The Imagination Movers Show is Coming!
I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but we love the Imagination Movers. You've probably seen their videos on Playhouse Disney if you have preschool-age geeklings. Their latest CD, Juice Box Heroes, has been in regular rotation in our car for months and they are finally getting their own series! I was lucky enough to watch an advanced screening of the show, which premieres on September 6. Guys, this show is going to be huge. (Imagine your children obsessing over a show that doesn't annoy you!) We loved it and the kids have watched the series premiere a dozen times in the past few days. I can't wait to check out more episodes next month.
The premise of the show is that the Movers work in a warehouse where they solve "idea emergencies." Each Mover has a special ability and they help each other to figure things out. Naturally, there are a lot of musical interludes, as they are a band. The music totally takes Kindie rock to a new level, too.
Jason was in hysterics while watching the show and I had to record him for a minute. Watch this video -- he starts laughing so hard, he almost falls over!
The show premieres on Saturday, September 6 at 10/9c on Playhouse Disney! For more information, check out the band's official homepage or their Disney page, which features fun games and activities. I fully expect to see kids wearing Imagination Movers jumpsuits while trick-or-treating next year! I honestly think this is going to be bigger than The Wiggles (and deservedly so).
The Movers cd sits well between the Ramones and the Circle Jerks without even missing a beat. Great stuff guys and can't wait to dance a jig at a live show with my kids someday.
Brian
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Oh goodness, that was the cutest thing EVAR! I've never heard of this group before, but I will definitely be looking into it now.
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Cute kid! I meant to catch this when it was originally aired, but with a new baby in our house, things have been a little off-schedule lately. Can't wait to Tivo this for my son - he loves anything with music!
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Anyone in Tampa Bay area? We are throwing a show premiere party at Planet Jump.
Planet Jump
12640 62nd Street, Suite 100
Largo, FL 33773
727.535.2323
If you don't live in the area, you should thow a party too!
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That's adorable! Its great to see the Movers making it big and making so many kids from all over the country happy! It couldnt have happened to four nicer guys, they really deserve it! I'm from New Orleans and first started hearing about the Movers when my daughter, now a second grader, was in preschool, her teacher knew one of the guys and had started playing their music for the kids. I didnt know what she was comming home singing..."the imagina wha??" We went on a field trip to see them and we've been "Gearheads" ever since. We attend every show within driving distance. Ofcourse now we cant see them as often and they cant do the small shows anymore but seeing them make kids like yours giggle makes me happy to see that so many other children(and parents) get to enjoy these guys!
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Wow! I had heard about this show, but after watching this I may actually try to get my son to watch too. I'd love to hear those kind of giggles.
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This is one show I can actually tolerate watching with my son. They're cute without being cheesy and, unlike The Wiggles, I can actually tell them apart!
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My son is 2 and I watch a 2 year old little girl and they absolutely love The Imagination Movers. I saw commercials for their new show and thought the guys were good looking and didn't have the corniness of all the other men that have shows. I watch it with them every morning and really enjoy it. The music is great, the guys are silly and not bad to look at either. I DVR some of the episodes and play them in the afternoon and my 5 year old son even enjoys them. I must find a CD to play the songs all the time. It is great and I highly recommend it to everyone!
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"I fully expect to see kids wearing Imagination Movers jumpsuits while trick-or-treating next year!"
Just wanted to let you know, though the official costumes are $100 (and unbelievably, on backorder at that price!) you can make your own like I did. No one in the US sells the little blue coveralls in children's sizes, but in the UK (where they are called boilersuits) they are very common. This website has the best prices by far, they will ship one to the US for a total of 14 pounds, or about $28 dollars: www.body-clad.co.uk
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Any pics of the costume that you made? Thanks
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THANK YOU for the costume informaion. I have been searching for coveralls for DAYS. My 3 kids, age 4, 2 and 1, are completely obsessed with the movers. We have every episode recorded. They ask for them by name.
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Thank you so much I just orderd one for my little geek. He is going to be so excited! I swore that I wouldn't get into Disney character stuff. But these are real geeks, I mean guys right?!?
Cheers!
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Thanks for the tip on the boiler suits. I ordered from that site and it comes up with PayPal for VictorBiddles. Is that the same thing everyone else got?
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thanks so much for the info!! I'm going to try to make one for my son- he really wants the jumpsuit for Christmas!!
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Oh my gosh!!! Thank you! I was trying so hard to search for coveralls and really couldn't fork over the $100. BTW - I did email the mover site before I knew they cost so much and they said they should have more done by Halloween. Also, they have new wobble goggles up there for $15. I would love to see pictures of the costume you made!
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Thank you for the boilersuit link! We met the Movers at the Disney concert in Philadelphia, and they are four super nice (and talented) guys. They even played instruments with my son and his friend!! It was the highlight of our summer. Their live show was excellent - check them out if they come to your area!
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I bought a child's Michael Myers costume today at the Halloween store. It's not perfect, but it's a blue jumpsuit and I chopped off some of the sleeves and legs to make it work. I used red electrical tape on the arms and printed out the logos and taped them on and it looks pretty darn good. My child is happy as a clam he can be Rich for Halloween. And the Michael Myers costume is $27, not $100, a nice difference.
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That's such a good idea! You should take a pic of the costume for us to see.
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I bought the boiler suit linked above (www.body-clad.co.uk) and total price w/ shipping to KY was indeed about $28. Thanks for the tip! It's a little darker than I expected, but not bad. I bought a pack of iron-on media that can be printed on with an inkjet printer and made the stripes and gear for the sleeves, name tag for the front and logo for the back. Here's a pic of the finished costume: http://topdownmx5.com/misc/IMG_3236.JPG
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Where did you get the pics for the iron ons? I bought a flightsuit today and dyed it blue. I also got the iron on media, but not sure where to look for images. Any help would be appreciated.
