Once again I was shocked by how little, and yet how much Muppet merch will be available - if you looked hard enough!
I got my Muppet sixth sense ready to go and scoured the Javits Center to find as much as I could!
This year I decided to break everything up by company/brand.
First up is Sesame Workshop.
Sesame Street:
As a consistent brand for 47 years Sesame Street items were spread out all over the show in many different categories.
Vivitar:
The walkie talkies are available now at TOys R Us, the rest at Barnes & Noble.
Kalan:
Has lanyards, buttons, keychains, and more!
Below are some some shots from their catalog.
They can be found at Toys R US, Dollar General, 5 Below, and more.
These Sesame Street glasses,
are available now on Sun Staches website, but no retail location has been announced yet.
Delta Children:
Has a line of Sesame children's furniture:
Thunder Press/Silver Dolphin:
Has a line of Sesame activity and picture books:
Continues to have their Sesame wall decor.
Bendon:
Sesame Imagine Ink Activity book
Identity Games:
Sesame Find it!
aLittle Kids:
These bubble machines are available now.
Gund:
Has a lot of Sesame plush, many has been out for some time:
These Sesame friends beanbag size plush came out late last year:
New this year are these bedtime Elmo and Cookie Monster:
Baseball Elmo:
Lunch box Cookie Monster and Elmo that come with all the plush food below:
Medicon:
On the adult size of things, Meicon has some amazingly detailed non-articulated Sesame Street figures coming out this summer:
WowWee:
Their Elmoji robot is aimed at helping preschool kids learn to code using Sesame Street emoji's!
You can check out in action below from this year's CES show:
and learn more about it at Gizmodo. It will be available later this year.
Hasbro:
Wrapping our trip to the street, it seems Hasbro is releasing a new version of Tickle Me Elmo.
Our friends at ToughPigs.com were able to check out the Hasbro showroom where they snapped this photo of it:
The Jim Henson Company:
Dinosaur Train:
Jazwares:
Has a whole line of Dinosaur Train products on the way and not all of it will be available on the US.
While the plush and mini figures will be available this fall at Walmart
Toy Factory:
Having good claw machine and arcade skills will be the only way to catch these Dinosaur Train plush.
Word Party:
Snap Toys!:
Netflix's first Henson show kicks off it's 3rd season with a line of plush:
The small plush will run around $10, the large $20. They will be available late spring April / May-ish.
The talking versions will run around $25 and be out in the fall.
They don't have major retail outlet yet, but you be able get them at Snaptoys.com
The Dark Crystal & Labyrinth:
Funko:
Other then the already released Dark Crystal & Labyrinth Pop! there wasn't anything new at Funko which was surprising.
Their
Super 7:
OK, here's some toy industry scoop. The ReAction line was started by Super 7 and was then co-produced/ released by Funko and Super 7. This year they decided to part ways and Super 7 regained complete control.
That means ReAction are now just with Super 7, and not joint with Funko. Super 7 does not have the licence to make items based on Jim Henson Company properties. Those were Funko's and came as part of their joint deal.
This means that the Dark Crystal line is done for now. They'd would like to produce more, but they would have to bring it up with Funko, which is still possible.
In terms of the figures that were produced, you may have noticed that many of the carded figured don't stay on the card very long. The glue issue has been addressed and fixed and any future runs will be secure to the boards.
The Loyal Subjects:
While none were on display they should be out for next year's Toy Fair as they're scheduled to be released until summer 2018!
There will also be a 2018 NYCC exclusive.
McFarland Toys:
Will release a large 7" Labyrinth Jareth, The Goblin King figure next fall/ winter.
There is also word they are making The Dark Crystal's Jen & Kira:
Fraggle Rock:
Super Impulse:
Has a whole line of Fraggle stuff on the way:
The small, medium, & large plush will be available in April/May and cost around $13, $15, and $20.
Red & Gogo keychains:
will cost around $8.
Vinyl blind bags:
The entire Fraggle line will be available at Thinkgeek.
Toy Factory:
Again having good claw machine and arcade skills will be the only way to get these Fraggle Rock plush.
They come in two sizes and will coming in March / April to US & Canada arcades, claw machines, and amusement parks.
Manhattan Toy:
Still has Fraggle license as well, though it no longer contains Mokey, Sprocket, Jr Gorg, or the Doozers.
NECA:
Has a line of large Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figures based on the 1990 movie, in which the characters were designed by Jm Henson's Creature Shop.
They are extremely detailed.
Donatello is out now, the rest will released through the year and cost around US $100 each!
The Muppets:
Monogram International:
Had their previously released Fozzie Key Holder, but it's didn't seem like they had any other Muppet items
Ty:
Had their previously released Kermit Beanie Buddy, but stil no other Muppets.
Diamond Select Toys:
Showed off their newly released Muppet items:
And showed off their upcoming releases as well, including these Muppet Show tumblers:
Those will be available in March.
Series 3 of DST's Muppet Action Figures will be available sometime around May.
Packaged together are Rowlf, Mahna Mahna and Crazy Harry:
Miss Piggy, will come with FooFoo, and a Penguin, though NOT Gloria Estefan:
Piggy will also come with with something she's always wanted....her own Walk of Fame star!
And a frame that I'm assuming will have a picture of Kermit.
Series 4 will be available in late summer and include The Swedish Chef, a Chicken, and a boatload of accessories!
Dr. Teeth and Zoot:
Unlike Series one and two, there will be no barebones Toys R Us / Barnes & Noble versions. They will only be available at comic, specialty stores, and online like Amazon.
We were also urged to stress that pre-ordering is HIGHLY encouraged to help continue the line.
Sun-Staches:
In addition to their Sesame line, Sun Staches also has a line of Muppet glasses:
Kermit:
and Animal:
They will be available later this year on Sunstaches.com - retail is as yet unknown
There will also have a exclusive D23 Miss Piggy version.
Goma Toys:
Has a series of large vinylmation like figures called Disney Shorts available in Mexico:
This will be available in the US Late 2017 early 2018 for now just Mexico and Amazon.mx and are $9.99 each.
Well that's about wraps it up another Toy Fair, but before we go - while not specifically Henson related, over at The Coop's booth:
It could be easily remade into Fizzgig. If anyone at The Jim Henson Company is reading this - that idea is a freebie.
And that wraps up our fabulous 2017 Toy Fair coverage. Ciao!
