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Well done muppetperson! I don't know why MR didn't go down that route themselves instead of the sock. After all, many of the real puppets' foam heads were flocked to give them longer resilience and a fuzzy look. Although later builds of Gonzo did have the raw foam finish, I personally still...

OK Thanks so much Terry (and Mistersuperstar), that had me a bit worried. It was just that I didn't recall ever seeing Gonzo's mouth done that way inside. I had always thought it was just a sort of soft-edge faded black throat that was painted in with a black airbrushing technique. So long...

Yikes! I just logged in to post that my Gonzo has arrived in Perth, Western Australia (just collected from the post office). Just saw your post about flocking Gonzo. I commend you for taking on the risk in trying this procedure, and if it works it should look 100% better than the sock. But...

Yes, that’s why I'm bringing the point up now at this early stage. Because there seems to be this jump from really nice Terry proto's, to Disney-approved factory product with flaws, at which stage it goes up for sale and the factory churns that version out. It basically means that Disney...

OK Thanks.....as you say we won't really know 'til later when we see factory samples, but it worries me that by then might be too late down the track for substantial fixes to the design/shaping of the mouth plate/jaw area. I'm just trying to flag this now as a very important outcome before it...

Perhaps I'm just a pessimist, but these Toyfare pictures of Fozzie really worry me. Its the mouth. Not one single shot of Fozzie shows the mouth completely closed. Terry's prototype from his original photos looked perfect, and it was partly because the mouth was closed with v slight...

I've got a question for those that have received their Gonzo already: Putting aside the difficulties, risk and skill required to do such a change, if you could re-cover his nose in a thin fleece type fabric in place of the netting, do you think it would be worth doing the modification? I'm not...

The Gonzo Replica we Could Have Had? A lot has been said already about the final production MR Gonzo, and this post is not intended to be more criticism. I accept that Terry and Travis did the best they could within the constraints of the project, and I won't be cancelling my order since it...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kermieuk With future Replicas, is the eye lids opening and closing something that could be fixed so it didnt need to be pinned? There's a couple of really simple ways that this could be achieved during production, still keeping the same mechanism MR uses: Option...

Yipes that's a scary picture.....but that's why I keep bringing up this vinyl head concept. All foam degrades in time, and the Pig's head has always needed continual replacement. The moulded hollow vinyl head idea might achieve a compromise of at least looking exactly like the real puppets...

Plastic/vinyl parts on Muppet replicas Hi Travis, thanks for all your really informative answers! Do you have any opinion on solving the foam head dilemma using a plastic/vinyl "dolls head" substitute rather than fabrics & foams? (more info in my earlier post...

The only thing that might be possible to muck up in the final product would be the mouth. Lets hope they don't. The reason is, that Fozzie has a 'shaped tongue' (similar to Animals), so if they tried putting in a firm rubber casting like they did with the final Animal, they would run into...

Thanks for getting this Piggy update, Muppetcaper. I can't begin to imagine how they're going to solve the substitute material for Piggy's foam head. They've had all those problems just with Gonzo's nose and Animals mouth & tongue. Animal was a compromise, and we don't even know yet how they...

I'm with the Great Muppet Caper vote. That was the classic look when the show was at its absolute peak. :)

My Animal arrived in Australia this week but I haven't had time to open him yet (come on weekend!). I agree with some of the comments about us being too critical/idealistic, but I'm pretty sure I'll be covering that eye mechanism, and though I'm loathe to do it, will probably alter the tongue...

I think the first season Gonzo was made differently, probably carved from foam which was finished by 'flocking' (a process for gluing felt fibres all over something like a velvet finish). The second one is just unfinished carved foam. I really enjoyed re-watching these evolutions in the...

Thanks to everyone, especially Lab Rat for posting all their photos. Although the Animal replica is not perfect, he would have to be the best, most realistic depiction of Animal that's ever been available to date. I'm waiting for mine to be shipped downunder to Aus, and can't wait to get him...

I just bought mine in Australia (Region 2/4 same PAL release as the UK) and I noticed that the episodes do vary in quality. The colour saturation varies in intensity, the sharpness/picture quality varies from episode to episode. This is mentioned in the reviews page of muppetcentral, and...

Well here in Australia its released on 14 November 2007. And (as you may know) because we have the same PAL tv system as the UK most DVD's are made as Region 2/4. In short, if we get it in Oz then the UK has usually already got it just before us, because the authoring is mostly done in the UK...

I got my Kermit through e-bay because the seller listed a fixed US$75 international shipping cost by USPS Global Express mail. I received Kermit in Perth, Western Australia from Connecticut USA within 5 days of winning him (it was a "buy now" only listing), and I was able to track his shipping...