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Re: Kinetosaurs

I've seen "Kinetosaurs" in person.  They're basically welded sculptures
resembling dinosaur skeletons, outfitted with cables and pulleys so that
they can be worked like large, heavy marionettes.  They are generally
correct in their overall proportions, and nice works of art, but they are
not particularly detailed, and the movement is stereotyped and stylized.
They aren't the most sophisticated animatronics around, by any means, but
it's a good workout making them move!

See http://www.childrensmuseum.org/kinetosaur/a2.html, and click on the
phrases provided.  You'll get to see one in action.

I would hesitate to use the term "close-to-life" and "Kinetosaurs" in the
same sentence.  (Oops!  I just did)!
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"Dino Guy" Ralph W. Miller III
Docent at the California Academy of Sciences
proud member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology