Rudolph Collections, Etc...

[ChristmasFanatic]

Not sure if this question is even in the correct forum, but I'll ask away. Seeing how many fans of classic TV specials there happens to be, here, I was was wondering if anyone collects the figures and such from Rudopph and other various specials?

Playing Mantis and Memory Lane put out a line of Rudolph 'action' figures as well as A Charlie Brown Christmas and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town and perhaps a few pieces from, A Year Without A Santa Claus.

I know Hawthorne Village has a Rudolph Village and there's an awesome looking Rudolph cuckoo clock!

Anyone collect any of these items?

[dominick]

I have a couple of them. I have the cave playset with baby Rudolph, Donner, and his mother (Mrs. Donner??) that plays sound bites from the movie. Rudolph's nose lights when you press his tail and it comes with a little red removable jingle bell set. I have another of the grown up Rudolph and a white, snowy base that has a clear plastic pole for Rudolph to mount on making him appear to be taking off. His nose lights in the same way. I could take some pictures of it. I also have Rudolph edition Monopoly.

[Ervserver]

I don't have any but should

[ChristmasFanatic]

I have way too much of the stuff, not as much as some, but for this apartment, I have way more than I really need. I love them all, though and even was able to pick up three more action figures, today...new packaging and that's what threw me off to thinking I might not have them!

Oh, I want that Rudolph Monopoly game so much! :)

[dominick]

So there's new ones (at least newly produced in new packaging) this year? It seems like they were getting hard to find last year, and I couldn't find many of them. I really need at least Santa to round out my cave scene.

The Rudolph Monopoly is fun, and the figurines are my favorite part. I got it at JC Penny last year. I want to say I got it for like $25, but I'm not sure.

[Ervserver]

Rudolph Monopoly a plenty on Ebay

[Christy Carol]

I have a complete set of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Christmas ornies. I bought them right after (whoever owns the rights now) they released them for the first time. They are too heavy to put on a tree so I bring them to work and set them up on my desk.

[ChristmasFanatic]

So there's new ones (at least newly produced in new packaging) this year?

Yes, the packaging is definitely new and I might prefer the new look, but the jury is still out on that. I have a ton of figures that I actually have placed on my computer room walls, hallway wall and some in the bedroom. I have some pieces that are open and I set up small displays at Christmas, but way too many for the room I have.

I have seen the Rudolph Monopoly on eBay, but the prices are usually high and if the price isn't too bad, the shipping will kill me. I saw the game at Barnes & Noble, last year, but certainly couldn't buy myself anything during the holidays and while shopping with my Dad and youngest brother, I pointed the game out, as they were commenting on how much I love that special and thought Dad might pick it up, as he claimed he needed an idea or two, but I received, in addition to my other great gifts from Dad, a couple of GREAT looking Denever Broncos caps, so that was a nice surprise! :D

[sheepsnot]

After a short search the cheapest "Buy it Now" Rudolph Monopoly game on Ebay was $19.95 + $13.95 s&h. On
http://www.froogle.google.com I found one for $22 + $7.50 s&h.

[dominick]

I still think I got it cheaper at Penny's last year. I don't think I would have shilled out $30+ for it.

[Ervserver]

Penneys seems to be the only retail outlet for them

[ChristmasFanatic]

After a short search the cheapest "Buy it Now" Rudolph Monopoly game on Ebay was $19.95 + $13.95 s&h. On
http://www.froogle.google.com I found one for $22 + $7.50 s&h.


Thanks for checking on that for me! Appreciate it! :nice:

[ChristmasAngel84]

I bought my mom the Bumble a few years ago,u squeeze his hand & he roars.And she bought me Rudolph when u press his ear his nose lights up & he says "Santa"!

We also have the ornament collection & my parents bought a snowglobe for me featuring all the charachters from the movie! :cool:

[dominick]

I have a pretty nice Bumble Hallmark ornament my girlfriend picked up on clearance last year. I'm fortunate it didn't get ruined when our garage flooded. The box is destroyed but luckily the ornament was fine.

