Official Kermit Replica into a puppet ?

[LucyM]

Hi,

Is anyone going to try and make the replica Kermit into a full working puppet or is this going to be impossible ? might be an interesting project if possible.

Lucy

 

[TopperFraggle]

Not impossible, but probably overly complicated.

 

[LucyM]

Perhaps he could be reverse engineered like you could do with a Fisher Price Kermit - this may work. Depends what the structure is like inside i suppose.

 

[Beauregard]

At the price though...I wonder if anyone would truely want to. Seeing as even a life-like Kermit replica puppet could not be used professionally.

 

[LucyM]

I have always wanted a decent actual size kermit puppet to play with and previous official merchandise hasn't produced anything like this one. Think it would be money well spent. Surely you get a better result than using a Fisher price ' pattern '

 

[TopperFraggle]

Yeah you could reverse engineer it I guess, but the risk of ruining such a high price item may not be worth it to some. With a bit of trial and error some members of this board have gotten "perfect" Kermit's just by eyeballing or using the Fisher price pattern with modifications. So while you may be looking to make things easier on yourself (remove that margin of error), chances are you'd still need to practice a bit even if you took apart the Master Replicas version.

 

[LucyM]

Thank you - I will take your advice - perhaps try making a Kermit using the help of the Fisher price pattern first and see how I get on. I will search the forums for help in getting all the materials and how to go about it !

 

[aaronmojo]

What about taking one of those Applause puppets apart and making a pattern based off of it?

(Though personally I could never bring myself to disassemble mine...!)

 

[LucyM]

Thats a great idea - would people agree the applause puppet is better to work with than the fisher price - I have a new spare applause - i promise to sew him up again !!

 

[Ventrilotwist]

I would imagine the interior of the Master Replica Kermit is complicated as it is made to hold any position for photos. There are probably a lot of wires and you'd surely never be able to get it back together.