Mascots and Puppets Specialists, or MAPS for short, is an award-winning puppetry company founded by puppeteer Frankie Malachi in 2004. It produces and creates puppetry productions and shows, as well as puppets and mascots for projects ranging from theatre productions to stadium events.

MAPS has received international recognition for its puppetry productions and projects. It was awarded the prize for Best Puppet Design at the Wayang World Puppet Carnival 2013, one of the largest international puppetry festivals in the world, amongst participants from 46 countries. It also garnered top honours at the Second International Marionette Festival2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam, winning the Gold Award for Best Performance, the Gold Award for Best Artist (Individual) and the Special Award for Excellence in Puppet Design. Its giant puppets were featured in the Singapore Youth Olympic Games 2010 Opening Ceremony and Singapores National Day Parade 2009 and 2011.

In 2010, MAPS was selected to produce the official mascots, Lyo and Merly, for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore, joining a select group of international mascot manufacturers who have crafted mascots for Olympic events. Our mascots andpuppets have also been featured in film, stage and media projects by OKTO Channel, Oak3 Films, The Moving Visuals Company, Wawa Pictures, the Disney Channel and the Nickelodeon Channel, amongst many others.

MAPS has created school and community programmes for a variety of clients, including the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, National Heritage Board, Health Promotion Board, the Asian Civilisations Museum, the Peranakan Museum and many others. It has also provided puppetry direction and consultation for a wide spectrum of clients, including groups like Dream Academy Productions, STAGES, Players Theatre, Singapore Repertory Theatre, I-Theatre, Centre Stage School of the Arts and Oak3 Productions.