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LittleBigPlanet

LittleBigPlanet is a video game released on the PlayStation 3 by Media Molecule in 2008. A playable genderless figure seemingly constructed out of sack cloth works its way through a variety of developer created levels and, to date, millions of player-created levels available to play online. The sackperson is customizable with hundreds of costumes and accessories that are unlocked in the game, with additional themes available for purchase in the PlayStation store.

A sequel, LittleBigPlanet 2, was released on January 18, 2011. Several costumes are included exclusively in the limited Collector's Edition available only as a pre-order item. Among these are Gonzo in his Muppet Show-era purple tuxedo. The pieces of the costume are interchangeable with other parts, and the eyes glow in the dark.

When the Gonzo costume was revealed in July 2010, it was announced that more Muppet costumes were planned to be released in the PlayStation store after the game's initial launch.^[1] The first costume pack released on December 7, 2011 features Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker. The second costume pack was released on December 14 and included the already-released Gonzo along with Miss Piggy, Statler and Waldorf. A third pack including Animal, Janice, Dr. Teeth, Floyd Pepper and Zoot were released on December 21. Media Molecule continued to release Muppet content in 2012 with the debut of a level pack on January 25th. The pack includes a Rowlf the Dog costume set, five new levels (and two challenges), a Muppet Theater background, and dozens of stickers, materials and objects for user-generated content. Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson and Dave Goelz recorded material for Kermit, Fozzie, Piggy, Gonzo, Statler and Waldorf. Their audio is available as "gibberish" tracks that allow players to set the characters' voices to on-screen text "spoken" by manipulable characters in the game.