Collin says :

Muppets Series FOUR

Once again, we return to the wonderful world of Muppets, and what a soft, puppety place it is. With Henson's family back in control of the property rights of the Muppets, having wrestled them back from those wily Germans, all is right with the world.

Interesting to note that this line is felt to be strong enough to totally eschew making any main characters for this particular wave. None of these fellas can really be considered main tier characters, and it's great to see that Palisades isn't trying to artificially strengthen the line by including variants of already released main characters. There is the instance of the Swine Trek Miss Piggy, but it's a pack in, and it's being released about a month after the main wave.

Debuting in this wave is the blue packaging, completely plastic sealed... excellent for MOC collectors, not a pleasure to open. Graphically speaking, the light blue color is a huge standout from the commonly used packaging colors. The name of the line changes from 'The Muppet Show : 25 Years' to 'Jim Henson's Muppets'.

Palisades have got a good thing going here.

[Rizzo] [Mr. Samuel Arrow] [Dr. Julius Strangepork] [Link Hogthrob] [Exclusives & variants]
[Swine Trek Playset (moved to wave 5)]

 

I give 'em a four out of five, with extra special secret points for being bold enough to put out a wave without main characters.