Tag: puppet
October 27, 2025
BRRRAAAAAINNNNSSSS! A wild custom themed display for a barrel zombie prop from The Return of the Living Dead! One of the most memorable zombies from the 1985’s cult classic horror...
September 29, 2024
Restoration of the original Werewolf prop puppet from Joe Dante’s 1981 horror film The Howling Before this life-sized original Werewolf prop from 1981’s The Howling was restored, it took its...
October 19, 2023
Restoration and a custom Halloweentown inspired base for a production-made vampire maquette from The Nightmare Before Christmas During the production of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas several maquettes were...
July 15, 2023
Restoration of an original Binx puppet animatronic skin from Disney’s Halloween classic, Hocus Pocus Hocus Pocus is the story of a trio of crazy witches played by Bette Midler, Kathy...
November 23, 2022
Custom Display for Jen the Gelfling’s Costume from Jim Henson’s Classic, The Dark Crystal We were contacted by our old friend Brandon Alinger from the leading source for original film...
November 17, 2022
Conservation of an original movie prop Crite puppet from the 1986 film Critters This original bald Crite foam latex puppet from the 1986 film Critters, arrived to our studio in...
August 10, 2022
Consider a custom mannequin to display your screen used costumes and wardrobe We’ve heard it many times before “Why get a custom body form? Can’t I just use a clothing...
July 12, 2022
Restoration of a Gremlins puppet for the family of the late actor, Dick Miller This Gremlins 2 puppet was a special restoration as it belong to the late Dick Miller...
July 05, 2022
To RESTORE or CONSERVE, that is the question! We often get collectors, auction houses or curators looking to preserve their valuable movie props and costumes. The two main avenues for...
October 08, 2021
Restoring a half-corpse zombie prop puppet from The Return of the Living Dead! “The pain… the pain of being dead!” One of the most memorable zombies in 1985’s cult classic...
October 01, 2021
Conservation and display of a Mary Sanderson puppet from Hocus Pocus An original Mary Sanderson puppet from Disney’s classic Halloween movie Hocus Pocus, came to us in need of some...
March 24, 2021
Restoring the original Creepshow Creep puppet for Creepshow TV series director/producer, Greg Nicotero. Over the years, we’ve had the great fortune to conserve and restore on a number of key props...
November 21, 2020
Rare Gremlins 1 movie prop puppet from the original 1984 film. This Gremlins 1 movie prop puppet is from the original, Joe Dante classic movie. A poly foam and foam...
October 21, 2020
Conservation of a Baby dinosaur prop puppet underskull from Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend This is the third prop we’ve helped conserve and display from the 80’s movie, Baby: Secret...
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...
April 02, 2020
Replica DC Legends of Tomorrow Beebo Dolls – A gift for the show’s crew! We were contacted by a crew member who worked on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow television series who...
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....
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...
December 17, 2018
A custom display bust made for original prop Grinch facial appliances from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Just in time for the holidays! If you’ve enjoyed our other Grinch movie...
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...
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 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...
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...
February 12, 2018
A custom display for a screen used Scrunt puppet from M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water is a film about an apartment superintendent...
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...
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...
October 23, 2017
NEW VIDEO INTERVIEW – The Museum of the Moving Image recently opened their Jim Henson Exhibit and Gizmodo / io9 stopped by the studio to chat about our part in...
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...