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SHOWCASED IN:
- Lost - Season 1 (imdb) (2005)
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MORE INFORMATION:
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| CLASSIFICATION: |
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Puppet |
| PLUG & PLAY? |
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Yes |
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No |
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| ANIMATRONIC? |
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Yes |
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YOU MAY ALSO NEED:
- X controller
- Single axis controller
- Wall mount bracket
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SPECIAL NOTES:
- Discounts available in quantity.
- All Our Creations Are Covered by Our Full Warranty. |
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| Polar Bear Head |
Stock #: 6225 |
Animatronic Polar Bear head originally created for the hit tv series, "Lost". Head offers animation in the jaw, adjustable lip (to seem to snarl), and head animation (up, down, left, right, in, out). This is an actual TV prop.
As all sales are new creations, your model can be in any position (standing, sitting, lying down, etc...) that you wish and doing whatever you wish it to do (pointing, drinking a soda, laughing, etc...). Simply tells us what you want, and we will custom make it for you.
Do you want this model to move? Ask us about our "Puppet" and "Animatronics" options.
SPECIAL NOTES:
- Discounts available in quantity.
- All Our Creations Are Covered by Our Full Warranty.
Want more information?
(pricing, availability, etc...)
The Polar Bear head sculpt (shown below) and molds had already been completed for a Warner Bros movie called "On Deadly Ground". That movie went through some changes during pre-production. Originally, the hero (played by Steven Segal) gets attacked by a Polar Bear. The bear was changed to a Grizzly bear during prep. The original, animatronic Polar Bear molds were set aside, and the Grizzly molds were used to create a bear figure that wrestles with Segal. At the same time that "On Deadly Ground" was filming, so was another film, "Legends of the Fall". Animal Makers was already up for serving that film, as well. Jim Boulden, President of Animal Makers, made a deal with both production companies that let the movies split the cost of making the $100,000 animatronic bear figure. "Legends" shot with it first, then sent it over to the Alaskan set of "Deadly". Since then, the animatronic Grizzly has regularly shot for film and television. The latest project is an advertisement for Hummer Automobiles. In the UK, an advertisement for "The Guardian" newspaper featuring the bear strolling through the woods and discussing toxic food issues.
The polar bear's skin is made of foamed latex and the under-shells are created in epoxy with fiberglas cloth. The animatronics are made of lightweight aluminum tubing, needlepoint bearings, and swaged stainless steel cable. The eyes are hand painted acrylic with an overcoating. The fur is hand-wefted National Fiber Tech material. Claws were created in flexible urethane and in stiff epoxy resin over steel.
More than 2,000 animal molds now exist in Animal Makers' collection. These molds are constantly being reused to create new props for new films. This process has saved film-makers in time and money.
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