ANIMATRONICS
The Core Crew’s animatronics team is headed by CCFx founder,
Paul Pistore.
Paul started working with animatronics professionally, on Tim Burton’s Batman Returns, as a penguin puppeteer and technician.
He was trained on the job, by the heads of Stan Winston’s amazing animatronics team.
Paul has worked with legends like Stan Winston, Rick Baker and the incredible team at (ADI), to name a few.
With credits like Alien Resurrection, Men in Black 2, My Favorite Martian, The Last Samurai and many others, Paul and his Crew are ready to bring Hollywood level creativity to life for your production.
LEGO NINJAGO
live show
PUPPETS | PROPS
CCFx designed and built a spactacular cast of 1.2 meter tall LEGO Ninjago Minifig Characters as bunraku style puppets for their amazing new theme park show at LEGOLAND in Malaysia, Dubai and Japan. CCFx also designed and built “Bandit the Dragon” who grows from hatchling to mischievous teen dragon to full-sized “Yin Yang Dragon” with a spectacular 3-meter wingspan, during the course of the show.
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In addition to these, The Core Crew built the glowing "Elementl Blade" swords and other lighted special effects props, using highly sophisticated electronic lighting controllers, designed in-house, specifically for the show.
