I was walking through the toy aisle at Target when I found this thing and had a VIOLENT AND IMMEDIATE FLASHBACK to when JP first came out and they had a bunch of REALLY COOL T Rex toys that I would have sold one of my scrawny small-child limbs for but my mother wouldn’t get me one because they were “too violent and also ate people” 🙁
hnn I WANT IT SO BAD
on closer inspection, it makes a lot of really obnoxious noises and is also Too Expensive. BUT FEAR NOT I found this slightly smaller dude wedged in the back!
IT HAS BITE ACTION, AND THAT’S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS
now we enter the testing phase
yup. looks good.
Extreme Chompin T-Rex says IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS
Can we take a moment to appreciate that we can use this as a rosetta stone to say “EXTREME CHOMPIN’ “ in four languages?
OH SHIT YOU’RE RIGHT, let me check the garbage to see if it’s still there! hopefully I didn’t destroy it in my excitement
*roar sound effect*
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
update update: I re-sized her collar and found a bag of toy bones at the craft store. I haven’t put this much effort into a non-school thing since my last job search, help
(secret bonus: the other side of her tag)
There’s more!
My hubby sent this to me and said “this is you… but… somehow not you?”
because, you know, I definitely have a t-rex from Target on my desk at work for very similar reasons. Mine is just a Bite ‘n Fight t-Rex, whom I adore. She keeps me company.
The collar is SUCH a good idea… I may have to do the same!
Remember in 1993 when Jurassic Park was like…the end all, be all of special effects?
not gonna lie that still looks intimately real
I’m still somewhat convinced that someone sold their soul to create the special effects in Jurassic Park because that shit is over 20 years old and it still really, really holds up, better than the stuff in a lot of current movies, even.
Fucking witchcraft, man.
That shot there? That’s a full-scale animatronic T-Rex puppet built by Stan Motherfucking (no, really, what was his middle name) Winston. The same dude that did the puppet for the Alien queen (and other aliens) in Aliens, the costumer for Predator, for Terminator, for Pumpkinhead, the guy that built what still stands as one of the best damn effects houses in all of cinema. That Rex puppet weighted several tons and was the size of a mac truck. It was so detailed that it had things like a chest that expanded to show the Rex breathing, had dilating eyes, a tongue and jaw that could all be moved independently. It was a masterpiece of technical know how and artistry. A special effects Mona Lisa. This shot will still look good in 50 years, because nothing in this was invented or computed together. It’s real light on a real surface refracted by real rain.
And what’s sad is, the art that Stan helped refine to laser precision in life is now dying itself. Rick Baker, a guy who worked on effects of a similar caliber for American Werewolf in London, Men In Black, Star Wars, The Howling and more, that guy just retired, citing that his skills simply aren’t valued in cinema anymore. Movies go for CG more often than not, and when they do physical effects (puppetry, makeup, whatever) they’re going for the cheap, shitty options instead of paying masters like Stan’s successors or Rick Baker what they should be making to craft shit that will stand up 20 some odd years later.
Sorry, that was my soapbox for the day. Preaching to the choir, I know. TL:Dr, this shot is sexy as hell. I agree.
Also, “motherfucking” *may not have been Stan’s real middle name. Maybe.
