Charmayne's push puppet page, not quite push puppet gallery

Almost push puppets!	... these are wonderful puppets but are not quite what I think of as push puppets. They have push paddles or levers on the back of their bases. They are floppy and cute. Take a look... I have five.
Pepino	``` The Indian Princess	Magician
`` second clown``	back of the clowns and Magician	close-up of the paddles
Whew! It is breezy. Such legs under that long skirt!	levers	close-up of the levers
This is Marty, the traffic cop. He is the fifth in my collection. He stands 15.5 cm or about 6 inches tall. His round label molded into the base says "DEPOSÉ Marty PATENT".	In this picture and the next you can see his push levers which control his hands and forward/backwards movement. These lever are held in place with two TINY tacks on each side.	Marty's base is Bakelite and his legs and arms are springs. He can point left and right and even make a pretty good salute when the moods takes him!