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Peter Jackson's early "shock" trilogy - "Bad Taste", "Meet the Feebles" and "Brain Dead" were all about achieving maximum shock value. Feebles is really impressive when you consider it was all done in New Zealand with virtually no budget and no formal experience in puppetry. It's practically a...

He might have better luck contacting National Fibre Technology - that is more their kind of thing and they actually specialize in custom orders. Their web site is www.nftech.com As you might be aware, no matter who you get to do this it's big bucks. The cheapest quote I've ever seen for a run...

It's not an urban legend...it's real. Just like Bigfoot. ;) They hid the marionette strings in the Muppet Movies through careful lighting and photography.

Is it fabric or fur?

If you're looking to buy the new antron fleece (when it become available) just FYI Hampshire will only do wholesale sales, not retail. The mimimum order with antron used to be an entire roll, or about 50 yards.

D'Snowth...go to the main Puppetry Forum page, Click "search" and type "Henson Stitch". All of the threads will appear. :)

Well, yes, assuming that you're not lazy. :p

Great puppet, it would be much easier for people to find with a direct URL though. Here it is to save everybody some time: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1467&item=5565574819&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW Do you find starting auctions that high works on ebay? Most people...

There's a book about Muppet Quilts - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1571201017/qid=1110760101/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14/002-1908501-1435248?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 A page or two of Jim Henson: The Works is devoted to quilts as well. They sell gift wrap based on some of...

I'd like to second that.

You can, with practice and a lot of care, create nearly invisible seams on almost any kind of fleece. But it's hard. From what I understand samples of the new puppet fleece by Hampshire Textiles will be available in a few weeks.

We didn't get this in Canada...and Lucasfilm seems to be purging URLs for the trailer with a vengence. Does anyone know of a site with screencaps?

To attach the half ping-pong balls eyes the best thing to do is cut a square of 1" foam that is aproximately the same size as a ping pong ball, then put hot glue inside the half ball and squish the foam inside. Once it dries you then glue the foam to your puppet's head. Does that make sense...

Someone is looking for two non-union hand and rod puppeteers for a shoot March 27th in LA. They need puppets lip synched to rap music. If you're interested (and local), send a resume with contact info to mr_utamaro@hotmail.com Note: I'm just passing this along, so please email the person...

For those in/around Toronto, a special production of Little Shop to benefit the People With AIDS Foundation here is running March 23-26. For details visit http://www.littleshop.ca

If you're just getting started may I recommend reading the How Do I Get Started Building Puppets? thread.

Is it just $20 in the US? I understood it was more, something like $100 - $150. It's not a bad idea to file a copyright of course, but there are lots of ways to prove what you created and when. I think one of the advantages of copyright in the U.S. is that a registered copyright allows you to...

Do you have a pic?

You cannot trademark a puppet design, they fall under copyright laws. As soon as you create a work it's protected for the rest of your life +50 (or is it 75 now?) years. There is a formal copyright process you can go through in the U.S. - I think Scary Larry and a few others here have gone...

Below is a link to a pic of Mace Windu, sans his nose and eyes. I have to do some more work on him, his lower jaw is really huge for some reason: http://www.bear-town.com/images/for_journal/sw-film/Mace-puppet-1.jpg