Writersright
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That Gonzo looks pretty good to me... better than the Disney Plush (only because of those crazy Family Guy eyes it had). Unless it looks worse in person.
They're too busy with Cars stuff. Cars and Princesses are all they really care about (still better than Tween Pop Divas). And guess what? The Cars stuff (like all movie merchandise) is sitting the heck on the shelves and no one's actually buying it.I'm not buying excuses that it's still "too soon" or "Disney is being careful". They just don't care and they don't see the Muppets as being the sort of franchise that require a huge merchandising push. People are getting excited over bandaids? Really? If that's all there is to get excited about this soon after the movie's release then that's pretty sad.
"Muppet Domination" was only as strong as the movie's publicity campaign. Now that it's over - and lets, face it the movie wasn't a HUGE hit and didn't REALLY have that impact people were expecting - I think we'll be back to business as usual with Disney very soon.
Well exactly. It's no shocker Disney has never, ever seen Muppets as a respectable proper brand. Um lets see, 2004-2011...and the ONLY good merchandise weve gotten were the mugs, pook a looz, big plush and vinylmation. For the movie all we got were tacky lame print mugs and recycleable bags. The kiddy shirts were kinda cool(the illustrated ones) but other than that it's been tumbleweeds.You'd think the one place you'd find a lot of new Muppet merchandise would be at the gift shop at the MuppetVision attraction at the Hollywood Studios park in Orlando. I was just there a week ago and aside from the film's soundtrack you'd have no idea the Muppets had just mad a movie. Generic t-shirts, Kermit dolls (no other characters, just Kermit - 10 years ago when there were NO new movies coming out you could have gotten Scooter, Rizzo, Bean...) and those Star Wars tie-in action figures. That's pretty much it. Not the Disney store dolls, not more unique merchandise. It honestly felt like that movie hadn't even come out.
I'm not buying excuses that it's still "too soon" or "Disney is being careful". They just don't care and they don't see the Muppets as being the sort of franchise that require a huge merchandising push. People are getting excited over bandaids? Really? If that's all there is to get excited about this soon after the movie's release then that's pretty sad.
"Muppet Domination" was only as strong as the movie's publicity campaign. Now that it's over - and lets, face it the movie wasn't a HUGE hit and didn't REALLY have that impact people were expecting - I think we'll be back to business as usual with Disney very soon.
LOVVE that Dutch commercial! And I actually dig those puppets too