Royal de Luxe

Royal de Luxe is a French mechanical marionette street theatre company which specialises in giant puppets. They were founded in 1979 in Aix-en-Provence by Jean-Luc Courcoult. After some years based in Toulouse, the company moved to Nantes in 1989. The company has performed in France, Belgium, England, Germany, Iceland, Chile, Australia, Mexico, Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Ireland.

Giants spectacular

Sources: on the Nantes website.

Name	Date of Creation	Height	Length	Weight	Shoe size	Number of operators	Notes
The Big Giant	1993	9.5 m	-	2.2 t	237	32	Structure of 14 m high 8.50 m width
Le Rhinocéros	1997	2.5 m	5.0 m	-	-	17
Le Petit Géant noir	1998	5.5 m	-	1 t	-	18
La Grande Girafe	2000	12.0 m	15.3 m	25 t	-	25	4 km/h normally but can run up to 10 km/h
La Petite Girafe	2000	5 m	-	-	-	25
The Sultan's Elephant	2005	12 m	21.0 m	48 t	-	22	is moving at 1.5 km/h
La Petite Géante	2005	5.5 m	-	0.8 t	166	18 en 2011 22 en 2009	2.5 km/h by foot 4 km/h with scooter
Le Géant en colère	2007	-	-	-	-	3	Presented in Reykjavik only The head of the great giant
Le Scaphandrier	2009	9.5 m	-	2 t	237	30	The big giant in a diving suit
El Xolo	2011	2.8 m	3.5 m	0.2 t	-	20	Height at withers: 1.8 m Walking speed: 4 km/h Running speed: 6 km/h.
El Campesino	2011	9.5 m	-	2.5 t	237	32	Mexican for "Le grand géant"
La Grand-Mère	2014	7.5 m	-	1.7 t	276	25	The first talking giant
Bull Machin	2022	4.4 m		0.86 t	-

The true history of France
Roman photo tournage
The Peplum
Revolt of the Mannequins. After Nantes in February 2008 and Antwerp, in July 2008, It was played in Berlin, in November 2008
They were also said to have made another giant, more lightweight elephant used in Take That Presents: The Circus Live, atop which the four band members performed "The Garden". This elephant had to be made much more lightweight to be transported between venues.