If you were interested in procuring the original Palisades Muppet toys, it would cost you some big bucks on eBay (the backstage playset is around $600!). So, what's an avid collector to do when the company producing these items goes belly up without having shipped Muppet Theatre Playset? If you're Lance Cardinal, you build your own. He's recreated not only the theater, but the backstage set as well, noting, "I have tried to capture the essence of the Palisades brand, including aesthetics, attention to detail and interactive fun!" Yeah, we'd say he captured it all right. [via Boing Boing]