Pinocchio in China

I would have loved to pick up this very unusual item on ebay if the price had not gone through the roof.

Weird photo found on the web last week. No idea who the artist is.

This just in from Jim Korkis:

[Here's something I never knew: puppeteer Bob Baker had the original Pinocchio puppet used as a model in the Disney film.

As part of their “Walt Disney Showcase Collection," Master Replicas presents a meticulous reproduction of Disney's Pinocchio.

When Master Replicas approached renowned Los Angeles master puppeteer Bob Baker with a proposal for him to recreate Pinocchio for the original Disney design sketches, they were stunned by his response. Baker did not have to recreate the original animators’ model, because he owned the original, given to him personally by Walt Disney himself. Disney had been an admirer of Baker’s work, and presented the original puppet head to Baker following completion of the film.

Measuring 35” tall, and produced in a limited edition of 1,940 pieces, the Pinocchio Marionette is fully articulated and functional, and comes with a display stand and individually numbered plaque.

Here is the link from which this information came from.]

This just in from Andrew:

[Hi there,

Someone recently sent me an old article that I posted on my web site that I thought you might be interested in if you've never seen it before... it's an old article from 1941 explaining how to make a Pinocchio marionette.

The patterns included with it are for the same type of puppet that was used by Disney animators while working on Pinocchio.

Hope you enjoy it,

Andrew

PuppetBuilding.com]