[Misfit Toy]

I collect a bunch of different action figures and yes, Rudolph is of course one of them...how could ya guess :wink:

Here's a pic of my collection. I love these figs. Its a bit tight, but come Xmas time, I take them away from that shelf and make a whole scene and display:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/Orkoo/rudolphcollection1.jpg


:rudolph:

[ChristmasFanatic]

Wow! Misfit Toy, nice collection. :D Looking over the figures and such, I think I have many of the same, but can't put too many out on display for a serious lack of room. A few years ago, we went shopping one morning and took my then, 3 year old nephew with us. That was back when K-Mart seemed to carry the Rudolph, Santa Claus Is Comin; to Town and Charlie Brown figures and we hit a small gold mine of Rudolph goodies. We were filling the cart up and had my nephew sitting in the front of the cart and even began putting boxes of figures around him and he finally declared, he thought we had enough. :cool: One of the items was the Santa and the sleigh....I was thrilled to locate that!

[dominick]

I am sooooo jealous. Awesome collection you've got there.

[Ervserver]

very nice, I love that bumble

:???:

[ChristmasFanatic]

Sam has always been a favorite of mine, from the special. I always thought that Santa and the Mrs were the best, as well.

Wow! So many of my figures are still in the packages, but seeing your set up, I'm tempted to remove more......just don't have the room, though! ;)

[jenifour13]

I saw the Rudolph Monopoly in JCPenney's here last week and I've been thinking about getting it.

[Ervserver]

really...I guess I better head over there and looksee

[ChristmasAngel84]

The Bumble pictured in Misfit Toy's collection pic is the one I bought for my mom...I got it at K-Mart. :-D


BTW that is a lovely collection! :)

[Misfit Toy]

Thaaaanks :D


I love setting it up for the holidays, it really comes to life. Playing Mantis, now Round2 I believe, did a great job and think they might be doing some stuff again.

Here is a link to Time and Space Toys with info on the restoring of the real and original Santa and Rudolph they acquired. Man would I love to have those. Great pictures, info and interesting stuff to take a look at....

http://timespacetoys.stores.yahoo.net/chcoeainch.html

[ChristmasAngel84]

Ur welcome ....I think it's really nice that u have all that stuff!


Thanks for posting that link.....that is so neat to see the actual puppets!

I would love to have something like that...that is one of my favorite movies of all time!

[Ervserver]

The Bumble pictured in Misfit Toy\'s collection pic is the one I bought for my mom...I got it at K-Mart. :-D

:)

wonder if they still carry those.....hmmm

[ChristmasAngel84]

I haven't been to K-Mart in awhile but they might have them still?!

[ChristmasFanatic]

K-Mart used to be a great source for the Rudolph figures as well as the Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town figures, but the last couple of years has been a bust....at least in my area. :(

[sheepsnot]

Tower Records used to carry a good selection and I was hoping that they would put them out at a discount since they're going OOB, but they said they weren't getting any seasonal stuff in. :(

[Ervserver]

You would think since Christmas is the biggest time of year for a retail store they would hang on until January. Why not make a few bucks before shutting the doors. Sell as much as you can.

[ChristmasFanatic]

When the local Sam Goody went out of business, they did put out Christmas CDs and DVDs, but no holiday themed figures of any kind.

[Ervserver]

The Sam Goody closed here too...the whole chain gone now?

[Misfit Toy]

I doubt you'll find the Bumble, well that one. This one is from Bumble's Reform where he has no teeth and came with the huge tree. Last I checked on ebay, he was going in the hundred $ range now. He's great!

[Ervserver]

I doubt you'll find the Bumble, well that one. This one is from Bumble's Reform where he has no teeth and came with the huge tree. Last I checked on ebay, he was going in the hundred $ range now. He's great!

well I like him but not that much :)

[dominick]

I doubt you'll find the Bumble, well that one. This one is from Bumble's Reform where he has no teeth and came with the huge tree. Last I checked on ebay, he was going in the hundred $ range now. He's great!

The Humble Bumble! I agree, way too much to pay.

[Ervserver]

I need to get one from someone who doesn't realize they are worth that much.


:???:

[Misfit Toy]

I was so lucky I snatched him up online early enough before his prices started going up. I got him a couple years ago off ebay. The prices with this line fluctuate a lot.

I actually found one at not a bad price, if anyone is interested. Chances are the prices will rise as the holidays get close, like i said, I've seen them go in the hundreds before. The tree lights up and also plays music too, its really great and makes a fantastic display piece:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bumbles-Reform-Huge-Snowmonster-Tree-Rudolph-TV_W0QQitemZ320040679365QQihZ011QQcategoryZ95252QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosti ng

Or here is an animated one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Rudolph-Red-Nosed-Reindeer-Animated-BUMBLE-Monster_W0QQitemZ300041464745QQihZ020QQcategoryZ95 252QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Ervserver]

kewl beans...I'm bidding !

