File puptcrit/puptcrit.0609, message 239


From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:27:43 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Marionettes without controllers: an idea


Thanks Steve.
This puppet glove system looks interesting for short appearances. I wonder 
if it is as tiresome to the fingers as I think it is...keeping thre hand 
falt and open for any extended periood of time is usually a pain.

So far, nothing puppet-wise I've seen and tried from Folkmanis or Manhattan 
Toys has impressed me one bit. Sure, some are cute and cuddly, but the 
controls (especially when operated with hand inside the puppet) are usually 
very uncomfortable and too hot (stuffed animal based) Can anyone point me to 
their really good stuff, if there is any?

Are there any commercially produced toy puppets that are of really good 
quality?
I exclude the commercially-made pro puppets from this category, of course.
I'm talking mas quantity productions, the kind you can see in chain stores.

I'm very sad Pelham Puppets are no longer in business (since 1993, according 
to this site: http://www.ppo.co.uk/pelham/info/faq.htm#7
I know a guy who collects some Pelham puppets. As a child he even bought 
some from his friends for a few quarters! He brought a dislocating skeleton 
puppet to show me, and it was made of something like ceramic!








Mathieu René Créaturiste
Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
www.creaturiste.com
creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
(514) 274-8027
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Axtell" <steve-AT-axtell.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Marionettes without controllers: an idea


Gove control -

http://www.purcifuls-toys.com/clowkidglovm.html




At 12:21 PM 9/16/2006, you wrote:
>measurement we need for the puppet movie I
>am
>working on.
>
>My marionettes are 17 inches for the tallest, and 15 inches for the
>shortest.
>They are well balanced, have a proper weight, the articulations are
>very smooth
>and there is no jiggle. Therefore they move naturally almost on their
>own. This
>is important for precision in the eventual method described here.
>

Steve Axtell
Axtell Expressions, Inc.
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