Star Wars Muppets UPDATE! I'm going to Disney World!

So, in February 2010 I wrote a pretty sweet "compare and contrast with intent to buy" post about Star Wars Muppets vs. Star Wars Mickey Mouse (You can read it here.). My conclusion was that I would have to search the galaxy to add Star Wars Muppets to my collection before I start buying Star Wars Mickey Mouse. Unfortunately, at the time I didn't believe either were actually real.

Much to my surprise, I stumbled across this post on Disney Parks blog that has affirmed the release of Star Wars Muppets figures. Here's the downside:

These figures won’t arrive until Fall at Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort. If you are visiting Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, you can see them on display in Jabba’s Hut, the specially-designed merchandise location near Disney’s Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster.

Dammit! No Star Wars Muppets figures for me until my kid turns 9... which is 9 years from this fall. Hopefully they're not sold out by then...