:???:

[ChristmasFanatic]

I love my rudolph stuff, but.....Yikes! I couldn't pay that much for them. :(

As for Sam Goody, I'm not sure if all are officially closed, there was a list online stating the stores which would stay open, but perhaps that was a temporary stay of execution?

[Ervserver]

I never really shopped there much as I buy most of my music online, by the song.

[dvdelf]

sam goody here, but prices are crap

[Ervserver]

sam goody here, but prices are crap


yup....crazy :o

[dvdelf]

I saw a humble bumble online for 20 bucks, not sure if its the same one

[Ervserver]

I saw a humble bumble online for 20 bucks, not sure if its the same one

That is a great price

[Misfit Toy]

The one for 20 is prob one of these, they're smaller, standard size figures with mini pvc's of other characters with him:


http://i4.ebayimg.com/05/i/08/b5/55/88_1.JPG

http://hobbyhunters.com/Images/Hobby/Figures/rudolph_humble_friends.jpg

[Ervserver]

they sure are cute

[ChristmasFanatic]

I love seeing these figures in stores, makes me feel like a kid. :???:

[Ervserver]

you get to ride around in the shopping cart

:eek:

[ChristmasFanatic]

you get to ride around in the shopping cart

:eek:

Well, I'm not above giving it a try.....of course, they may escort me out of the place, but I'd say that's a very non-holiday attitude to take! :(

While at Wal*Mart on Saturday, we came across some musical/animated figures from Rudolph.....Rudolph, Sam the Snowman and one Bumble. They are about 15" in height and talk/sing and I see Sam's Cheecks glow an icy blue. My biggest complaint about the 'talking/singing' aspect of many of these figures is, they don't use original voices. I wonder if this is due to some legal issue or if they simply feel most people don't care? For my money, I'd prefer the original voice characterizations. 8-)

[Ervserver]

That's a good question, perhaps they would have to fork over some royalties to the people who did the original voices.

[dominick]

Well Burl Ives passed in '95, though I'm sure there is no lack of greedy people lurking in his estate.

[ChristmasFanatic]

I think it's a shame when original voices aren't used. Obviously, if someone has passed on, you can't expect them to do anything new, but most of these musical figures are supposed to be singing and quoting from the original special, so why not pay up and let us have the voices we know and love?

[Ervserver]

I would think it would make for more sales, kids know if the voice is different or not.

[ChristmasFanatic]

I would think it would make for more sales, kids know if the voice is different or not.

This is very true. My nieces and nephews are still young enough that I didn't think they'd notice, but they were quite put off by the fact that original voices weren't used. Nobody can be Sam the Snowman better than Burl Ives! :D

[dominick]

The cave set I bought uses sound clips from the movie. I wonder why they don't just do that with the new toys.

[Ervserver]

Burl Ives voice is a must. I played with the animated stuff at Wal mart yesterday and they are cute, funny, loveable, but the voice is soooo wrong.

[ChristmasFanatic]

Burl Ives voice is a must. I played with the animated stuff at Wal mart yesterday and they are cute, funny, loveable, but the voice is soooo wrong.

It's almost like a slap in the face when you hear the Sam talk for the first time. I certainly wasn't expecting that voice! :(

I was in a Hallmark Store, this morning and saw the neatest snow/water globe. It has Sam and Rudolph inside and it looks almost like the cover of the CD for the soundtrack for the TV classic. I wanted to pick it up for myself in the worst way, but as I was supposed to be Christmas shopping for others, I was behaved and left it sitting at the store. :grin:

[Christy Carol]

I have a question to ponder...do you think the estate of Burl Ives won't let them use his voice? I mean did he sign away his rights when he was on the show so they could use it in future endeavors, if not I wonder if that is what prevents them?

Wonder how we could find that out? Could explain alot.

[Ervserver]

Likely one of his children is in control of his estate and legacy, license agreements, etc

[dvdelf]

sometimes these companies are just not willing to pay, its cheaper for them to get somebody else to do it. Alot of the times they dont make the effort

[ChristmasFanatic]

Maybe some people don't see it as being all that important to have original voices, when possible, but it just seems so wrong to me.

