Tunneler and Leech Woman are absent from this movie, possibly because it was originally written to take place after Puppet Master II (1990), and both of those puppets were critically injured during that movie.
This is the only Puppet Master movie to not feature Tunneler.
The role of Robert Toulon was originally written for Fred Willard. After Corey Feldman was cast in that role, there was not enough time in production to adjust the script to Feldman's liking.
This movie was originally going to be the fourth entry in the Puppet Master series, but was replaced with the Totem story-line.
Traci Lords was set to star but backed out during budget conflicts between Shadow Entertainment (Full Moon Pictures) and the Sci Fi channel.