Vintage TMNT Master Splinter Rat King Action Figures Mirage Studios 1988 - Etsy

Master Splinter: The Animatronic Rat That Outsmarted CGI The 1990 TMNT film didn’t cheat with pixels — Master Splinter was a jaw-dropping animatronic from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, packed with tiny motors for eyes, brows, whiskers and more, run in real time by multiple puppeteers (three on the face, one under the floor for the body), giving him a lifelike presence that still holds up today — practical effects for the win, and honestly, if a rat gets that many crew members, my coffee deserves a

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