Thread:Zachattack31/@comment-3519769-20120322205325/@comment-3033302-20120322233301

Well, before you buy a professional dummy, let me recommend that you practice a bit first because trust me - it's not easy.

As for a dummy, I don't have that many myself due to financial circumstances but I get mine off of Ebay right now because there is somebody whose username is Gepetto something and he handcrafts his own dummies and sells them cheap for people who can't afford the high quality puppets like what professionals use. His puppets are really worth around 6-7 hundred with their features but he usually offers them around the 300 mark with some possibly going higher. There are other places you can get puppets - both wooden and cloth and they can custom make puppets for you but they can get expensive. There is a latex life-size ostrich puppet for sale on Ebay right now selling (if still up) for 5,000 dollars. But really - the way to get started is to use a sock and rubber bands but if you want a dummy - get a cloth dummy first since they are easy to work and when you are ready to take it up to the next step - get a wooden one with features like eyes, eyebrows - you get the idea.

Hope this helps you out.

P.S. I'm actually saving my money to get a custom puppet that can "spit" - squirt water out of its mouth with a special mechanism and that's expensive.