Just like Santa’s elves, here at Forever Fun we’re preparing for the Christmas season. As many of you know this is the time of year that we begin our sales meetings for our 2012 product.  This means Terri and I are busy getting together mock-ups for our sales team. In midst of the spray mount, spray paint, cutting and gluing we have managed to neglect our blogging duties. We have been reading all of your comments and questions and discussing many of them as soon as they are posted. We have not forgotten about our loyal fans, we have simply been loading up the sleigh and hoping for a great 2012 season.

As you can see we are presenting quiet a bit of product. Everything pictured is in that ever-uncertain land of possibility. We are hopeful for the newer items to become a production reality, yet we all know that is dependent upon buyers and consumer trends.

With that said, the 2011 product is still on our minds. We are working on the web site. Be on the look out for updates. Please continue to let us know what your thoughts and feelings are about the product that you are seeing out on the shelves. You feed back is greatly appreciated and always taken into consideration.

A charming holiday display of some of the offerings from Forever Fun’s 2011 Peanuts™ line. On the top shelf is the “G” gauge Snoopy Express battery operated train, an exclusive for Toys R Us. The middle shelf displays our new mid-scale poseable figures with their fold-out backdrops and between them is the new tree kit featuring micro figures of the Peanuts™ gang. Centered below is our ever favorite set of mini figures dressed in costume for the Christmas Pageant  and posed on the fold-out stage backdrop included with each set. All these and more will be available in stores this fall. Spread the spirit and the charm of the of the holidays with Peanuts playable collectibles for the young and the young at heart!

Clean your dashboards and desks; Forever Fun‘s Peanuts Bobble Heads are well on their way. These guys are going to be the perfect stocking stuffer for 2011. This trio comes ready to deck the halls. Charlie, dressed in his seasonal garb, is ready to trim a tree with his little ornament in hand. Linus bobbles his little head along with a holiday wreath in hand. Snoopy and Woodstock want to wish you a Merry Christmas, with their adorable little sign. All three come on their own snow base and have all right moves to melt your heart.

Among the pumpkins it’s our favorite little psychiatrist, Lucy!  Lucy completes the Forever Fun Halloween poseables in her adorable pumpkin costume. Her costume and hat are fabric with a Jack-O-Lantern face. She’s the perfect pumpkin. The Peanuts gang is ready to trick-or-treat. So to recap, the Peanuts Halloween poseables for 2011 are going to be, Charlie as the skeleton, Snoopy as the Masked Marvel with Woodstock, Linus as a werewolf and Lucy as a pumpkin. We are really looking forward to seeing these on the shelves at CVS and we hope you are too! Keep checking in for more updates.

Linus might be a mild mannered blanket toting little boy by day, but under the full moon he becomes Linus the werewolf.  Forever Fun’s Halloween poseable Linus has furry fabric arm and leg cuffs, and mask with fur tufts to complete his transformation. He’s just another adorable addition to our line of Peanuts Halloween poseables.  We didn’t forget to pick out the perfect pumpkin to go with the gang; you’ll have to wait to see who’s hiding out in the pumpkin patch.

Look who’s following Charlie, it’s his pal Snoopy dressed as the Masked Marvel Forever Fun Halloween poseable. Snoopy comes equipped with his own mask and cape to remain a dog of mystery. What caped dog of mystery doesn’t have a sidekick? Of course we had to give Woodstock his own little bird sized mask to go along with his pal. These two fit right in with the rest of the Peanuts Halloween poseables. It looks like a full moon next week, Snoopy might have some company while howling. Be “were”.

Something spooky has been creeping around at Round 2… it’s the NEW Forever Fun Halloween poseables! As Terri mentioned before; they are a new size, 3-3/4 action size and all new sculpts. We are really excited about these adorable Trick-or-Treaters being at CVS.  So, who will be ghoulishly decked out for Forever Fun’s Peanuts Halloween poseables?  Well, you’re going to have to wait to see them all. This week we reveal the boy behind the mask, Charlie in his skeleton costume. Break out the birdseed and dog treats because Snoopy and Woodstock should be following right behind. Stay tuned for more Peanuts Halloween Poseables.

Looks like Forever Fun Peanuts poseables will be in the Halloween seasonal aisle at CVS — and that’s not the biggest news. We’re rolling out all new figures in a new size! That’s right! Our Peanuts Halloween poseables are new sculpts in a new scale – comparable to the 3-3/4 action size in quality and detail.  We’ve been really busy keeping up with production schedules and working with sculptors and engineers to bring you the very best recreations of your favorite Peanuts™ characters.  The image below shows hard copies of the sculpts. The engineers are very busy working out the articulation.  I’ll post more once I see 1st test shots.

Keep checking back because Katie will be revealing more about the Peanuts Halloween poseables! She’s been at Round 2 for about a year, helping with the Forever Fun line. Yep, she having lots of FUN!

Actually, 2011 spring is over at Round 2 and the 2011 fall and winter season is full swing. Of course I’m talking about our selling seasons. We have presented all our spring offerings to our buyers/retailers and they have all declined. We had some great ideas but they just didn’t ‘stick’ as they say. Below are sales images of the Easter and Valentine poseables we had planned. If you own the figures already, it might be fun to set up your displays using these ideas. My favorite is the Peanuts Easter Pig Pen with the egg coloring deco!  You’ll notice the Peanuts Valentine Snoopy/Cupid sports the angel wings from the Sally mini figure in the pageant set. Well, there’s always next year. We will never give up trying.

Proposed 2011 Easter Poseables

The long wait is over. Finally, the production samples of Peanuts Halloween poseables have arrived. Here’s the line-up:

Charlie repeats his appearance in his trendy Vampire costume. Snoopy is wrapped like a mummy and his buddy Woodstock is the archeologist. Sally has the iconic hair of the “Bride of the Monster”. Linus, as the Monster, sports shoe lifts, neck bolts, manacles and face paint.

They each come with a cardboard backdrop for display. That’s all we’ll have out there for Peanuts Halloween 2010. Let’s see the creations we piece together for 2011. Muahahaha!