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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on May 18, 2008 19:25:06 GMT
I just got back from a game store and they had the new velociraptor, triceratops, and stegosaurus. I also found something else that is not really "new" but has been re-sized. The green wild safari trex has now been made an inch long. It has all the detail of It's big brother, though. It has all the teeth, the little spikes on It's neck, the scales on It's toes, etc. Has anyone else seen this little dino anywhere else or has it?
It seems that safari has discovered that papo is a major competitor now, and their new wild safari ones are awesome. The raptor and trike that I bought have been made so that you can see every little scale, and it looks like they have walked straight out of jurassic park. Has anyone else got these yet?
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Post by tomhet on May 18, 2008 22:11:09 GMT
Safari and Papo are (and I can't stress this enough) for me the best extant companies I still hope they will produce marine reptiles at some point, it's the next logical step, besides, they would make a fortune out of it; I wonder why nobody makes one
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Post by piltdown on May 18, 2008 22:17:33 GMT
I have the Wild Safari velociraptor, and it is indeed wonderful, it looks even better than it does in the pics.
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Post by Dinotoyforum on May 18, 2008 22:35:18 GMT
I'd like to see some new Safari marine reptiles - the existing ones are pretty out-dated and an ichthyosaur would be a first for Safari I think.
I think I agree with Tomhet that Safari (and MAYBE papo - I'll reserve judgement 'till the Allosaurus come out) are the best extant companies, but there are not very many really. Are Kaiyodo extinct?
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on May 18, 2008 23:33:44 GMT
I have the Wild Safari velociraptor, and it is indeed wonderful, it looks even better than it does in the pics. It does. Just for mine, the paint rubs off easily, so when I bought it new, it had paint wear
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Post by piltdown on May 18, 2008 23:37:02 GMT
I examined my WS raptor, and it also has spots where the paint has come off
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on May 18, 2008 23:58:07 GMT
I examined my WS raptor, and it also has spots where the paint has come off OK then, the factory just made a bad batch or something
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Post by EmperorDinobot on May 19, 2008 0:02:48 GMT
I'm having a lot of trouble tracking the new Safaris down. That's simply the best Velociraptor I've seen in the last couple of years. The Triceratops is lovely.
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on May 19, 2008 0:22:25 GMT
I don't know if there is any by you, but I got mine at a store called "Games and more!". I also got the carnegie giga from a place called "Learning post". There is also another store that got closed that's called "Alphabet Soup". There are still some alphabet soups around, but none left here in Iowa
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Post by EmperorDinobot on May 19, 2008 0:26:07 GMT
There's nothing here in Houston, except Learning Express, which have those Papo dinosaurs (Actually they seem to stock JUST Stegosaurus now. No other dinosaurs...and I've been to three of them at different locations)...In Seattle there were some more stores I could go in and raid...
It seems I'll just have to buy them off the internet. How sad. The hunt is no more.
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on May 19, 2008 0:28:55 GMT
Isn't there the "Dinosaur store" in texas? I don't know if it is real, but I thought I've heard of it.
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Post by sbell on May 19, 2008 2:08:41 GMT
I'd like to see some new Safari marine reptiles - the existing ones are pretty out-dated and an ichthyosaur would be a first for Safari I think. I think I agree with Tomhet that Safari (and MAYBE papo - I'll reserve judgement 'till the Allosaurus come out) are the best extant companies, but there are not very many really. Are Kaiyodo extinct? I don't think they are extinct, per se, but they have definitely moved on for now. That Futabusaurus & Nipponites were their last figures, and they were part of a Japanese Natural History set that came out of vending machines, no less). I would also throw in a word for Bullyland, and I am somewhat shocked to see so little love for them from Europe. Their older stuff is pretty bad, true, but their T rex and Allosaurus (both of which I believe are still in production) are head and shoulders above anyone else's. They can stand bipedally (admittedly, my rex needs a tiny bit of help), they are dynamic, and their paint jobs are original yet familiar. On the con side--their paint is not meant for playing with--although mine have never been played with, a few moves in a plastic bin has been enough to scuff much of their paint off.
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Post by sbell on May 19, 2008 2:11:15 GMT
Safari and Papo are (and I can't stress this enough) for me the best extant companies I still hope they will produce marine reptiles at some point, it's the next logical step, besides, they would make a fortune out of it; I wonder why nobody makes one I guess we'll see in ~September (sigh--yes, September ) when the Wild Republic sea monsters come out. Hopefully they will start a trend, and it looks, from the few photos out there, like they've set the bar pretty high (yes, I know, there are some glaring issues for those in the know but it's a start).
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Post by EmperorDinobot on May 19, 2008 2:29:31 GMT
Isn't there the "Dinosaur store" in texas? I don't know if it is real, but I thought I've heard of it.[/quote Somewhere in the middle of Texas...far away from where I live. I bought my Agustinia and my Procon Dilph there. ]
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Post by infernosaurus on May 19, 2008 16:44:14 GMT
Safari and Papo are (and I can't stress this enough) for me the best extant companies I still hope they will produce marine reptiles at some point, it's the next logical step, besides, they would make a fortune out of it; I wonder why nobody makes one Well, I think Papo can make even not marine reptiles, but BRACHIOSAURUS! There was one in Jurassic Park, so it could be nice step for them. Or Diplodocus/Apatosaurus (also based on the graphics of Todd Mashall). Sauropods are popular among children, so it would be also a 'tactical' move. And Safari - yes, that's true, they can make marine reptiles. With their wide product range it'd be just another attraction. Maybe let's make a petition to Safari and Papo about what we want?
