I'm probably around the same age as you are (or at least the age you're talking about where I knew a lot about the Muppets), but I was also probably too old for whatever age the Muppet Babies were targeting.
Eh, maybe you're right... I was 8 in 84 for the record. So I dunno. I think that was probably about the right age for who the original show was targeting. But then again, who knows, everything from the 80's is so far removed from what's considered appropriate for kids now it gets kind of tough to judge. I mean, in a time when Gremlins and Goonies were also aimed toward us, maybe Muppet Babies WAS meant for 6 year olds, I don't know.
Ok, yeah, I didn't realize Muppet Babies first came out in 84. I was born in 86, so I was definitely on the late reruns when I was watching the show in the early 90s.
Ah, yeah that's what I was guessing. 90's kids your age probably wouldn't know the original Muppets too well (until Muppet Christmas Carol came out, there was apparently an eight year movie gap before that). The original audience was probably about ten years older than you... not old enough to be your parents, but older enough to have some different touchstones including totally growing up with the original Muppets.
(Well, not really the original muppets, since they go back to the 60's)
We had a subscription to this, lol: