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Post by dinonikes on Dec 8, 2008 3:56:51 GMT
Well, as for cost, I haven't gotten that far or specific with this idea yet. I would want them to be affordable, that is always my goal. There are enough models out there that one can't afford, only lust after. I think that I can keep them pretty cheap depending on a few things regarding the production of them- make them in a mass production way only on a small scale. Obviously the bigger the piece, the more material used leading to more cost.
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Post by stoneage on Dec 8, 2008 3:59:16 GMT
Well, as for cost, I haven't gotten that far or specific with this idea yet. I would want them to be affordable, that is always my goal. There are enough models out there that one can't afford, only lust after. I think that I can keep them pretty cheap depending on a few things regarding the production of them- make them in a mass production way only on a small scale. Obviously the bigger the piece, the more material used leading to more cost.  How many of each do you think you'll need to make?  |
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Post by crazycrowman on Dec 8, 2008 3:59:24 GMT
All of your suggestions are helpful. I am actually getting pretty excited by the idea. The plastic I would use can survive a fall to a tile floor. I could have unpainted with optional painted 'collector' series. I like the idea of making different ecosystems. Maybe those could be separate collections- Like a package deal- maybe like- Coal Forest- comes with a few Lepidodendron trunks, calamites, Euryops, dragonfly - or - Burgess Shale- comes with various strange critters from that formation. Might get too complicated though. Sounds awesome to me!!! |
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Post by tomhet on Dec 8, 2008 4:10:50 GMT
A Burgess Shale set? Oh my, I think my panties are wet.
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Post by kuni on Dec 8, 2008 4:20:59 GMT
The way things are going now, these are sounding like "neo-Marx" (heh) playsets, with terrain and cool animals, only with modern, paleontologically accurate sculpts. Up the size just *slightly* (3-4 inches instead of 2 inch figures) and I'm very, very excited. Man, imagine a little fish playset with bothriolepis, dunkleosteus, some ammonites, and some sponges and ocean floor terrain! I think little fauna-themed playsets would be awesome. Really, a ton depends on the costs associated with a production method. |
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Post by tomhet on Dec 8, 2008 4:22:50 GMT
I like the sound of it! Devonian estuaries or Devonian marine scenes would be nice |
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Post by dinonikes on Dec 8, 2008 11:19:41 GMT
Just so happens that SIlurian, and Devonian dioramas are one of my specialties at work. I could see a cool set of Devonian fish, cephalapods, with a reef type terrain piece that had coral and crinoids on it. If you have seen my photobucket gallery you have seen a few of my scientific dioramas of this nature. it would be fun to make a toy version of such a thing.
One set could be a mammal set, with a vaccuum formed cave for the cavemen, maybe a tarpit accessory piece with a mammoth half sunk into it, the tar stringing up onto his tusks. These sets would be like collectors edition pieces to be added to a standard line of dinos and other prehistoric critters- figures sold separately- just like the way real toys come sometimes.
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Post by therizinosaurus on Dec 8, 2008 15:58:01 GMT
Mammals! I can guarantee you I'd buy one of everything when it comes out.
Good luck with the line, I can't wait!
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Post by sbell on Dec 8, 2008 17:10:19 GMT
Mammals! I can guarantee you I'd buy one of everything when it comes out. Good luck with the line, I can't wait! ;D I can't believe I didn't say it explicitly before--definitely mammals. And not just Ice Age mammals (the next biggest cliche after T rex and Triceratops figures). There is a whole 65 MA span of time to go through, and the mammals (and associated birds, reptiles, and fish, etc) generally ignored despite their awesomeness. |
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Post by crazycrowman on Dec 8, 2008 19:38:13 GMT
Mammals! I can guarantee you I'd buy one of everything when it comes out. Good luck with the line, I can't wait! ;D I can't believe I didn't say it explicitly before--definitely mammals. And not just Ice Age mammals (the next biggest cliche after T rex and Triceratops figures). There is a whole 65 MA span of time to go through, and the mammals (and associated birds, reptiles, and fish, etc) generally ignored despite their awesomeness. Some post KT boundry birds would be sweet IMO - Like more giant birds, maybe a dromornithid and a Titanus walleri ? Of course, I am a bird fan....for mesozoic birds, no one has done an Ichthyornis yet that I know of...and who could pass on a hesperornis or a confuciusornis  An actively posed megalania to put harassing the dromornithid would be fantastic too.  (hmm, on that thread, what about a Diprotodon being hunted by a Thylacoleo ?) |
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Post by giganotoigauana on Dec 8, 2008 20:55:49 GMT
what about hominids and prehistoric humans?