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Post by sbell on May 19, 2008 17:26:11 GMT
Safari and Papo are (and I can't stress this enough) for me the best extant companies I still hope they will produce marine reptiles at some point, it's the next logical step, besides, they would make a fortune out of it; I wonder why nobody makes one Well, I think Papo can make even not marine reptiles, but BRACHIOSAURUS! There was one in Jurassic Park, so it could be nice step for them. Or Diplodocus/Apatosaurus (also based on the graphics of Todd Mashall). Sauropods are popular among children, so it would be also a 'tactical' move. And Safari - yes, that's true, they can make marine reptiles. With their wide product range it'd be just another attraction. Maybe let's make a petition to Safari and Papo about what we want? Well, I can't say too much, because I don't know full details, however, I was asked about a year or so ago what my opinion would be on what prehistoric marine animals should be made by Safari, as they wanted to expand that way (we may all notice a very large assortment of modern marine animals this year, and I don't think it's a coincidence). Anyway, the person who asked me was the one asked by Safari (he wanted my opinion on his list). He primarily stuck with creatures out of the Walking With and Chased By series (turns out, that's a big list). His reasoning was that there is some familiarity with those movies that would give good recognition. I also recommended Tiktaalik, Eusthenopteron, Crassigyrinus (my son asked for that one) and a few different amphibians, sharks and placoderms. I highly recommended pushing for an "evolution of tetrapods" direction, but who knows. So I guess we'll see--I think the plan was to get at least a few out for 2009, but we'll see what happens (there is a time lag, after all, between commissioning the figures, and actually getting them to market). but at least we can all get our hopes unreasonably up.
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on May 19, 2008 23:09:57 GMT
Wow. Prehistoric sharks would be SO awesome!
I think that safari and papo should join forces. that would be so sweet.... Imagine dinos like: Museum-quality, highly detailed, highly jurassic park, and moveable jaws! That would be SO awesome!
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Post by sbell on May 20, 2008 0:24:32 GMT
Wow. Prehistoric sharks would be SO awesome! I think that safari and papo should join forces. that would be so sweet.... Imagine dinos like: Museum-quality, highly detailed, highly jurassic park, and moveable jaws! That would be SO awesome! Won't happen--Safari is in bed with another French company, Plastoy, that makes all of their human stuff. Plus the current management at Safari is very hands on, and would be reluctant to share control with another company.
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on May 20, 2008 1:25:54 GMT
Wow. Prehistoric sharks would be SO awesome! I think that safari and papo should join forces. that would be so sweet.... Imagine dinos like: Museum-quality, highly detailed, highly jurassic park, and moveable jaws! That would be SO awesome! Won't happen--Safari is in bed with another French company, Plastoy, that makes all of their human stuff. Plus the current management at Safari is very hands on, and would be reluctant to share control with another company. I didn't really think it would happen, but it would just be sweet if it did.
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Post by sbell on May 20, 2008 12:49:06 GMT
So I dug through my emails, and found the list that was given to Safari (not by me, by someone else) based on WwD series:
FISH: Coelacanth, living fossil Hemicyclaspis, armored fish Leedsichthys, 60–100 ft long possible largest fish ever Xiphactinus, 15 to 20 foot long predatory bony fish Ammonite, squid with curled shell ANTHROPODS: Sea Scorpion, first land animals Trilobite SHARKS: Stethacanthus, ironing-board shark Hybodus, shark with a bony blade on their dorsal fin Megalodon, 40 to 52 ft largest predatory fish to have ever lived. Reptiles: Nothosaurus Ichthyosaur, many different types Mosasaur, many different types Metriorhynchus, sea going crocodile
This is the list I added: SHARKS (easy to sell by name, and good to show the variety) Cladoselache Falcatus (male) Helicoprion Xenacanthus Cretoxyhina or Squalicorax Ptychodus Heliobatis Ischyrhiza
SARCOPTERYGIANS (again, especially useful from an education point of view) Panderichthys Tiktaalik Eusthenopteron (these are probably the best ones, of course there is a wide variety)
RAYFINNED FISH: Actually, you caught what are probably the best ones. It would be almost impossible to choose among them--it would be like trying to choose among modern fish! They might be better suited to a set of small figures as opposed to larger replicas. But see below.
PLACODERMS, ACANTHODIIANS, AGNATHANS In general, it would be great to see some of these made; the variety is high, and the potential is there for education and collections (plus no one else does them!). Plus, a few unnamed ones popped up in CbSM that might be familiar--Arandaspis, Bothriolepis.
IN ADVANCE OF THE FISHES: Of course, Pikaia or haikouichthys, but even a Conodont might be interesting.
The sad news? They are only going to choose FIVE (probably from the first list). I don't think they realized how diverse the term "prehistoric marine animals" would be.
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