Animal Photo Puppet: So which one is it?

[CyberSteak]

Master Replicas has posted pictures on their site of the photo puppet coming up of animal. But there's seems to be a fair bit of a difference between the picture in the pre-order page and the one on the newsletter page.

Which is the actual photo puppet?

Pre-order Page...
http://masterreplicas.com//store/muppets/muppets/8821/

Newsletter... http://masterreplicas.com/customer/community/newsletters/view.php?id=111

[antonydavanzo]

They are the same puppet but one is an awful photo that does not do it any justice...

[CyberSteak]

They are the same puppet but one is an awful photo that does not do it any justice...

which one is the one you consider awful? I'm not so sure they are the same. The one in the newsletter appears to be a more current version of the muppet (less hair).

[antonydavanzo]

which one is the one you consider awful? I'm not so sure they are the same. The one in the newsletter appears to be a more current version of the muppet (less hair).
The one that looks odd is the picture from the website.....he just looks off. I think that the one in the news letter is a lot better but the nose looks a bit small. I think its the same with Kermit. He looked rubbish in some pictures, well all pictures MR took of him he looked bad. The best photos of Kermit are the ones the guys from the forums have posted. What do you think

[BigDumbWookiee]

It's likely the same piece, just photo trickery. The photos of products on the site aren't always that greate.

Case in point, the Stormtrooper helmet:

MR's pic:
http://masterreplicas.com/get_file.php?fid=8459

Fan's pic:
http://www.aqpa87.dsl.pipex.com/othr/MR_prot_storm09.jpg

Exact same product, but to fans, the MR helmet looks aweful, the fan pic looks awesome.

[antonydavanzo]

Maybe they should let the fans take the pics as it seems we are a bit better! In our opinion! Im off now guys..I gotta a huge delivery to sort out. Good night or good day.

[KermieBaby47]

Your are right Cybersteak, they are 2 different Animal's.

The pic in the newsletter is of Terry Angus' Animal that he sent as the master. Travis confirmed this in the other thread. On that Animal, Terry said the nose was too small, but he sent instructions for the factory to fix it in production.

The pic they've got on the site is a factory sample (the same Animal that Travis shared pictures of here), but it doesn't look like they paid any attention to Terry's notes, as Animals' nose still looks a bit too small.

Travis also said they're still working on a few things, hopefully his nose will be the right size by the time Animal arrives in our homes.

Cheers!
:)
Anthony

[antonydavanzo]

Your are right Cybersteak, they are 2 different Animal's.

The pic in the newsletter is of Terry Angus' Animal that he sent as the master. Travis confirmed this in the other thread. On that Animal, Terry said the nose was too small, but he sent instructions for the factory to fix it in production.

The pic they've got on the site is a factory sample (the same Animal that Travis shared pictures of here), but it doesn't look like they paid any attention to Terry's notes, as Animals' nose still looks a bit too small.

Travis also said they're still working on a few things, hopefully his nose will be the right size by the time Animal arrives in our homes.

Cheers!
:)
Anthony
Thanks for clearing that up.........sorry there Cybersteak, I was wrong.

[TheJimHensonHour]

they both look bad to me...

[muppetperson]

I have a feeling that as the head and clothes werent right, that they might of super imposed Terry's prototype Animal head onto an Animal body for the pre order photo.Could be wrong though, but they have to get a correct image somehow, and if the factory sample isnt correct, that is one way how they could get a picture, by taking the best bits of all the samples and making one.

[ElecMayhem]

There is no photo trickery... the photo in the newsletter is Terry's original prototype. The one on the site is the factory's FIRST sample. Changes are still being made to this one...

The image in the link below IS photoshopped... It's the image I sent to our PD department, where I showed them the changes that need to be made to Animal's eyes and nose... These changes have been sent on to the factory, and are being worked on.

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/3609/animalrevisionsiibs2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[tomahawk]

Cool! Thanks Travis.

[antonydavanzo]

There is no photo trickery... the photo in the newsletter is Terry's original prototype. The one on the site is the factory's FIRST sample. Changes are still being made to this one...

The image in the link below IS photoshopped... It's the image I sent to our PD department, where I showed them the changes that need to be made to Animal's eyes and nose... These changes have been sent on to the factory, and are being worked on.

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/3609/animalrevisionsiibs2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Wow......that looks so much better. We all have faith in you guys, I can say for everyone here how much we appreciate MR making these replicas.

