Sesame Street Action Figures

[mikealan]

Hello, I want Pallisades to create Sesame Street action figures, playsets and PVC's, because I think that it's almost thirty-five years old. This would be similar to The Muppet Show and here are my ideas if you agree or not.

SERIES ONE:

Big Bird
Oscar the Grouch
Elmo
Zoe
Ernie

Playset: Bert and Ernie's Room with Bert

Exclusives: Big Bird in Necktie, Oscar the Grouch (orange), Oscar in Taxi Driver Suit, Cowboy Elmo, Caveman Ernie, Caveman Bert, Ernie in Bath Towel, Ernie in Pajamas, Bert in Pajamas

Mega Figure: Oscar the Grouch

PVC Set #1:
Big Bird
Bert
Ernie
Oscar the Grouch
Cookie Monster
Grover


SERIES TWO:

Cookie Monster
Grover
Baby Bear
Harvey Kneeslapper
Barkley the Dog
Hoots the Owl

Playset: Big Bird's Home with Mr. Snuffleuphagus and Little Bird

Exclusives: Alistar Cookie, Cookie the Baker, Cookie the Train Engineer, Super Grover, Grover the Waiter, Marshall Grover, Knover Grover, Hoots In Black T-Shirt

Mega Figure: Elmo

PVC Set #2:
Elmo
Zoe
Rosita
Baby Bear
Telly Monster
Lulu

I'll tell you more series soon. More to come!

[punkNpuppets]

Harvey Kneeslapper - good thinking

MORE!!!
SERIES 3
Gladys The Cow
Fat Blue
Guy Smiley
Biff
Sully
Roosevelt Franklin

[Ernie101]

awesome but replace cookie monster with zoe for series one

[mikealan]

Well, punkNpuppets, that's not the idea I want. Ernie101, I don't think we should replace Cookie Monster with Zoe for Series One.

Now, here are more! Guys, I'll tell you any other characters later when I'm gone!

SERIES THREE:

The Count Von Count
Prairie Dawn
Rosita
Forgetful Jones with Buster the Horse
The Amazing Mumford

Playset: Charlie's Restaurant with Fat Blue

Exclusives: Sir Count-a-lot, Director Prairie, Rosita in Spanish dress

Mega Figure: Zoe

PVC Set #3:
Gladys the Cow
Fat Blue
Guy Smiley
Biff
Sully
Roosevelt Franklin


SERIES FOUR:

Telly Monster
Herry Monster
Humphery and Ingrid (with Baby Natasha)
Sherry Netherland
Benny the Bunny
Lefty the Salesman
Lefty's Boss
Biff
Sully

Playset: Game Show Studio with Guy Smiley

Exclusives: Reporter Kermit, Reporter Telly, Officer Herry, Herry in Barber's Suit

Mega Figure: Mr. Snuffleuphagus

PVC Set#4:
Herry
Betty Lou
Sherlock Hemlock
Professor Hastings
Lefty
Herbert Birdsfoot

More to come later!

[mikealan]

Okay, okay, here are the next series! MORE NOW!

SERIES FIVE:

Lulu
Betty Lou
Sherlock Hemlock
Grungetta
Don Music
Dr. Nobel Price

Playset: None

Exclusives: Betty Lou (in blue skirt), Astronaut Grover and Astronaut Elmo (with the Yip-Yip Martians)

Mega Figure: Bert

PVC Set#5 (The Anything Muppets):
A purple Betty Lou-like girl
A green triangle-headed boy
A tall, orange woman
A Fat Blue-like man
A tall, orange man


SERIES SIX:

Roosevelt Franklin
Professor Hastings
Granny Fanny Nesselrode
Herbert Birdsfoot
Deena Monster
Rodeo Rosie
Sam the Robot
Bruno the Trashman
Alice Snuffleuphagus
Honker (purple)
Dinger (yellow)
Placido Flamingo
Kingston Livingston III
Roosevelt Franklin's Mom

Playset: None

Exclusives: Honker (pink)

Mega Figure: Ernie

PVC Set#6:
The Count
Prairie Dawn
Forgetful Jones
Clementine
Mumford
Placido Flamingo


SERIES SEVEN:

Gladys the Cow
Fred the Wonder Horse
the Two-Headed Monster
Prince Charming
Simon the Soundman
Sonny Friendly
Clementine
Frazzle Monster
Davey & Joey Monkey
The Countess von Dahling
Countess von Backwards
Calambo the Black Sheep Detective

Playset: the whole Sesame Street neighborhood with Bob, Gordon, Susan, Mr. Hooper, David, Maria, Luis, Gina, Ruthie, Uncle Wally, Linda, Savion Glover, Alan, Mr. Handford, Olivia, Buffy, Willy, Mr. McIntosh, Miles, Gabi and any other human actors

Exclusives: 60's Bob, 70's Bob, 80's Bob, 60's Gordon, 70's Gordon, Miles (young child version) and Gabi (young child version)

Mega Figure: Grover and Cookie Monster

PVC Set#7:
Gordon
Susan
Bob
Mr. Hooper
Maria
Luis
David
Alan
Gina
Ruthie
Miles
Gabi

P.S.: Slimey the Worm will be packaged with Oscar the Grouch, and the Twiddlebugs will be packaged with Ernie. They're part of Series One!

