WHIMSICAL CHARACTERS

Good ol' friendly, wholesome, family value-type characters are always in demand. We reach into the most playful, innocent, and colorful areas of our imagination to create puppets and prosthetics like you see here. There is a stylistic discipline to approaching this type work that differs from other characters we might concoct. We look forward to the cutesy stuff! It's a fun break, a chance to get light and happy when given the opportunity to create characters like these.

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A totally animatronic Arcimboldo-ish vegetable head spokesman for a Kraft Salad dressing spot. Brows, blinks, eyes, cheeks, jaw, lips, and mustache operated via TCS' Facial Waldo®.

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Created for a Duracell commercial at Apogee, Inc.
Character creation and mechanization by Rick Lazzarini.

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John Candy as Barf for SPACEBALLS.
Makeup by Ben Nye, Jr. and Ken Diaz, multi-axis animatronic ears by Rick Lazzarini.

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Boxing characters created for a Duracell commercial. Animatronic movements of heads and arms.

All character creation and mechanization by The Character Shop.


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Goofy, non-animatronic chicken characters for FOSTER FARMS CHICKEN, created and puppeteered by The Character Shop.

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Two lovable green aliens created for a Heineken beer ad that only was shown in Europe. And they say they don't rely on gimmicks to sell beer!

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Another lovable green alien created for the Heineken European campaign. A dwarf wore a costume, and the mouth is a thin appliance allowing the performer to speak and lip-synch. Other movements of ear stalks, brows, eyes, and cheeks were R/C animatronic.

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Created for a Bell Canada spot.
Features flocked hair, animatronic R/C eyes, blinks, brows, smile, and jaw.

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Created for a Bell Canada spot. Static mask.

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Hand puppet with cable-operated blinks and eye movements, created for a Wilson Golf ball spot.
Created by Rick Lazzarini at Apogee, Inc.

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Created for a Bell Canada spot.
Features flocked hair, animatronic eyes, blinks, brows, smile, and jaw.

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Driving characters created for a Duracell commercial. Animatronic movements of heads and arms. R/C control or steering, forward/reverse, speed.
All character and vehicle creation and mechanization by The Character Shop.
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