Friday, October 31, 2014

More 3D Printable Sesame Figures!

It makes sense to end the month of October as we started, with three more 3D printable Sesame Street toys figures from Makerbot!



The Brooklyn NY studio announced Wednesday, and just in time for Halloween, that specs for Sesame Street monsters Frazzle, Super Grover, and Cookie Monster are 
available 
to purchase. You can them either individually or as a set.







Happy printing!

Happy Halloween!


Enjoy these Monster clips from the lovable monsters of Sesame Street!










And one of the Count for good measure:

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Punchbowl Sesame Street Online Invitations!

Punchbowl.com has unveiled an exclusive collection of free online invitations featuring the Sesame Street Muppets. 


The collection includes Elmo, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Abby Cadabby, Oscar, Grover, and as well as many others. 

You can check out the entire line here.

Throwback Thursday: Cookie Monster Ben Cooper Mask!

Children's costume company Ben Cooper produced a series of Sesame Street costumes in 1980 including this Cookie Monster costume. 


The set came with a mask of Cookie Monster with a baker's hat and a smock with and apron with Cookies in the pocket. 



Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Monday, October 27, 2014

UK Muppet Egg Cups!

Disney released a set of Muppet egg cups in the UK. 


Why eggs need a cup is beyond me, but these do remind me of the original Muppet egg cups Sigma produced in late 70's.

Both in terms of character selection and how they're produced, these mugs certainly aren't as great as the originals. I mean, how can you beat sculpted cups featuring Statler and Waldorf, Sam Eagle, and Zoot, with generic stock of Kermit, Gonzo, Animal, and Fozzie.


However, if you're fan in the UK with eggs rolling all over the place and need a cup to keep them steady, these new egg cups could be worse. 


Friday, October 24, 2014

Club Penguin Muppet Codes and Cheats!

For those playing Club Penguin's Muppets World Tour and need some help. Club Penguin published a set of cheats to help you unlock all the Muppet items.  




Head on over to the Club Penguin blog for all the details.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Throwback Thursday: Fraggle Rock - Scared Silly

In 2010, Lionsgate released Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly a DVD compilation of three of Fraggle Rock's more spooky episodes. 



"A Dark Stormy Night" from season 3 was included in the release and features a subplot in which Doc builds a ghost detector to make Sprocket feel safe. 


With Halloween fast approaching and in honor on Gerry Parkes passing this week we present Fraggle Rock, Episode 321: "A Dark and Stormy Night."



Wednesday, October 22, 2014

UK Technoline Muppet Alarm Clocks!

Technolinein has a set of Muppet alarm clocks for sale in the UK. 



They come in Fozzie, Kermit and Piggy designs.






Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Limited Edition Vinylmation Trading Night Kermit!

Friday saw the surprise release of a limited edition Vinylmation Trade Night Kermit "eachez" figure.

The figure, with an edition size of 500, was only available at D Street in Disneyland® Resort's Downtown Disney® District and quickly sold out.




"Eachez" is Disney's term for limited editions with variants. There are 9 out of 10 chances of getting a green Kermit the Frog and 1 out of 10 chances of getting the clear version. With an edition size of only 500 total that makes 450 total green "common" Kermit's and 50 total clear Kermit's.

Each blind box originally retailed for $16.95, as you can imagine, they immediately hit ebay and vinyl trading sites for prices many times that.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Gerry Parkes R.I.P.

Sad news to report , our friends at ToughPigs have learned of the passing of Gerry Parkes. 


While he had a long career in TV and film including a memorable part in the Boondock Saints films, he will always be remembered by Muppet fans as Fraggle Rock's Doc.




After Fraggle Rock, Parkes reprized the role in 1987's A Muppet Family Christmas in which he tried to rent Ma Bear's farmhouse for a "nice quite Christmas in the country." (Skip to 2:25 in the video below to see him meeting Ma Bear and the rest of Muppet Show Muppets)



Head  over to ToughPigs to read their great tribute and remember: "The turkey's not the turkey, the turkey's the turkey, you turkey", and more appropriately "You cannot  leave the magic."

As Kermit once said, " What a sweet guy."  You'll be missed, Doc! 

Now That's What I Call Disney 3!

Volume 3 of the "Now That's What I Call Disney" series will be released next week and will feature two Muppet songs.  


"Life's a Happy Song" from The Muppets, and "We're Doing a Sequel" from Muppets Most Wanted will join such Disney classics as "Friend Like Me", "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" and "I Just Can't Wait to Be King", along with modern tunes from Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled and Frozen.

You  can see the entire track list and pre-order your copy from Amazon

Friday, October 17, 2014

Kid President and Grover Celebrate Socktober

Lovable You-tuber Kid President has teamed up with our lovable pal Grover to spread awareness for Socktober. 



What's "Socktober"? Just watch and see!



What a great cause, they even made a second video to show their progress. 





You can get more details about Socktober on the soulpancake website

Buckle Down Muppet Dog Collar!

Buckle up or rather buckle down your dog! Muppet buckle dog collars are now available from Buckle Down.


Each collar comes with a seatbelt style clasp to help with easy on/off for your pooch. 



You can get your dog's favorite new fashion accessory from Amazon.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Throwback Thursday: Sweetheart Labyrinth Cups!

Did you ever want gargle water from a Firey or Ludo cup after brushing your teeth? 
Well, I was shocked to discover that you could do just that!

In 1986, the Sweetheart company released not one, but two different sets of Labyrinth cups!


The set of 40 9oz "Cold Cups", had two designs.



Hoggle and Sir Diddymus share opposite sides of one cup and Ludo and a Firey on the other.


The set of 100 "Kitchen Cups" contained smaller 5oz cups. 



These cups featured Ludo, Firey, Sir  Diddymus, Hoggle, and a Goblin on their own separate cups and with different designs. 


Both sets featured a mail away offer for a Labyrinth movie poster. 





What makes these even more special is, at the time of this post, these do not yet exist on the Muppet Wiki!

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Hallmark Animal Ornament!

Besides Gonzo, Hallmark has a another new Muppet ornament available!

While not a part of its Keepsake line, this excellent ornament of Animal is starting to make its way to shelves in store such as Kmart and Walmart just in time for Halloween
Thanksgiving Christmas.



You may also find this re-release of Kermit at many of those same locations.


Tuesday, October 14, 2014

More Muppet Hot Wheels!

Hot Wheels is back with another line of Muppet vehicles.


This time the line up includes Sam Eagle and Bunsen and Beaker along with stalwarts Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and Animal.