A sneak preview of the new revamped Dinosaur rEvolution... the one that did the rounds in Australia and New Zealand… only this time with some special guests…

You might remember him? Well, I must admit animatronics have never been my favourite thing… but our Gondwana Studios exhibition needed to be children-friendly and the demand was there, right where it is going to start in Europe: the Horniman Museum, London in February 2024… We needed to have some. Thankfully this time our Chinese partners were listening to some of our instructions and… I had to smile when I saw the progress of this old friend of mine… the female Deinonychus.

Our friends in Chine were familiar with the Jurassic Park critters, but when we instructed them that their arms were more like prospective wings and sent quite a few different sketches… well.. there were difficulties conveying what we needed.

Amazingly enough the first thing they got right was a full head portrait of my female Deinonychus… it might look a bit a caricature, but… I don’t know you… I find it charming!

I had to share this to wet appetites… there are going to be many more surprises in this exhibition…!