If you’re ever in Japan with kids who like dinosaurs, or are an adult who has a bit of childlike wonder, try Dino Safari. You could watch their promo material on YouTube, but if you trust my recommendation, just go in cold.
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It’s a business that sort of warms my geeky heart:
2005: CEO is frustrated by fact that only human-sized Dino puppets are “Godzilla style” with the tail dragging behind the actor and begins lifelong quest to rectify this.
Then starts building mechanized lifesize puppet suits.
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The monetization for what would otherwise be something of a niche hobby is for a week every year they do what is essentially a live action dinosaur puppet play to several tens of thousands of people for $40 apiece then go back to workshop to build more dinosaurs for next year.
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Liam (5) looked happier than I’ve ever seen him with a walking lifesized stegosaurus a few inches from his face.
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You could read more at dinosafari.jp (which has links to enough footage to give you pretty good idea of the experience) but if you’re seriously considering it I again recommend going in cold.
Holy cow.
