Axtell's CHEEKY MONKEY

Cheeky Monkey is available in 3 styles... Cheeky CHIMP (Dark Brown fur without a tail) Cheeky Monkey (Black Fur with Tail) ... Cheeky Monkey (Orange Fur with Tail). Puppets by Axtell Expressions

http://www.axtell.com

Hang-On Monster Puppet by Axtell Expressions

This is the "Hang-On Monster" everyone is talking about! It's really different and really attracts attention. The now famous "Dangling uvula" is included. This monster is great for walk arounds or just in your regular show! Only $199.95 plus shipping! Lots of options. Collar, Colors, Rod Arm, magnetic feet....
http://www.axtell.com/monster.html

What you are saying about this Monster!
Kieran Powell - Awesome!

Bob Rumba - I could use him right now !
Mike Bent - Very cool!
Ony Carcamo - nice nice nice nice!
Dennis Hart - I LOVE IT!!!! Especially the wobbling uvula!!! LOL!! Great work!!!
Suzi Aron Grady - He's hilarous...I love him!

Margaret Davis - OHHHHH, I like him!

Mike Arter - Wonderful creation. I like the wraparound style. Awesome facial features!
George Mullican - Ugly? Yes! But, I LIKE HIM ... IT.

World's Oldest Man Puppet by Axtell

The World's Oldest Man Puppet comes undressed with long hair and eyebrows...but there are lots of options! Clothes, Beard, Rod Arm, Shoes, Feet, etc. Just remember to handle this elder with tender loving care....even if all he does is yell at you! Ha!

We've pulled out all the stops for this incredible puppet

Who will he be for your show??
The World's Oldest...
....Magician?
....Singer?
....Dancer?
....Preacher?
Only $399.95 undressed, with lots of options:
http://www.axtell.com/wom.html

The Green Machine Recycling Magic Trick (Recycle)

Magically recycle anything into anything...
One of the Hottest Educational Topics in the world!
Fits into a 12" x 12" x 12" space.
Large load area 9.5" x 8" diameter tube.
Engineered for incredibly safe angles!
Can also be used in any show as a "Time Machine!" (transporting objects forward and backwards in time when placed inside)
Available Now!
$149.95 plus shipping
Comes with Green Machine, Yellow & Orange Trash Tube, Secret Gimmick, Sound Effects on Mp3 & Instructions!
http://www.axtell.com/gm.html

What People are already saying!
Tony Blanco
Clever Idea and using a classic of magic to meet an theme on everyone's mind recycling and ecology..Your clever, yes you your clever!

Matt Bronsil
Steve, the stuff your company comes up with are always amazing.

Wanlu's Puppets
this is so cool!!! Great work Ax!!

Lou Hilario
Axcellent presentation.
Brett Roberts
I've seen so many magicians show a prop like that empty and then produce something from it. When they perform it, it's short and unspectacular. You've made this an amazing routine. And, your prop is designed in a way that it can really do a lot!

Stefano Di Pumpo
Hi steve, as you know recycling and magic it's my cup of tea... first of all congratulation, Good job !!
Austin Tyler Pruett
Awsome i want one!

Sally Alves Court
THAT is a VERY cool Squared Circle!!!! LOVE the spinner!!! Very, very cool. Okay, now I've got to have one!!!!!

Karl Sandham
great twist on a old trick, its uptodate and modern get down with the kids. well done Steve, you could use a draw box to put in all the recycled things then show theve gone back into trash :) or a puppet made of trash for big ending

Mike Henson -
COOOOL!!!
Hey Steve,

I just watched the demo video and I think you have a WINNER here!

The story line is absolutely PERFECT. The prop itself is fun and BIG! This will play anywhere. I also love the spinning Recycling Logo.

I noticed some very cool subtleties in you handling as well.

The production of the video was excellent as well. I like the multi-camera angle editing during the patter. Very cool shhhtuff!

Overall this is a great creation as we all come to expect from you!

Good luck with your sales!

Chance
Wolf 's Magic

Sneak Peek of some new Axtell Puppets coming soon!

