Saturday, November 12, 2011

New Character Coming Soon, and Maybe Some Website Changes!!!

Hi everyone!!!

I've got a new character that's about to be unveiled!!  He was a custom order for a customer, but he's so great he just HAS to be added to the normal rotation.  He's a frog...and he looks VERY wise!!  We'll just leave it at that until I can get his pictures loaded up!!!

Second, there's may be a few changes to the website soon.

I am thinking about changing my categories of puppets from what they are currently to something that lumps similar characters into the same categories.  For instance, I may be moving Dart, Paddy, Javelin, and this new character all into a "The Frogs" category, and then listing each one's description and price right with the description.  I would also put a category like "The Yetis" for the Yeti characters. 

The reason I am thinking about doing this is because some of the puppets don't really seem to fit into the categories very well.  For example, some of the characters are placed into one category, but then priced higher than the standard for that category.  Mogul is an example of this.  He's in the Basic PLUS category, but he's more expensive, which kind of throws the category right out the window. 

The current setup for categories that I am looking at is as follows:

The Frogs
Dart
Paddy
*Unrevealed New Character, Wise Old Frog*
Javelin

The Yetis
Yeti, Sr
Yeti, Jr
*Unrevealed New Character, Mrs. Yeti*

Aliens and Monsters
Blip
Mogul
Vlad
Dion
*Unrevealed New Character, Otserp*
*Unrevealed New Character, Perry*

Furry Friends
*Unrevealed Replacement for Rabbit*
McGarrett

By doing this reworking, I will be able to not lump the characters into categories that they might not fit in, and I will also be able to have them priced more appropriately for what they are. 

As the winter draws near, it's time for me to get back into the swing of making puppets.  I STILL need to replace a few of my own, and I need to get finished on these new models that I've been working on.  Some of them have been nearly done for a LONG time now, and I just haven't had the time to finish them.