Small Soldiers: rehearsals with the animatronic Freakenstein puppet at Stan Winston Studio for Joe Dante's film from 1998, testing the walking Gorgonite rig before filming. See the entire creation process of the incredible toy characters for the film inside our behind the scenes blog: bit.ly/SmallSoldiersBtsFB | Stan Winston School of Character Arts

Go behind the scenes of Joe Dante’s #SmallSoldiers and see how Stan Winston Studio used real puppets and on-set performance to bring to life the militarized Action Figures. Stan Winston Studio designed and built two categories of characters for the film — Commando Elite soldiers, and alien Gorgonites, all of which were realized as articulated puppets. In total, Small Soldiers would feature fourteen distinct characters: six Commandos, seven Gorgonites, and a ‘Gwendy’ fashion doll. Although Gwendy

Small Soldiers remains one of the highlight projects in the history of Stan Winston Studio because it allowed Winston and his crew to temporarily return to their respective childhoods. Video narrated by the man himself, Stan Winston. | Stan Winston School of Character Arts