ToyFare: Allen hints at something "so big"...

[Fozzie Bear]

KEN! I'M GIDDY ALREADY!! MAKE 'EM!!

 

[beaker]

Hmmm, perhaps we will see a Gobo Palisades direct figure then!

Luke, do you think....if we remove ourselves from a fan's perspective...having all our favorite Muppet fanchises with seperate companies: Disney(Muppets, Bear),
JHC/HIT!(Fraggle Rock, Hoobs) and Sesame Wokshop(Sesame Street) could in fact be beneficial? While it would make the 'good ol days' of crossovers nigh impossible...by having different companies being able to focus on different franchises, could it be better for the brands? As I haven't seen so much focus given to Fraggle Rock in ages.

 

[Luke]

Luke, do you think....if we remove ourselves from a fan's perspective...having all our favorite Muppet fanchises with seperate companies: Disney(Muppets, Bear),
JHC/HIT!(Fraggle Rock, Hoobs) and Sesame Wokshop(Sesame Street) could in fact be beneficial? While it would make the 'good ol days' of crossovers nigh impossible...by having different companies being able to focus on different franchises, could it be better for the brands? As I haven't seen so much focus given to Fraggle Rock in ages.

Yes i agree it could work out just fine. I think HIT! being behind Henson is great and will give them a real boost. Not just in reserecting the old stuff but they can continue with new stuff too. Disney look like they are going to give the Muppets some independance from the main "family" but it'll depend if they stay focused or them or it's just them playing with the new toy - whatever happens i think we'll see the Muppets go a bit more mainstream and commercialised with some licensing changes but there'll certainly be lots to talk about. Sesame Workshop, well the show isn't that hot anymore but they are the best hands to be looking after the heritage of the Street.

 

[WiGgY]

The only way that figure is getting made is with HIT's permission. If you want HIT to give permission you should right to them. It worked with the DVDs and it may work with the figure. They seem to be open to fan input.

 

[beaker]

Yes i agree it could work out just fine. I think HIT! being behind Henson is great and will give them a real boost. Not just in reserecting the old stuff but they can continue with new stuff too. Disney look like they are going to give the Muppets some independance from the main "family" but it'll depend if they stay focused or them or it's just them playing with the new toy - whatever happens i think we'll see the Muppets go a bit more mainstream and commercialised with some licensing changes but there'll certainly be lots to talk about. Sesame Workshop, well the show isn't that hot anymore but they are the best hands to be looking after the heritage of the Street.

Maybe we were all, or people like me, were looking at it all wrong. Perhaps instead of seeing it as the further division of the brand...maybe we can see it from a standpoint of survival...fate guiding the best possible way for the Muppets to come to the limelight again after over a decade(honestly, would we be seeing Muppets as big possibly in 2005 if they were still under the sinking and overwhelmed JHC?) and a new chance for Fraggle Rock. Luke perhaps knows HIT! more than any of us fans, given they handle a lot of big time UK shows and successfully licencing out shows.

And yeah, HIT! has seemed receptive to fans...it started with Warrick's petition, and all the time later we finally got FR on dvd. I'm still not sure at all what Travis was alluding to though.

 

[WiGgY]

He probably was alluding to the figure, and then it fell through. This stuff was said a long time ago. I'm not even sure why people are still debating what it could be. I mean, we lost a series this year, the minis aren't selling yet, we went from 3 planned playsets to one, we went from all kinds of Target exclusives to NO brick and mortar retailers (out side of a few small comic shop). I mean, if you guys are still expecting some huge thing to happen, you are nuts! Now it's all about getting the needed characterso ut like the series 10 stuff, VH figures, and a few more variations of characters (I really wish they'd made a freaking GMC Gonzo and not 3 different repaints of the same figure).

 

[Luke]

Yeah admittedly he could have been alluding to just that test figure. I think it was definitely Fraggle Rock related though.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

People just didn't buy the figures, and then there were those who only bought a few; that's what caused the decline in what's been made. Then again, I'm willing to go without food to buy something cool, and others may not be, so that is another buying/selling angle that chould have caused the sales to be low. Heck, though, I would have thought the customizers alone would keep the figures in business, dig?

 

[Stryder Wolfe]

the "something big" is still in the works, whatever it is...

http://www.palisadestoys.com/new/whatsnew/thebit/Muppets/Mon9_27_04.php

 

[Docnzhoss]

That Robin looked amazing! I must admit that I was disappointed with Frog Scout Robin from S-7. I can't even get mine to stand on his own. I have him sitting between Julius and First Mate Piggy on the Swine Trek. But to get a classic version who can sit on a stool looking all cute and cuddly wuddly (Kermit and Robin are the only two frogs in the world I could say this about) is just awesome. I bet you could also get him to fit in Sweetums' hand (I have a whole area cleared, dusted and primed for Sweetums' arrival. Any day now...).

As for the upcoming figures in 2005, my one hope was to get Jug Band members Jerry, Lou and Gramps at least (we all have dreams, don't we?). Or Wayne and Wanda (Wayne at least so that I could create my own Muppet Melodrama with Uncle Deadly and Miss Piggy). Or Bobby Benson with the Baby Band. Or JP Grosse, or Angus McGonagall, or Quongo, or Fletcherbird, or Annie Sue or *sigh* nothing but dreams. Oh well. 2005, get here now so I can get more figures! *Stomping my foot*