Weird Sesame Figures

[Kaiser Gonzo]

Hi guys, i recently bought 7 sesame street PVC figures on ebay.uk, when they arrived i was slightly puzzeled, they are probably from the early on years of sesame street, the figures are bert, betty-lou, franklin, herry monster, grover, and oddly enough Rowlf and a watnot in a trilby and trench coat. and the rowlf dosen't even look out of place, can any one help
some pics on there way, they are downloading is i type:grouchy: :sing:

[The Count]

Hi... The guy in the trenchcoat is probably Lefty the Salesman. The reason Rowlf probably doesn't look out of place is cause...
He was actually on SS in the early years. There's a special, maybe the 30th Anniversary, where Rowlf and Kermit are discussing what to call the show probably the SS pitch.
And he was also in the Song of the Number 9 Falling Baker segment, counting up nine lights.

Hope this helps.

[Kaiser Gonzo]

hey thanks count,
here are the pics
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/Kaisergonzo/MuppetCollectionhomeFeb06031.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/f345/Kaisergonzo/?)
Rowlf?
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/Kaisergonzo/MuppetCollectionhomeFeb06030.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/f345/Kaisergonzo/?)All of em-
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/Kaisergonzo/MuppetCollectionhomeFeb06029.jpg
:grouchy: :crazy: (http://photobucket.com/albums/f345/Kaisergonzo/?)

[TheJimHensonHour]

that's not Rowlf the Dog it's The Full Body Bear Muppet from The One I believe to be Russian Sesame Street I'll see If I can't find a pic but I don't know his name sorry...

[The Count]

Well... Since I've never seen them...
If it's the big full-bodied Muppet from SS Russia, that'd be Zeleboba.
If it's a full-bodied bear SS Muppet, it could be Samson or his cousin Simpson from SS Germany.
Hope this helps.

[Sgt Floyd]

yeah, that doesnt look like rowlf to me

[TheJimHensonHour]

Well... Since I've never seen them...
If it's the big full-bodied Muppet from SS Russia, that'd be Zeleboba.
If it's a full-bodied bear SS Muppet, it could be Samson or his cousin Simpson from SS Germany.
Hope this helps.
he has shoes on if it helps count

[The Count]

Thanks VM... But I'm afraid it doesn't due to my blind batty eyes.

[Pino]

Indeed its samson.. They where all made by Heimo.. a German factory that produced the first european pvc's In the collection where (on the picture) :
Lefty, GRover, Betty Lou, Herry, Roosefelt Franklin, Bert, Samson from germany). Also they have: Ernie, Cookie, Big Bird, Professor Hastings, Oscar, Samson with pie and Tiffy ( also from germany).
Also there is a Cookie with bakery apron, Bert with accordion and an ernie with guitar

[twidddlebug]

so far i know of these heimos.. (with asterix means i dont have it)
Big Bird (large & small)
Bert
Bert - right hand on face
Bert - Playing accordion
* Bert - Fireman holding snorkle
Betty Lou
Cookie Monster (large & small)
Cookie Monster - Playing marching drum
* Cookie Monster - Wearing chef hat and apron, holding spoon
Ernie
Ernie - Playing guitar
The Professor
Grover
Herry Monster (light & dark)
Oscar (large and small)
Roosevelt Franklin
The Salesman (yellow & blue)
Samson
Samson - Holding yellow cake
Sherlock Hemlock (brown & greyish)
* Sherlock with magnifying glass cast to green body
Tiffy
* Tiffy - Holding left hand out (flat, no fingers)

there are variations on almost every one (either color or mold)

[Effralyo]

And, simply to give ya a point: there had never been a Zeliboba PVC figure. As far as I know, there were only the two plush versions of him.

[Drtooth]

Off topic... but 'd love a Zeliboba PVC if they had one. Looks pretty cool.

Anyway, judging by the more primative sculpts (older toys don't look as polished as figurines from nowadays) I'd say that it was easy to confuse the Samson for Rowlf. The Lefty looks good, though.