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So the person from Tough Pigs who was at Toy Fair (were they both there?) was told that the announced Mini Mates line would probably be it for now, but if they do come out with more, I wonder if there should be some series of mini mates themed around different movies.
Of course, I wonder if the license is like the initial Palisades license, where only characters, variants, and accessories (and playsets, but we probably won't be getting those from Diamond) from The Muppet Show were included, or if this license can, from the start, allow for characters and things from the movies and maybe Muppets Tonight (currently I don't expect anybody from MuppeTelevision to be included). I wonder if there were any limits on Muppet productions included with the Vinylmation and Funko figures (I can't remember off-hand if Pepe was included as a Vinylmation figure, though Walter and Waldo C. Graphic were).
I remember when Palisades Toys were first announced (actually, more accurately before when Henson.com had its action figure survey) I was hoping that each show and movie would get its own separate line, though I was quick to be okay with TMS, MT, and the movies being mixed in one line when the license expanded. And I am glad that there weren't any series of figures themed around one movie or thing (even though there was almost an entire Muppets' Wizard of Oz series). But currently, with the Mini Mates, I wouldn't care if they included a few series of figures based on a different Muppet movie, though preferably after all the major classic characters come out (or maybe every other series). I wonder if they can easily make a set themed around The Muppets Take Manhattan or Muppets from Space (was including variants from these movies plus The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island an issue during the Palisades era?).
A Muppet Treasure Island series seems like the best choice. It could include Kermit and Clueless Morgan, Miss Piggy and Polly Lobster, Fozzie and Mad Monty, Gonzo and Rizzo, and Bunsen and Beaker. Or Piggy could come with Flubert, Bunsen and Beaker could be taken out, and Sam the Eagle could come with Polly Lobster. Or leave out Flubert and include Blind Pew.
A Muppets Take Manhattan line could include the Muppets in either their Together Again or "Right Where I Belong" outfits. It could include both the characters from those numbers and The Electric Mayhem in their outfits from the movie (technically the Mayhem were characters in the number, being in the orchestra pit). The pairings could be Kermit and Dr. Teeth, Fozzie and Floyd, Miss Piggy and Janice, Scooter and Animal, Gonzo and Camilla, Rowlf and Zoot. Or maybe include the movie's original characters (and Rizzo) instead of The Electric Mayhem, though that'd be more than ten figures.
Of course, I wonder if the license is like the initial Palisades license, where only characters, variants, and accessories (and playsets, but we probably won't be getting those from Diamond) from The Muppet Show were included, or if this license can, from the start, allow for characters and things from the movies and maybe Muppets Tonight (currently I don't expect anybody from MuppeTelevision to be included). I wonder if there were any limits on Muppet productions included with the Vinylmation and Funko figures (I can't remember off-hand if Pepe was included as a Vinylmation figure, though Walter and Waldo C. Graphic were).
I remember when Palisades Toys were first announced (actually, more accurately before when Henson.com had its action figure survey) I was hoping that each show and movie would get its own separate line, though I was quick to be okay with TMS, MT, and the movies being mixed in one line when the license expanded. And I am glad that there weren't any series of figures themed around one movie or thing (even though there was almost an entire Muppets' Wizard of Oz series). But currently, with the Mini Mates, I wouldn't care if they included a few series of figures based on a different Muppet movie, though preferably after all the major classic characters come out (or maybe every other series). I wonder if they can easily make a set themed around The Muppets Take Manhattan or Muppets from Space (was including variants from these movies plus The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island an issue during the Palisades era?).
A Muppet Treasure Island series seems like the best choice. It could include Kermit and Clueless Morgan, Miss Piggy and Polly Lobster, Fozzie and Mad Monty, Gonzo and Rizzo, and Bunsen and Beaker. Or Piggy could come with Flubert, Bunsen and Beaker could be taken out, and Sam the Eagle could come with Polly Lobster. Or leave out Flubert and include Blind Pew.
A Muppets Take Manhattan line could include the Muppets in either their Together Again or "Right Where I Belong" outfits. It could include both the characters from those numbers and The Electric Mayhem in their outfits from the movie (technically the Mayhem were characters in the number, being in the orchestra pit). The pairings could be Kermit and Dr. Teeth, Fozzie and Floyd, Miss Piggy and Janice, Scooter and Animal, Gonzo and Camilla, Rowlf and Zoot. Or maybe include the movie's original characters (and Rizzo) instead of The Electric Mayhem, though that'd be more than ten figures.