Showing posts with label Sesame Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sesame Street. Show all posts
6/29/16
Funko Snuffleupagus POP! 2015 SDCC Exclusive
6/14/13
I Love Trash!
When I was a wee lad, I would have said Grover was my favorite Fisher-Price Little People Sesame Street character. But that's because I love Grover so much. As an adult however, I think Oscar the Grouch is now my hands down favorite:
I just love the clever execution of the figure. This truly is a GREAT toy, and if it isn't in the Toy Hall of Fame it damn sure should be. Fisher-Price could have went with a full body Oscar, or one who sat in a trash can, or a head molded into a trash can, but instead they gave kids a version that popped his head up out of an unassuming trash can - in effect, giving kids the trash can toy they never knew they wanted!
Because what kids wouldn't want to make a trash can an integral part of their imaginary play time? Commie kids, that's who!
The toy is engineered in a way to allow his head to stay up (with a slight twist to the side) and is also engineered to the same base specs as all other Little People, so Oscar can use all the Little People set pieces the same as any other figure!
Fisher-Price's Oscar the Grouch is so simple yet so effective and I still to this day love popping him head up and back down into the can.
This isn't my original. I have long since lost all of those. This one came from the flea market, and I probably paid a quarter. Oscar would be proud!
I grab these guys from the flea market etc whenever I spot them (for cheap), which isn't as often as I'd like. I only have a few right now, but Oscar will always be at the top (of the trash heap!) as the coolest of them all!
Fisher-Price's Oscar the Grouch is so simple yet so effective and I still to this day love popping him head up and back down into the can.
This isn't my original. I have long since lost all of those. This one came from the flea market, and I probably paid a quarter. Oscar would be proud!
I grab these guys from the flea market etc whenever I spot them (for cheap), which isn't as often as I'd like. I only have a few right now, but Oscar will always be at the top (of the trash heap!) as the coolest of them all!
2/18/11
Super Grover 2.0
Forget Spider-Man's new movie look or the Fantastic Four's new post-Johnny look, the REAL superhero news is Super Grover
's new look!What do y'all think? Personally, I prefer the original metal helmet. But I do like the new shoulder pads.
Buy stuff by me at Zazzle!
10/30/08
(Cookie) Monster Mash!
Halloween is only a few hours away - and what better way to celebrate than with one of the coolest monsters ever.
No, not Grover.
Cookie Monster!
"COOOKIIIEEEEEE!!!!!"
I found this Cookie Monster hand puppet at a garage sale a few years back. I think he cost me a quarter. He's not dated, but I think this specific one was made in the late seventies. His tag says "Sesame Street Educational Toys Inc. A subsidiary of Topper Corp." and "Sewn in Jamaica B.W.I" which may finally explain the insatiable munchies.
I was very excited to find this guy because I had a puppet similar to him as a kid. I played with my childhood Cookie Monster puppet so much that one eye fell off. That didn't slow me down - I kept on playing with him and took him everywhere I went, telling people his name was "one-eye."
This CM puppet has a plastic bar that crosses through his arms, and a string that hangs down so you can pull on it and manipulate the arms a little bit. His mouth has a hole in the back to shove food through.
Preferably cookies.
He'd make a great bathroom rug if you didn't run the risk of tripping over the eyes.
This is a completely different Cookie Monster puppet I found a couple years later at another garage sale. I had no idea there were multiple versions when I found the first one! I think this guy set me back fifty cents.
Although I thought I had the same puppet as in my childhood with the first Cookie Monster garage sale find, this one is in fact the one I had as a kid. He's a bit larger than the previous Cookie Monster, and does not have the arm bar.
This puppet is dated "1980" on the inside tag, and was manufactured by Gabriel Industries.
This post was brought to you by the number "2" and the letter "C."
No, not Grover.
Cookie Monster!
"COOOKIIIEEEEEE!!!!!"I found this Cookie Monster hand puppet at a garage sale a few years back. I think he cost me a quarter. He's not dated, but I think this specific one was made in the late seventies. His tag says "Sesame Street Educational Toys Inc. A subsidiary of Topper Corp." and "Sewn in Jamaica B.W.I" which may finally explain the insatiable munchies.
I was very excited to find this guy because I had a puppet similar to him as a kid. I played with my childhood Cookie Monster puppet so much that one eye fell off. That didn't slow me down - I kept on playing with him and took him everywhere I went, telling people his name was "one-eye."
This CM puppet has a plastic bar that crosses through his arms, and a string that hangs down so you can pull on it and manipulate the arms a little bit. His mouth has a hole in the back to shove food through.Preferably cookies.
He'd make a great bathroom rug if you didn't run the risk of tripping over the eyes.
This is a completely different Cookie Monster puppet I found a couple years later at another garage sale. I had no idea there were multiple versions when I found the first one! I think this guy set me back fifty cents.
Although I thought I had the same puppet as in my childhood with the first Cookie Monster garage sale find, this one is in fact the one I had as a kid. He's a bit larger than the previous Cookie Monster, and does not have the arm bar.
This puppet is dated "1980" on the inside tag, and was manufactured by Gabriel Industries.This post was brought to you by the number "2" and the letter "C."
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