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The Christmas Toy Movie
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Manufacturer: Lyons / Hit Ent.
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Directed By: Eric Till
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Theatrical Release: November 20, 2008
Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Zachary Bennett, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Marsha Moreau, Kathryn Mullen
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 11/04/2008 Run time: 48 minutes Rating: Nr
User Submitted The Christmas Toy Movie Reviews
November 20, 2008
About time!
I have been looking online every year around Christmas time seeing if I can pick up this movie even on VHS (even used VHS tapes were selling for a rediculous price).
I watched this movie when I was 10 back when it first came out... such a well done, touching story. Definitely a Christmas classic and I'm glad other's have seen the value and put it on DVD!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
November 17, 2008
Would have been 5 Stars if Kermit Wasn't Chopped
I'm very tired of the cla$$ic Muppet specials being cut. I am grateful for the DVD relea$e and give the program 5 $tar$ but the overall relea$e it$elf I give a 3. I am ju$t glad that I read review$ before I received my copy or el$e I would have been terribly di$appointed. The Fraggle Rock fia$co, where they didn't relea$e $ea$on 4 individually and thought people would be willing to buy a complete $et just to get that $ea$on wa$ in and of it$elf bad enough. Now thi$? I think Hit need$ to reevaluate how they are doing thing$, they aren't ju$t me$$ing with an original creation by Jim Henson, they are also me$$ing with our childhood memorie$. That is $omething you $imply can't put a price tag on.
November 12, 2008
With or without Kermie, it's still terrific!
How sad is this...? My sister and I, who are 27 and 30 respectively, think this is the most fun Christmas movie to watch together around the holidays! When our mother taped it off the TV (and we still have that...and every single commercial is for some kind of margarine, which they don't do anymore [that is, run only one product's commercials during a program]) we watched it over a few Christmases and then forgot about it. In high school we rediscovered the tape and thought the story was really stupid and childish...but then, despite ridiculing the idiocy of the stinking mouse "Mew" and the wide-eyed vacuousness of "Apple" the doll (maybe Gwynnie Paltrow liked this movie too and named her poor daughter after that character...?), we ended up watching it every Christmas since. And of course the busty Meteora, who is as close to a villain as this show has, is particularly worthwhile, with her outrageous "outer space" breastplate and diva-esque song. In truth the songs are memorable, like "Old Friends, New Friends" and of course, as it's a Muppet production, one would be hard pressed to find even the most jaded Gen-X'er who wouldn't smile at the antics of Jim Henson's creations. Merry Christmas!
November 3, 2008
Kermit is GONE!
Kermit's opening sequence and his introduction to the cast have been edited out. Gone, too, is the entire "Old Friends, New Friends" song finale, in which Kermit shows up and joins the cast singing the song. All that's left is a brief chorus heard over the closing credits.
For those who have never seen the 1986 original, this will make no difference. For myself and my kids, who fell in love with the original version, this Kermit exorcism is quite sad. Plus, the song finale was an important closing celebration of the show.
The DVD transfer is pristine, but one star is missing, in tribute to the missing green frog dressed in a Santa suit. I'm sure there are purist Henson fans who will not be as generous as I.
There should be a lump of coal in Disney's stocking this year.
October 26, 2008
My Favorite Childhood Christmas Movie
I am so happy I saw that this is coming out on DVD. As someone else said, I also have this on VHS from when it was on TV. I can't wait to see it on DVD. I HOPE that Kermit is in it. It won't be the same without him narrating and then being dressed up as Santa going down the chimney.
This is my favorite childhood Christmas movie. After watching it I always wondered if my toys came to life when I wasn't in the room. It's funny what you think when your a child.
I can't wait to get this and show my cousins. This is way better than the crap they make for kids today. It may be because this is what I grew up with, but I prefer this to CGI and that other stuff they make kid's movies with today.
Trust me, if you have never seen this and you were a kid in the 80s, get it. You will enjoy it. True classic (at least for me).
October 25, 2008
A Christmas Memory
The Christmas Toy Movie
I sat with both of my grown children watching this tender, heart-tugging Christmas show when they were young. I've pre-ordered one all three of us so each of us can relive that magical Christmassy time when they were small. I've encouraged both of them to share this classic with their children. The well-defined, amusing, yet life-teaching characters practically jump off the screen and into your heart. You won't regret THIS purchase!
October 23, 2008
Favorite Holiday movie
I also have the TV version of this, that was sponsored by Kraft Foods(They featured recipes instead of commercials)I even asked for(and recieved) a stuffed tiger for my birthday that I promptly named Rugby! Yeah, I'm a dork, I know.
I am really glad to see this released on DVD. It's a terrific family movie and I cannot wait to be able to share it with my kids(in like 3 years when I have some!)Check this movie out, you will love it!
October 14, 2008
I Have the TV recorded edition
i have this movie recoreded off the tv and when i saw that it is comming out on dvd i literally jumped in my seat! this is one of my favs from a kid and i love sharing it with my children. it is one of those movies they help teach that christmas is about love family and friendship. it is one of the movies that truely get me into the xmas mood after thanksgiving. "even if i am just a 'CAT TOY'" i love that lil mouse!
September 30, 2008
FINALLY!! A Christmas Classic!
I'm so glad that this special is finally being released on DVD. I've spent countless years viewing a VHS version, and now it is finally coming to DVD this holiday season.
This is a special much in the vein of the the other classic Muppet Xmas special "Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas". This time the true meaning of Christmas, giving and sharing is told by a playroom filled with toys and dolls that come to life when their owners leave the room. It's extremely charming and also has many catchy songs. If you have children, they MUST watch this! I know today's youth aren't as impressed by puppets but you must give this one a try, especially with the younger ones. This is a great Christmas classic I cannot wait to unwrap. Buy it!!
September 17, 2008
Kermit has been cut out of the picture... again!!!!!
I recall this film well and we already own the old British release but the fact that Disney has not allowed Kermit to appear on this dvd is yet another example of how Henson's creative spirit is ultimately usurped by the market place. We all remember how much overlap there was between Henson's worlds; Fraggles would appear in Muppet films, Sesame Muppets appeared along side Fraggles and Muppets and this conveyed the most important thing in Henson's world, the family unit, his family was reflected here and what Disney and Hit should know by now, is that one product will support the other; these are old films, just waver the rights and someone take note, the Muppet franchise works at it's best when the Muppet family supports each other. These are old films, just leave them alone ..... by editing this film they have spoilt it, Kermit and the cast end the story in a huge sing song and musically, they have butcher the ending.
What made the magic of such Muppet specials is that they were part of the Muppet family and as an audience we were invited in to this family and made to feel apart of it. That was the magic of such work and I find it hard watching this version now, it just doesn't gel well for me. The Christmas Toy was released on to dvd in England as an extra bonus feature along with The Muppet Family Christmas dvd (in 2001 as a Columbria/Tristar release), so the original is out there still, if only second hand.
I am not a Henson purist at all and Jim Henson was a man who understood the balance between art and business, however he isn't around now and cutting up these old films spoils something of that creative spirit. I will be careful as to the Henson dvd's I buy in the future, now knowing the legalities which prevent imaginative work enduring intact and live with my childhood memorabilia as it is because that time when Henson's stories ruled the airwaves will not return again with the same level of panache and enlightened idealistic rebelliousness. It is for us to create now.
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