Coming Soon: "Muppet Haunted Mansion" Mystery Puzzle Pins!

Disney is releasing a new set of mystery puzzle pins featuring scenes from Muppet Haunted Mansion.

The Muppets Haunted Mansion Puzzle Piece Limited Edition Mystery Pin:

The set consists of 10 standard pieces that complete a puzzle, as well as two other chase pins. 

The 10 known designs in this series include: Chickens as Ghosts, Rowlf as Organist, Gonzo and Pepe as Servants, The Electric Mayhem as Singing Ghosts, Sam Eagle and Pops as Ghosts, Kermit and Miss Piggy in Mardi Gras Costumes, Statler and Waldorf in Doom Buggy, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker as Busts, Fozzie as Hatbox Ghost and Haunted Mansion Exterior.

The set is a Limited Edition of 700 for the 10 standard pieces and 450 for the 2 mystery rare chase pieces.

Each box contains one randomly selected pin from 12 overall designs in the series.

No release date has been announced but they will be available at Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort, and Disney Store.

So far only the UK Disney Store site has a link, but hopefully the US will site will get them soon as well. 

New River Horse Labyrinth and Dark Crystal Puzzles!

River Horse is celebrating Jim Henson's imagination by releasing two "awe-inspiring 1,000-pieces jigsaws."

Each features incredibly detailed paintings by Johnny Fraser-Allen that were also used in their board games.

Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: The Puzzle (1000 pieces)
Build the Labyrinth puzzle and then try to find the hidden faces of the Goblin King - how many can you find?

Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: The Puzzle (1000 pieces)
Undergo a 'Trial by puzzle!' with the Skeksis in the Dark Crystal puzzle!

Yo can get them directly from River Horse using the links below, but you might want to wait till there available on Amazon as shipping to/from the UK fairly high right now.

Throwback Thursday: Little Muppet Monsters Puzzle!

Sesame Street may have just started it's 45 season, but 29 years ago Little Muppet Monsters, the shortest lived of all Muppet series, made it's debut on CBS. 

13 episodes were produced, but only 3 aired. A large merchandise campaign was planed for the following fall of 1986, but since the show was cancelled so soon only one item was actually released. 

That item was this lone Little Muppet Monsters by Playskool. The wood puzzle features the character Boo illustrated by Muppet Show comic strip artist Guy Gilchrist. 

Check out the opening theme of the show (restored by our pal Garret Gilchrist). If the tune sounds families it's because the music  was later used as the end theme music for Muppet Babies.

Other then the theme music, Little Muppet Monsters may have gotten it's most exposure during this shout out by Big Bird during The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (skip to the 5:41 mark) which aired 3 months AFTER the series had already been cancelled. 

The great twist of why Little Muppet Monsters was cancelled is that it wasn't a corporate 

decision based on ratings or advertisers, but that Jim Henson himself was not satisfied with the finished product. Jim especially disliked the mixing of the animated segments with the live action puppets and asked CBS not to air the additional 10 mostly finished episodes. 

This once again proved his high standards for his work and the clout and respect he earned on the industry. 

Happy 29th Birthday Tug, Boo, and Molly!

3D Puzzle

Puzzles that lie flat on the ground are so boring, so Ravensburger has taking it up a notch with a new globe shaped 3-D Puzzle. 

You can order your own global Muppet puzzle here.