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Behind the Crate: Creating August’s Loot Crate DX ‘Jurassic Park’ Loot! [SPOILERS]
(Jurassic Park: NBC Universal)
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Behind the Crate: Creating August’s Loot Crate DX ‘Jurassic Park’ Loot! [SPOILERS]

August 5th, 2019 Nicole Campos Behind the Crate, Interview, Loot Crate DX

** NOTE: THIS BLOG CONTAINS SPOILERS for August’s Loot Crate DX!**

Every month, Loot Crate brings you awesome collectibles & gear you can’t find anywhere else! Take a look at how we bring your loot to life with a behind-the-scenes peek at the Jurassic Park deluxe figure in this month’s Loot Crate DX!

There are at least a half dozen truly iconic scenes from Spielberg’s first Jurassic feature – Dr. Grant and the children running from a T-Rex during a stampede, the extreme close-up T-Rex eyeball out the car window during the thunderstorm…. the Jell-O! – but our choice was clear. The moment when the humans escape Isla Nublar as the park’s visitor center crumbles around them, a T-Rex roaring into the ether as the “When DINOSAURS Ruled the EARTH” banner falls atop him, was something we had to capture forever in figure form.
Our lead creative designer, Steed Sun once again discusses the process by which we concieved of and executed this awesome collectible item…

(Jurassic Park: NBC Universal)

What can you tell us about the concept behind capturing this iconic Jurassic Park moment in figure form?
The key was to identify an IP which worked with our theme of the month.  Once Jurassic Park was chosen for “Legends”, our next step was to choose a moment which work as a collectable figure and identify the dinosaur, size and a pose which would best reflect the theme.  The original idea had the T-Rex, the falling banner and the fossilized bones on the base.  We ended up simplifying this and replaced the base and fossilized bones with the JP logo instead.
How did the team go about selecting this particular moment from the film?
We brainstorm various moments from he films and considered all the different species of dinosaurs that was in the film. (Raptors, Triceratops, etc.)  Ultimately, we picked the most iconic scene and the one that fits best with our theme.

(Jurassic Park: NBC Universal)

When capturing a film moment in 3D form, how does the process work from concept to execution?
We were able to leverage quite a bit of references from Universal, both 2D and 3D assets so that was super helpful plus they give us great feedback to ensure that the sculpt was as authentic as possible to the film.  The tricky part of getting the colors of the iconic T-Rex correct. We went through multiple iterations from being skin color being too dark to too light in order to get the final approved color.  Also careful attention were taken with the eyes to make sure they look right and in scale with the sculpt and final deco.
What do you find most challenging about creating exclusive figures that have such a strong resonance with fans?
Capturing the icon pose of T-Rex and how to make the banner look like its floating and falling down. Also getting the colors correct to the final version took multiple interactions with licensor before it was finally approved.

(Jurassic Park: NBC Universal)



You can get this Jurassic Park collectible and much more in this month’s LEGENDS Loot Crate DX. Sign up by 8/19!

 

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Nicole Campos

Nicole is the lead community manager at Loot Crate, and a member of the social media team since 2014. Her interests include (but are not limited to) science fiction, British comedy, ass-kicking female superheroes, mid century modern design, awesomely bad movies, 80's ska, Matt Murdock (♥), Battlestar Galactica '03 (The one true show!), all the tea in the world, and Sriracha on everything. (Except maybe ice cream. But if you can make a compelling argument, she'll listen...)

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