[TheJimHensonHour]

There is no photo trickery... the photo in the newsletter is Terry's original prototype. The one on the site is the factory's FIRST sample. Changes are still being made to this one...

The image in the link below IS photoshopped... It's the image I sent to our PD department, where I showed them the changes that need to be made to Animal's eyes and nose... These changes have been sent on to the factory, and are being worked on.

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/3609/animalrevisionsiibs2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS! OMG HE LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER IN YOUR TOUCH UP VERSION! SERIOUSLY IF THATS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THEN SIGN ME UP!:halo:

[antonydavanzo]

To be honest....after the amazing quality of Kermit, the whole line is sold to me no matter how poor the prototypes look.

[Erine81981]

I knew something looked a little weird on him. It was his eye postioned. Thanks Travis for everything you and your company has done for us Fans even you.

[a_Mickey_Muppet]

To be honest....after the amazing quality of Kermit, the whole line is sold to me no matter how poor the prototypes look.



yeah same here man! ;)

[KermieBaby47]

The image in the link below IS photoshopped... It's the image I sent to our PD department, where I showed them the changes that need to be made to Animal's eyes and nose.

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/3609/animalrevisionsiibs2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Cool! I had made some changes myself. Pretty close!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/toughie47/MuppetsMRAnimalPupilNoseEdit.png

[MuppetCaper]

I am also so glad to hear that Animals nose grew some more! hehehe. And he had nothing to lie about like his other puppet counterpart Pinocchio.

[TheJimHensonHour]

I knew something looked a little weird on him. It was his eye postioned. Thanks Travis for everything you and your company has done for us Fans even you.
You know Jim Henson said he would always watch over the eyes being done on the muppets because he said that was he most important thing.
And if you don't have the eye placement correct it's going to look odd and boy was he right! :)

[muppetperson]

There is no photo trickery... the photo in the newsletter is Terry's original prototype. The one on the site is the factory's FIRST sample. Changes are still being made to this one...

The image in the link below IS photoshopped... It's the image I sent to our PD department, where I showed them the changes that need to be made to Animal's eyes and nose... These changes have been sent on to the factory, and are being worked on.

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/3609/animalrevisionsiibs2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

But the first factory sample had a camaflarged nose the same color as his skin.The Animal on the site must of at the least had a photoshop nose job!:confused:

[Keeermit]

Oh yeah Animal looks WAY better after he has been photoshopped, I am pretty sure we will be getting an amazing Animal from MR. I have even updated my animal , made a few tweaks to him and he looks much better - still havent finished pepe though
:rolleyes:
www.angelfire.com/jazz/puppets/newreplicas.html

[TheJimHensonHour]

Oh yeah Animal looks WAY better after he has been photoshopped, I am pretty sure we will be getting an amazing Animal from MR. I have even updated my animal , made a few tweaks to him and he looks much better - still havent finished pepe though
:rolleyes:
www.angelfire.com/jazz/puppets/newreplicas.html
simply amazing work and that bart simpson puppet is amazing have you thought of doing the other simpsons and perhaps doing an intro to the show you never know they could possible use it. I know I would love to see the simpsons done as puppets.

[Keeermit]

I still think if Trav has an animal in his office still that you should maybe take a pic of it yourself with your camera to let us see what Animal really looks like, because i have quite a few MR replicas and they never look like the official photographs... it would put a lot of people at ease i think.:)





www.angelfire.com/jazz/puppets/newreplicas.html

[Telly]

I concur with Keeermit!

[ElecMayhem]

But the first factory sample had a camaflarged nose the same color as his skin.The Animal on the site must of at the least had a photoshop nose job!:confused:

You know, you're right... his nose was photoshopped red. I missed that!

[ElecMayhem]

I still think if Trav has an animal in his office still that you should maybe take a pic of it yourself with your camera to let us see what Animal really looks like, because i have quite a few MR replicas and they never look like the official photographs... it would put a lot of people at ease i think.:)





www.angelfire.com/jazz/puppets/newreplicas.html

The Animal that WAS in my office (note the past tense, as he is now gone) is the one that is on the MR site. The next time that a sample comes in, I will try to grab him and get a couple of new photos for y'all!

[Keeermit]

Oh ok cool, Sorry Trav - I thought you still had one, It's all good :) . Have a great day :)