[The Count]

Mikealan, a few questions for your ideas if you please.
1 When you say Big Bird in necktie as an exclusive from S1, do you mean to have Big B in some sort of formal attire to serve as a counter to Tuxedo Kermit from Palisades' S1?
2 Why are the series planned to include either five or six figures as the regular lineup? Are you planning to have some of these added to the series lineup even though they're not released as an official part of the line like Koozbane Kermit from Palisades' S4?
3 With regards to the question above, shouldn't your fourth, sixth, and seventh series be fragmented into halves either as different waves of the same series or separate series thus totaling 10 series? And why so many exclusives planned for the series characters?
4 Now let's see what we can do about bringing some of these ideas into development. Been mulling this one over for a while tonight to get you started on the rest.
S1 Big Bird: If the plan is to release a figure version of Big Bird of the same quality as Palisades' Muppets line, and if this figure were to be made in scale with the character itself and the rest of the figures in the line, then it would have to be along the lines of the proposed figure of Sweetums and also measure either 11.5 to 12 inches tall including the three head feathers individually sculpted. Very few accessories could be packaged with this figure, but there's one that might help its sales. The figure of Big Bird would take up the space in the center of the plastic tray and bubble placed on the cardboard backing. However, there could be a long cylindrical space to the figure's right occupied by the Sesame Street lamppost. The Sesame Street sign is packaged below the figure in its own blister similar to the bases from Palisades first three series. The sign would have two little connector rings at the edge to help it connect around and onto the lamppost. The upper left hand corner could also hold a smaller figure of Little Bird.
Articulation: Little Bird could have an articulated head which allows for some side-to-side motion, flapping winglike hands, and fully swiveling feet. Not sure if a figure this small could contain such points of articulation and still be included in the overall packaging.
Big Bird would have fully rotational head, neck, opening beak, shoulders, arms at the elbows, torso, and legs with pegholes in the bottoms of his feet.
Hope this gets the creative juices flowing.

[The Count]

Let's keep on with Mikealan's proposed Sesame figure lineup.
S1 Tagline: Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?

Ernie: Mikealan already said that the Twiddlebugs would be packed in with this figure. First off, the figure of Ernie would be moved over to the right of the plastic tray. That way we can fit in the accessories to the left of him. If Scooter from Palisades' S3 and Reporter Kermit from S4 will have a ton of accessories, then I don't see a problem with packing a limited number of added pieces to the figure of Ernie. Next to Ernie, there's a shiny brass bugle made to fit into Ernie's hands and Rubber Duckie in an upper portion of the center of the plastic tray. The left margin of the tray is filled in with a window sill flower box for the Twiddlebugs. A small beige or ivory white soap dish is pressed into the plastic under Rubber Duckie, and the four Twiddlebug figures are placed in the remaining space of the tray. The Ernie figure should probably have the same build as the figure of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew from Palisades' S1. Of course, it would have Ernie's black hair above his head rather than leave the figure bald. He's also wearing his classic red and blue horizontally striped shirt, blue jeans, and red sneakers. The shirt's neck and wrist cuffs are yellow, and thin stripes of gold and white separate the red and blue stripes of his shirt.
Articulation: Ernie would have head swivel, neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, legs, and feet. The Twiddlebugs would have limited articulation in their heads, necks, arms, legs, and wings. Not really sure if their hands and feet should be articulated as well. All four: the tall violet mommy, squat blue daddy, the older and taller red daughter, and the smaller orange son, would be able to maneuver into their flowerbox home and fly around the other figures when played with. A smallish classic house could be built into the flowerbox for the Twiddlebugs and a set of patio chairs could be built in scale underneath a few blooming flowers. Rubber Duckie can either fit into Ernie's hands or be placed on his soap dish.

The rest will come to me as I give them some further thought.

[MuppetVision]

THis would be cool.

We could make our own Sesame Street Live!

[The Count]

Here's the next figure part of Mikealan's proposed Sesame Street Action Figures s1.

Oscar The Grouch: Mikealan said that this figure would include a figure of Slimey the Worm, Oscar's pet worm. Well then, how's this? The figure of Oscar shows his fully furry body, reaches just a little bit taller in its height than the Ernie figure, and is placed to the right inside the plastic tray. A tattered umbrella stands to the figure's left and serves as a walking stick. There are two trash can lids stacked together towards the lower left corner of the plastic tray, which both fit either inside the figure's hands as clashing cymbals or underneath as miniature flying saucers. Three rusted tin cans connected by a thin plastic strand lines the top of the plastic tray, ready to be clutched by the figure and rattled at any rude onlookers. The figure of Slimey the Worm and an apple occupy the remaining space inside the tray. The apple has a hole near its top just snug enough for Slimey to crawl into.
Articulation: The figure of Slimey has limited articulation thanks to its swivel head and the joints near the center of his body, allowing him to bend around any branches or obstacles in his path. Oscar's figure has articulation points including a swivel head and neck, torso, legs, ankles, shoulders, wrists, and elbows. The combination of the shoulders and elbows helps bring the umbrella cane into a more natural walking position at the figure's side.

The rest will have to wait for later, but at least now we're halfway through with the regular lineup proposed by Mikealan for Sesame Street Series 1.