Claynosaurz

Although you might think Claynosaurz is another regular NFT project that launched out of the Solana blue moon, it's more than that. As for the Claynosaurz team, they understand the role of NFT in building a community around products. In its short description, Claynosaurz is a 3D animation studio that leverages community engagement to bring its quality entertainment intellectual property (IP) to fruition.

Full of perks and many holders-centric wins, Clanosaurz has climbed the Solana NFT ladder, claiming its spot in the blue chips category. The project was minted on Nov 26, 2022, with six Clayno species, including Stego, Trice, Rex, Raptor, Ankylo, and Bronto, roaming the Clanotopia city. Let's dig further into the tales of this beautiful and valuable project.

#What Is Claynosaurz - The Stats?

Claynosaurz is a collection of 10,222 animated 3D NFTs deriving their initiatives from dinosaurs made from clay. The Claynosaurz team built its storytelling around the tale of a lad who spends his summer building clay-made dinosaurs that walk around a city called Claynotopia.

At the time of writing, the floor price of a Claynosaurz stands at 55.5 Sol with an average 24-hour gain of 0.91% (0.5). Its total volume as of writing is 1.86M Sol.

There's more to the Claynos than meets the eye. Many holders are not willing to list. Only 255 of the 10,200 Claynos are available for sale on Magic Eden at the time of writing. Unsurprisingly, Claynosaurz has sold for as high as 1750 Sol since minting, affirming the value collectors place on this life-transforming collection.

The entire journey of the Claynosaurz has been eventful, tapping into the lifecycle of a typical dinosaur. This has prompted the team to launch other trailing collections after Claynosaurz. Each NFT collection represents an event in Claynotopia. They include Claymakers, Clays, Sardinhas, Croissants, Tacos, and Pizzas.

#Claynosaurz and Its Derivatives - Holders' Gains

The team started airdropping 9,900 Claymakers randomly to early Clayno supporters in December 2022. They further airdropped 3 Clay NFTs per Clayno, making 30,700 Clay NFTs in all.

The Claymakers represent iconic transmuters for molding in-game items. As the names sound, a Claymaker NFT allows a holder to forge a Clayno armor of different classes and species using the Clay NFT. Thus, holders can build something new from their collections.

#Opportunities Arising From Claynosaurz IRL Events

Another interesting innovation that keeps the Claynosaurz community unique is its series of real-life (IRL) events that give holders a real-life experience of digital networking. These events gift attendees an opportunity to form new perks from their Clays and Claymakers.

Thus, Claymakers NFT holders can also mold new NFTs in a process called molding based on digital booster cards obtained from these IRL events. Each booster pack inherits its name from where the receiver got hosted. This was how the team derived the themes given to the other NFTs.

So, for instance, Croissants NFT comes from Paris, Sardinhas represents sardine cans from Lisbon, Pacos originates from Los Angeles, and Pizza depicts pizza slices from New York City.

#The Claymaker NFT at Work

Ultimately, you can use the Claymaker to mold Pizzas into Rats "which will serve as Clayno companions," build Croissants into Medieval-themed gears, and transform Tacos into "City of Angels themed gears."

As explained in a tweet, each of these booster packs has a "burning/minting experience with chance to pull different rarities."

As for Sardinhas, you can transform them into Clayno eggs—these will later hatch into Clayno babies, completely different species of the Claynos.

Out of them all, the Sardinhas are the rarest since they'll hatch. At the time of writing, there are only 49 pieces of Sardinhas with a floor price of 385 Sol each, 444 Croissants at a 30 Sol floor each, 526 Tacos with a floor price of 24 Sol each, and 651 Pizzas, each selling at a floor price of 28 Sol.

Overall, the Claynosaurz team has proved the possibility of bridging the gap between the real world and the digital world, using physical booster cards to spice community engagement. There's more to expect from this building team!