The Muppet Whatnot Workshop

This Muppet Whatnot Workshop has been open since October of last year, but for some reason I have failed to blog about it. This week the online store re-launched on FAO.com, and it is basically the coolest thing ever.
The Muppet Whatnot Workshop is inside the FAO Shwarz in New York City, but now you can fully customize your own Muppet Whatnot from the privacy of your home and have it shipped to you. What is a Muppet Whatnot? Well, they are essentially the extras in a scene of a Muppet production. Muppet Wiki describes a whatnot as

"blank Muppet heads, onto which facial features, bodies, and clothes are added to make any kind of character in the Muppet Show universe. A similar group of Muppets known as Anything Muppets appear on Sesame Street.

Notable recurring characters made from Whatnots include Lew Zealand, Marvin Suggs, and Bobby Benson.

There were many different Whatnots. In the first two seasons, the Whatnots were mostly shaped like Fraggles. Later in the series, more humanoid Whatnots were added, often with sculpted noses."

If you go on the FAO site, there is a really cute video of Kermit explaining what a whatnot is. I think its a very cool idea to be able to make your own whatnots. In 1993, Playskool had a line of toys called 'Muppet Workshop Puppet Kits', that were based on the idea of personalized whatnots. But this line from FAO is on a whole nother level. The FAO Muppet Whatnot Workshop allows customers to choose from 3 body types, 12 eyes, 12 noses, 13 hairstyles, and 14 costumes to make Whatnots that are the size and texture of real puppets used in Muppet productions.

For $90 plus shipping, you can go on the site (or if you are in NYC you can hit FAO in person) and create your own personal Muppet. It's pretty cool. I've been meaning to get one for myself. Also, if you follow any of the links to the FAO site through Muppet Central, a percentage goes to keep that site up and running. Muppet Central is a great site that I've been following for years, so if it interests you, you can help them out and use one of their links.

I def wanna do one of these soon, I'm just holding out to go do it in person in NYC. So...coool...