Hugo: Man of a Thousand Faces, was a doll

Doll

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 created by Alan Ormsby

Alan Ormsby

Alan Ormsby is an American director, screenwriter, make up artist, actor and author. He is best known for his work in the horror genre.-Film career:...

, and produced by Kenner

Kenner

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 toy company in 1975 and issued in the UK by the toy company Denys Fisher. The Hugo doll looked like a man

Man

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, and came with a makeup kit, wig, glasses, and several different glue-on accessories. He was housed in a large box showing him in different disguises, and had a soft rubber head and plastic hard hands. His arms was stuffed with cotton wool, however, the UK version had plastic arms. The puppet worked with a string inside his body that the player pulled to make his arms move . The toy's popularity fell off after the 1970's. Hugo is now collected on the secondary collectors market and commands a high price.

Finding a set with all the accessories is difficult, since the special non toxic glue (as stated in the instruction booklet) used to stick his disguises is usually dry after the time passed. Both the Kenner and Denys fisher boxes are identical except for the logos of each of the toy companies.

HUGO included

puppet 1 wig
Instructions 1 goatee/hair piece
2 glue sticks* 2 sideburns
1 mask 4 eyebrows/mustaches
2 noses 2 glasses
2 chins 1 eye patch
2 eye pieces 1 bandage (with fake bloodstain!)
4 scars A bunch of warts/moles
1 set of fangs

*UK VERSION included a small tub of non toxic glue

, and was he later featured on The Pee-wee Herman Show

The Pee-wee Herman Show

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, and Uncle Floyd's variety show.