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Yep, digital rod removal. Notice that at least in THIS Flat Eric thing, all the shots of Eric where his hands are moving are locked shots - that is, the camera is not moving. Really easy to do rod removal without camera moves.

They are custom made white styrene vacuformed shapes. The forms used to vacuform the white styrene plastic over are called "keys," and most were sculpted in clay, then molded in silicone, then cast in aluminum epoxy to withstand multiple pulls at high temperatures. The keys that aren't aluminum...

This is a slightly loaded question. It depends on SO many things. Scot foam will decay more slowly if: the puppet isn't actually used very often and if the puppeteers using the puppet aren't real sweaty or have oily skin; the puppet is stored away from UV light, in a relatively dry place but...

Kermit's tongue is not felt. It is pink microsuede (or supersuede, or whatever they call it). Many of the Muppets' tongues are, including Gonzo. Good luck finding the right bright pink color - I have not seen it in years. What's in the poser is closer to the real thing than felt is. Rick

There are a million ways to attach spherical eyes. Mostly depends on what kind of structure there is underneath, and how heavy the eyes are. Elmo's eyes are actually quite complicated because they're removable, but the idea is pretty simple. There's a thin wooden plate inside his head, with...

Don't know if you've followed up on this, but I believe Ron decided the puppet was just getting too old and disposed of it. Rick

Joey sings all the time. He is featured in many of the animated TV channel segments of Elmo's World, and he is Baby Bear's father Papa Bear, who sings frequently. He is also the walk-around elephant character (Horatio?), and a million-and-one Anything Muppet one-shot characters. The one...

Barney's jaw is operated by the performer in the suit. It is not radio controlled. Believe it or not, he uses his jaw to push down on a control bar that moves the mouth. It is an incredibly unsophisticated method that requires enormous neck strength of the suit performer. The production...

Nope, no flocking. Bare foam. There is some color brushed lightly onto the surface, which is one reason his nose is so hard to replicate.

Gonzo's nose is carved scot foam. Nothing special is done to the foam to make it stronger. Scot foam is pretty resilient, so it can take a fair amount of abuse. It might tear, but wouldn't likely break - unless it was an old puppet, where the foam was getting brittle.

RIT dyes will never give you the saturation you're looking for. Why? Because RIT dye is created for mass-market consumers. It is formulated to be reasonably effective on as many DIFFERENT materials as possible. That means it is OK on some and dreadful on others. It is difficult to be all...

The manufacturer DID try a trial run of 14 oz. fleece using the yarn that is now available, and it was a disaster. The yarn is too thin to make a satisfactory heavier weight fleece. After the bad run, the manufacturer vowed never to try to make 14 oz. again. So what there is right now is...

IMO, this is the best place on the web: http://www.featherstore.com ostrich boas: http://www.featherstore.com/detail.aspx?ID=29 MANY more colors than Tony Hill, better prices. They also have an eBay store, but don't seem to list as much stuff there...

Yes, it SUCKS that Peach was discontinued (as were MANY of their colors recently). It was the best base for dyeing skin tones. The old custom color page cited above is long gone. Here is the current one: http://www.ritdye.com/Color_Recipes.22.lasso Most of the "human" skin tones I...

SHOULD be removed. A blatant copyright infringement. Like the Kermits and Robins this "Puppetmancan" also sells. Unethical and just plain illegal. He is not selling off bits of his own personal collection, or things that sort of vaguely look like Fraggles - he is selling rip-offs of someone...

Actually, this is what Henson and everyone else in the business uses most, from the cheapest source I know (although it's still expensive): http://www.uline.com/BL_6031/3M-410B-Double-Sided-Masking-Tape?keywords=double%2520face%2520tape Rick

Not to rain on this tutorial's parade, especially as I don't know Andrew... Here are some suggestions for improving this idea. 1 - Don't cut slots in your ping pong ball - cut small holes for the elastic to go through. Slots WILL crack and continue to get longer and the elastic will get...

This issue is SO-O-O-O old, and has been covered in great detail on this board SO-O-O-O many times. In a nutshell, it all comes down to money. Someone who scratch builds a STAR TREK phaser is almost certainly a hobbyist who spent incalcuable unpaid hours creating the facsimile. He could...

Oliver's Creature Shop is just another in a long list of aliases for Michael Lisa, formerly Vault of Puppets, notorious Muppet knock-off seller on ebay, recently named in a lawsuit by Disney for intellectual property rights violations. AVOID! Rick

Perhaps the radio program you heard was merely someone's speculation. There are no plans at this time to close the Broadway production of AVENUE Q. The London production is scheduled to close in March but will likely tour the UK thereafter. The current American national tour is...