Sahelanthropus tchadensis or oldest known ancestor or kenyanthropus platyops or homo floresiensis the hobbit like dwarf human of flores. Or even Lucy the australopithecus Afarensis?
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Post by Ajax on Dec 8, 2008 22:20:32 GMT
Ok, so if someone were planning on making a limited edition line of dino toys- which would you like to see made? After the obligatory T-Rex and Triceratops. Should they be made in 1:40 scale? What about prehistoric mammals, should there be a few of those as well? I am 'toying' with the idea of doing this after seeing all of the cool toy lines out there and the toys they have made. If its Dino-Toys you want to make you should of course have a T-Rex, Triceratops & Stego and then add some more unusual dinos for good measure, Prehistoric Mammals and Fish are not Dinosaurs so maybe you could start a different 'prehistoric' line for those creatures, As for scale 1/40 or 1/30 is a good scale for dinosaurs, but if you were to tackle fish and mammals you would need to scale each differently. |
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Post by sbell on Dec 8, 2008 22:29:04 GMT
Ok, so if someone were planning on making a limited edition line of dino toys- which would you like to see made? After the obligatory T-Rex and Triceratops. Should they be made in 1:40 scale? What about prehistoric mammals, should there be a few of those as well? I am 'toying' with the idea of doing this after seeing all of the cool toy lines out there and the toys they have made. If its Dino-Toys you want to make you should of course have a T-Rex, Triceratops & Stego and then add some more unusual dinos for good measure, Prehistoric Mammals and Fish are not Dinosaurs so maybe you could start a different 'prehistoric' line for those creatures, As for scale 1/40 or 1/30 is a good scale for dinosaurs, but if you were to tackle fish and mammals you would need to scale each differently. This scale stuff came up elsewhere. We eventually agreed that a scale that crosses all sets couldn't work--especially if subsets are being created for different areas/eras, then each one needs to be in a scale that works for it. Silurian fish/invert scenes need to be larger scale than dinosaur or ice age, because most of the animals are quite small (6 feet being a pretty big critter back then). |
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Post by Ajax on Dec 8, 2008 22:29:14 GMT
(hmm, on that thread, what about a Diprotodon being hunted by a Thylacoleo ?)
I just got some new stamps with both a Diprotodon & Thylacoleo on them also a Genyornis & a Thylacine (which may or may not be extinct)
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Post by dinonikes on Dec 8, 2008 23:05:09 GMT
Crazycrowman has the right idea- post a photo of the critters if they are obscure if they are important to you-to be honest I am not real familiar with all of these species being thrown out as suggestions.i have been google image searching like crazy!lol The posted illustration of the moa type bird being chased by the komodo dragon on steroids is very cool, makes me want to sculpt it.
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Post by therizinosaurus on Dec 8, 2008 23:16:15 GMT
 Teleoceras  Epicyon and Synthetoceras  Hydrodamalis I hope they help! theri edit: Finally got the deep links working! |
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Post by sid on Dec 8, 2008 23:20:36 GMT
Yeah,yeah...Every company has made at least one T.rex...But what about Daspletosaurus? Tarbosaurus? Alioramus? Appalachiosaurus? Alectrosaurus? Nanotyrannus? Driptosaurus? I demand MORE Tyrannosaurids!  And an entire sub-line devoted to Ornithomimosaurids,from Pelicanimimus to Gallimimus...And a collection based on Triassic animals (Synapsids,dinosaurs,reptiles,fishes,anphibians and so on!)...And even a Permian collection...Oh,and what about prehistoric sharks and crocodiles? They are cool as hell,yet almost no one has made a model out of 'em (except the Bullyland Batrachotomus,Arizonasaurus and Patapotypotorax and some Deinosuchus from Safari and Schleich,which made even a Desmatosuchus) ;D |
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Post by stoneage on Dec 8, 2008 23:22:57 GMT
The Pre-Cambrian (vendian) and Cambrian(Burgess shale)could be made life size since most are small except for Anomalocaris,Charniodiscus and Dickinsonia costata. ;D
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Post by sbell on Dec 8, 2008 23:23:29 GMT
Really? Steller's sea cow? I have to say, a manatee figure will work just fine. Plus I have two--the Medicom one and the Club Earth one  |
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Post by therizinosaurus on Dec 8, 2008 23:26:16 GMT
I have the WS manatee I think, but I have think a Steller's Sea Cow model would still be fantastic.
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How many of each do you think you'll need to make? 
