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Paypal can be risky for the seller if the buyer has a problem and then doesn't pay their credit card company for the paypal purchase. This is called "disputing the charge." If that happens then the credit card company usually does a "chargeback" on the sale and Paypal will then usually hold...

Yes, it's hard to match something from that long ago. I recently made a new puppet and when I was in the cloth stores again for the first time in decades, I noticed that the fake fur they have now isn't nearly the quality of what they used to carry in the early to mid 70s. For my new puppet I...

Loved ALF. Does Fireball XL5, Stingray and Thunderbirds count? Loved those too. Stan

Nice out today, 75° and sunny. Rained like mad past couple of days. Stan

Steve, I think you'll find that the inherent digital delay in any computer-based video setup would make it hard to use for your intended purpose. All you could do is try it and see if the refresh rate is fast enough for you. If you can get hold of a normal video setup that will work for sure...

No, it makes sense. To do puppetry for TV you really need a reversed-scan monitor. That's where the image is just mirrored from what it normally is. The puppeteer(s) watch a program feed from the studio on that while performing. Most monitors can be modified for this (my Dad called it...

This is pretty much what I'm doing. "Skin" goes on first, wrapped around the foam, then the mouthplate goes in. Even though I cut the pattern with plenty of extra to go around most of the "lips," once I get to within about an inch of the mouth corners there's not enough to wrap into the...

Hi folks, I was wondering how you all handle the corners of your puppet's mouths. I want to wrap the cloth around the edge of the foam to give it a nice finished look when I glue the mouthplate in. After creating a test cloth covering for my foam head I find that I can't cover the corners...