Wow...I can't tell you how completely friggin' cool it is to keep visiting the boards and seeing people react so strongly to the Series One stuff. It's funny because I really can't see it that way. Spend way too much time on it. But it is great to hear people's excitement, or to hear their complaints or gripes. Keeps life interesting.
I think it looks like M.A.M.A will make the cut in Series 4 as a pack-in with Strangepork. Not absolutely confirmed yet but it seems likely. Thanks for the idea. Where would we be without you guys? WHose idea was that? I need to do something special as a thank you...
To everyone that has had great things to say or thanked us...thanks. Appreciate the support. Can't wait for you to see the stuff as it comes out. Here you are just getting the Series One figures and I'm reviewing Statler and Waldorf roughs from Series SIX today. Needless to say, we have a lot of passion invested in the line and glad it came through.
ON to some answers...
King Prawn
I was just wondering i know Lobster Bandits are coming out with the Swedish Chef Kitchen but could you possibly include a chicken. I now Camilla is coming out with Gonzo in Series 5 but when i display them i want her next to Gonzo on Rowlfs Piano with Rowlf playing on it but i'd love to have a chicken in a pot to look as if the Swedish Chef is cooking it.
And i know that there's no confimation on a Biker Piggy but you said you were thinking abiut the idea, i think if we do get her then might we get a Gonzo on a moter cycle i know it was used alot.
And any word on Maha Maha and two snowths.
Probably a no-go on the chicken. When you finally see the Kitchen you will understand that my budget on that Kitchen is stretched to the absolute limit. Maybe an exclusive someday can have that. Who knows? Gonzo on a bike? Intriguing. No news on Mahna Mahna...wait and see approach on figures like that we take. What am I Yoda? Weird sentence structure.
How did the retail orders for this compare to other lines of figures?
Can't really say. Too many other lines out there to really compare it too. And I don;t have access to other company's order quantities.
How did the orders for this compare to the initial forecasts or projections from Henson/your company?
They were what we expected. Sell through is the bigger issue though.
How soon will we know by way of reorders/Wave 2 orders what the retail reaction is?
I think in the next couple of weeks as reports of sell through start to come in we will have a good gauge of retail support of Series 2.
MuppetQuilter
About Bunsen's coloring... Bunsen is pale green. The picture of Bunsen, along with several other recent pictures, looks yellow or tan because of the lighting. But he is, basically, the color of a honeydew melon.
This will come up a lot I imagine. He does appear greener than he does in some pics. But apparently the puppet looks different depending on what kind of light it's shot in. This is an authentic PMS designation provided by Henson directly from the puppet, which they pulled out of storage to accurately obtain the information.
Kermit: I'm a little confused at the inclusion of the camera as an accessory.I'm curious why this choice rather than a director's chair, or back-stage desk/table.
Piggy: I didn't notice this until I got home, but the molding on her upper left arm is cracked.
Honeydew: He didn't quite match his picture in the logo. Also, as one who hasn't seen Muppet Show episodes in a long time, can someone explain the Robot Rabbit accessory?
Dr. Teeth: am I mistaken in remembering Dr. Teeth regularly playing a circular keyboard?Was that ever considered, or am I mis-remembering?
Kermit-no chair cause he can't sit. No desk cause we want to do a backstage plasyet some day. I will admit, of all the accessories in the entire Series planned so far this will be the wekaest one. It was tough to come up with a good one.
Piggy-Let me know if you have a defect. It might be a part seam from molding or a spru...happens unfortunately.
Honeydew-Color addressed above. Robot Rabbit came from a single episode...someone here can probably tell you which one. Brain fried...don't remember.
Teeth-All the band members on the show played made-up instruments. By made up I mean constructed by the puppeteers. In our line, we are going to try to give a more realistic look to the instruments.
Of course, no one has yet pointed out what I think is the biggest flaw of the first series. The keyboard does not have the keys in the right place. Look at it. It looks too made up and should have a real keyboard layout. One of those things that slipped under the radar. For ALL of us. By the time we realized it we were too late.
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