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Kickstarter: 'Beasts of the Mesozoic' Accurate Articulated Raptor Action Figures

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bengraven

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riotous said:
Nice, Greg Bear is amazing. Didn't know this existed.
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Neither did I. I did a double take. It's a few decades after the discovery of the lost world and JW-like, people are getting bored with dinosaurs. They populate zoos and now the last dinosaur circus is closing. A film crew made up of classic stop motion movie creators joins a group traveling back to the lost world to release the circus animals.
 
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MoonsaultSlayer

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bengraven said:
Neither did I. I did a double take. It's a few decades after the discovery of the lost world and JW-like, people are getting bored with dinosaurs. They populate zoos and now the last dinosaur circus is closing. A film crew made up of classic stop motion movie creators joins a group traveling back to the lost world to release the circus animals.
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Well you sold me because that sound a bit like my decade+ old idea for a JP4.
 
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Jack Remington

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The T-Rex absolutely did not have feathers, and I don't give a damn about any scientists. Those motherfuckers are lying, and making me pissed.
 
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ShironRedshift

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Wow, these are awesome! Unfortunately, I don't really have the money to back this myself at the current time, but I definitely wish them the best of luck!
 
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EmCeeGramr

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Netherscourge said:
Imagine if Dinosaurs lived long enough to where Velociraptors evolved to have wings?

Flying death beasts, man. Flying death beasts.
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Ha, now I'm remembering how the most ardent of the BANDits* and MANIACs** try to argue that dromaeosauridae are simply large flightless birds or cousins of birds and not actually dinosaurs.
 
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hupla

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Pretty sure I'm gonna go in for at least one of these. They look super cool and I think it's cool to see more collector oriented toylines on KS
 
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EmCeeGramr

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Amalthea said:
Who are BANDits and MANIACs?
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Birds Are Not Dinosaurs - paleontologists who insist that birds aren't dinosaurs or descended from dinosaurs. Their arguments tend to be really nitpicky or bizarre, and their alternatives to dinosaurs-as-bird-ancestors are usually nonsense.

Maniraptorans Are Not, In Actuality, Coelurosaurs: When it became obvious that maniraptorans (dromaeosaurs, troodontids, oviraptors, therizinosaurs, etc.) were definitely feathered with real feathers, the justification was that these clearly bird-like dinosaurs were not actually dinosaurs at all, they just looked exactly like dinosaurs because of convergent evolution.



...Yeah, they're a very small but stubborn bunch. Hilariously enough, the people who take their arguments most seriously are creationists and intelligent design people looking to "debunk" the birds-are-dinosaurs idea because it illustrates evolution so well.
 
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EmCeeGramr said:
Birds Are Not Dinosaurs - paleontologists who insist that birds aren't dinosaurs or descended from dinosaurs. Their arguments tend to be really nitpicky or bizarre, and their alternatives to dinosaurs-as-bird-ancestors are usually nonsense.

Maniraptorans Are Not, In Actuality, Coelurosaurs: When it became obvious that maniraptorans (dromaeosaurs, troodontids, oviraptors, therizinosaurs, etc.) were definitely feathered with real feathers, the justification was that these clearly bird-like dinosaurs were not actually dinosaurs at all, they just looked exactly like dinosaurs because of convergent evolution.



...Yeah, they're a very small but stubborn bunch. Hilariously enough, the people who take their arguments most seriously are creationists and intelligent design people looking to "debunk" the birds-are-dinosaurs idea because it illustrates evolution so well.
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Oh, those morons...
Pretty bizzare how much some people just can't accept the whole Birds = Dinosaurs thing, even scientists, despite being nearly as obvious as the Humans = Apes connection (admittedly that's even today controversial to some). But who am I kidding, we live in a world where people who live in ridiculous fantasy worlds actually have power.

