scooter's growth spurt?

doc hopper

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is it me or is the scooter figure a little large...
on his own, the figure is amazing - especially the shiny jacket. the details are incredible. but standing next to the rest of the figures, he seems a little bit ... well ... big. i mean, he's almost as big as fozzie.

not that i'm disappointed! scooter rules! it's just that if i want to display him with the rest, he has to be slightly seperated so that he doesn't look so humongous!
 

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havne't seen them all together yet, but I'm sure it'll come up in a couple of weeks...there's always some figures that people think are too big/small, but palisades works off the actual puppet...it's just that the scale of the muppets changes from the way they are performed or something...
 

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Yeah, since Scooter is ostensibly a human, he would technically be bigger than a frog but smaller than a bear, although the puppets don't necessarily reflect that. But then, a frog would be much smaller and a bear much larger, so...who can say? As long as Sweetums is twice the size of the regular figures, I don't think I'll have too many problems w/the scale.
 

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It was said that the scale is correct but the muppets themselves change heoght. I think Scooter should be just a little smaller though. I saw a prototype comparison between Scooetr and Kermit. Definatly looks a little weird. Still a cool figure and I'm sure it isn't a big deal. Probably will only be noticed by muppets freaks like us :big_grin:
 

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Originally posted by sudnam
Yeah, since Scooter is ostensibly a human, he would technically be bigger than a frog but smaller than a bear, although the puppets don't necessarily reflect that. But then, a frog would be much smaller and a bear much larger, so...who can say? As long as Sweetums is twice the size of the regular figures, I don't think I'll have too many problems w/the scale.
Scooter's not a human, he's a gofer! That was always the joke, cause gofer is a word used for the animal plus lackeys, like a double meaning... A pun for lack of a better word... Actually pun is a better word... Well, he is humanoid, but so are Kermit and Fozzie and Miss Piggy and Gonzo and... Just about everyone! So let's set the record straight:
Kermit=Frog
Fozzie=Bear
Scooter=Gofer
Pops=Human
Gonzo=Whatever!!! (stupid Muppet's from Space contradicting me wherever I go)

Ben Green may not be held responsible for thinking out loud, explaining jokes, or misspelling his own name in unnecessary disclaimers
 

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I've seen em all together too and personally i didnt think Scooter was that large compared to the others. I dunno, maybe i'm wrong. I don't think i'd change anything even if they had used a bit of artistic license - he's just so cool looking.
 

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I don't think Scooter is meant to be an actual gofer as in the animal. I think the joke was what is Scooter and Kermit calls him a go-for as in go for coffee. He is suppose to be human.
 

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I've seen the Scooter puppet in person, and I have the figure, and I can confirm that he is definitely too big. In fact I'd even go as far as saying that he's kinda...well, giant. The sculpt is perfect as is the paint job , but Scooter is a little guy, and the figure doesn't reflect that at all.
 

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I've seen the puppet too--and he is significantly larger than say, Kermit and Gonzo are....not as big as Fozzie and some of the others, but he's bigger than you might think. I think the Palisades scale is fine.

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