Life-Size T-Rex Dinosaur from Jurassic Park!

Effects legend Steve Wang introduces us to his 1:1 replica of the original T-Rex animatronic head that was created for the main road attack sequence in Jurassic Park! Steve explains how his team was able to scan the surviving original larger-than-life animatronic prop and cast for this paint master prototype, which took three weeks to assemble and paint. Check out the glass eyes on this creature, which were 3D-printed in full color!

Shot by Josh Self and edited by Norman Chan
Music by Jinglepunks

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[dustinmatthews]

My old man sold a Harley Davidson to the late & great Stan Winston & upon conversation about how much I loved Sci fi movies, I actually got to take a tour of Stan Winston's Creature shop! (Something thats not open to the public due to confidentiality issues with new movies being made) I had to sign a waiver/contract saying I wouldn't talk about any pre production / production projects I saw while touring his shop, and I got to see all the archived things Stan made from the T800 to the Predator & Aliens as well as the T Rex head! (This was back in 1994') it was a truly memorable experience!

[innocentBystander]

Wow. You really look at that and WANT to touch it so bad. The texture is incredible. And the eyes are so lifelike, you feel like you can shine a light and see the pupils contract.

[steveschritz]

Incredible artistry. I remember being so blown away by the original Jurassic Park, those dinosaurs looked absolutely real.

[stevemuzak]

Steve Wang did paint job on original 1987 Predator. He worked for Stan Winston.

[NewMessage]

Correction: the villain.. AND hero of JP.

[OJames]

Steve Wang is one of my favourite artists. Check out his work, it's insane. From Predator to Guyver and everything inbetween. He's also directed some cool films.

[MikeJVernonTiberius]

Villain huh?! The humans were the villains of the entire franchise. Rexy and all the other dinos were doing by their own animal instincts

[dimlightbulb]

I never realized how small it actually is. Spielberg did a great job of making the head seem absolutely massive.

[Ibaneddie]

Steve Wang is a flipping genius! I'm actually using his signature sculpting tools (witch are awesome) as I'm watching this video to sculpt a Fluffy from Creep Show mask! That T-Rex is the most incredible bust ever created just the logistics of fabrication is mind boggling!

[coinfliplunatic]

The t rex in the Park movies are neither hero nor villain. Just an animal.

[Birkguitars]

Many years ago I got a tour round Stan Winston's workshop. They had several t rex heads dotted around the place including one tucked up in the top corner of a room with in its mouth a small fluffy pink pig. They have a strange sense of humour there 🤣

[missa.]

Rexy was NOT the villain. The artistry and work is incredible!

[zachhale]

Props for the guy dressed up as kiryu.

[AzraelThanatos]

For the Rex head, that's accurate to the physical model.

There are differences between the physical and digital models in the movie that can be pointed out there.

[JurassicCollectables]

Yes!!! Still keeping my eye out for that Raptor head lurking in Adam's cave

[TomsBackyardWorkshop]

She isnt the villain she is the hero. She killed the lawyer and saved the day.

[darthsirrius]

The release of this video crashed their website so I can't even find out how much I can't afford this lol.

[dwaynecuster]

Epic! That's so beautiful! The original Jurassic Park is still brilliant. 🦖

[DealwithitHand]

This is cool. Please start distancing yourself from Star Wars.

[SyntheticFuture]

The skin on that librarian is absolutely unreal.