{"id":65609,"date":"2019-08-06T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/?p=65609"},"modified":"2019-09-12T13:55:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T20:55:48","slug":"haslab-cookie-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/haslab-cookie-monster\/","title":{"rendered":"Me Want Cookie! Make Haslab&#8217;s Dream Cookie Monster Collectible Come True!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the first episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/s\/?query1=sesame+street\"><em>Sesame Street<\/em><\/a> (November 10, 1969), he ate a plastic foam letter \u201cW.\u201d Then he tried to eat Kermit the Frog!<\/p>\n<p>But a half-century later, we know this fun and furry blue beast actually has an appetite for only one thing &#8211; <strong><em>COOKIES!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(All together now: \u201cOm nom nom nom\u2026\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Performed by Frank Oz until 2001, when David Rudman inherited the character\u2019s shaggy, crumb-filled mantle, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/s\/?query1=cookie+monster\">Cookie Monster<\/a> regularly ranks high as a favorite <em>Sesame Street<\/em> character.<\/p>\n<p>Now he\u2019s hitting new heights as <a href=\"https:\/\/hasbropulse.com\/collections\/haslab\/products\/cookie-monster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haslab\u2019s next dream collectible<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cD\u201d is for Details &#8211; That\u2019s Good Enough for Us!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_65679\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65679\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/haslab_cookie_monster-640x336.jpg\" alt=\"Haslab Cookie Monster\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-65679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Hasbro<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Haslab is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/s\/?query1=hasbro\">Hasbro&#8217;<\/a>s platform for crowdfunding fan-pleasing toys and collectibles. Once a proposed project meets a minimum demand, it enters production.<\/p>\n<p>Haslab successfully launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/2018\/02\/21\/hasbro-haslab-jabbas-sail-barge\/\">Jabba\u2019s Sail Barge from <em>Star Wars: Return of the Jedi<\/em><\/a> earlier this year. Now it\u2019s cooking up what Bill Rawley, Hasbro Senior Product Design Manager, calls \u201cthe most accurate Cookie [Monster] ever made for fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out the ingredients in Haslab\u2019s recipe for the perfect Cookie Monster replica:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Exacting Accuracy &#8211; <\/strong>The correctly proportioned skeleton. The blue, tumbled plush fur covering it (developed using a swatch from the actual Muppet). Those gorgeously googling eyes! This Cookie Monster precisely matches the photorealistic puppet used in <em>Sesame Street<\/em> photo shoots.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Full Poseability \u2013<\/strong> Haslab designers meticulously measured and studied onscreen Cookie\u2019s armature. Your replica\u2019s arms, hands, fingers, mouth, neck, head, waist, and legs can move just like the real Cookie\u2019s can. Have him waving a friendly welcome &#8211; or wolfing down an armful of chocolate chip goodies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Superb Scale \u2013 <\/strong>Standing 38-inches tall and weighing 10 pounds, this Cookie Monster replica is Hasbro\u2019s biggest <em>Sesame Street<\/em> item ever. It\u2019s the perfect way for you to celebrate the show\u2019s biggest anniversary yet!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your Cookie also comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, two original lithographs. and in 50th-anniversary commemorative packaging.<\/p>\n<p>And Haslab has promised he\u2019ll have a to-be-revealed accessory. (We can\u2019t <em>promise<\/em> you it\u2019ll be a big cookie but we\u2019d bet our batter it won\u2019t be Alistair Cookie\u2019s dressing gown from <em>Monsterpiece Theater!<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cookie\u2019s Counting on YOU!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_65680\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65680\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/haslab_cookie_monster_puppet-640x336.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-65680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Hasbro<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>No serious <em>Sesame Street<\/em> or Muppet collector will want to be without Haslab\u2019s Cookie Monster.<\/p>\n<p>But this dream collectible will <em>stay<\/em> a dream unless 3,000 of his friends and fans make a $299.99 pre-order by August 25, 2019. (Hasbro won\u2019t charge anyone\u2019s card until the deadline hits.)<\/p>\n<p>You were more than happy to believe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/s\/?query1=cookie+monster\">Cookie Monster<\/a> was real when you watched him as a kid.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s your chance to <em>make <\/em>him real &#8211; the really stunning centerpiece of your collection.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t tell you how to get to Sesame Street. But we <em>can<\/em> tell you to <a href=\"https:\/\/hasbropulse.com\/collections\/haslab\/products\/cookie-monster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">head on over to Haslab\u2019s website<\/a> where you can pre-order this monstrously marvelous Muppet replica!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first episode of Sesame Street (November 10, 1969), he ate a plastic foam letter \u201cW.\u201d Then he tried to eat Kermit the Frog! 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