Preview: Muppets

Muppets

Funko is releasing wave two of its Pop Muppet figures.

 

 

Animal is getting a re-release. 

* Swedish Chef *

 

Swedish Chef would make an excellent addition to any kitchen.

 

Kermit is getting a re-release.

 

Miss Piggy is getting a re-release.

* Sam The Eagle *

Sam the Eagle is an awesome new figure.

From earlier releases:

 

Special figures:

 For a look at some of the special releases click right HERE.

03 Holidays Rudolph the red nose reindeer Rudolph

The character Rudolph appeared in the claymation Yule film Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer back in 1964.

In the film Rudolph and his friends knockout the poor yeti named Bumble and forcibly remove all his teeth without anesthetic. This somehow tames the Bumble. 

The character of Rudolph was first published in 1939, but deer have been associated with Yule for far longer.
Yule is a religious festival observed by many historical pagan peoples, later being absorbed into the christian religion to aid conversion as Christmas. In most forms of Wicca, and many of the old religions Yule is celebrated at the winter solstice (Northern hemisphere: December 21 to 22, Southern hemisphere: June 20 to 21)  as the rebirth of the Great antlered god, who is often viewed as the newborn solstice sun.
The christians didn't really change much keeping a lot of pagan symbolism; The Antlered god (Reindeer), Pentagram (5 pointed star), Tree decorating, Gift giving, Santa Claus, Mistletoe, etc, etc from the original holy day of Yule.  

 











Rudolph looks cute.

 His body shape is interesting for a Pop figure.











His tail is adorable. 
It seems Funko are using this general form for a lot of animal pops. 

 

He has only just started to grow his antlers.

His nose is cool, but mine is poorly painted.

Not the kind of Santas that you would want to work for.

Here he is representing christmas with some other holiday pops, Jason and Michael. 

Some xmes flavored pop figures. Bumble, Rudolph, Gremlin and Gizmo. 

Sick of pulling a heavy sleigh, Rudolph decides on a different mode of transportation, the Batmobile!

No matter what holidays or holydays you celebrate  lets all be good to one another, promote equality and appreciate each others differences.

Preview: Metallic Muppets!

Muppets go metal

Here we have some Muppet exclusives from 2013 SDCC.

I have to say these figures look beautiful.

Preview: Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog 6-8

Sonic the Hedgehog is a Sega video game. The franchise is named after its main character a hedgehog named Sonic. Since then the franchise has spread to other media.

For those wondering what a Hedgehog is, it is kind of like a porcupine or echidna. 

 This is Sonic, as stated above he is a blue Hedgehog.

Miles "Tails" Prower or Tails for short is Sonic's best friend and a fox who has two tails for some reason.

 Knuckles is actually an echidna. Ge is Sonic's friendly rival.

Opinion:

These figures look pretty cool and would be a must have for any Sega or Sonic fan. 

Release date:

 These figures will be available March 16th 2013