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Puppet Heap, LLC is a puppet design, fabrication and production company based in
Hoboken Hoboken ( ; Unami: ') is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58,69 ...
,
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. The company was founded by artist and designer Paul Andrejco, who previously worked for
The Jim Henson Company The Jim Henson Company (formerly known as Muppets, Inc., Henson Associates, Inc., and Jim Henson Productions, Inc.; commonly referred to as Henson) is an American entertainment company located in Los Angeles, California. The company is known for ...
from 1992 to 2001 and designed the characters for ''
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'' that aired on the
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. In 2004, Andrejco opened Puppet Heap at its current location in Hoboken. The company's studio has a workshop, woodshop, casting facilities, and a production and photography studio. Puppet Heap has worked on multiple productions, including several series of short films based on original characters. From 2011, Heap produced a commercial line of puppets based on original characters, Puppet Heap Playthings, considered the best new toy of 2011 by the Washington Post. Since 2006, Puppet Heap has been under contract with
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, entrusted with the care, maintenance, and creative support of the Muppets Muppet characters for its Muppets Studio division, including the character of Walter for ''
The Muppets The Muppets are an American ensemble cast of puppet characters known for an absurdist, burlesque, and self-referential style of variety- sketch comedy. Created by Jim Henson in 1955, they are the focus of a media franchise that encompas ...
''.


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* * Puppet designers 2004 establishments in New Jersey Companies based in Hudson County, New Jersey {{The Muppets