Stan Winston's crew built three final T-1000 puppets for the 'pretzel man' effect, which has the character blowing open after the Terminator has launched a grenade into his mid-section. The first puppet was a spring-loaded replica of Robert Patrick in splayed-open position, which could be closed up through cables, then released to create the initial exploding action, while a pneumatic ram drove the head upward. A stage two puppet was built for shots of the cleaved T-1000 stumbling towards a pit of molten steel. The puppet was mounted onto gimbals at the ankles to create a teetering motion, while other body movements were achieved through rods, puppeteered by crewmembers stationed below the set. Jaw and eye movement in the head were radio-controlled while spinning head action was cable-controlled. A third non-articulated puppet had a thirty-five-pound weight in its back to aid its fall into the molten steel, which was actually an underlit gelatinous concoction created by the special effects team.

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