LABYRINTH's Hoggle restored... sort of!

Saturday, March 30, 2013

A while back, we explored the tragic fate that befell the original Hoggle puppet used in Jim Henson's classic 1980s fantasy picture, Labyrinth. (Briefly, poor Hoggle ended up a decaying horror on display at Alabama's Unclaimed Baggage Center.)

Well, good news! Hoggle has been restored to his former glory... sort of. Doll maker Gary Sowatzka spent several months restoring the puppet, and Hoggle is now... Well, he doesn't look exactly like the Hoggle we all know and love, but he has an actual face again and he is now about 80% less horrifying.

The restoration was apparently undertaken by the good folks at the Unclaimed Baggage Center, and Hoggle is now once again on display there. Labyrinth dorks everywhere owe them a debt of gratitude. We'll sleep a little more soundly tonight, knowing that poor Hoggle's nose isn't falling off anymore.

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"Science fiction plucks from within us our deepest fears and hopes, then shows them to us in rough disguise: the monster and the rocket." - W.H. Auden

Who is he, this one who is called "Greg Stacy"?

Greg Stacy began the MONSTERS AND ROCKETS blog in April of 2009. Prior to that, he was editor of the popular sci-fi/horror news website DARKWOLDS.COM. He has also written for LA WEEKLY, OC WEEKLY, UTNE READER and LOS ANGELES CITYBEAT. He always feels weird writing about himself in the third person.

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