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Watching the Season 1 DVD's, I noticed that Gobo appears in a slightly different design than what was finally settled on. What's wierd about this first version, is that he doesn't seem to have eyelids really, but some of his hair seems to be attached to the tops of his eyes, seemingly suggesting...

One of the things I've had trouble with is figuring out what smaller shapes will create the larger body or head shape I'm going for. Take a look at the shapes in this photo. Now these are all uniform, and probably create a body that's fairly simple. But some get pretty complex. What I would...

Just curious if anyone who isn't a professional has tried their hands at making Rod Puppets. These are the ones that your hand doesn't fit into, it just controls the puppet from beneath. Examples of this style would be Rizzo or Pepe.

Does anyone have advice for making a puppets head and neck sleeve seperate from the body? I know a good deal of the Muppets were done like this, with a long sleeve for the neck that fit into the body, and it seemed easier to me to tackle them one at a time. The only thing I haven't quite worked...

Does anyone have any suggestions about adding arm rids to an existing puppet without them? My intent is to have a puppet with arms like Gonzo or Grover, where the arms are loose, the hands hang, and the arm rod simply directs them from the wrist, but there wouldn't be a whole lot of structure...

I remember reading that the company that has made this special fleece for the Muppets for years, has ceased production. What does this mean for the Muppets? I assume that there are alternative fabrics that can be used; are they close enough in look or will some Muppets soon have a different...

I got these as notifications of a favorite sellers new items in my email, but for some reason can't find them on ebay, so perhaps somethings changed in the auction. Pretty nice though: Pink Monster Puppet and Blue Monster

Don't think this has been mentioned yet, but the guy who was selling the Elmo, and the "fat blue" replica is selling a Beaker puppet replica The one picture looks pretty decent, with teh noticeable exception that the lower jaw looks wrong. It should have the same curve as the rest of the head...

I have a monster puppet who has two glove hands. I usually just play with my little girl with him, so one arm usually hangs useless. Worse than that, it frequently gets in the way. What's the best way to solve this? What I would like to do ideally is to come up with some way to pose the empty...

I really like the look of exposed foam on puppets. i know however that foam degrades quicker than fabric, simply from being exposed to light, air and paint. Can anyone give me some guidelines for care of this type of puppet? Is painting or dyeing better for foam? Paint would seem to better...

I am awful at making up names for my puppets. Would anyone like to help? These two have been nameless for 2 years now. I would prefer names that have some meaning in them, and aren't totally made up, though they by no means should be "normal". By that I mean, "Gonzo" is not a made up word- it's...

Does anyone know if and when Armslength will resume selling puppets? As it is, they only sell the video how to's and scripts. The first professional puppet I bought was from them and it's still a fantastic puppet. But when I decided to go back and buy a second, they had a notice saying that they...

How'd they do it? I mean I can think of several ways that the muppets were able to remove their facial features (velcro, magnets, pins, etc...) but I'm just curious which method was usually used. Actually what really makes me curious is how features were attached quickly like in the Vend a Face...

www.monsterpuppets.com Looking at these, I would think tons of people would have them, yet I've not seen them discussed on this forum. They are comparitively inexpensive and have lots of options design wise. Plus they look pretty muppety. Anybody have one? I have two and was just curious what...

What's her name? She was a human muppet who was always talking in a really loud annoying voice, and the punchline always grew from how loud she was. I searched the Muppet Show Character Index and couldn't find her anywhere. She's always been pretty memorable to me.

Well I got a message from Todd at Muppets Holding COmpany some time ago and was just looking at the note I jotted down. Somethings wrong. I wrote Sat the 23rd of Sept, but the 23rd is on Friday. Does anyone know which is correct? Thanks.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5998311112&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 I don't part with many of my Muppet things but I just put this up on ebay. If anyone's interested, have at it.

While I've seen the Season 1 Gonzo before, it's never really struck me before how strange his whole mouth/nose section looks. Very amateurish, much more reminiscent of the Sam and Friends look, than the slightly more refined muppets. If I had to guess what it was made of I'd say paper mache...