Big Bird Replica Half-finished

sorry everyone about the updates but i still havent finished my big bird... well he is finished apart from his legs - which is something i just havent been bothered to do as yet. i will list the recent replicas i have done

Zoe - just finished her
Bert - almost finished a new bert
Ernie - almost finished just waiting on his shirt
Telly - he is finished
Super Grover - he is finished
Elmo - almost finished just needs legs
Miss Piggy - only a head and foam body at this stage

plus i also have
pepe
fozzie
animal
gonzo
oscar

i am working on a website to showcase my replicas - but i have also just signed up to photobucket which i will try and upload as many pics as i can soon
take care

jarrod boutcher

can't wait to see them

I have a question where do you get clothes for the puppets?

just asking.

hi there,
i have slowly started to put some photos up on my photobucket account this link is to my "under construction Miss Piggy" but you can have a look at the other photos by viewing the album.... as i said i dont have many up there yet but its a start

http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii188/jbpuppets/?action=view&current=piggy1.jpg

Wow, you've certainly been a busy little bee! I see Zoe, Super Grover, Telly, a new Bert, a new (naked) Ernie, a Frankenstein-like monster, two new Animals... man they're all spectacular!

Gosh I wish I could build puppets like you, but I got to face facts, I'm just not as good at building as I am performing.

Picking my jaw off the floor. Beautiful work! Gorgeous Piggy!

Keeermit, do you have plans to build replicas for Cookie Monster, Scooter, and Rowlf?

hey there, i'm glad u like piggy so far.... she still needs alot of work, i have cut and curled her hair since that photo and sh looks much better. As far as other replicas go i have considered and cookie and rowlf but i am still experimenting on furs etc, can't say I have ever thought of making a scooter - he was never one that i connected with. I am also currently working on a new Kermit.....but i am also working on my client orders.... so i had better get back to it , cheers
jarrod

I must say Jarrod that you have a very special gift. i would love to do business with you someday if that's all right. (only on originals, not replicas)

awesome piggy better than mine!

those look better than the Master Replica ones of Animal and Gonzo, and the Big Bird one... WOW- just WOW you got some mad crazy talent skills, I'm jealous

I asked Jarrod this question before, but he doesn't seem to keen on sharing info, but I'll ask again any way. For Gonzo's face, it looks like carved reticulated foam. Could you be generous enough to share where you are able to find the foam in large enough blocks to carve? My partner and I have made some replicas, but we used sheet foam for Gonzo's face since we couldn't locate large cubes of reticulated foam.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2096/2180877133_e24aacbc94.jpg?v=0

hi there,glad you like my replicas - I am still working on my Piggy but also started a new Fozzie as I wasnt overly happy with my other one.

I order my blocks of reticulated foam in from my local foam store - it usually needs to be ordered in full sheets ( like the size of a mattress) and its more than a couple of hundred dollars. Look around a foam shop may have off-cuts

A list of Muppet puppet replicas Keeermit should build in the future besides Cookie, Rowlf, and Scooter:

Green Anything Muppet
Lavender Anything Muppet
Fat Blue Anything Muppet
Pumpkin Anything Muppet
Large Lavender Live-Hand Anything Muppet
Small Anything Muppets (Hot Pink, Reddish-Magenta, and Pumpkin Orange)
Droop
Boppity
Shaky Sanchez
Lenny the Lizard
Koozebanian Phoob
"Elderly" Purple Frackle
Dark Green "Hunchback" Frackle
Green "Boppity-Like" Frackle
Luncheon Counter Monster
Flower-Eating Monster
Miss Kitty
Pink "Trumpet-Nosed" Fazoob
Purple "Fish-Like" Fazoob
A Muppet Cow
A Muppet Sheep
A Muppet Chicken
A Muppet Penguin
A Muppet Lobster
Youknow Bird
Whaddyasay Bird
Righton Bird
Ohreally Bird
Forcryingoutloud Bird
Ohboy Bird
A Muppet Canary
A Muppet Fish
A Muppet Clam
A Muppet Shark
Some of the green birds who sang "Take a Chance"
Some of the blue birds who sang "Rockin' Robin"
Some of the Muppaphone Members
Gunge
Philo
Sprocket
Brool Minstrel
Murray Minstrel
Mudwell Mudbunny
Begoony
Aretha
Wander McMooch
Poison Cackler
Blustering Bellowpane Monster
Beastie (Tosh Fraggle's Pet)
Three Inkspots
Any of the Fraggles
Tug Monster (from Little Muppet Monsters)
Earl Dragon (from Puppetman)
Milton the Golden Toad (from Song of the Cloud Forest)
Ruth the Golden Toad (from Song of the Cloud Forest)
Nick the Anaconda (from Song of the Cloud Forest)
Caiman the Crocodile Elder (from Song of the Cloud Forest)
Seymour Elephant (from Muppets Tonight)
Nigel Director (from Muppets Tonight)
Icky Nono (from Muppet Time)
Rosita
Baby Bear
Guy Smiley
Sherlock Hemlock
Roosevelt Franklin & His Mother
Harvey Kneeslapper
Professor Hastings
Lefty the Salesman
Herry Monster
The Count
Mumford
Little Bird
Ruby Monster
Merry Monster
A Sesame Street Cow
A Sesame Street Sheep
A Sesame Street Pig
A Sesame Street Frog
Any of the Anything Monsters
Any of the Honkers
Any of the Grouches

WOW TSF I can't believe you typed all those names out - it took me ages to read that list - It must have taken FOREVER to type them out! Thanks for your enthusiasm towards my replicas. I may have to pull back on my replicas as I have an overflow of client orders I have to get stuck into and I usually only muck aorund with my replicas when I dont have more important jobs on.

Wow! Amazing work! My question is of course....have you considered bringing any of the Muppet Babies into the fray?

Besides your new Fozzie puppet needs a body.

Those replicas are no longer available on Amazon. They still get listed on the Amazon ad that appears here but someone (i can't imagine who ) reported them as copyright infringement to Amazon and Disney.

As Keermit said, just about any foam supply store (there are many in New York state) should be able to sell you a block large enough to carve. Try looking up upholstery suppliers in your Yellow Pages, they often sells blocks of polyfoam that are used to make cushions or foot stools.

For a large block of reticulated foam try Rogers Foam Corporation in Somerville, MA. Their website is http://www.rogersfoamcorp.com (you will likely have to make very large order from them though).