BONEYARD pets Version 3.0 3D dinosaur puzzles are live on Kickstarter

[ericj]

I wanted to let you all know that our awesome 3D puzzles are live on Kickstarter http://kck.st/1H41ATK
And we had an awesome review on Geekdads http://geekdad.com/2015/05/boneyard-pets/ and if any one here would like to review them please let me know and we will send you some of them right away.

Oh and we have the coolest Dinosaur t shirts you could ever want https://www.pinterest.com/pin/477100154251626907/

check out these images you can purchase them herehttp://t.co/xQm3UWUNHh

[Arul]

Wow nice model 

[SBell]

Just so you know, the Kickstarter link isn't working.

[Kayakasaurus]

Cool! You have a neat thing going on here. I like the tupuxura as well as the rest, but I have to be honest with ya, the brachiosaurus does not look like a brachiosaurus. I know these arn't 100% accurate but I think the Brachio is missing some of it's instantly recognizable features. I also think the T-Rex would do better with a different pose, it's a very popular dino but its pose seems the most boring. As a dino artist myself  I hope you take this as positive criticism 

[ericj]

Thanks Kickstarter is now fixed.

[ericj]

Kayakasaurus all criticism is good criticism. Please elaborate on your thoughts with the T rex and the Brachiosaurus. We are looking to make these as good as we can. thanks Eric

[Takama]

One Obvious thing with the Brachiosaurus is that its Front legs Should be a lot longer then its back. also, maybe make the neck longer.

Obviously the Dilophosaurus is inaccurate because of the Jurassic Park Frill.   Is this Intentional?

[Sim]

I think this is a nice idea with good potential!  I'm completely put off it by some obvious inaccuracies though.  Two stand out to me most:

1. The Dilophosaurus.  Dilophosaurus is a very interesting dinosaur with a distinctive skull.  The neck frill isn't a part of its skeleton, it was invented for the Jurassic Park film (it wasn't even in the Jurassic Park novel).  The head on your Dilophosaurus skeleton looks like the boring Jurassic Park Dilophosaurus head, rather than the interesting skull known from the real animal which can be seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilophosaurus  Honestly, Dilophosaurus is a really cool animal, the Jurassic Park version is a terrible reconstruction of it for many reasons.

2. The "Pterodactyl".  "Pterodactyl" is just an informal (and not really correct) name for pterosaurs, I'm guessing it's inspired by the pterosaur Pterodactylus.  You've done an excellent job on your Tupuxuara skeleton - it looks pretty accurate and you've also chosen an interesting species that isn't well known, so it's got great educational value and might make Tupuxuara popular with kids and adults who didn't know of it.  Your "Pterodactyl" skeleton seems like the opposite.  The name doesn't identify what animal it is, and the skeleton looks like a Pteranodon with teeth.  Pteranodon's name means "winged and toothless" - it didn't have teeth!  I think it would be good to make it an actual pterosaur species, perhaps removing the teeth and making it a Pteranodon, or maybe making it a Ludodactylus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludodactylus  Ludodactylus has a Pteranodon-like head crest as well as teeth.  Note though that Ludodactylus's teeth aren't all the same size - they get bigger the closer they are to the front of its snout.  I noticed in the Geekdads review you linked to, the skeletons come with information about the animal and the "Pterodactyl" is identified as Pterodactylus.  However, Pterodactylus doesn't have a Pteranodon-like head crest.

One other thing I noticed is that the Plesiosaurus's front flippers should point backwards, as seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesiosaurus  I'd also personally prefer to see the Dilophosaurus and Tyrannosaurus in a pose that shows them more as the active animals they were.  As they are, they look almost like tail draggers.  I agree with Kayakasaurus that the Tyrannosaurus seems to have the most boring pose out of all 9 skeletons.

I hope this hasn't come across as too harsh.  I think your Boneyard Pets are a nice idea.  If you do implement improvements to them, like correcting the inaccuracies, I think you would have even better and more educational skeletons!

[Sim]

Something else I noticed is on your Velociraptor the raised sickle claw is in between the two toes that are in contact with the ground.  It should actually be the innermost toe out of those 3 toes.

