cool dragon ..uh, is it a puppet?

[Melody]

I can’t figure out how they did this! It almost looks computer generated. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQMGkeV5qIE&feature=related

[Misty]

It has a support under the chest…maybe a computer controlled puppet? I don’t know, it is very cool though!

*edit* Ah ha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnNxZ4zI57E&feature=related

[Carolyn]

Reminds me of Jurassic Park dinos .

[Skeeterdeee]

Wouldn’t that be an awesome show to see!! I wonder what Toothless looks like??

[KoishiiKitty]

This group did this for Walking With Dinosaurs World Tour where they made life size animatronic dino’s. These are real acting puppets, the larger ones have a supporting central frame with wheels to move around but you hardly see it.

http://dreamworksdragonslive.com/gallery

[Maddy]

I was about to say what Koshii said
I swear I’ve watched that video about a hundred times, I LOVE animatronics. When that video appeared I just about peed myself I got so excited haha. It’s my dream to work on a project like that, to actually have the know-how to do that! Any animatronics related video or film that’s around I tell you I’ve watched it and studied it and tried to make something derived from it, but robotics is so hard. Either way, until I learn how to do it, it would be cool just to get my little dolls’ eyes moving.

[Kelly]

It is amazing how they did these. It looks like so much fun to be apart of a project like this. Knowing all the work that went into each one and then to see them come alive and in action on a show would be so rewarding.

[Puffpastryofdoom]

…I think this calls for a Windstone Editions “Field Trip” so we can all see this together!

[Skylover]

That’s just amazing. What I wouldn’t give to work on something like that – to design the robotics, to program it, and then to make it into a realistic looking creature.

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