Hollywood, CA (April 1, 2025) – It’s no joke! Just in time for April Fools’ Day, The Jim Henson Company has launched shop.Henson.com, a new official online store for fans all around the world, with exclusive merchandise from the Company’s most popular and beloved properties including The Dark Crystal, Farscape, Fraggle Rock, and Labyrinth. The e-commerce portal also includes Jim Henson: The Signature Collection, with items that feature original artwork and doodles by the iconic producer and puppeteer Jim Henson. More collections and featured items will be added in the coming weeks, including licensed products that will be accessible to Company’s dedicated global fandom. A collection of parody ads premiered on the Company’s social media to announce the new endeavor (@HensonCompany).
“Our fans all over the world have wanted one definitive place for merchandise from our most beloved properties and shop.Henson.com gives them a wide selection of high-quality, exclusive products they will love,” said Melissa Segal, Head of Consumer Products at The Jim Henson Company. “Encompassing apparel, accessories, housewares, collectibles and more, shop.Henson.com welcomes fans of The Dark Crystal, Farscape, Fraggle Rock, Labyrinth, and of course Jim Henson himself, to discover their new favorite must-have item.”
About The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company, currently celebrating its 70th year, has remained an established leader in family entertainment and is recognized as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics, and digital animation. The Company’s most recent credits include the new Disney+ feature Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip, starring Eva Longoria and Cheech Marin, the Oscar®-winning Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio for Netflix, the Emmy®-winning Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock for Apple TV+, and the feature film The Portable Door for MGM+. Other television credits include Slumberkins and Harriet the Spy for Apple TV+; Dinosaur Train, Splash and Bubbles, and Sid the Science Kid all for PBS; Earth to Ned for Disney+; and Word Party and the Emmy-winning series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, both for Netflix. Iconic catalogue titles include Fraggle Rock, The Storyteller, the sci-fi series Farscape, and the ground-breaking fantasy classics The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.
Headquartered in Los Angeles with additional locations in New York and London, the Company is also home to Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent puppet and creature-building group and industry leader in puppeteered digital animation, with international film, television, theme park, and advertising clients.
CONTACT
Damon Lord
The Jim Henson Company
DLord@henson.com