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For the logo on the back, I used this image: http://www.imaginationmovers.com/website/popup_photo.php?id=295&title=New+CD+Cover&file=im_jewelcase.jpg . It's a bit grainy but not too bad once on the outfit. Here's a pic of the back: http://topdownmx5.com/misc/IMG_3237a.JPG
As for the red gear, stripes and name tag, I just drew those up on my computer.
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Thanks for the info! How did you create the yellow name tag?
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I didn't have much of a graphics program but I had Microsoft Publisher and was able to make the red stripes, gear and name tag using that program.
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Lee- Thanks so much for posting pictures & all of the useful directions. My suit just arrived & I am going to attempt to follow your directions. Your suit looks great!! I'm sure u r helping many moms who want to give the suit as a christmas gift! Thanks again!!
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You're suit looks so professional. Would you be willing to make one for profit?? I'm not as crafty and I doubt mine would come out as nice.
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Lee - yours looks so great but I just tried it and think I must not have used the right iron on transfers. Can you tell me which ones you printed yours on? Thanks for the great idea.
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Courtney- The iron on transfers that I used are by Wilton Easyimage and are the ones for dark fabrics. I bought them at a local Michaels craft store. It comes with 5 sheets of transfers and a few sheets of parchment paper to keep the transfer from melting to the iron. They have a website with templates but I didn't use that. I just created the images in a graphics program and printed them out (I did it using Microsoft Publisher because I didn't have a better program to use). Once printed, *carefully* cut out the pieces. One struggle I had when applying the cut out transfers to the fabric was to use just the right amount of pressure and time with the iron. Too little and they don't bond real well. Too much and the dark blue fabric would bleed through the transfer a little bit. I just had to go slow and careful. What problems were you having?
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I am super excited about it
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Lee in KY, how long did the shipping from the UK take? I'm ordering for DS birthday at the beginning of December. TIA!
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I ordered two suits last week and they arrived today. So about a week from order to delivery to California. I don't think I can get my little one to take it off long enough to put the stripes on.
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Like Chris above, it took about a week. Very reasonable.
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I bought two suits from them for my boys and sewed red stripes on the sleeve and felt gears and name tags. I used iron on transfer paper for the back logo too. The boys want to wear them every day! I am thrilled with the way they turned out. I ordered Rich's scribble sticks and a Smitty hat from the website. Best Halloween costumes EVER.
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i know this is a little late but i thought that I was the ONLY person in the world who's child was obsessed enough with the imagination movers that I had to sew red stripes and a gear patch on a blue shirt! I am glad that there are more of you out there, it makes me feel better to know other mothers out there have to stop what ever there doing 5 times a day to do a "brainstorm" with my two year old! thanks alot!
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I know this is an old thread, but I'm curious as to the sizing of the 'Boiler Suits' from the UK website. Since they are sized like this: "2yrs 22 , 4yrs 24 , 6yrs 26 , 8yrs 28". If my son is wearing a size 8, do I buy him an "8yrs 28"? He's only 5 yrs old, but really tall. This is going to be his Halloween costume this year, and maybe he'll even wear it when we go see they're show live on tour!
Thanks for all the info on the costume too!
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a european 8 is comparable to an american 8, though if your boy is a little chunky i would go bigger. if there is an H&M near you, they will help you get a feel for european sizing as it runs a little taller and more slender.
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I ordered the blue castle boiler suite from Vic Bid but it was not a royal blue it was more of a navy. It is really dark. Has that happened to any one else? I asked him and he said it was royal.
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I just ordered the boiler suit from VictorBuddies in royal. I'm hoping it is more of a royal and not navy. They don't have a size 22 (2) so I ordered a 24 for my son which might be a little big for my son, but I'm hoping it will work.
Does anyone have the images for the back and the gear on their computer in the right size for the costume. I'm not able to get the images in a good resolution for the size that I need.
As for the name badge, on the playhouse disney website they have a page for celebrations with the images that I should be able to use. However, if anyone has a different picture for the name badge that I could use to add my son's name to, that would be great.
I would appreciate any help you can give me.
http://tv.disney.go.com/playhouse/grown-ups/celebrationcenter/decorations/imaginationmovers/index.html
Thanks a bunch!
From a Mom in Need of Techo help
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I'm working on one for this Halloween as well - thanks for all of the tips! I've been searching, and I think the images above are the best ones. My LO wants to be Mover Scott, and I found some woman's ski goggles for $10 to double as wobble goggles. =)
http://tigereyestore.com/Womens-Snow-Goggles-Skiing-Snowboarding-All/M/B001NO4GZ2.htm
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I just finished making two of these costumes. I got the boiler suit listed above. For the graphics I made them in powerpoint. I am willing to e:mail anyone the template I used so you can modify it with your childs name if you would like to save some time on re-creating it. You can reach me at: alihart29@aol.com
Here are some pictures: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30713008&l=25d514ddf5&id=1037452797, http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30713009&l=1147b5e370&id=1037452797, http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30713010&l=5ec877246f&id=1037452797, http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30713011&l=27ab0e5e6d&id=1037452797, http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30713013&l=25cf95f1aa&id=1037452797.
Thanks,
Alicia
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My husband had a great idea for scribble sticks (my daughter loves Rich). Amazon has 'Firestix'- drumsticks that light up blue every time you play! Only $17.74 and my husband, who's a drummer, can use them afterward, if my daughter will let him.
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i got adult coveralls from automotive workwear for only $25 and it shipped in 3 days! the color was perfect.
very very nice service
http://www.automotiveworkwear.com/
highly recommend
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