The Importance of Realism in Special Effects

The production team spent time on the set of Super Mario Brothers to learn from the advanced Yoshi puppet that had beat out Hinson Studios for the creature designs. Allegedly the positive impression it left swayed the decision to use animatronics instead. I can't recommend enough that any fan of bad movies or general oddities check out the Super Mario Brothers movie 1993 or the Morton Jankle cut a two hour version available for free on archive.org.