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New Axtell Products

LOTS OF NEW SUFF COMING!   

Recycle Magic Trick... World's Oldest Man...Weasel...Meerkat...Platypus... Chicken...Silly Monsters...Funny Monkey ...and Much More!!!  Check back here often!

Need a little help?

We know times are tough,for some, more than others.

For a limited time, Axtell Expressions would like to help by offering a 10% discount for those that really need it...just ask Robin in customer service when you place your order. If you don't need the discount, please allow it to be passed on to someone who does. We're in this together... Thanks

The Axtell Team

Axtell Expressions Hands-Free Remote Control Tree. Animatronic tree operates from mp3 technology totally programmable.

AXTELL Puppet Power Users

If you consider yourself an Axtell Power User, post a photo here with your collection. I am always excited when I see Axtell Power Users, not only for business reasons, but because I am excited that they "get" the strength of a solid designer character collection. The characters look like they are from the same planet. It confirms my belief that our designs can REALLY excite an audience. They really WORK to build a performer's own business and because of that, they keep buying from us. Wow. I love this...

Check out Karl Sandham's collection.

The Axtell "Notebooks"

The "Notebooks"
June 13 2009, 5:45 PM

On the Axtell Customer forum some folks have wanted to see some of my concept drawings of my ideas put out in a book called "The Art of Axtell". I don't know if my little doodles would be anything book worthy but..... I have always kept records of my ideas and activities since 1982 in spiral bound notebooks. I've logged well over 200-250 ideas and inventions....some I have patented, some I have made into products (Magic Drawing Board, Bird Arm Illusions, Off the Meter, etc). Add up all the things we've only put out and it might total 20 or 30 from those pages. So....right now I'm setting up a healthy R&D Dept with some new folks and we are going to be AXploding with new products over the next few years.

The death of Ron has caused me to think about a lot of things.... one of them is faith and mine is deeper now. Another is family, and I'm working on strengthening my relationships with Suzi and my kids. Another is to leave the world a better place. With the help of all of you entertainers who use Axtell puppets, magic and props, I can say that I am doing that in a small way with you. I got an encouraging email from a friend who reminded me of the rare position I am in that literally on any given day...thousands of people are laughing and enjoying watching my products entertain them through you. That just rocks!

So I'm going to be working with a little more focus toward releasing a mountain of this history of ideas into our new products. It is an exciting adventure. I don't know how many will eventually come out, but going through my old notebooks, and seeing all these 200 plus doodles.... is very exciting.

Ax

AxTelevision - Now Free to View

Check out AxTelevision our video production that shows our shop in a behind the scenes show.... and watch us Make a Movie! A short puppet movie full of sound effects and action! Winner of over 10 media awards! Watch it here!

Steve Axtell On Stage (England 2009)

S.Tyneside Magic Convention - England 2009
Introduced by Tommy the Trumpeter (Ray Spencer) at the Customs House, following a magic performance by Jasper Blakeley

Steve Axtell Interview at S. Tyneside England

Here is Magic Convention Guide's review of my interview by Martin Duffy.



Steve Axtell Lecture - South Tyneside International Magic Festival
March 14th, 2009 by Richard Morrell

Steve Axtell of Axtell Puppets was interviewed in a very interesting hour long session by convention organizer Martin Duffy.



Steve started off by talking about the background of his company and how he got started as a boy with his interest being sparked by Sesame Street. He went on to talk about how to use a puppet giving several demonstrations with his own products, tips such as to always keep the puppet moving, and to point the eyes down to the audience were valuable advice from an obvious master.



As soon as Steve put a puppet on he was animating it complete with unique voice via his ventriloquial skills. He then went on to demonstrate his now world famous and best selling product, the Axtell Drawing Board, providing some interesting tips and techniques sent in by other users and he talked about the use of his Axtrax system to back this and the puppets. Next he demonstrated his Big Baby and the very funny Human version, this was followed with some tips on his bird arm illusion.



