Next Muppet Replicas: Gonzo, Animal

[Marky]

If these were puppets, I'd get all of them. I mean, it's like getting a Vader helmet that you can't put on and use the force on people with.

Oh wow! Muppets! Use them, make them talk n' stuff.

Can't, sorry. They're photo puppets.

Huh?

 

[Mistersuperstar]

Check out the first Muppet Show episode where Kermit interviews Animal. Animal's head is almost twice the size of Kermit's. I am pretty sure that these prototypes are accurate.

Here's a late 80's/early 90's promo photo using posers. I think it shows the size difference between Kermit and Animal quite well.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/m1stersuper5tar/Animal_Sport.gif

 

[King Prawn]

No it did not change. It was said when the full body pics were first postedt hat he was dressed in an outfit that is not the official outfit. That is why none of the pics show the outfit.

Thanks for clearing that up for me, I must have missed it.

And regarding the size of Kermit and Animal. I always assumed Kermit was bigger but that photo posted by Mistersuperstar proves me wrong. I'm starting to get the impression Kemit is closer to Pepe's size than the other Muppets though I always thought Pepe and Rizzo were much smaller.

 

[Mistersuperstar]

This shot might give you an even better comparison.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/m1stersuper5tar/Manhattan.gif

 

[Davina]

i think he just has longer legs then the other two smaller characters.. so it makes him look bigger..

 

[Erine81981]

Yeah that how I would see it. Animal is just taller then some characters. He's long legged. That all.

 

[MWoO]

If these were puppets, I'd get all of them. I mean, it's like getting a Vader helmet that you can't put on and use the force on people with.

Oh wow! Muppets! Use them, make them talk n' stuff.

Can't, sorry. They're photo puppets.

Huh?

To me actual puppets would be a bad idea. Sure it soundsl ike a great idea for fans, but now imagine Kermit showing up EVERYWHERE beingu sed for parody and stuff. Anyone could put opn a muppet show at anytime with no ties to anything official. It would be a really really bad idea. At least now it takes time to make a puppet replica of a muppet character, but if official replica puppets came out there would be nothing stopping Kermit from showing up at a local mall opening, some horrid street show, a bad local tv commercial, or anywhere else.

 

[Beauregard]

That's right. If they made official realisitc looking Kermit puppets they'd be everywhere. Now if there is a bad parody of Kermit with drugs, or Kermit porn or whatever it can be instantly spotted as the trash that it is and not looked at, but if there was good puppets being used for bad things, not so much.

 

[Mistersuperstar]

That's right. If they made official realisitc looking Kermit puppets they'd be everywhere. Now if there is a bad parody of Kermit with drugs, or Kermit porn or whatever it can be instantly spotted as the trash that it is and not looked at, but if there was good puppets being used for bad things, not so much.

That's exactly right. On my Kermit Myspace I have already had people send me photos of a Kermit toy with a reefer or him interfering with another stuffed toy. If people had something more realistic to be depraved with they could do the Muppets some real harm.

 

[Mistersuperstar]

Yeah that how I would see it. Animal is just taller then some characters. He's long legged. That all.

Check out the scene in the first Muppet Show episode where Kermit interviews Animal. It's the the video section of my Kermit Myspace too. He is definitely a fair bit bigger than Kermit and not just because of his legs.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1279536873