Life-size Velociraptor

[Scar]

Yea, I wager you wouldn't be likely to could get hold of one of their King Kong replicas, but the dinosaurs are attainable.

 

[FelMar]

You definitely can purchase their dinosaur-themed items. They advertise in Prehistoric Times every other month with list prices, and I know personally of several people who bought from them... though things like the life-size T.rex head are not cheap...

That T-rex head is so Amazing

Do you know people that have bought that bust ?

 

[The Ringer]

That T-rex head is so Amazing

Do you know people that have bought that bust ?

I remember Gruson used to have one.

Don't you own though?

 

[FelMar]

I remember Gruson used to have one.

Don't you own though?

I meant the oxmox 1:1 t-rex head

 

[The Ringer]

I meant the oxmox 1:1 t-rex head

oops didn't catch that one

 

[Scar]

I believe the price for the T.rex head was 2,550 euros, so it's not exactly cheap by any means.

 

[FelMar]

I believe the price for the T.rex head was 2,550 euros, so it's not exactly cheap by any means.

yea...talk about taking out a loan !!

but how sweet would that be...a life-size t-rex bust in your collection

 

[Scar]

A man can dream. I hope for it, one day, but I know my girlfriend is going to put up a raucous protest... until she sees how AWESOME it looks mounted over the headboard of the bed!

 

[FACEBOX]

They're selling 2 life-sized Raptors over at Islands of Adventure, Orlando FL

 

[icruise]

How much are they?

 

[dstrass]

I am in the process of making an affordable, 3 foot tall Deinonychus out of polyfoam, Museum quality, professionally airbrushed for my show...
I will be making extras for retail sale..
Should be ready at the end of the month.
Pls email me for more info and more pics..
[email protected]
Thanks,
Dave

 

[HdoubleD]

A man can dream. I hope for it, one day, but I know my girlfriend is going to put up a raucous protest... until she sees how AWESOME it looks mounted over the headboard of the bed!

HAHAH no matter how awsome it may look, I doubt any women on earth would let that happen scar. That would be sick though.

Also I read somewhere that when JP released, Deinonychus was considered a subspieces of velociraptor, so they were not really wrong calling it a Velocilraptor at the time since it had the same basic porportions as the movie version. Scar can you confirm if that is true or not??

Lastly, with utahraptor being around 20 feet long, weren’t they considerably larger than the JP raptors? I would say the jp creations more closely resembled Deinonychus then utahraptor. I know your the authority about this stuff scar what do you think?

 

[Nocturne]

Yeah you are right, when Crichton was writing the book that was a proposed categorization. However it was dismissed by the time the book was finished.

 

[Atheris]

Im still waiting for the day someone makes a 1:1 Megalodon.....I will mount it on my roof.

Chris

 

[Scar]

HAHAH no matter how awsome it may look, I doubt any women on earth would let that happen scar. That would be sick though.

Also I read somewhere that when JP released, Deinonychus was considered a subspieces of velociraptor, so they were not really wrong calling it a Velocilraptor at the time since it had the same basic porportions as the movie version. Scar can you confirm if that is true or not??

Lastly, with utahraptor being around 20 feet long, weren’t they considerably larger than the JP raptors? I would say the jp creations more closely resembled Deinonychus then utahraptor. I know your the authority about this stuff scar what do you think?

The "Deinonychus = Velociraptor" proposition was put forth by a few individuals, but never really gained a serious foothold. Firstly, a little background might help. There are so very many camps in evolutionary theory that use vastly differing criteria for what can, at a given point, constitute a new species. Given a great enough disparity in phenotypic traits, as well as production of viable offspring among such individuals, we can categorize them as distinct and separate in most cases. Now with the aforementioned hypothesis, the contention wasn't whether or not they were separate species, which they undoubtedly were, but whether or not they belonged to the same genus. A thorough cladistic analysis through phylogenetic bracketing has ruled that out conclusively at this point. Still, it was an intriguing concept, and Crichton took a good deal of creative license... may his brilliant mind rest in peace. I mourn daily that we will no longer have literary saplings which sprang forth from his imagination.

And in terms of Utahraptor VS Deinonychus for the JP Velociraptors, it depends on whether or not you are referring to the raptors in the book or movie. In the book they were certainly based on Deinonychus, but in the movie it's more variant. The skeletal remains of one specimen discussed was around 12 feet long, a good 50% larger than the average Deinonychus. Now based in the JP movie mythos, the argument could have been made that these were, more accuately, Utahraptors, and this was a male, the smaller and more gracile sex. It's not outlandish to say that the alpha female in JP which slew six other Velociraptors in an assertion of dominance, reached Utahraptor proportions. I would say that the JP Velociraptors were much more akin to Utahraptors than any other dromaeosaurid in every way, the TLW raptors were based on Deinonychus, and the JPIII raptors... well, I won't even get into that.

Yeah you are right, when Crichton was writing the book that was a proposed categorization. However it was dismissed by the time the book was finished.

Gotta love that image. It goes a great way to illustrate a solid comparison, but the Utahraptor seems a bit out of proportion. I prefer this image.

You can see from the picture how everyone can settle on the JP movie Velociraptors really being Utahraptors "mislabeled" by the InGen team.

 

[Scar]

Im still waiting for the day someone makes a 1:1 Megalodon.....I will mount it on my roof.

Chris

I hear you, brother. Megalodon FTW!

 

[Nocturne]

Gotta love that image. It goes a great way to illustrate a solid comparison, but the Utahraptor seems a bit out of proportion. I prefer this image.

You can see from the picture how everyone can settle on the JP movie Velociraptors really being Utahraptors "mislabeled" by the InGen team.

Thanks just a quick knock together from the comparison pics available on Wikipedia. It did seem odd that the tail was angled quick so high though the one you found makes far more sense.

Guess it was always inevitable that the JP dino's were going to go out of date with advances in the field. Is still going to be a long time before that version is out of the public consciousness though. Especially as they believe the Raptors had feathers as well, the name turned out to be remarkably apt.

 

[dansdinosaurs]

I do business with the person who makes these life-size pieces. If anyone's interested, just shoot me a PM.

 

[Scar]

I do business with the person who makes these life-size pieces. If anyone's interested, just shoot me a PM.

I like Dave Stann's horizon models better. Were it not for the eyes I'd be right on board for this.

 

[dansdinosaurs]

Were the Horizons life-sized? I never saw any of them in person.