About Us

The Character Shop is an award-winning creature and puppet effects company. We create state of the art animatronics, makeup effects, puppets, custom props and robotics. We provide elegant solutions, custom fabrication and design, all at pricing to fit your budget. You''ve seen our work on hundreds of commercials, feature films and television shows such as "Extant","The Conan Show", "Identity Thief", "5 Year Engagement", "Snakes on a Plane", "Willard", "Mimic", "Radio Flyer", "Dude, Where''s My Car", "Operation Dumbo Drop" and "Spaceballs", just to name a few. We created the Foster Farms Imposters and have brought hundreds of hi-tech and low-tech puppets to life.

We have been in the industry since 1986.