Children's show where characters are turned into toys

[steveking89]

I'm sure I watched a show when I was little (early nineties) about these characters that were people dressed oddly (like there was one that resembled a cat I think) and were put into a machine and had the life sucked out of them and they were turned into small toy versions of themselves. I think the life energy was then absorbed by the show's main antagonist.

I know that's not much information about it, I've spent the past few years trying to find out what this programme was and I REALLY want to know what it is!!!