(2008) Papo great white shark

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Does anybody else have this? I like it, although it is a bit inaccurate. I pretend it is a megalodon. If you do have it, what do you think of it?

[stoneage]

Dec 30, 2008 0:15:43 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

Does anybody else have this? I like it, although it is a bit inaccurate. I pretend it is a megalodon. If you do have it, what do you think of it?

;D No I don't have the Papo Great White Shark! I use the Monterey Bay Great White Shark for my Megalodon! ;D

[tomhet]

Any pics?

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[Tyrannax]

^ Papo can do better then that.

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The didn't even get the claspers right! I mean, if you are even going to put them on, why not make em big and in the right spot like they really are!



They also got the dentition and the positioning of the nostrils wrong.

[Tyrannax]

^ Exactly. Plus, look at it, it looks fake.

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Duh, it's a toy! All toys look "fake". The best great white shark toys look "fake"!



That is probably the best great white available, and it doesn't look "real"! ;D

[tomhet]

^^^ That one looks as it were snarling.

The best one is the Schleich IMHO

[Tyrannax]

^ Looking good.

You misunderstand what I mean by fake. See that schleich shark, it dosen't look as fake. It has enough features and details to make it look more life like. The papo one looks just like a hunk of plastic with absolutely no details.

[sid]

i have all the 3 White Sharks you mentioned...And,frankly,i like 'em all the same way ;D

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Jan 1, 2009 5:04:24 GMT @tomhet said:

^^^ That one looks as it were snarling.

The best one is the Schleich IMHO

Ah, that one still has a host of problems. First of all, great whites don't just casually swim around with their upper teeth sticking out, usually only the bottom ones are showing. The gills are basically half-circles. On the bottom of the pelvic fins, instead of that fading grey, there should be a deep black with a rough edge. The white should probably extend onto the tail too, but I'm not that sure about that. The dorsal fin seems a little too floppy. The absolute worst aspect of this figure though, is the perfect little grey circles around the gills and snout. They should be a little "messier", not perfect circles.

However, I think this is the only male great white figure to get the claspers right.


And the papo has all the details and features of the schleich one, tyrannax. Except the claspers.

[Tyrannax]

But for some reason the Schleich version looks more realistic. ;D

[richard]

Feb 5, 2009 0:40:47 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

Jan 1, 2009 5:04:24 GMT @tomhet said:

^^^ That one looks as it were snarling.

The best one is the Schleich IMHO

Ah, that one still has a host of problems. First of all, great whites don't just casually swim around with their upper teeth sticking out, usually only the bottom ones are showing. The gills are basically half-circles. On the bottom of the pelvic fins, instead of that fading grey, there should be a deep black with a rough edge. The white should probably extend onto the tail too, but I'm not that sure about that. The dorsal fin seems a little too floppy. The absolute worst aspect of this figure though, is the perfect little grey circles around the gills and snout. They should be a little "messier", not perfect circles.

However, I think this is the only male great white figure to get the claspers right.


And the papo has all the details and features of the schleich one, tyrannax. Except the claspers.

it's still the most decent around, besides the other toy's jaws are weird

[tomhet]

^^^ Exactly ;D

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The other toy's jaws are fine. Sharks can detach their jaws from their skulls, so they sort of "pop" out of their mouths, with pink gums and stuff exposed.