Jurassic Park Stan Winston Puppets & Animatronics
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Posted in Film on 5 January 2013
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Evolution of the Jurassic Park animatronics including full-size cable-controlled puppets, half-puppets and insert legs, some Raptor shots were most efficiently captured with a man in a suit. There’s also a video. More photos and info at Stan Winston’s. Jurassic Park is coming back in 3D next summer.

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Collecting: Recap Start From the Start Checklists
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Planes, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 5 January 2013
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If you’ve just started collecting CARS or want to go back and fill in the gaps now that some CAR 1 diecasts are being re-released – here’s a recap of our grids, charts and checklist magazines. If you’re just looking for a “simple” mainline checklist, here is the last checklist that was complete at the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: New Walmart Sidekick a Rip Times 2
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 5 January 2013
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There’s a new Walmart sidekick “sidecap” display that is essentially CASE B with 2 Rip Clutchgoneski’s … It was weird there was only one in the “normal” CASE B so this might be the reason, Mattel was afraid we would awash in Rip’s (AS IF) after this sidekick display hit post Christmas … so this […]