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Prehistoric Origami: Dinosaurs and Other Creatures

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A book about dinosaurs folded from paper, a simple idea, really. But take a deeper look, and this is one of the most engaging origami books on the subject ever-for that matter, perhaps it is one of the best origami books ever. I know it is one of my top ten books. Enough praise, you want to know what's in it. Well, as Montroll usually does, the beginning models are so easy, I think you could fold them from sheet metal...an egg, mountain, and tree. Soon though, the dinosaurs begin, and slowly but surely the difficulty rises, until culminating with a Stegosaurus. Other dinosaurs include, T-rex, a bunch of gliding dinos, and others such as Dimetrodon and Spinosaurus. I would recommend this to any Dinosaur fan, and/or origami fan. However, a true beginner would find this book to be boring, because after the three 'sheet metal' models, the difficulty rises 2 or 3 fold. If you can make the first 4 or 5, you can probably learn to make them all. In short, a great buy!

In this book there are 20-more dinosaurs models, and most of them are not for beginners. Like Montroll's other books, there are some VERY COMPLEX models near the end of the book. This is an excellent book indeed, but compared with Fumiaki Kawahata's even excellent new dinosaur origami book, Montroll's models and foldings seem somewhat unnatually.

When i saw a dinosaur origami book i didn't think twice before buying it! I was bored with simple books making kitties and ducks, but these designs are very ORIGINAL! They are tricky and i often get frustrated with the complicated folds, but when i get a folded dinosaur all of my own in the end, I am so happy!! (No, I'm not a child either i just love dinosaurs!) I own a few origami books and have found this one is a favorite pick, besides the dinosaurs, i just love complicated folds! If you love dinosdaurs, origami, and a stiff challenge this book is for YOU!

Very well made book, with a wide range of complexity for everyone. Dinosaurs look superb, and the treasure is the Steg at the end. A big challenge, and very time consuming, but looks Awesome! Very good book to have. Recommend it to any origamist.

John Montroll is one of the best Origami authors. This book shows this also. In the book, you find more then twenty different dinosaurs, which can be folded, each from one square piece of paper. Except for a few simple models, most of these origami models are not for beginners, but the final results are very very nice. Still, with some practice, one can come a long way. With detailed instructions, which are easy to followed for an experienced origami-enthousiast, one can make for instance a tyrannosaurus, a triceratops (my 3 years old directly recognized this as a character from The Land before Time), or a detailed stegosaurus.

Can you even call yourself an advanced origamiist if you haven't folded John's Steg? Well, maybe, but you should get this book and try it anyway. I like making it with metallic paper...a bit harder to fold that way, but the end result is great! Most of the other models aren't nearly as hard, but still not for beginners. Like all of John's books, they work their way up from a few very easy ones, to the much harder ones at the end. As always John's diagrams are very well done, sharp and easy to read and usually not too difficult to get from step-to-step. His skill at diagramming his models is one reason his books always rate so well. I did find a few minor mistakes but nothing that should trip you up too much if you have folded other advanced models before. I'm not a dinosaur expert by any means, but I did also like the range of types of dinosaurs he included, and of course you'll find most of the really "popular" ones like Tyrannosaur and Triceratops. This is definitely a books that will appeal equally as well to dinosaur fans as well as origami enthusiasts.

I had the honor of proof reading the diagrams in this book before it went to print. (I'm the second Mark in the dedication). John Montroll is a brilliant author. His style is amazing, achieving maximum model size from the paper. This is a great book for everyone who enjoys dinosaurs and origami.

This is a great book! I love all of the wonderful creatures that you can make. Like all of John Montroll's books the models are placed from easiest to hardest.

I am a fan of John Montroll's work and have tried my hand at folding many of his models. I bought this book to make an Origami Dinosaur collection and found that the diagrams are really easy to follow and are clear, too.

These designs, however, are for people who have had some experience folding origami and are confortable with steps such as sinks, etc.

Except for a few designs at the very beginning (which are plain and simple) the rest of the book details out intermediate to complex models.

John has also taken the pains to categorize each of the designs / dinosaurs into the level of complexity. So you can go ahead and buy this book and fold the designs as per your experience and comfort levels.

A great book for paper enthusiasists. No matter you're a novice or an expert, you'll find challenges in this wonderful book. Mr Montroll is really brilliant in this book, the illustration and step-by-step explaination is easy to follow and yet challenging. Take out a piece of square paper and begin folding to appreciate his creation. It's not simply origami, it's truly paper engineering.