Way back in February, our friends over at
ToughPigs took a visit to Toy Fair where they snapped some pictures of upcoming Sesame Street merchandise from Hasbro/Playskool. These new toys and plush dolls looked awesome and I for one couldn't wait for them to be released. Well... the first wave of Hasbro's collaboration with Sesame Street have hit store shelves recently and most of the stuff is fantastic. Below we break down most of the items currently available from Hasbro and include the price and where to find them!
Sesame Street Playset, $39.99
Available at Target and Toys R Us
Elmo and Oscar 2-Pack, $5.99
Available at Target and Toys R Us
Bert and Ernie 2-Pack, $5.99
Available at Target and Toys R Us
Telly and Cookie Monster 2-Pack, $5.99
Available at Target and Toys R Us
Sesame Street School Bus with Count von Count and Elmo, $14.99
Available at Target and Toys R Us
Oscar the Grouch's Garbage Truck with Oscar figure, $9.99
Available at Target and Toys R Us
Grover's Fire Truck with Fireman Grover figure, $9.99
Available at Target and Toys R Us
Sesame Street Mini Plush, $6.99 each
Available at Target and Toys R Us
Talking Ernie Plush, $19.99
Available at Target and Toys R Us
Talking Abby Cadabby Plush, $19.99
Available at Target and Toys R Us
Talking Big Bird Plush, $19.99
Available at Target and Toys R Us
Talking Elmo Plush, $19.99
Available at Target and Toys R Us
Count 'n Crunch Cookie Monster, $29.99
Available at Target and Toys R Us
Talking Super Grover Plush, $19.99
Available only at Target
There are also numerous random toys available and Sesame takes on Hasbro brands like Silly Swimmers, Play Doh, and others. Fortunately, this is just the first wave of Hasbro/Playskool Sesame Street products being released. Later we'll see more of the 2-pack figures including already-revealed figures of Big Bird, Abby Cadabby, Snuffy, Murray Monster, Zoe, and Super Grover.
Keep an eye on The Muppet Mindset for more updates on these exciting new Sesame products coming soon and now available from Hasbro!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, ryguy102390@gmail.com
In the past two weeks I've made two trips to my local Target store, the first time in pursuit of these Sesame Street toys, the second looking for a birthday present for my little brother.
First, there's the Fisher-Price Collect-A-Pals toys. These are the Sesame Street characters... just molded in round shapes. I bought Snuffy and Oscar but Elmo, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Abby Cadabby, Grover, and The Count are also available (the latter three seem to be the hardest to find). They retail at only $3.00 each and they are all really cool looking. Besides, how often do you have the opportunity to buy a Snuffy toy?
Next, we have some toys from Mattel: Muppet driven vehicles. Your choices here include Elmo, Cookie Monster, Ernie, and The Count. The Count being the obvious wild-card here and the vehicle I picked up. The sculpts here are pretty good--but I mostly just bought it because it was The Count. Retail price is $6.99, making these vehicles the priciest of the Target toys in this post--but still not as expensive as the poorly sculpted PVCs. And, hey, these have wheels!
More from Fisher-Price: Sesame Street "Celebrating 40 Years" plush toys. Included in this line up are Elmo, Cookie Monster, Ernie (sensing a pattern here?), Grover, Oscar the Grouch, The Count, and a blue Honker. Once again I only picked up The Count since he looked the best out of all of them (and I already own a Grover plush), but really all of the dolls looked great. Oscar and the Honker especially. The Count, Oscar, and the Honker seem to be rare, so pick those up if you see them! Retail price is $5.99 each and I declare these the best deal on Sesame merchandise in the store.
Finally, from an unknown toy company, we have Target dollar-bin Sesame Street toys. Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Elmo were produced. They sat at the front of the store in Target's "dollar aisle." These are by far some of the worst sculpts I have ever seen, but I bought the Big Bird one anyway, just because it was a dollar. He doesn't look too horrendously awful, and the pose is unique. But... if you see these, don't buy Elmo or Cookie Monster. Trust me. You'll give your kids nightmares. 
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