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File this under Awwwwwww. Etsy user JustZipity sells handmade Muppet ‘costumes’ for babies, and they could possibly be the cutest things ever. The masks look really well-made and would definitely blow any store-bought Muppet costume out of the water.

If I had a baby I would totally buy all of these. As of right now, she’s got Kermit, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Gonzo, Oscar the Grouch, and Abby Cadabby. The idea of a baby’s face looking like it’s in the process of being swallowed by Cookie Monster is worth $40, and actually becomes a slightly scary Halloween costume when you think about it.

Oh, and she claims she can make these in adult sizes too, in case you’re like me and were wondering.

Check out her Etsy shop and buy them all. Via Laughing Squid.

After waiting anxiously by the front door all day, our Top Hat Sasquatch shirts finally arrived! They’re hot off the presses from Clockwise Tees and they look awesome! Thanks to everyone who supported the site and ordered one, I’ll be getting them in the mail tomorrow.

If you didn’t get a chance to order a shirt (and all the goodies that come with it), I have a few extra and I’ll take orders until I run out. Also, since I have extras, I thought I’d give one away!

So, if you’d like a chance to win a shirt, some buttons, stickers, and retro trading cards, all you have to do is use the fancy Tweet box below sometime by Thursday, August 23rd at 6pm EST.

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There were a few VHS tapes that I had as a kid that got watched all the time. Rock-a-Doodle, We’re Back!, and Fievel Goes West come to mind, as well as a direct-to-video movie tied to one of my favorite cartoons of the early 90s, Tiny Toons.

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation came out in 1992 and for some reason is just now coming out on DVD, years after all my other favorite VHS tapes have made the jump. I was excited to watch this again and add it to my media center, but I wasn’t sure how it was going to hold up. Is it still watchable?
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I love Coraline. I’ve always been a huge stop-motion nerd, but Coraline got me really excited about the medium again, and I’ve been waiting and waiting for Laika’s second movie to hit theaters. ParaNorman looked amazing from the first teaser, but could the new studio pull off another awesome animated film without Henry Selick’s directing or Neil Gaiman’s story?

I was really worried ParaNorman would be all style and no substance. Thankfully I was wrong.
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The Top Hat Sasquatch team reads a lot of blog posts every day, and some slip through the crack or just don’t warrant their own post. That’s where Missing Links comes in. Every few days we collect the best links we’ve come across and pass them on to you.

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If the real Shark Week had Mr. T, Street Sharks, and Jaberjaw, I might tune in. Make sure to check out this awesome post by Jaime over at ShezCrafti

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Two things I'm starting to enjoy together lately: nostalgia and food. Cookie Monster's sugar cookie dough recipe is going to get made sometime very soon in the THS headquarters.

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I wouldn't wear these, but they're pretty awesome and totally look like something out of a 90s video game.

‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ Getting IMAX Release September 7 | /Film
Count me in, I've never seen an Indiana Jones movie in the theater and I'd love to see Raiders in IMAX.

Daredevil Rights Will Return to Marvel, Watch Sizzle Reels from Joe Carnahan’s Unmade Adaptation | /Film
Good news and bad news, I guess.