swap_horiz Spottswoode Alternatives

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Yoda (Star Wars practical puppet)

The Yoda puppet is a meticulously crafted animatronic figure from *Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back*. Designed by Stua...

Sci Fi Character Film Star Wars

9.6 Brilliant

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Howdy Doody

Howdy Doody is a vintage marionette created for NBC’s The Howdy Doody Show. He was notable as a pioneering figure in chi...

Vintage American Marionette Nbc

8.9 Great

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Aughra (The Dark Crystal)

An ancient, one-eyed oracle puppet in Jim Henson's 1982 film The Dark Crystal, serving as keeper of astronomical knowled...

Character Film Henson Dark Crystal

8.7 Great

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Beany

Beany is a boy puppet created by Bob Clampett for Time for Beany (1949), distinguished by his signature propeller beanie...

Vintage American Marionette Boy

8.5 Great

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Audrey II

Carnivorous plant puppet in the 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors, designed by Lyle Conway, with the largest version requ...

Venus Flytrap Film Musical Plant Puppet

8.5 Great

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Ludo (Labyrinth)

A massive, gentle beast puppet in Jim Henson's 1986 film Labyrinth, notable for his ability to summon boulders by howlin...

Character Film Labyrinth Henson

8.4 Great

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Hoggle (Labyrinth)

A dwarf puppet character in Jim Henson's 1986 film Labyrinth, serving as a cowardly but ultimately loyal companion to pr...

Character Film Labyrinth Henson

8.3 Great

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Sir Didymus (Labyrinth)

A small, fox-like knight puppet in Jim Henson's 1986 film Labyrinth, notable for his chivalrous refusal to abandon his b...

Character Film Labyrinth Hand Puppet

8.3 Great

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Lady Penelope (Thunderbirds)

Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward is International Rescue's London agent in Gerry Anderson's British Supermarionation series...

Character Marionette Supermarionation Gerry Anderson

8.3 Great

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Parker (Thunderbirds)

Parker is Lady Penelope's ex-convict chauffeur in Gerry Anderson's British Supermarionation series Thunderbirds (1965–19...

Character Marionette Supermarionation Gerry Anderson

8.2 Great

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Brains (Thunderbirds)

Brains is the bespectacled chief scientist who designed all five Thunderbird vehicles for International Rescue in Gerry...

Character Marionette Supermarionation Gerry Anderson

8.2 Great

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Ludo

Gentle giant beast puppet in Jim Henson's 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth, designed by Brian Froud, known for his imposing s...

Film Labyrinth Jim Henson Fantasy Puppet

7.9 Good

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SkekSil the Chamberlain

Conniving Skeksis puppet in Jim Henson's 1982 film The Dark Crystal, notable for his distinctive high-pitched whimper an...

Film Jim Henson Creature Puppet Dark Crystal

7.9 Good

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Phineas T. Bluster

Phineas T. Bluster is the blustering, self-important mayor of Doodyville on NBC's The Howdy Doody Show (1947–1960), serv...

Vintage American Marionette Howdy Doody

7.7 Good

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Hoggle

Dwarf puppet character in Jim Henson's 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth, designed by Brian Froud, a reluctant companion who h...

Dwarf Film Labyrinth Jim Henson

7.7 Good

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Hurvínek

Hurvínek is a popular Czech marionette created by Josef Skupa in 1926, famously known as the mischievous son in the inte...

Theater Traditional Czech Marionette

7.7 Good

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Jen (The Dark Crystal)

A male Gelfling puppet and protagonist of Jim Henson and Frank Oz's 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal, tasked with heal...

Character Film Henson Rod Puppet

7.7 Good

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Gary Johnston

Gary Johnston is the Broadway actor recruited by Team America in Trey Parker and Matt Stone's satirical marionette film...

Satire Film Hero Marionette

7.3 Good

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Lisa (Team America)

Lisa is a Team America field agent in Trey Parker and Matt Stone's 2004 satirical marionette film Team America: World Po...

Psychologist Satire Film Marionette

6.6 Fair

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Chris (Team America)

Chris is a skilled but initially hostile Team America agent in Trey Parker and Matt Stone's 2004 satirical marionette fi...

Satire Film Agent Marionette

6.5 Fair