Muppets (including The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock)

I think my old playsets are in a box in the attic at the house I sold 11 years ago. Wish I'd left my World of Simpsons Playsets there too.
 
robw said:
Oh hell. Came to these late, but this all looks awesome. My Palisades set have been gathering dust on a shelf, but I was never tempted to swap out for DS. If these are compatible, I’m going to have to dip in. At minimum, Mahna Mahna and the Snowths are essential (I got as far as customising one Snowth, but that can go in the bin now).

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NECA’s stuff seems to be a little bigger than Palisades, but close enough. And yeah I have the DST figures, but they don’t compare to what Palisades did as far as I’m concerned. Going Palisades style/scale (mostly) was the right call for NECA.
 
PanchaMaestro said:
I think my old playsets are in a box in the attic at the house I sold 11 years ago. Wish I'd left my World of Simpsons Playsets there too.
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Heh, think my Muppet Labs set was similarly abandoned - was doing last minute packing before a move and just couldn’t justify a whole extra box for that. Wish I’d been more organised…


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scottg10 said:
NECA’s stuff seems to be a little bigger than Palisades, but close enough. And yeah I have the DST figures, but they don’t compare to what Palisades did as far as I’m concerned. Going Palisades style/scale (mostly) was the right call for NECA.
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I like that I can place the DST Muppets in photos with other figures (like NECA live action film characters) and they don't look odd. For that alone, I will love the DST figures.

However, I will be happy to have Muppets that are in scale with the NECA Sesame Street figures, so that'll be it's own display.
 
Misfit said:
Their intention is for everything you saw over the weekend to come out by the end of the year. It might not work out that way, but that's the hope. Some of the stuff they showed at last year's event have yet to come out for various reasons. It's also not an all-encompassing display, there could be some surprises still to come this year.
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Is this just for the Sesame Street stuff or the Muppet Show, too? I thought Piggy had a 2027 release date Show, but I could be mistaken. I'm intrigued by the last sentence. I hope you know something we don't know.

Were Ernie and Bert initially released as part of Haulathon? I remember the Count was, but I forget if those two were. As much as the Haulathon Count release stressed me out- because I had to constantly check the app to be lucky enough to find it during the one of the random 5 minutes it became available, I would love there to be another surprise figure(s) coming out during the fall Haulathon. Fingers crossed for Biff and Sully!
 
Everything. Ernie and Bert showed up at the end of 2024 and weren't tied to an event. They seemed to hit Target first with a lot of specialty shops not getting them until well into 2025. NECA hasn't been participating in the summer and fall events at Target, which is fine by me.
 
For folks interested in filling in gaps in their Palisades and/or DST collections, Kenny Durkin (a Muppet fan artist) has created some 3d printed statues to fit with those lines. So far, he has Bobo, Thog, Doglion, and the Snowman with more characters planned. He has options for either scale and painted and unpainted. I got Bobo yesterday and super happy with it! He's making characters I think we won't see in the NECA line for a long time, if at all. Even though I hope to make customs of these characters, I'm planning to order some more because it will be a long time before I make them and these are great references, at the least.

Here's his website.
thedurkinworkshop.bigcartel.com

The DurkinWorkShop

Artwork by Kenny Durkin. 3D sculpts and prints, posters, prints and original art.
thedurkinworkshop.bigcartel.com thedurkinworkshop.bigcartel.com

Here's some bad pictures of the Bobo I bought.
https://imgur.com/a/0zEOdOE
 
@Bills all day, thank you for posting this! I’ve seen this guys work, but I didn’t know he had launched a store. I don’t think NECA will do a lot these in the current economic climate, especially the larger characters. I think I’m going to need some more space for Muppets…
 
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Bills all day said:
For folks interested in filling in gaps in their Palisades and/or DST collections, Kenny Durkin (a Muppet fan artist) has created some 3d printed statues to fit with those lines. So far, he has Bobo, Thog, Doglion, and the Snowman with more characters planned. He has options for either scale and painted and unpainted. I got Bobo yesterday and super happy with it! He's making characters I think we won't see in the NECA line for a long time, if at all. Even though I hope to make customs of these characters, I'm planning to order some more because it will be a long time before I make them and these are great references, at the least.

Here's his website.
thedurkinworkshop.bigcartel.com

The DurkinWorkShop

Artwork by Kenny Durkin. 3D sculpts and prints, posters, prints and original art.
thedurkinworkshop.bigcartel.com thedurkinworkshop.bigcartel.com

Here's some bad pictures of the Bobo I bought.
https://imgur.com/a/0zEOdOE
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Thank you for posting this . I saw someone else posted that Bobo on Instagram but I didn't know where I could get one for myself.
 
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NECA posted some more pics of their Super Grover figure coming out next(?) month. I really hope it isn't as difficult to get as Count was during last springs Haulathon.

As excited as I am for NECA's Muppets line, that announcement has caused me to pause customizing Muppet figures because I don't have a good sense of who NECA could realistically make in the next few years. Given how long they take me, I really don't want to make a character that gets released anytime soon. I'm currently planning Ma Bear, Mildred, and Miss Mousey, which I assume are all highly unlikely to be made by NECA. Then Nigel, Bobby Benson, and Louis Kazagger. What do y'all think? Are these 6 safe? I appreciate any guess folks share!
 
That shot of SG tearing through the paper logo made me chuckle. I totally forgot about his entrance.

This thing is too similar to the Palisades version. I definitely have to put the old disguise on that one. Interesting that they had a phone booth prop for the photos but it’s not included. Again, glad I have the Palisades one.
 
NORM said:
This thing is too similar to the Palisades version. I definitely have to put the old disguise on that one. Interesting that they had a phone booth prop for the photos but it’s not included. Again, glad I have the Palisades one.
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I am hoping that the Palisades drops in price on the secondary market, as I'd like to get the phone booth as well. Given Palisades included it at first I thought maybe NECA was also from the promo pics, a little misleading.

Bills all day said:
I'm currently planning Ma Bear, Mildred, and Miss Mousey, which I assume are all highly unlikely to be made by NECA. Then Nigel, Bobby Benson, and Louis Kazagger. What do y'all think? Are these 6 safe?
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I would be shocked if they got to any of those - maybe Louis Kazagger or Nigel but not for a long time...
 
fac said:
I am hoping that the Palisades drops in price on the secondary market, as I'd like to get the phone booth as well. Given Palisades included it at first I thought maybe NECA was also from the promo pics, a little misleading.
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NORM said:
That shot of SG tearing through the paper logo made me chuckle. I totally forgot about his entrance.

This thing is too similar to the Palisades version. I definitely have to put the old disguise on that one. Interesting that they had a phone booth prop for the photos but it’s not included. Again, glad I have the Palisades one.
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This is the Palisades phone booth, I just assumed it was a homage to the original, but I saw plenty of others confused by its inclusion in the pictures.

I already have Palisades Super Grover in both costumes, but I’ll buy this one anyway. I’m sure I can always use a Super Grover somewhere else and I need the letters.
 
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