hehe bel looking good...nice and bright and colourful. Im going to have a look at ur trailer a little later today.

With regard to the skin tone...I agree with u about the use of a human skin tone, its doesnt seem appropriate. Maybe u should actually use white. I can see where u r coming from with the grey, what with Thomas the Tank Engine etc, but i dont think its quite inkeeping with the flare of the whole piece.

Good start with the blendshapes - u got the facial expressions right

Anyway...Im pleasantly suprised with ur work. Looks great!