Official Star Wars Muppet Figures Coming

[BigDumbWookiee]

Revealed at Celebration IV, Disney will be releasing Star Tours exclusive Star Wars Muppet figures!

Scroll down to see sketches of the concept:
http://www.swstartours.net/cms/index...=265&Itemid=58

[Phillip Chapman]

Wow, that's amazing news. This will be an especially bittersweet moment for Ken Lilly as he wanted to do Stars Wars Muppets so badly with Palisades. The Palisades Swinetrek playset may be more in demand now that there will be Stars Wars Muppets to go with the set (even if they're not exactly in scale with Palisades figures.)

[Luke]

Interesting news. Nice to see we'll get em, but yeah unfortunate they won't be on the level of the Palisades figures.

[muppetperson]

Yahoo! Bring em on.I wonder how big they will be? Probably around 2", the same size as the Mickey and Yoda Star Tours pack, but I wish they would make them Palisades size.

[shimauta]

Wow thats cool! I cant wait for them to come out. Ill have to take a trip out to Disneyland in California sometime since they dont have a Star Tours store here at Tokyo Disneyland!

[rexcrk]

Cool news! But Palisades set the bar SO high that I don't think any non-photo-puppet-replica ( ) Muppet products will live up to them.

Then again I guess that only counts in the category of action figures

I'll still look into buying them though.

[TheJimHensonHour]

i'll wait to pass judgement looks interesting I wonder where one could buy these at?

[beaker]

Originally Posted by Luke

Interesting news. Nice to see we'll get em, but yeah unfortunate they won't be on the level of the Palisades figures.

Yeah, but fortunately for 3.5-4" figure lovers like myself, they will be back to the Fisher Price 1978 toy line/muppet mini size which Ive always maintained is the size Muppet figures should be.

HOPEFULLY this will be the beginning of Disney Muppet figures proper in that scale

But yes, this is surprising but amazing news.

[Luke]

Yeah i like mini figures, but i'd want the whole Muppet "world" to build a collection - so if these did sell well enough to start a Classic Muppets mini line i'd be quite happy. With so many Star Wars collectors they can't fail to do well, its quite a smart move for Disney to allow them, and it can only be good publicity for the Muppets.

What with this, the comic strips and the DVD's they are starting to move in the right direction, especially if it's true they've been holding back on doing any more TV and Movies until the right opportunity comes along.

[Drtooth]

Please... we'll never have another palisades. Unless Mezzco can make similar figures (which they won't) unfortunately toys in the same scale are a dead issue.

That said, finally we can have a muppet product we can actually be excited about. Sure, there was a kick butt Electric Mayhem T-shirt I saw in Kohls (had they not only had smalls and mediums, you bet I would have picked one up), but this is something great.

Also, anyone else like those exclusive Mr. Potatoheads? I mean, they are really cool. Especially Boba Fett! Too bad those are only at Disney World.

[The Count]

So... Have to ask, what's been shown so far as part of this proposal?

[BigDumbWookiee]

The image on the web site above is all so far.

[The Count]

Thanks. However, cause of my blind batty eyes, I can't see images posted on a computer or TV screen. So, if you could please tell me what's been shown so far, I'd appreciate it.

[KermieBaby47]

Count! Here's who's in the pic, all decked out in SW gear:

Beaker as 3-P0
Fozzie as Chewie
Piggy as Leia
Kermie as Luke
Gonzo as Vader
Rizzo as Yoda

Looking foward to these, don't really mind if there's a scale difference as the quality won't be the same.

[The Count]

Thanks Anthony. Checked out the thread posted at CMX by PB (punchbunny).
Laughed at the quote that Piggy as the Princess, she was never refered to as Leia in the Mark Hamil/Star Wars TMS episode is called Princess Loina and has a hair dryer as a raygun.

Wonder if this'll help or hurt YodaMan's Luke Skywalker Kermit custom figure.