I forgot about this in my previous post - the heads of Pterodactylus, Pteranodon and Ludodactylus are quite different, their jaws for example are all differently shaped.  If you make the "Pterodactyl" into a real pterosaur species (which I think would be great), the different head/jaw shapes of these pterosaurs is worth remembering!
Pterodactylus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterodactylus
Pteranodon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteranodon    Pteranodon has very distinctive jaws which curve upwards, and its upper jaw is longer than its lower jaw.
Ludodactylus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludodactylus

[ericj]

Sim thanks for the awesome info. I wanted to reply and get your take on a few things.
1> We agree and honestly we put it to the backers of our first campaign if we should keep the Frill they all wanted it. The good news is that you can leave it off if you choose. I think what you sent is awesome and we will look to make modifications to the skull. thanks for that
2.  We know the Pterodactyl was one of our first BONEYARD pets and we found that most people liked the generic term. That is why I did the Tupuxuara and we plan on making changes or adding more accurate  Pteranodon's in the future
3. Agian you are correct the fins on the Plesiosaurus should go the other way but in the larger sizes he tips over so we took artistic license in that he is in the start a a stroke.
as for the velociraptor it is a balance issue we wanted a pose that was cool and had to play with balance.
I hope these answers help to understand where we are and know that as we push forward we are striving to get more and more accurate. Please feel free to comment and I hope you might pledge on our campaign. thanks Eric http://kck.st/1H41ATK   

1. The Dilophosaurus.  Dilophosaurus is a very interesting dinosaur with a distinctive skull.  The neck frill isn't a part of its skeleton, it was invented for the Jurassic Park film (it wasn't even in the Jurassic Park novel).  The head on your Dilophosaurus skeleton looks like the boring Jurassic Park Dilophosaurus head, rather than the interesting skull known from the real animal which can be seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilophosaurus  Honestly, Dilophosaurus is a really cool animal, the Jurassic Park version is a terrible reconstruction of it for many reasons.
                     We agree and honestly we put it to the backers of our first campaign if we should keep the Frill they all wanted it. The good news is that you can leave it off if you choose. I think what you sent is awesome and we will look to make modifications to the skull. thanks for that


2. The "Pterodactyl".  "Pterodactyl" is just an informal (and not really correct) name for pterosaurs, I'm guessing it's inspired by the pterosaur Pterodactylus.  You've done an excellent job on your Tupuxuara skeleton - it looks pretty accurate and you've also chosen an interesting species that isn't well known, so it's got great educational value and might make Tupuxuara popular with kids and adults who didn't know of it.  Your "Pterodactyl" skeleton seems like the opposite.  The name doesn't identify what animal it is, and the skeleton looks like a Pteranodon with teeth.  Pteranodon's name means "winged and toothless" - it didn't have teeth!  I think it would be good to make it an actual pterosaur species, perhaps removing the teeth and making it a Pteranodon, or maybe making it a Ludodactylus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludodactylus  Ludodactylus has a Pteranodon-like head crest as well as teeth.  Note though that Ludodactylus's teeth aren't all the same size - they get bigger the closer they are to the front of its snout.  I noticed in the Geekdads review you linked to, the skeletons come with information about the animal and the "Pterodactyl" is identified as Pterodactylus.  However, Pterodactylus doesn't have a Pteranodon-like head crest.

    We know the Pterodactyl was one of our first BONEYARD pets and we found that most people liked the generic term. That is why I did the Tupuxuara and we plan on making changes or adding more accurate  Pteranodon's in the future

One other thing I noticed is that the Plesiosaurus's front flippers should point backwards, as seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesiosaurus  I'd also personally prefer to see the Dilophosaurus and Tyrannosaurus in a pose that shows them more as the active animals they were.  As they are, they look almost like tail draggers.  I agree with Kayakasaurus that the Tyrannosaurus seems to have the most boring pose out of all 9 skeletons.

I hope this hasn't come across as too harsh.  I think your Boneyard Pets are a nice idea.  If you do implement improvements to them, like correcting the inaccuracies, I think you would have even better and more educational skeletons!
« Last Edit: May 17, 2015, 11:03:28 PM by Sim »

[ericj]

Takama you are correct but when we made the neck longer it started to tip no matter what we did. As for MR Jpark you are correct we had him with it and we asked or original campaigners how they wanted him and they almost unanimously voted frill but the good news is it comes off. thanks for your awesome coments