Do you want a Palisades Muppet Babies Playset?

[Zack the Dog]

that's my feeling too, MCC is perfect for the PVC'S, whatever they make is great, but you can't make everything

 

[frogboy4]

I would like to see a Dickens Gonzo and Rizzo two-pack, but by the time they came out with MCC, most of the other characters will have been covered.

I'd like to see pirate Lew Zeland and Clueless Morgan from MTI too. There will be a lot of room for an interesting mix a year from now. I think it would be better to have 4 characters from all different projects than a wave-by-wave themed series. Gives us the strongest characters and lots of variety. i.e. wave 9 could have MCC Gonzo, MTI Clueless Morgan, TMS Uncle Deadly and MTM Manhattan Melodies Kermit. Just an example - something -like- that. It would just be more fun that way. Something for everyone and I think Palisades will probably do that judging from wave 4.

 

[Luke]

I'd like to see Clueless Morgan, Bobo, Fozzie's Mother, Dr Phil Van Neuter and some recent version of Gonzo be it a Dickens costume or just his regular suit or jumper. I think if any more Kermit's will be made after Reporter Kermit then i'd prefer it to be something extremely different rather than Manhatten Melodies - i really favor something like Afro Kermit. The MTM costumes would just really be repaints of the tuxedo figures they have now which they could do anyway at a convention or something.

 

[MuppetQuilter]

I so want Afro Kermit (though I've been calling that Hollywood Kermit-- you mean TMTM costume where Kermit decides if you can't beat 'em, join 'em and delivers his script to the agent, right Luke?). It's a completely different look and it's fun! How many times have we seen Kermit in gold chains?

I've said this before, but Uncle Deadly still tops my wish list. He is such an interesting Muppet, he'd really stand out in the figure collection.

 

[Luke]

Yup thats the Kermit i want, maybe 'Hollywood Kermit' is a better name for it - he'd be boffo socko good !!!

 

[petrieboy]

It is important for Palisades to be careful about being swayed or not being swayed by those who post on this website (including me and this post.) For every person who posts here, there are many internet clueless people, or non computer users, browsing toy stores.
Frogboy stated that he personally doesn't like the Muppet Babies (so of course he wont want a muppet baby playset.) He also acknowledged that there are many who do like them.
Are you sure that some of you are not discouraged about this playset because the only muppet baby figures we have seen are from Mc Donald's Happy Meals- those at least are the ones that stick out in my mind. Palisades has shown they are capable of great things, and this is the best and probably only chance to see The Muppet Babies "perfected." The trick in this playset would be to resist making it babyish. This could be a chance for Palisades to have fun- to use the brightest of colors and pastels. I can easily see why many of you are turned off by them from the cartoon show. Fine. It will be a movie version- and the playset itself could come with all of the figures. 2/3 on each side of the playset. That would be a big draw, something that would only be possible with baby versions.
I, too, like the adult quality of the Muppet Show figures. But I also have great affection for the 80s and Muppets Take Manhattan, and would love to see this playset. I was watching "Vets Hospital" today and saw little that would make for a good playset- it's a patient's bed and gray walls behind it. The average toy store shopper won't be very excited about something that brings about images of illness and death, which is what a hospital does. We're talking playsets here- a baby's playroom is as playable as you can get. But again, to make it as adult as possible, is the key.
I also disagree about the recent films being the biggest draw for children who will be buying these figures. The Muppets image is the biggest draw, and the important draw, and the most recent films have been flops. I can understand many of you think that Palisades should create these (Sam Arrow, etc) since they forked over money for the rights. But I would rather they chalk it up to a mistake rather than kill the series with characters that won't sell. Character wise, Sam Arrow is the first mistake in my book.
I think a great route to take is to get all of the funky creatures in as characters- the monsters- Sweetums, and the other ones whose names I don't know... I saw the Madeline Kahn episode of TMS today, where she appears with "Perfectly Horrible Monster" That guy would make a great figure.
And in my opinion, an adult oriented Muppet Babies Playset would make a great playset.

 

[Zack the Dog]

I think it's all the same to some people...yes it's all Henson, but they see muppets, weither it's babies or not and they may just think muppet babies. No it's not everyone. but to some it is, I'm not keen on the muppet babies right now...if this line can continue after 2005 then maybe. but if they aren't buying now, i don't think it would change anything.

A vet's set would be cool, it would look nothing like the TMS set, it's a pet's hospital...on top of it all it's a muppet hospital, it could inculed cute muppet like animals like muppy, foo foo, baskerville the hound, gaffer maybe even chickens or penguins and rats! a great way to get the animals people would like out!

illness and death, which is what a hospital does

doesn't it bring life?babies being born? remember the muppets, people don't think of death when thinking of the muppets, they think of felt coming to life. that isn't what i think of when watching VH on TMS, Jim Henson's intentions didn't bring death with that.

I just wouldn't want a MCC Bunsen thrown into the line like a monkey wrench for a vets set not to come out, it could have lots of neat items as like the chef's kicthen...some items could be used in both sets!

Zack,

 

[frogboy4]

petrieboy

I have to disagree with much of what you said. I think Palisades should consider, what people say on the boards while not letting it dictate their decisions. It's a valuable tool to see what pleases the fans.

A Vet's Hospital set would be a big seller IMHO. Did you see what they did to the kitchen? They don't take the Muppet Show sets literally, the interpret them and make them better - or that is the goal. The hit the wrong mark with Muppet Labs - the set that should have been the biggest seller IMHO. People have responded to the EM set because it's so cool, though was never really in the program. That just goes to show, people like what's interesting. A hospital set with a lot of Palisades' special touches could sell very well. Anyone who knows the Muppet Show knows that sketch.

The Babies, well, I just think you like them and that's cool. I think it could sell okay, but it's like anything else - you distribute a kiddy set, less boys (12-25 - the target market) will buy them. That's the same reason Miss Piggy products are a niche market. Popular, but not as lucrative as the other characters. I don't see how a whole set would be necessary or how figures of the babies would have to be made, but I wouldn't object too much and would buy them all. I think the figures could be popular, but I don't think a set would do the kind of business it would need to be a hit - and they could easily put pieces that snap together with the figures. This would free up a spot for other things and help to fill the box. Just my opinion. If we only have 4 -6 more slots to fill, I hope the hospital, backstage, theater hotel, Hispaniola and/or patrol set are included.

 

[Zack the Dog]

Think of all the animals, hey maybe kinda combines Rowlf kennle from TMTM into the vet's set with cage's for dogs, i think including other animals like penguins,rats and chickens would be cool.

probaly only a few because of cost but lets say this

Foo Foo: Miss Piggy's Dog.
Gaffer: if not an idea for the backstage,it would be more proper to
a penguin
two small rats
and a chicken
maybe non removable dogs/cats in the cages?

 

[Stryder Wolfe]

gotta agree with frogboy...especailly about the boards being a valuable tool...it's free market research! gotta like that...I als think that vet's hopsital woul dbe big because it seems to ring a bell with a lot of the people who don't remember much about the muppets...it WAS one of the funniest sketches on the show, after all...

muppet babies would be something I'd want to see if the line got extended maybe....*shrugs* well, I don't have a lot of interst in them, but they'd be ok....

but personally, I'm just worrie that no other playsets will ocme out after PIS....I'm hoping to at least get the backstage out...that's gotta be the highest priority...

oh, and I think Sam arrow is a great choice, because he doesn't look like he HAS to be a pirate..he looks as well like he's dressed in patriotic US civil war type clothes, which suits the character very well, IMO...

Benjamina Gunn, on the other hand, is a bad choice for a character...as would most other MTI figures be, IMO...