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MoonsaultSlayer said:
Well you sold me because that sound a bit like my decade+ old idea for a JP4.
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Greg Bear and his son actually wrote a Jurassic Park comic series for IDW a few years ago. Featuring feathered raptors. lol
 
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MoonsaultSlayer

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Not sure I like how stretch goals are handled here. Unless they're added to our orders for free (like another kickstarted I helped fund), they should offer it up sooner rather than later so more people and current backers can offer more money.

bishoptl said:
Threw it up on my Twitter as soon as I found out!
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Nice. I had meant to pm you about it. Looking forward to yours as well!
 
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Demoncarnotaur

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Wow! This is nearly at $90,000 already. On that note, David has added two stretch goals..


Stretch goal #1- $135,000.00

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Saurornitholestes sullivani (lizard-bird thief): Known for its keen sense of smell, light build, and long sharp claws, Saurornitholestes was both a hunter and a scavenger.

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Stretch goal #2- $145,000

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Balaur bondoc (stocky dragon)- Once thought to be a Dromaeosaurid, Balaur is now classified as a bird. Balaur is known for having two sickle-shaped claws on each foot, and its limbs were proportionally shorter and heavier than those of its relatives.

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Here's a WIP look at the Saurornitholestes head sculpt:

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Pejo

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Is there a stretch goal yet to un-ruin my childhood by removing the feathers?

Nah, they look great, still like the old featherless raptors though.
 
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Chiaroscuro

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So we will be looking to the double amount (6) figures after the stretch goals are added. I would like a complete set, so waiting the goals to be met and then after I throw more money after the goals were met looks a conteasense to me.
 
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UristMcDwarf

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Finally some scientifically accurate dinos I can buy for my nephews! You have no idea how hard it is to find those kind of things in this conservative hell-scape
 
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Demoncarnotaur

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Funded! With 17 days remaining, the $125,000 goal has been hit!

With that in mind, some new updates have hit:

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Kickstarter Exclusive add-on


Velociraptor osmolskae (swift thief)- The lesser known of the two Velociraptor species, it too used to inhabit the Mongolian deserts and is presumed to have had a very similar anatomical appearance to Velociraptor mongoliensis with its long and low skull, an upturned snout, and deadly toe claws.

This is an incentive add-on and is available to be added to your existing pledge level (those only pledging for the print level, please add shipping of $10 of US and $25 for International)

The add on price is $30 US backers and $32 for International backers.

Estimated delivery: May 2017
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Stretch goal #3 - Adasaurus

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Nice to see this on the front page again. I added funds for the exclusive on top of the raptor pack, but as much as I'd like them all, I just can't. My wife would kill me haha.

It was nice getting the email updates and seeing just how fast this thing got funded.

I was at Yale Peabody museum on Sunday and couldn't help but yearn for these while browsing the gift shop to add to my mini statue collection. I will say I was quite pleased with the increased amount of feathered dinos and updated velociraptor. The quality just doesn't come close to these though.
 
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Chiaroscuro

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Things are going fast! Over $138k now and first Stretch goal is unlocked: Saurornitholestes sullivani .

Yeah, he will probably get the $155 for the full set production.
 
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Toxi

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EmCeeGramr said:
Maniraptorans Are Not, In Actuality, Coelurosaurs: When it became obvious that maniraptorans (dromaeosaurs, troodontids, oviraptors, therizinosaurs, etc.) were definitely feathered with real feathers, the justification was that these clearly bird-like dinosaurs were not actually dinosaurs at all, they just looked exactly like dinosaurs because of convergent evolution.
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...Jesus Christ, that's hilarious.
 
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Chiaroscuro

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No no no no.... He just revelead that there are 8 streched goals, making a total of 12 figures. My wallet.... I can't I can't... I thought there will be just 3 extras plus the exclusive. My wife will kill me....
 
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Demoncarnotaur

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Chiaroscuro said:
No no no no.... He just revelead that there are 8 streched goals, making a total of 12 figures. My wallet.... I can't I can't... I thought there will be just 3 extras plus the exclusive. My wife will kill me....
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Good news is there is no way those will all be released next year! You have the time to slow burn the accumulation.
 
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