They are made of wood doweling for the body, legs and arms. The 'knees' 'elbows'
'neck' and 'ankles', are eyehooks hooked together.

Then the dowels are covered with foam to make a body. Since this is an artform the "Gepeto"
takes great pains in making a convincing body. In the old days body parts were solid wood.

There is a true puppeteering genious that is making a female hip hop puppet for me. Geahk (pronounce "Jack")
tribes.tribe.net/castironcarousel

If you follow his links you will find a true puppeteering giant.

My act is interesting in that it was developed by me, while I was a producer of neo-vaudville.
Also I doing a lot of live sound.
And there is almost always little gaps in time during a production where the crowds energy would dissipate.

This particular puppet show is crafted to lift up the energy and be done in less the 4 minutes.