Mar 27 2009Man Builds Large Wooden Dino From Model

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You know those little wooden models with the interlocking pieces? Yeah, well loyal Geekologie reader Vinss's father blew one of a dinosaur up to a much larger, more manageable size.

My father scanned each piece of one and scaled the pieces to a large scale in Photoshop, printed them out and then drew them on plywood planks, cutting them and then assembling them to form a giant version of it.


I hope it's interesting for you. If ever this makes it to the blog, we're a family from Quebec, Canada.

As for general feedback (in the same family as General Grievous), I really like this blog, it's always very interesting. The only thing I dislike is how you have to make everything vulgar. Anyhow, personal opinion. Keep up the great gadgets and stuff.

I'm trying, Vinss, but you're not making it easy with a dinosaur post. I mean, that's like asking [FAILURE TO KEEP IT CLEAN]. Seriously, I have joined a 12-step program though. The only problem is, a chick in one of the meetings was wearing a 'I Heart Dinosaurs' shirt and I lost my cool and [FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL] in front of the whole group. Then they all looked at me like I was some kind of weirdo. *phew* There, I think i did it. Now somebody put on The Land Before Time, I'm beat.

Hit the jump for several more of the awesome.

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That is one lucky boy.
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Thanks Vinns, now where exactly in Quebec is that thing?

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this remind of the time that the GW decided, two times in a row, to not read his posts after cutting and pasting.
also, keep it dirty. It makes my nether regions tingly.

oh, and yes, epic fail on my part.

I remember getting the smaller version when I was a kid. Neat. As for Vinss need to keep this site clean, fück you. I hate having to use umlauts whenever I feel the need to type the word fück. It's people like you that made me, oj's mom, and thumper go all Rambo on the comments section. Again, fück you Vinss and the dino you rode in on.

3===D

well said Gordon

I took an easier approach when I made mine. I used the online pdf assembly instructions and extracted the vector graphics and cut it out with my CNC. One hour start to finish not counting assembly.

Cool dad, shame he's posing as a kid online to try and get you to clean up your act, but I imagine it's just so he can show it to his kids and relatives on the web. The clue was when the child complained about vulgarity online, that would never happen.

Keep it filthy Geekologie, and fair play to Vinss(or his dad).

I did this first but i used Cardboard, And you also couldn't ride it, and it didn't look like dinosaur, and it was more brown, and it also Was more smaller, and I never learned punctuation, and i used spell check to make sure i spelled Punctuation right.

i'm totally going to do this, only with those wooden model airplanes that just slide together;
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/01/i_believe_i_can_fly_plane_mail.php

then fly it to the GW's house so we can go find that dinosaur


This is a great idea! For an idiot. Alright, no I'm just kidding. This is actually sort of cool. If you're into stupid dumb things that are really stupid and also a dinosaur.

You need to be really skillfull to build something like that.
Anyway, as I was saying earlier, America can be such an unfair country sometimes. Paternity rulings are entered upon innocent people who didn't even fück the slut, child molestation and rape charges doesn't have to be proved. That's unfair, but guess what, America is a democracy, so everyone is responsible. So start voting for politicans and legislators that arn't feminists. Btw, Gordon, nine eleven 2000 fun is supposed to sound like nine eleven 2000 1, "fun" sounds just like "one", get it? 200(fun)? 9-11-0fun. James Woods sucks, tried to impersonate Peter Griffin. Anyway, I wonder, when you see a kid in America, I mean not Alabama, what's the probability that someone innocent is paying for it? It's quite horrible. Or what about the statistics how likely it is that the SLUT is going to change her mind after the fact and turn you in. Btw, Gordon, are you innocent to child molestation? Now try to convince a jury. See what I mean? I wish I had more time on my hands, havn't worked on my site lately.

Pardin sir or Mama

Me no speaka da Klingon try speaka da Enrish↓

...now if he can build a large motor to control the thing walking around, then there'd be 2 of us with walking robot dinosaurs

@12. wtf. epic fail

FAKE!!!!

This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadws's are all wrong.

This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max took Baja to the drive in restaurant, and the ribs they gave him were so big the car flipped over.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/18046103/

that was the flinstones

<3

"The only thing I dislike is how you have to make everything vulgar. "

Oh uh, someone must be careful not to be fired now...

I LOVE THE VULGARITY and would not enjoy this blog as much without the foulmouthed humor :D

What kind of father takes pictures of his son riding his wood?

Hey, can you ask this guy to send you his scanned designs so more people can replicate this? Thanks.

*boom tssssst

now to foam encase it and make it solid!

where is the t rex?

Damn, Moose Knuckle (#22) you beat me to it.

And speaking of beating me, I'm a gonna go grab me a bag o'pork rinds.

That would be funny if this wound up becoming petrified and scientists found it thousands of years later (after the robot wars and eventual second rise of man of course).

Or... what if all the dinosaur bones we have found are just grander versions of this, left by our ancestors before their robot war?