Finally he talked about creativity and how he comes up with some of the ideas, and what he has in the pipeline, and to that end he finished by demonstrating his anamatronic line, all remote control characters that can be freely controlled or left to move on their own, which look amazing, including a dragon that breathes smoke, a giant book and a cute baby gorilla and one final character a life size puppet that looked very much like Paul Daniels!

Article Steve Axtell Coming to England

Here is a newspaper article about my coming to the S. Tyneside Magic Convention in England.



All the tricks in the book

10:39am Monday 9th March 2009


Steve Axtell, puppet master and maker of magic items, talks to Steve Pratt ahead of South Shield’s magic festival.

THIRTY years ago, Steve Axtell was a boy with hopes of becoming a performer. He made his own puppets and did shows at his local church. Then, after he was featured in a story in the local newspaper, his proud mother sent a cutting to Muppet Show supremo Jim Henson.

The reaction wasn’t quite what 14- year-old Steve was hoping for. “When he received my picture he saw I was making copies of his characters. He wrote back and said ‘please don’t make my characters, find your own look’,” recalls Axtell.

Maybe it was a harsh thing to say to a boy, but it was good advice. Today, from its base in California, Axtell Expressions provides puppets all over the world, from big stage shows on Broadway and theme parks to churches and schools.

The company’s puppets and magic items have appeared in movies such as Planet Of The Apes and the show starring America’s Got Talent winner Terry Fator, at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. Several Axtell puppets will feature in the next series of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent. Ventriloquist Jay Johnson recently won a Tony award for a Broadway show featuring Axtell’s bird arm illusion.

Axtell makes his performing debut in this country in South Shields as part of the sixth International Magic Festival.

The week-long convention in South Tyneside, which features public and schools performances, boasts UK names like Paul Daniels and comedy compere Tim Vine, as well as US stars including Banachek and Bob Sheets.

Axtell gave up his dream of performing full-time when he married and had children because it would have taken him away from home too much.

Instead, he concentrated on designing and manufacturing puppets and magic items. What started out in a garage in Ohio is now a world leader in puppet and magic development.

“The uniqueness of what we do can’t be copied, although others have tried.

Our look is really unique and being used by the top people in the field,” he says. He also goes into areas you might not expect, providing missionaries and Sunday school teachers with puppets for use in their work presenting the gospels.

“It’s a good thing to have in a Sunday school classroom. Take a puppet character, say a duck, and maybe use in the Noah’s Ark story. Or to tell an Old Testament story or just teach how to pray,”

he says. “That’s how I began. We were using them in church before we started in the other areas. We have professional speakers, motivational speakers using them.”

ONE of the trickiest jobs was for a top variety act in Japan. He created the idea for an alien mother who carried two alien babies in a box and one in a backpack. He flew to California to design it with Axtell’s team. The result was a man in a body suit, including fake arms and body parts, that looked and moved like an alien. It didn’t come cheap, costing about $30,000.

He’s now developing a hands-free puppet. New technology is making this possible. “This will allow for the puppets and characters to be just like Disneyland,”

he says. “Technology develops fast. There is the ability for a performer to think and have that thought translated into the speech of the puppet character. But it’s unaffordable at the moment.”

For the past few years, he’s been working with an engineer on animatronic puppets. “The challenge is how to do it and how expensive it will be,”

he says.

The South Tyneside visit marks Axtell’s first time lecturing and performing in Europe. It’s quite a coup for the magic festival, organised by magician Martin Duffy.

The event began after South Tyneside Council looked for a way of attracting people to the region. Duffy had done some work with the council and the idea for a magic convention was born. The first year some 70 people attended, now it’s nearing 200. Its size is dictated by the space at the Customs House, South Shields.

Along with lectures and shows for delegates, there’s a programme of public shows and a children’s programme that has teams of magicians visiting schools in the region.

southtyneside.info/magicfestival

Steve Axtell goes to England

I will be going to England next week to the Blackpool Magic Convention. We will have a TON of product there! Feb 20-22 Blackpool Magic Information

In March 13-15 I will return to S.Tyneside (Newcastle) for a performance and workshop on Friday the 13th. S. Tyneside Magic Convention

I look forward to meeting many of my UK friends and customers.

Steve Axtell