I was 'gifted' with a couple of Rudolph goodies from the Hallmark Store, yesterday. One was an adorable and very nice looking snow/water globe with Sam and Rudolph inside and when you shake the globe, it breaks into the song, 'Holly Jolly Christmas', but it's not Ives singing and that's a little disappointing....OK, a lot, but the detail to the characters is outstanding!

[Misfit Toy]

When I stopped by my comic shop today they had the new Rudolph figures out. So far its just re-releases in similar but even nicer (I think) packaging. The front buble of the figures now have some snow on it. I saw Santa, Mrs Claus, Rudolph, Yukon, Hermey, Skinny Santa, Sam and Clarice. Don't know if there were any others.

I'm happy to see Memory Lane is back. I didnt look to see if it still said Playing Mantis on the package or if it said Round 2. That whole thing kinda confuses me. Too bad no new characters though, hopefully we'll eventually see Cowboy and Ostrich and Fireball, etc.

Edit...found a picture of the newer styled packaging:


http://i15.ebayimg.com/02/i/08/da/f1/2f_1.JPG
http://i2.ebayimg.com/01/i/08/e6/35/5b_1.JPG
http://i2.ebayimg.com/01/i/08/ea/f1/12_1.JPG

[dominick]

I gotta get me a Sam and a Santa. A Bumble would be nice, too.

[Ervserver]

Those are cool..I need me a Sam also

:???:

[Misfit Toy]

Ah, here we go, here's the info regarding the whole Mantis/Round 2 thing and what happened, from Time and Space Toys:


RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER- Action Figures
What's up with Memory Lane? To make a long story short, the Memory Lane line which encompasses Rudolph & Peanuts action figures is back in the hands of the same team who created it! After Playing Mantis was bought by RC2 last year, the future looked bleak, but now the original Playing Mantis team is back with a new name, "ROUND 2" and they have re-acquired Memory Lane, so the Rudolph & Peanuts lines will now have a future once again! 2006 will re-introduce the line by filling some holes in your collection and 2007 will build on this strong foundation for many new items.
Rudolph Christmas Town Express Train Set all new design!
Rudolph Clip-on Ornaments 2006 Series 5 Set
New production of some sold-out rarities:
Elf Toy Shop Playset
Rudolph, Donner & Mom Family Cave Playset
Yukon Cornelius Action Figure
Sam the Snowman Action Figure
RUDOLPH -Lights and Yard Decorations
Rudolph Light String
Santa's Sleigh Lighted Yard Art
Bumble & Christmas Tree Lighted Yard Art
Rudolph in Wreath Lighted Yard Art
RUDOLPH -Household Decorations
Sam the Snowman Tea Light Lamp
Santa's Sleigh Tea Light Resin Figurine
Bumble Lava Lamp Light
Rudolph & Bumble Lighted Fans
Air Blown Rudolph Hard Shell Snowglobe
RUDOLPH -Games & Animatronics
Rudolph Checkers & Tic Tac Toe Set
Rudolph 3 in 1 Card Game Set
Santa & Rudolph Bobbing Musical Pair
Rudolph & Gang Med-Size Animatronics Set of 6
SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN
Santa DVD Trivia Game
Santa Comin' to Town Jigsaw Puzzle

:rudolph:

[dominick]

I saw pictures of a Rudolph train in one of those newspaper collectible ads. It looked pretty cool. I think the train may be made by Bachmann.

http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-48175.jsp?rudolph+train&endeca=true&srchexpr=rudolph+train

http://ak.collectiblestoday.com/images/pdtl-48175.jpg

I have no idea about the quality of the train, but it sure looks neat.

[ChristmasFanatic]

I like the new packaging, it's a bit more streamlined and I like the snow on the packaging, too. :D

That train looks nice, I know I love my Rudolph cuckoo clock, it's very detailed, but I think it took about three tries before I received one that wasn't broken in some way.

Nice to see some love for Sam, I don't think I'll ever have enough of him in my collection. :-D

[Ervserver]

I like that train. I went to Big Lots today but they had no trains.

[dominick]

Bummer. I've been keeping an eye out for them at the major retailers for you.

[dvdelf]

so at 10:30 this evening, we saw that cvs was carrying these rudolph toys. So we went to cvs.
At 10:30.
In the evening
anyway we came back with six, they didnt have clarice, & i didnt need a second santa in casual attire

[dominick]

Cool!

