and see what the figs arelike when...
  17. matleo

    Follow That Bird Revisited

    no, Clash worked on it. he's in the credits. I think he might have even voiced a character or somewhere inthere. not elmo thogh. I remember the film was really just before Elmo became a part of the cast. --Matt
  18. matleo

    The Blues Brothers (Discussion)

    hey Kev, I saw on tv the other night that next week one of the cable stations is running some kind of behind the scenes "Blues Brothers" special. Can't remember who but I know it's on Wed. night on like TNT, or USA or one of them. TNT I think. thought you might be interested...
  19. matleo

    Remembering Richard Hunt

    I loe Richard's characters. I love the energy that he brought to the Muppets. His characters always had so much life and zest to them. They were characters you wanted to know. You felt empathy for Beaker, wanted to rock out with Janice, you wanted to hang out with Scooter, you wanted to...
  20. matleo

    The set of Sesame Street

    Actually the cast and space got trimmed because there was just too much there. It was tough for the writers to balance all the new character and settign in a way that kids could remember who they were. You'd see the Furry Arms hotel or Celina or the family that was supposed otb e Gordon's cousin...
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