The 1:1 Jurassic Park Goggles have lenses that can be displayed in the open or closed position through two sets of inner barrels adjusted by manual control. With the open barrel, you can actually see through the goggles. When using the closed barrel, you will see the iconic crosshair pattern displayed on the outside.
On their site, they state:
So do they mean you have to take out one set of lenses to put in the other ones? Because they say there are two sets of inner barrels, with one of the sets you can see through them, with the other set, there is the crosshair. So with "manual adjustment" they mean: "take out one set and put in the other"?
OK, you will have two differen display methods in that case, but that's not the same as when the lenses would slide in and out by twisting them or something like that...
Chronicle have stated you will be able to see through the open lens attachment, which is accurate to one of the hero props Joe Mazello uses in the close ups. According to the supervisor of the 1993 build, see-through and non-see-through (opaque) versions were requested by Spielberg.I just noticed this and could hopefully be wrong so don't take my word on it, but I noticed with the lenses they have a short pair (Closed Pair) and a long pair( Opened Pair). I would be happy with this except for I don't think the extended pair will have the inner lens sticking out like on the original ones and on Davids replica.
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Instead well get a long pair thats still in the closed position, but just extended. Hopefully this makes sense.
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Just to be clear...the lenses will not wind in and out. They are static swappable pieces. But I like the fact we have the choice.If I may ask, how much did Rylos goggles cost? Add licensing fees and boxes and overhead, are we in the same ballpark of $450? Rylos are very nice but the ribs around the sides always looked a bit thin and tall to me. The chronicles goggles look spot on. I agree the ledge around the lenses got sacrificed a bit but you can see its because the original goggles had a poorly made LED ring that half the LED was ground down so it makes sense to open the hole a bit so a nicer LED ring could be used. Putting an ugly ring on a mass produced piece just makes no sense. Unless you are a die hard "lover of prop buggers" like us most people would probably bitch if they paid $450 and got something as "rigged" as the original props. The lenses themselves are easy to figure out. You put the barrels you want in. Either open or closed. Both look like they will go in or out by manually twisting the housing. I don't think price is out of range. Motorizing the lenses would cost quite a bit if you want something that would work more than a handful of times. Anything plastic geared would strip out in no time and anything metal would cost. Also motorizing means a lot more to go wrong and lots more returns for broken or non working lenses. For $50 a month payment plan I am in like Flynn and these will be the best base for a custom motorized set. I do wish they went with the correct head adjuster but luckily I have one of those to put on them. I think these are the best so far when it comes to shape and all the details just looking so right.
I think Rylos were originally around the $450 mark, but are much more like $800-1000 on the secondary market currently.
I could be wrong but I believe on Twitter and Facebook it was clarified. Two sets of inner barrels that can be inserted/replaced (manually). Makes sense as the inner barrel is the bit that extends, so interchanging gets over that mechanism. So one extended and one closed and shortened.That's what I though Rylos went for , I just could not remember for sure. If a fan made sold for $450 then a licensed prop for the same amount is not out of line at all.
DavidJ, did you hear that from someone at Chronicles? It would be a pity they put all the work into making the slots for the focusing and pinned the barrels, it seems like it wouldn't be that much more effort into making them move. Unless you heard that from them I am going to disagree with you. The reason I do think they move is this sentence on the website. "The 1:1 Jurassic Park Goggles have lenses that can be displayed in the open or closed position through two sets of inner barrels adjusted by manual control" What else would "adjusted by manual control " mean ? If they were just swappable barrels I wouldn't think there would be any "adjustment". You'd just place them in and be done with it. You may be right but I am hoping you are wrong...haha. Either way, I'm in.
I just noticed this and could hopefully be wrong so don't take my word on it, but I noticed with the lenses they have a short pair (Closed Pair) and a long pair( Opened Pair). I would be happy with this except for I don't think the extended pair will have the inner lens sticking out like on the original ones and on Davids replica.
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Instead well get a long pair thats still in the closed position, but just extended. Hopefully this makes sense.
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If you just want the lenses to slide out thats probably fairly doable. If you want the lenses to motor wind out with the outer barrel rotating and the screw heads sliding along the slots correctly its a bit more involved I think. I went through a couple lenses just to get those working on their own within the confines of the housing - the precision was tight. But then Im not a motor/electronics expert.If these are production parts then making them work is going to be easy. I'm assuming the side picture is an original or a master since the slotted housings looks to be aluminum.
Sorry to say, but none of my top notch replica's are licensed props. I have some licensed replica's where I also have a fan-made version, and in most of the cases, the fan-made version is more accurate / better built than the official licensed prop. So purely stated the a licensed prop "derserves" the same price as a fan-made replica, just because it's offocialy licensed, is not justified in my opinion. All depends on built quality and accuracy, and in many cases this is the main concern of fan's when making replica's, while the main concern of companies is making profit.That's what I thought Rylos went for , I just could not remember for sure. If a fan made sold for $450 then a licensed prop for the same amount is not out of line at all.
Hi Tom would love to see those! Feel free to message me or post here.I ordered the Chronicle goggles. I saw a Facebook live stream at Dallas, TX Fan Fest and they had the prototype on display (which I guess is the same one on their site). It looked great, and I would pay an extra $100 if they would include the head with base that they show on their site. It's a perfect way to display it. Five years ago, I was offered production-made goggles (but not screen used) for $13k by ScreenUsed. I love original stuff, but for 3.5% of the cost of production-made goggles--going the Chronicle route is a no brainer for me. Let me know if you want to see the pix of the ones I was offered a few years back. I'm sure I can dig up the pix. I save EVERYTHING, lol.