It's a vicious cycle.

Keep it vulgar!!

I like it dirty!

It doesn't look very comfortable to take place on but for sure it looks different than the usual climbing frame!

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why is this an GW article???

also, fucskhit dambnalls

33. Vinss - March 27, 2009 12:15 PM

Why is it that you post toy dinosaurs having sex in a box and not the life-size triceratops skeletton my father built in the backyard?

34. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 27, 2009 3:34 PM

@33

Do you really own me Vinss? Really? Fück your stupid dino. It looks like a chewed up snatch and your dad is a tard for having such an ugly child as you. You both should be shot. I'll still bang your mom though. Just sayin'.

This is great.

FOR ME TO POOP ON!

Just kidding, it's actually pretty cool. I loved dinos when I was a kid, still kinda do. My dad never did anything like that for me, but I will if I'm ever unfortunate enough to have a condom break.

1 - I really don't think this blog is intended for children, relatives, etc.

2 - this post is suitable for Geekologie because it contains the words dinosaur and wood in close relation, and it apparently comes from a reader. Unfortunately said reader just doesn't understand that if he doesn't want the GW to actually use the words dinosaur and wood in close relation, his post becomes a lot less funny

3 - there's no need to be so f[cking harsh in the comments...
this guy must recognize that he's kind of asking for it, but come on Gordon - no need for violence

Clearly there's no need for less vulgarity (see point 1) - I feel the vulgarity here speaks to a higher level... one of dinosaur debauchery and boobs in a claw machine. Now that's something everyone can enjoy.

The kids are is unbelievably F'd up in the second pic..>_<

Arm*

haha! i didn't know america was a country....... last time i checked, it's a whole continent....

hey just a week ago me and a friend finished constucting one of thoes dinosaurs out of metal and welding it togather but it was a t-rex and it was like 4 ft tall!!!

So i'm guessing that dinosaur is raping that child with it's spine?
On a side note - I see that GW checked out Peppers hotlink. No comment on the belly dance photo, though?

Thanks for sharing it, I'm glad at least you enjoyed it and mostly concentrated on the dinosaur, unlike mister Gordon here who seems to have trouble accepting opinion.

Next time I want to give my personal opinion, remind me not to. I'm sorry I was the beggining of a flame war on your awesome blog. Whatever I think about vulgarity, I still think your articles are so very interesting and hilarious. I do hope you survive the robot apocalypse (and that my flamers don't (so you don't have to share your shelter under the burning debris of the dinosaur skeletton).

And to clear things up, I'm not the kid on the dinosaur, that would be my brother, he's too young to even understand anything written here, much less write my posts or upload pictures. I'm doing my best to raise him in the way of dinosaurs as I once was myself (yeah, Land Before Time was my favorite movie, except when the sequels went too far and started putting songs in the movies (that ruined it for me)).

Again, thanks for this and have a good continuation, whatever you write, it'll still be the first thing I check out on my lunch break everyday.

I love that General Feedback pun.

@43

What if I give you a cookie? Can I live amongst our robot overlords then?

@37

Just wait until I start in on you! Just kidding, I'll do it now. FAG!

43- If you're the dad, just say it. It's a rare occasion that an older sibling has to "raise" a young one, I'm guessing it isn't needed in your house. So cough it up - you're the dad. The Dino model is kickass.
I'll never understand why people come to someone else's ANYTHING and then insist it change to suit them - GFY.
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@46-Why would I lie? I'm 18, I don't live with my parents, my father built a dinosaur based on a wooden puzzle I have from when I was a kid, he took a picture of my younger brother sitting on it. End of story.

@47 - You sound like a fag. And it looks like your dad blows dinosaurs.

Imagine my surprise when I see my dinosaur while doing an online search. I am Vinss' dad, I do remember his asking for a photo. This whole thing started when my neighbor had a few sheets of old plywood with nothing to do with it. It was a long time "pet" project of mine. No it is not a fake, not a photoshop job, though as a graphic designer, I am capable of that, but I would have made it much, much larger than that in photoshop. I can say that I agree with my eldest son, that the vulgarity really is not called for. I suppose that all this sexual talk is immature and shows that you have no class at all. But then I doubt that you were going for "class" and aiming at "crass". Anyway, for those of you who think it's cool, thank you for the compliment, for those of you who think it some sort of dildo, it's not.

^ You, Sir, are made of win!

Spanish; desde hace unos meses e querido realizar este mismo proyecto y me sorprende ver que ya alguien lo hizo, felicitaciones le quede espectacular, ahora si creo lo que dicen por hay "las ideas vuelan", gracias por esta maravillosa información.

Hi,

Do you know if its possible to buy these kind of models?

Thanks

Paul

Aloha,
Love these photos! Considering using them in our theatre's marketing for The Donosaur Play. I was wondering if you could put me in contact with the photographer.
Mahalo!

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