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The theater is a good choice. Ken has been talking about a desire to a do a large theater since before series 1 arrived on shelves. If it was in scale with the backstage playset it would be nothing short of amazing. But does it seem a little odd that Travis would mention something "so big" and then also reference the theater in a seperate comment. It seems that the "so big" comment is something they may want to be keeping under wraps.
There are some other possibilities though, even though they are remote. Let me preface that these are just my ideas, there is no basis for them from Palisades perspective outside of my own hope of what Travis' "so big" statement could be. The fun of being fans is that we can always dream, right? Also, keep in mind that Travis was active here for years before he ever starting working for Palisades. So he is a Muppet fan at heart.
Palisades looked into doing Fraggles a couple years ago, but apparently enough retailers wouldn't get behind the line. What if Palisades took pre-orders for Fraggles and sold them solely through Palisades Direct? Let's say Palisades laid out a plan for a Fraggle line, say 3-4 waves and one playset. You pre-order each series for a set amount. That way Palisades would have a very good idea upfront of how many sets would sell and whether or not it was a worthy venture to precede. If they didn't get enough pre-orders (say 5,000) to justify the series, it doesn't happen and Palisades isn't out for major tooling and production costs (just possibly the license itself). Since Palisades is selling them directly, they would be able to keep more of the profit since there wouldn't be a "retailer" involved in the process. I know there are flaws with this approach, but if tweaked it might be a way Palisades would consider making Fraggles if the market justified such a release and if Henson was game of course.
Another "hope" and this is as much of a long-shot, is that somehow with Fun-4-All filing bankruptcy that Palisades is able to acquire the Sesame Street license. Apparently originally, Sesame Workshop didn't want Palisades but maybe with the recent happenings, things have changed. What Palisades could do with Sesame Street would be nothing short of incredible, just due to the vast selection of characters and history Palisades would be able to draw from.
Again, the theater is probably the most likely avenue, but the others (Fraggles or Sesame) would be amazing, especially if the characters were all in scale with each other.
There are some other possibilities though, even though they are remote. Let me preface that these are just my ideas, there is no basis for them from Palisades perspective outside of my own hope of what Travis' "so big" statement could be. The fun of being fans is that we can always dream, right? Also, keep in mind that Travis was active here for years before he ever starting working for Palisades. So he is a Muppet fan at heart.
Palisades looked into doing Fraggles a couple years ago, but apparently enough retailers wouldn't get behind the line. What if Palisades took pre-orders for Fraggles and sold them solely through Palisades Direct? Let's say Palisades laid out a plan for a Fraggle line, say 3-4 waves and one playset. You pre-order each series for a set amount. That way Palisades would have a very good idea upfront of how many sets would sell and whether or not it was a worthy venture to precede. If they didn't get enough pre-orders (say 5,000) to justify the series, it doesn't happen and Palisades isn't out for major tooling and production costs (just possibly the license itself). Since Palisades is selling them directly, they would be able to keep more of the profit since there wouldn't be a "retailer" involved in the process. I know there are flaws with this approach, but if tweaked it might be a way Palisades would consider making Fraggles if the market justified such a release and if Henson was game of course.
Another "hope" and this is as much of a long-shot, is that somehow with Fun-4-All filing bankruptcy that Palisades is able to acquire the Sesame Street license. Apparently originally, Sesame Workshop didn't want Palisades but maybe with the recent happenings, things have changed. What Palisades could do with Sesame Street would be nothing short of incredible, just due to the vast selection of characters and history Palisades would be able to draw from.
Again, the theater is probably the most likely avenue, but the others (Fraggles or Sesame) would be amazing, especially if the characters were all in scale with each other.
in a tux...THAT would be absolutely AWESOME! I would immediately pre-order two of 'em...one for me, and one for my aunt, who is also a huge Muppet fan!
