"An Adventure 65 Million Years In The Making."

Introduction:

Jurassic Park is a novel by Michael Crichton and a film by Steven Speilberg.
And also one of the best things invented.
The offical Website is JurassicPark.com.

About the Film.

Jurassic Park was the cinema blockbuster of 1993. The spectacular special effects displayed in the film brought it on its rightful place among the most successful films ever.Jurassic Park won 3 Oscars in 1993. It appeared in cinemas on June 11th, 1993 in the USA and on July 17th , 1993 in the UK.
The film released in cinemas 1993 follows the same plot as the novel although scenes are based on the novel and scenes left out. The story is that a dinosaur buff, Dr John Hammond has discovered a method to extract prehistoric DNA and use it to recreate dinosaurs. He starts a company, InGen. The whole process is a long and expensive process so as a investment he creates a theme park to hold the dinosaurs. This is called Jurassic Park. The park is due to be opened soon but InGen is being pressured by their insurance company. They hire some experts to sign off the island. Alan Grant a palaeontologist and his girlfriend and workmate Ellie Sattler a palaeonbotanist. Ian Malcolm a mathmatician/chaositician and also InGen's Lawyer, Donald Gennearo also comes. If these experts can sign of the island as safe then the insurance company will let Hammond get on. So the group go to the island, Isla Nublar and they encounter a different number of problems. The real trouble although begins when the electrified fences that hold the dinosaurs lose power. There are mostly the same characters and certain ones like Ed Regis are cut out or they have small cameos like Dr Wu or Gerry Harding (in case you didin't know is Sarah Harding's father). They film was a hit recieving 3 oscars and is the #6 best film of all time which is quite good.

About the Novel.

Written by Michael Crichton. It was published in 1991 and is set in the year 1989. It is a long story but never boring. The plot is that a dinosaur buff, Dr John Hammond has discovered a method to extract prehistoric DNA and use it to recreate dinosaurs. The whole process is a long and expensive process so as a investment he creates a theme park to hold the dinosaurs. The park is due to be opened soon but it seems a problem is going on. An unknown disease is effecting Costa Rica and there have been numerous lizard "attacks". So InGen is being pressured by their insurance company. They hire some experts to sign off the island.Alan Grant a palaeontologist.Ellie Sattler a palaeonbotanist. Ian Malcolm a mathmatician and also InGen's Lawyer also comes. If these experts can sign of the island as safe then the insurance company will also let Hammond get on. So the group go to the island, Isla Nublar and they encounter a different number of problems. The real trouble although begins when the electrified fences that hold the dinosaurs lose power because of Dennis Nedry.

Jurassic Park Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs are the bone structure of Jurassic Park. They are why Jurassic Park is famous worldwide. When someone mentions dinosaurs they at least say something about JP. There are 7 species of dinosaur featured in the film. ABout 244 of 15 species are mentioned in the novel. The dinosaurs are created using DNA cloning methods. This will be explained in good time. The dinosaurs once lived in the Mesovic Era. During the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous the dinosaurs ruled. The dinosaurs in the Visitor Center lobby is Tyrannosaurus Rex and Alamosaurus. The film features ,

2 others are mentioned. Stegosaurus and Metricanthosaurus. Their names are shown on the embryo cooler. Stegosaurus is spelt Stegasaurus by mistake.

The novel features

1. Tyrannosaurs

2. Triceratops

3. Velociraptors

4. Dilophosaurs

5. Parasaurs

6. Brachiosaurs

7. Stegosaurs

Isla Nublar.

Jurassic Park is on
Isla Nublar.

Isla Nublar.

A brief history of the Jurassic Park toyline

The first toy line that started it all. The Classics. Kenner, now a division of Hasbro, got the license from Amblin Entertainment to produce the toys for one of the best films ever and produced a toyline that has gone right down in toy history. This toyline is made of 2 series and they both lasted through 1994. Series 1 appeared in retailers March-December 1993. Series 2 were only sold in the USA (and other countries but not the UK) and appeared in retailers around January-October Series 2 were and are much harder to find and even featured toys which remain unreleased. The JP toyline is the base for all the different JP Toy lines and are undoubtly the best. JP Toys revolutionized the world of toy production with stuff like the revolutionary concept of "real" skin - a new rubber technique, which made the toys very realistic. And also "Dino Damage" bitemarks or wounds, allowing pieces of skin to be removed and reveal bones and muscle structure. JP toys were also packaged with a Collector Card. Series 1 toys came with a ARTWORK collector card with artwork drawn by Brain Franczak. Series 2 toys came with a MOVIESTILL collector card with scenes from the Jurassic Park Film.

Jurassic Park Toys Dinosaurs

It was not the human action figures that made the Jurassic Park toyline so unique. The dinosaur toys are to thank and are the ones that brought the line to a yet unseen level. All the larger dinosaur toys had amazing sculpting and paint jobs, and the revolutionary concept of "real" skin - a new rubber technique, which made the toys almost frighteningly realistic. Also several came with "Dino Damage" bitemarks or wounds, allowing pieces of skin to be removed and reveal bones and muscle structure. Each dinosaur was marked with the famous "JP" logo and a individual number to tell fakes apart from the real thing. For many these were their first and favorite dinosaurs and are definitely my favourites. In Series 1 there were 11 dinosaurs (17 including the reissues). Series 2 had 11 dinosaurs.

Jurassic Park Toys Humans

Originally, the 5 human figures appeared with a black background behind the bubble then after a month of production the background was changed to the ever-popular "sunset/jungle" background. In addition the original 5 figures were based on artist renditions;head sculpts were later changed in Series 2 to more accurately reflect the actors/actresses' likenesses. The series 2 line features the original 5 human figures repainted with new head sculpts (to better resemble the actors/actresses from the movie). "Dino Trackers" and "Evil Raiders" - a cool spin-off of JP- also made its toy debut. Overall, the Series II line toys are definitely harder to locate than the Series I toys and fetch higher prices in the collectors' market.

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