Category: Restoration
May 22, 2020
Conservation and display of a stop motion James and the Giant Peach puppet head An original, screen used stop motion James and the Giant Peach puppet head from the Tim Burton-produced film...
May 05, 2020
Restoration of a Fifth Element Mangalore Costume Mask from the 1997 Bruce Willis film This Fifth Element Mangalore mask was brought to us by one of our clients who was looking...
April 12, 2020
Restoration of a stop motion puppet of Delia’s sculpture used in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice This stop motion puppet of Delia’s sculpture was one of several designs used during the movie’s...
March 23, 2020
Restoration and a custom display stand for a Shredder TMNT latex helmet This original Shredder TMNT latex helmet was used in both the original 1990 film and the 1992 sequel, Teenage...
September 13, 2019
Evil gets an upgrade! A Jason X Glove Prop Conservation from the 10th Friday the 13th movie! From Kane Hodder’s final turn as Jason, this Uber Jason glove had taken...
August 27, 2019
Restoration of a foam latex The Dark Crystal Podling Puppet This Dark Crystal Podling puppet, arrived to our studio showing the unfortunate common effects of age on the foam latex....
August 08, 2019
Restoration and a custom display for a latex Babylon 5 alien mask This original TV prop latex Babylon 5 alien mask from the Season 4 episode “Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi” arrived...
February 19, 2019
Restoration of Liam Neeson’s Gangs of New York Cross Prop This Gangs of New York Cross prop was a carried by Liam Neeson’s character ‘Priest’ Vallon in Martin Scorsese’s 2002 film. Likely for...
January 31, 2019
Restoration of an original Halloweentown Zombie Bass Player Stop-Motion Puppet This Zombie Bass Player puppet from the Nightmare Before Christmas was in fairly good condition especially considering its age, material and...
January 10, 2019
Restoring a screen used Hellboy movie prop mask from the Ron Perlman and Guillermo Del Toro film While this mask may look like Ron Perlman in prosthetics, it’s actually a...
December 01, 2018
Completing baby Grinches using original foam latex parts from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. We always love getting the chance to help restore and display pieces created by Rick Baker’s...
November 20, 2018
You’ll lose your head over this custom themed Day of the Dead movie prop display! George A Romero is often called the “Father of the Zombie Film”, and Day of the...
October 25, 2018
Restoring an original Killer Klowns movie mask created by the Chiodo Brothers. Originally created by our friends over at Chiodo Brothers Productions, this Killer Klowns mask prop came in...
August 15, 2018
Conservation of a Baby dinosaur puppet maquette from Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend Before the conservation process began on this Baby dinosaur puppet maquette, we discussed with our client their...
July 30, 2018
A custom display and conservation of a Bride of Re-Animator Prop This custom display was built to exhibit this unique Bride of Re-Animator prop head from the 1990 cult classic. Our client...
July 04, 2018
Conservation of a dinosaur head prop from Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend This large latex prototype Baby dinosaur head prop from the 80’s movie, Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend arrived to...
June 11, 2018
She’s back….Restoration of a Poltergeist 2 Bust This Poltergeist 2 bust came with it’s own set of unique challenges, because it was a fragile,thin layer of foam latex over a very...
May 31, 2018
Restoration of a Gremlin Greta Puppet In the original Gremlins film all of the gremlins and mogwais were asexual, that is until Gremlins 2 when Greta was introduced. This gremlin Greta...
April 24, 2018
Revisiting an old friend – restoring and displaying the original screen used “attack head” Creepshow Fluffy puppet created by Tom Savini. We’ve been fortunate to work on a number of...
March 27, 2018
A gentle restoration of a vintage Don Post Spock mask This Vintage 1975 Don Post Spock mask was formerly displayed in Famous Monsters magazine creator, Forrest J. Ackerman’s 18-room sci-fi museum/home...
February 20, 2018
Restoration and custom display of a screen worn Wrath of Khan mask “This is Ceti Alpha V!” A classic moment from what most consider the greatest Star Trek film ever....
February 03, 2018
Restoration of Mickey Mouse satellite prop used in the Disney Channel sign off A time long ago, there once was a time television channels didn’t run programming all night. It...
January 08, 2018
Conservation and display of and production made Dark Crystal Mystic foam latex head. We’re huge fans of Jim Henson and the Dark Crystal. One of our studio’s highlights was working with...
December 07, 2017
Repair and Conservation of a Gremlins 2 Stop Motion Puppet This miniature Gremlins 2 stop motion puppet was brought to us to for some sympathetic restoration/conservation and repairs. Other than the damage...
November 22, 2017
In this video Adam Savage stops by our studio to talk with Tom about our work restoring original props and creatures! Tested has a great series called “Maker Spaces” and...
October 30, 2017
One of the most extensive restorations we’ve undertaken – rebuilding Tom Savini’s classic Lizzie puppet from Tales from the Dark Side! Tom Savini’s special makeup effects books in the 80’s...
September 18, 2017
Restoration of a MIB worm guy created for the 1997 Sci-fi adventure starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith. We have been fortunate enough to get a chance to work...
August 22, 2017
A restoration of a TMNT costume shell from the live action series. This original prop TMNT costume shell came from the live action television show Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Next...
August 14, 2017
Restoration and custom display of a Gremlins 2 Mohawk Puppet The years had not exactly been kind to this Gremlins 2 Mohawk Puppet, more then 25 years of storage had...
July 22, 2017
Conserving Historic Props and Puppets for the NYC Jim Henson Exhibition and Traveling exhibit. We’re honored to have helped conserve props and puppets with New York’s Museum of the Moving Image...