This is where my Muppet Ogden was born - Fao Schwarz in Manhattan. Based on the Build-a-Bear Workshop model, the Muppet Whatnot Workshop is designed for Muppet geeks like me.
When you get to the workshop you are given a book of giant colorforms (ya'll remember colorforms... don't lie).
The base of the colorforms are three bodies: a blue
short body, a round orange body, and a tall green body. The sticky parts you add to the base are several different eyes, hair styles, noses, and different outfits. You use the colorforms to design the puppet. You then give the colorform to the puppet builder and then they start building the puppet. The parts of the puppets are attached with a hotglue gun. If you have specific instruction as to how you want the facial features placed you can ask the puppet builder to follow your placement.
It takes about 30-45 minutes to build the Muppet. It's a pricy toy - when all was said and done Ogden came to about $120. They come with one arm rod, a metal rod that attaches to the hand so you can control arm, and a carrying bag.
You can also build a Muppet online. They have a program that will act like an online colorform so you can see what the puppet will look like. Because I'm a geek, I used that program to see what my in store puppet would look like. Here's the link:
http://www.fao.com/catalog/boutique.jsp?parentCategoryId=98&categoryId=793&name=Muppet+Whatnot+Workshop
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