[Interview]Nevermind The Kaulitz Twins… Here’s The

Nevermind The Kaulitz Twins… Here’s The Puppenjungs!

Published by Tamar Anitai on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 11:47 pm.

Hardcore Tokiophiles, before you get your knickers all knotted, keep in mind that there ARE some fans out there who HAVEN’T heard of the Puppenjungs (German for “doll boys”) — a pair of twin puppets created in the likeness of Tokio Hotel’s Tom and Bill Kaulitz.

The highly lifelike puppets were created by a 26-year-old Austrian Tokio Hotel devotee who goes by “Ziggy,” who handcrafted the 24-inch-long (go ahead and smirk at that… I’ll wait… okay… ) polyurethane versions of Germany’s most famous rock twins. A year and a half, and over $1,000 later — doll parts ain’t cheap, right Courtney Lov ? — Bill and Tom Puppenjungs were born, just in time for the real Bill and Tom’s 18th birthday.

Since 2007, the Puppenjungs have traveled with Ziggy and her Monsun Magazin Tokio Hotel fanzine co-editor, Onerva, seeing Tokio Hotel shows and the sites of Europe — What? You’ve never seen the Eiffel Tower? Puppenjung Tom has!

Tokio Hotel fans, you know I’ll do anything that doesn’t violate professional boundaries or good taste to get you as close to Tokio Hotel as possible, but until I can get you even closer to actual Tokio Hotel, check out this “interview” I managed to score with the Puppenjungs! Rrr… right, so it’s actually with Ziggy, but read on, because the process of making the Puppenjungs and their jetsetting lives are pretty interesting. Plus, check out the new issue of Monsun for more Tokio coverage and more on the Puppenjungs! And check out more photos of the Bill and Tom Puppenjungs after the jump!

Buzzworthy: You made a Bill and a Tom Puppenjung. Why aren’t there Georgand Gustav dolls?
Ziggy: I was actually considering doing a Georg and Gustav doll too, but to be honest, the fact that’s so much fun about the Bill and Tom doll is that the “original” boys do look somewhat like dolls (oh god, Tom is gonna HATE me for that!… the Gs… not so much — good for them, i guess!) I have a feeling they just wouldn’t be looking very good as dolls. And actually, Bill and Tom are taking up all of my attention anyway. They’re like the real ones — always in the spotlight!

Buzzworthy: Would you ever sell the Puppenjungs?
Ziggy: I keep getting offers for the boys… There’s big “NO I DON’T SELL THEM” notes everywhere I post pictures of them, but people just don’t read that I suppose. The weirdest offer came in on MySpace from a girl who wrote me a message that said something like “Okay, I wanna buy them, and I have money, just let me know how much. Tom would be sufficient for now and I’ll come and get Bill later on.” And when i told her that no, sorry, I’m not selling, she was all “Okay, so where do you LIVE??” as if she’d just come over to pick them up!

Buzzworthy: Do the Puppenjungs ever fight?
Ziggy: Of course they fight! What siblings don’t? Bill kept stealing Tom’s sneakers, so I had to get him a couple pairs of boots, and there’s more peace on the dolly-shelf now. Generally, Bill likes posing better than Tom, which has something to do with the fact that Tom’s not as well strung as Bill — there are rubber bands going through the boys’ bodies so that they can pose. So Tom tends to be the lazy one. He likes sitting down more than Bill and sometimes when I’m not careful, he’ll fall back and sit his ass down in the dirt on the floor and i have to do doll-laundry!

Buzzworthy: Where do Puppenjung Bill and Tom sleep?
Ziggy: They’re sleeping right now, actually! I had to take them apart for cleaning and getting their faces fixed up because after the last year, they’ve been a bit on the dirty side, so they’re sleeping right now for until their heads are done; then they’ll be back in action. There’s also been some changes to their faces. And I think they’re looking even better now!

Buzzworthy: Have Bill and Tom ever met their Puppenjungs?
Ziggy: During the tour last year, a friend of mine had a photo of the Puppenjungs signed by Bill and Tom, and she’s reported back that Bill said he absolutely loved his doll but sadly, the boys haven’t seen “their” dolls in real life yet. Oh well, maybe on the next tour.