Is Herbie a puppet

SesameKermie

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I just watched "Herbie: Fully Loaded" and was wondering, could Herbie be considered a puppet? (I know some of the effects were CGI, but bear with me.) Animatronics were once considered puppetry so would this be puppetry too, or just a gimmicked car?
 

gfarkwort

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I think its considered a puppet because the eyes move & blink also the fender smiles and is all controlled by a remote control......some were gimmicked cars (they built 15)
 

DannyRWW

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I just saw a little documentary on the Disney channel and they reffered to Herbie's operators as puppeteers.
 
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