Is there any progress on Classic Frosty at all? That’s something we all want to see. Can’t you at least add the Traffic Cop to the existing line since he’s in the song and when CVS made him he came from Frosty’s Winter Wonderland, not Frosty the Snowman. Many of us want to see hat dancing Frosty get made as well so we can finally have the North Pole sign for our displays. That’s an accessory everyone needs.

I agree with Vader. I’d like to know what might have been too. I still hold out some hope for unmade items while you’re still around. I may be wrong but I believe you’ll try to bring back the good ideas until they get made.

Backdrops are a great idea as long as they’re plastic so they’ll last. I suggested to Bob a few years ago that you should have bases come with the Rudolph characters that interlock to create the Island of Misfit Toys.

I also wouldn’t mind spending extra money on new characters just so they get released.

Will Macie and Patti get added to Easter since they were in that special a lot? Marcie has only been released once and a lot of us missed her. It would be great to have her in our collections too.

CVS charges a bit too much for some of your items. The Woodstock Easter figure from a few years back was way overpriced for what was only a PVC. I know a lot of others expressed the same thoughts.

Vader - There were no Peanuts backdrops as far as I know. There were only accessories but big ones and some playsets.

I also would love to know what you guys have proposed just to see what could be . I love the idea of the back ground with different scenes would be nice . I think someone mentioned in one of the boards a propose tree lot . Perhaps a back drop of that would be nice . I would still look to see a mockup of the Harvest design if it even went that far . And as a matter of fact love to when you redo the boards perhaps a section on proposed ideas .

Again I think people are frustrated more at the companies like CVS then Forever Fun. After all you can only propose items . I’m now intrigued by what Forever Fun has in store for 2011… Jim

PS Pigpen would of been funny

In spite of the challenges, we fight to keep the lines as fresh as possible. We’ve just completed our 2011 sales meeting and are moving forward with our Forever Fun plans. Some of them will remain a secret for now. One of the returning items will be the Peanuts poseable play packs that feature the Christmas play. In the assortment of two, Charlie, Lucy and Woodstock in the manger return and the three kings will be added, featuring Pigpen, Franklin and a new standing Schroeder.

I hesitate to share plans because I want to spare you the anguish of having them fall off the list when retailers don’t pick them up. We proposed ‘harvest’ poseables to CVS a couple years back complete with pilgrim accessories sculpted for Snoopy and Woodstock. Sometimes we get so close you almost think it will happen. For 2011 Easter, we had Pigpen in the assortment with colored egg dye smudges on his face and hands. They loved it but we couldn’t get our price even close to where CVS wanted it.

We think we’ve found a solution for this dilemma. Maybe we’ll feel comfortable enough to let it leak out sometime, soon. ….

Not sure if we would ever see Thanksgiving would rather be nice. I’m not sure but I thought on one of the boards here it waas mentioned that Franklin wasn’t added again to kind keep him as a collectible figure. Terri or some one from Forever Fun could shed light on that .

I would also love to see Shroeder also standing up as well. Terri when will the picture be updated ? I hope you can share with the collector frustration with no new characters added kinda makes it hard to buy .

Freida and Pig Pen were in Wave 2 of the Great Pumpkin. Believe me, I know. I’ve been compiling the history of holiday figures for my website for about a month. It’s the Christmas stuff of 2002 and 2003 I can’tr keep straight since so many companies were making so much of it and it all blends together now.

Hmmm. If they could get CVS and Walgreens to support a larger line up than 4 figures maybe Great Pumpkin and Thanksgiving could be combined at the same release date or series? The Great Pumpkin sales should support the lesser known Thanksgiving (even though it still airs every year.) I also believe the Thanksgiving show won an Emmy but I may be wrong. That table as the building feature instead of the bases was a great idea. But even if they just redressed the gang as Pilgrims that would be cool. Can you imagine a Snoopy Pilgrim just like he appeared in the show?I keep hoping they release the big WWI Flying Ace. That’s Snoopy’s most popular alter ego so I would think it would sell. I just hink the retailers are stupid for not knowing how to sell stuff (I.E. poor distribution) or thinking we wont buy other characters than a core group. I miss the days when Playing Mantis released 6 new figures a wave, at least 2 deluxe figures, and multiple playsets. That certainly was the golden age. We could have got at least another Frosty character that way since there are only 5 carded. It would be great to get a 2 pack of the kids or the Andy Griffith Narrator then move on to the original Frosty. I hope WB buys Classic Media. Then we might finally get to see classic Frosty.

It can’t be too early to know about the oher holidays at CVS. The Easter Beagle I traded for was dated from October on his foot so they should know what CVS will carry right now.

I would love to see the reissue of the orginal figures from the Halloween line with figures that weren’t made. I think if they did the Playpacks with two figures plus the piece to make the Great Pumpkin figure it would be at a selling point if a larger chain ( ie TRU . Target ) pick them up. Unless they start doing Mini sets

I think the reality is that we are going to get the same figures ( perhaps dressed in diffrent costumes) until the line ends . I figures we will comtinue to see a CB, Lucy, Linus , Snoppy and rotating Sally. When the line came out they had Freida . Would be nice to have Marcie and Violet.

As far as Thanksgiving I think they could put them out along with the Halloween stuff. I have gone into a few CVS and Walgreens and they already have out Harvest stuff ( Thanksgiving) so it is possible,

On a diffrent note we know that CVS will be carrying the Halloween only . What about Christmas ? I guess it too soon to ask but Will be be seeing Valentine and Easter ?

I miss the box sets too. It made life easier in finding the figures and the Play Packs are like that somewhat. But today the prices have inflated to where a box set is probably no longer worth Forever Fun to do. A 3 pack retaled at 20.00 when Charlie Brown debuted but back then a figure was around 6.00 each. Today the same figures with less accessories are 10.00. When Rudolph debuted 11 years ago Sam Goody stoes sold those exclusive 3 packs at 17.99. When they returned the following year they were 20.00 at most stores with Kohl’s running sales. Rudolph figures back then were 5.99 each, today they are 9.99 too. Box sets don’t seem to be a possibility anymore beyond the play packs.

At this point I doubt a Thanksgiving line would happen. When do they sell it? Halloween debuts at the end of August, Christmas comes in October. Is anyone really thinking about Thanksgiving in September? I’d love to have bought them but I can see why they have never been done. I think Valentine’s Day is possible but for some reasn CVS doesn’t. Target and many stores sell TONS of Valentines Day toys (most goes unsold) so I’m surprised they balk at Charlie Brown Valentines Day figures when these are well known characters and not generic ons.

Here’s an idea for you guys. Why not reissue the Great Pumpkin figures with the unreleased Marcie and Violet with the build a figure gimmick? What figure could we build? Why, the Great Pumpkin himself! That would be fantastic! You could even use toolings you already have. Linus’ light up Pumpkin could be the head, give him Lucy’s witch hat, Linus’ body, and Lucy’s party shirt sheet. That would make for a unique and interesting figure and people would HAVE To buy the figures CVS and other retailers think we don’t want if they want to complete the Great Pumpkin.