Japanese Sesame Street Kubricks found!

[beaker]

Just got back from this big ol anime convention, and guess what I found? Yep...the Sesame Street Kubrick action figures from Japan!
While stateside SW doesnt give two slimeys and a Grundgetta about Sesame collectors, in Japan Sesame is all the rage merch wise.
Luckily at leats Hot Topic here is beginning to see this.
Anyways, the store that had a booth there can be found here:
http://www.wizzywig.com/

My favorite is Little Bird(just cuz I like obscurity) but the rest are pretty cool. Now if only all that other Sony Wonder Japanese Sesame merch could be ordered stateside.

On a side note, I saw a number of cute girls wearing some sort of Muppet related shirt at the anime con(this one girl was wearing a Fraggle Rock shirt, camoflage pants, and boots...hot!)
So its good to see Hot Topic keeping the Muppets 'hip' for the younger crowd, heh.

[Drtooth]

Too right! The coolest thing around here is a kite with Telly Monster and Herry Monster on it... yuck...

I hope... I hope they have these at Newburry Comics or somewhere (I have seen Kubrix there... bought some of the Kelloggs ones... got the two Japanese characters)

Why Don't Kubrix hit it as big as the lameo knock offs? I mean even the Disney Store has them (looking for Nemo merchandise... selling out for a change) specifically Peter Pan and Hercules...

I would buy soooooo many of these if they were available here. Now, we need to have a series 2 with Bert, Oscar, Telly, and so on... I'd like to see that!

[Aerosmith]

Series 2 - http://www.action-figure.com/modules...rder=0&thold=0

[scarecroe]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

The coolest thing around here is a kite with Telly Monster and Herry Monster on it... yuck...

Yuck? I'd shave a cat for a kite with Telly and Herry on it! Where'd you see this?

[beaker]

Originally Posted by Aerosmith

Series 2 - http://www.action-figure.com/modules...rder=0&thold=0

heh, those are, um interesting. Again, always look toward the Japanese for making cool things!

[Thijs]

Originally Posted by scarecroe

Yuck? I'd shave a cat for a kite with Telly and Herry on it! Where'd you see this?

yeah, I'll buy anything with Herry on it!

But those Kubrikcs are great!!!!! Especially Herry, Praire Dawn and Little Bird! There is so little Little Bird merchandise. Maybe this is the first!
Japan rules!

[Fozzie Bear]

"The boxes in this collection come unmarked and it is completely random as to which figure you get. You get one random figure at this price. Medicom, 2003. $8.00."

That seems a bit pricey to me for one figure, and you aren't even sure which figure you'll get. This was on the WizzyWig site.

I thought it was a box of 5 per set when I saw the pictures, and I was about to begin a huge search on how to get them til I saw that.

We DEFINITELY need some company here in the states to make some GOOD SS action figures...something comparable to size and detail as Palisades' Muppets figures.

Since Palisades, I just can't bring myself to buy anything else.

[Aerosmith]

$5.00 each and you get to pick who you want.

http://www.ningyoushi.com/medicom/ku...ws/sesame1.htm

[beaker]

Originally Posted by Fozzie Bear

"The boxes in this collection come unmarked and it is completely random as to which figure you get. You get one random figure at this price. Medicom, 2003. $8.00."

Yeah, plus they are of the cheap blocko kubrick style...I dont like Kubicks at all...but hey, Japanese SS figures...cant pass that up! I actually was able to, out of a big ol container full of boxes, pick out the ones I wanted: little bird and grover. Hey, when youve been a hardcore Muppet collector since ya were 3, ya get a knack for these things.

But yeah, Im tired of seeing all the lame Sesame junk stateside...we need some cool Sesame figures darnit!

[radionate]

So is the tweedlebug going to be the chase figure for each series? I didn't see it listed for series two and I wondered if a different color would come out for series 2.

[Phillip Chapman]

The Tweedlebug might be the chase figure for each series or it could be a different character altogether. Have to wait and see.

[Drtooth]

MAAAAANNNNN.... I say beaker knows where it's at here! Stupid little Sesame Baby plushes... &*^$% Sesame Workshop and %^$ the lameo Dragontales cartoon...


The closest thing I found to a Sesame Street action figure was these 2 figures, that talked and wewre posable....if they weren't 8 bucks and with worn out batteries (watch batteries.. very expensive) I'd get them... they were Big Bird and Ernie.. I think there's an elmo... I'm not sure...

Here's to the day a Herry Monster Kubrick hits American shores!

[radionate]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

Here's to the day a Herry Monster Kubrick hits American shores!

It's a little unclear in the way you worded this, but you do realize that Herry Monster is in the second series of figures, right?

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by radionate

It's a little unclear in the way you worded this, but you do realize that Herry Monster is in the second series of figures, right?

Why do you think I put a Penguin there? If I can't get him, I'll go NUTS!!!!!!

Anyway, about the kite, I'll probably get it. It's only 2 bucks... I saw it at CVS

[beaker]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

Why do you think I put a Penguin there? If I can't get him, I'll go NUTS!!!!!!

Anyway, about the kite, I'll probably get it. It's only 2 bucks... I saw it at CVS

I noticed a few shops here in San Francisco starting to have em, but at $8 a pop, and no way to tell what yer getting(err, well I could tell which was little bird)

Yes, Green Twiddle Bug is the 'rare' one...on ebay.com people are selling it in a set. I dunno, Im just not a fan of these block kubrick things...
Warrick sent me a sony wonder.jp site that has some much better new Japanese Sesame merch.

For those who dont know, Sesame has an actual collectors market and following in Japan(the 3d motion Sesame movie ride should be out before too long)