That was great, Jim. Thanks for posting it. I had never seen that before.

I remember the camera my friend had didn't shoot one frame at a time so it was pot luck every time he hit the button.

I was the "animator", while he filmed. I made one or two creatures, but wasn't very good at it and they would fall apart while animating. I eventually used the Aurora Prehistoric Scenes models to try to animate, but they would never stay in place. I distinctly remember making Return to the Forbidden Valley as a sequel to Gwangi.

I was amazed by that movie. I was (am) a huge dinosaur fan and that was not only animated perfectly (I think Gwangi and the rhedosaurus were some of Ray's smoothest animation.) but it was such a detailed model. Those neck muscles were amazing and the overall detail was astounding.

I had scene pictures from it in The Monster Times, I think, among other places, but hadn't seen the movie. Then, it was on CBS at 11:30 on a Friday night. I did all I could to keep myself and my cousin awake. In fact, during commercials, we actually slapped each others faces (not hard) to keep ourselves awake!

I've tried my hand at computer animation, but just haven't been able to keep up with it.