Masks/Puppets:

• There are more than 232 puppets in the show, including rod puppets, shadow puppets and full-sized puppets.
• There are 25 kinds of animals, birds, fish and insects
  represented in the show.
• There are 27 kite birds.
• It took 37,000 hours to build the puppets and masks.
• The masks of THE LION KING are constructed using carbon graphite - a tough, lightweight material.
• Mufasa's mask weighs 11 ounces. Scar's mask weighs 9 ounces.
• The tallest animals in the show are the 18 foot exotic giraffes in the song "I Just Can't Wait to Be King."
• The tiniest animal in the show is the trick mouse at the end of Scar's cane: 5 inches.
• The longest animal is an elephant: 13' long, 11'3" high and 9 feet wide at the ears. It collapses to 34 inches to go down the theatre aisle.
• 750 pounds of silicone rubber were used to make the masks.
• The Timon puppet weighs 15 pounds.

Costumes:

• 60 pounds of grass were used for the Grasslands Headdresses.
• Number of ants on Ant-Hill Lady: 106