The Head Of Jurassic Park's Clever Girl Velociraptor Can Be Yours!
'Not so clever now, is she?'That's what employeed at the Emerald City Video store in East [...]
"Not so clever now, is she?"
That's what employeed at the Emerald City Video store in East Syracuse, New York, used to joke about the life-sized, mounted velociraptor head modeled after the dinosaur from Jurassic Park which was mounted at the family-owned video store, amid dozens of other props and high-quality prop replicas.
And now you, too, can own such a keepsake -- albeit this one as a bust rather than the mounted and "stuffed" version that used to hang on that video store's wall.
Chronicle Collectibles is offering a 1:1 bust of the Jurassic Park velociraptor -- about 30" tall by 28" deep (that danged snout!) -- for a pre-order price of just under $1,200.
The busts will be available in the second quarter of 2017.
Here's how they describe the bust, which you can see in the video above:
One of the most disturbing images in the 1993 film, Jurassic Park, is when John Hammond's grandchildren are hiding in the kitchen of the Visitors Center and see a Velociraptor claw tap on the floor beside the table they have taken refuge under. It still sends chills up the spine thinking back on the first time anyone considered being hunted by such an intelligent creature. For a dinosaur that, at the time, paleontologists knew very little about, Steven Spielberg and Stan Winston Studios did a fantastic job of creating a monster of nightmares for many years after seeing the film.
Muldoon, the park's game warden, was very outspoken about the dangers of recreating these dinosaurs. He mentions to Dr. Grant that they are lethal at 8 months, can run at Cheetah speeds and are "astonishing jumpers". To make matters worse, Muldoon says the Velociraptors demonstrated problem-solving skills by testing the fences of their enclosure during feeding time for potential weaknesses and ways to escape. Enjoy being on top of the food chain…for now.
This full size 1:1 Velociraptor Bust features the "Clever Girl" Raptor from Jurassic Park. She is molded and cast directly from a Stan Winston Studios casting of the full 1:1 Velociraptor. The bust stands roughly 30" tall and spans 28" from the back of her head to the front of her jaws, making this one of the larger pieces offered by Chronicle Collectibles. This limited edition run will include individually numbered units that are assigned numerically by the time and date of the order.