[dvdelf]

I'm going to go back & get the peanuts ones next, the schroeder one has an awesome voice clip

[dominick]

I would love to have the full Rudolph and Peanuts sets, but there's no way I could find the room to display it all. I've been having to be extremely picky the last couple years in what I can buy because I really don't like to box up the old stuff until it's so worn out that it's unrecognizable. One day I'll have an entire room dedicated to this stuff.

[ChristmasFanatic]

Space or lack there of, is my biggest issue. I actually have hung many of these figures, in their packages on the walls of the 'computer room'. My Dad says Christmas never fully leaves this apartment. :D

I think the only thing from the Peanuts/Charlie Brown Christmas I didn't have was the blue Snoopy doghouse, which may be new, this year(?), but the thing that bothers me....Woodstock wasn't in the original Charlie Brown Christmas and they've included him with the blue Snoopy doghouse!

[Ervserver]

Space an issue for me too :o

[dvdelf]

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i189/mrshfromjersey/IMG_3019.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i189/mrshfromjersey/IMG_3021.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i189/mrshfromjersey/IMG_3023.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i189/mrshfromjersey/IMG_3026.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i189/mrshfromjersey/IMG_3029.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i189/mrshfromjersey/IMG_3033.jpg

[dominick]

That Rudolph on the clear plastic pole thing is the first one I got. I really need to add a Sam and a Santa. Cool collection!

[dvdelf]

I need clarice

[dominick]

Are they still putting the little black nose cover in with the first one? I thought that was kind of cool.

[dvdelf]

yes I have it I just didnt put it on him

[sheepsnot]

I need clarice

That's Rudolph's line.

[ChristmasFanatic]

Are they still putting the little black nose cover in with the first one? I thought that was kind of cool.

I never took this Rudolph out of the package and never noticed the nose cover, guess I'll have to check this out! :D

[Ervserver]

I wonder if kids today even care about this stuff

[Misfit Toy]

I got this big guy in the mail today...


http://i13.ebayimg.com/05/i/08/db/ba/41_1_b.JPG

He'll look great on display!!!

[ChristmasAngel84]

Oh I LOVE Charlie in the box.....that is great! :???:

[sheepsnot]

Proof positive that SOMEBODY wants a Charlie in the box!

[ChristmasAngel84]

LOL.... :)

[Ervserver]

he looks cool

[dvdelf]

finally got my clarice

[Ervserver]

cool, Ebay?

[dvdelf]

no one of three cvs's I went to
toys r us has em too

[dominick]

Our local Toys R Us closed. :-( That's where I got the couple of first runs I have from.

[dvdelf]

i didnt think they were doing closings when they got bought

[dominick]

I didn't know they were bought out, nor do I really know when the store closed. It happened sometime last year while I was living in Texas.

[Ervserver]

I hate when stores do that

[dominick]

Tell me about it. Not only did I lose the Toys R Us, but I lost my favorite hardware store while I was down there. To top it off, Viacom switched Oldies 104.3 over to some "we'll play anything" platform DJ'ed by a robot. :-?

[dvdelf]

toys r us got bought & went private a while back

[dominick]

Interesting, I didn't know that. I just remember a few years back that they were complaining about not making enough money to be profitable, but not losing enough for much in the line of government aid.

[Ervserver]

I think Wal Mart hurt them bigtime

[dvdelf]

thats what they said

[ChristmasFanatic]

Living in the sticks, we have to do a bit of traveling to locate a Toys R Us store and while they have a nice size selection, their prices always seem a bit high compared to other retail stores. When it comes to the rudolph collections, I don't see them in Wal*Mart or K-Mart, these days, except for some of the plush/musical items....now, it's just CVS that I locate the Rudolph collections at.

I think I was late in getting into the Rudolph collecting, as I never saw the stuff, locally, so if Toys R Us was a prime place to find the stuff, I missed out on it all the way around. :(

[dvdelf]

i have not noticed any changes in the way toys r us does things, i hope these folks have a plan, cause otherwise they are gonna be in the same spot

[Ervserver]

I don't shop there much, if they don't make it because of a poor business plan then so be it

[Misfit Toy]

I received the Series 1 Clarice in the mail today. I already had the newer sculpted one, so I mostly picked it up for the raccoons and rabbits. But it worked out great for Clarice herself too because she's a bigger sculpt and fits in great with young buck Rudolph for when they're older!



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/Orkoo/rudolph4.jpg


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[ChristmasFanatic]

Very nice set up and collection! :D