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Post by Ajax on Dec 9, 2008 5:19:17 GMT
How big did that Hyneria fish grow? Just seen some very cool pics of it.
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Post by kuni on Dec 9, 2008 5:21:20 GMT
About the size of a car.  |
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Post by Ajax on Dec 9, 2008 5:29:20 GMT
Cool, Thanks.
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Post by tomhet on Dec 9, 2008 6:13:31 GMT
Kuni, I had also considered posting that impressive pic of the Orthacanthus, what a dramatic pose! That would make my day  |
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Post by kuni on Dec 9, 2008 7:50:16 GMT
That painting is one of the chief reasons I want an Orthacanthus -- a bayou-dwelling eelshark is just too cool to pass up. |
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Post by wheezy on Dec 9, 2008 10:10:07 GMT
If i were doing a dinosaur line i would first stick to the basics .T-rex , Apatosaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Parasaurolophus, and Ankylosaurus. This way the most popular dinosaur groups are represented and even kids know who these are. After that then add in the more exotic dinos but in small coordinated groups such as triassic dinos, dinos of china, s. america, pterasaurs, sea monsters and so on. You could possibly retire certain sets which usually boost the value of the collection. My biggest problems with some of the lines is unrealistic sculpts and scales. Doing the dinos all to one scale makes the collection more unified, appealing, and educational. I hate when say a velocirator and brachiosaurus are made the same size it throws of the collection in my eyes. Landscapes and terrain i think is a great idea to set the collection apart from others no one else has them. Anyways here are a few dinos i would like to see made but are usually overlooked by museum lines.
Camptosaurus
Lambeosaurus
Saurolophus
Tsintaosaurus
Anatotitan
Alamosaurus
Agustinia
Argentinosaurus (hey go big or go home)
Suchomimus
Ceratosaurus
Coelophysis
Giganotosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus
Chasmosaurus
Pachyrhinosaurus
Pentaceratops
Kentrosaurus
Sauropelta
Ornithomimus
Therizinosaurus
Stegoceras
Stygimoloch
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Dec 9, 2008 13:43:21 GMT
Maybe that should be a strict "collectors' line". I mean, no kid wants some blobby jellyfish-plant-things. |
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Post by tomhet on Dec 9, 2008 18:23:37 GMT
But a mini set would be quite cool  And educational I mean, this was how life evolved. |
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Post by Ajax on Dec 9, 2008 21:35:37 GMT
I never read before how big the Olorotitan grew, 40 feet is pretty big. Now i know this a scale Olorotitan would be a nice 1/40 scale figure to own. The Procon one is good but a 1/40 one would be better. Im surprised that it is not a more popular dinosaur considering its size and complete skelaton finds.
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Dec 9, 2008 22:19:26 GMT
But a mini set would be quite cool And educational I mean, this was how life evolved. but would children think those blobby things are cool??  A set like that would be nice, but every kid would prefer, let's say, a set of "sea monsters" over "blobby ancestors of all life".  |
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Post by kuni on Dec 9, 2008 22:22:04 GMT
I think Ediacaran fauna is a little out there for anything in the near future. Cambrian would be much cooler, what with predators having evolved at that point and all |
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Post by Tyrannax on Dec 9, 2008 23:42:48 GMT
But a mini set would be quite cool And educational I mean, this was how life evolved. but would children think those blobby things are cool?? A set like that would be nice, but every kid would prefer, let's say, a set of "sea monsters" over "blobby ancestors of all life". I agree, but if it were up to us, our opinions may be different. I however, prefer marine reptiles over "blobby things" too. ;D |
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Post by tomhet on Dec 10, 2008 3:07:09 GMT
But a mini set would be quite cool And educational I mean, this was how life evolved. but would children think those blobby things are cool?? They should because they are ;D |
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Post by kuni on Dec 10, 2008 7:19:27 GMT
I don't think harping on Vendian stuff is the most helpful suggestion, as genuinely cool as the organisms are from an evolutionary perspective. Let's focus on that Devonian/Carboniferous/Permian setlist, guys! |
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Post by tomhet on Dec 10, 2008 7:45:44 GMT
^^^ That set has my vote!
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Post by crazycrowman on Dec 10, 2008 9:24:01 GMT
While I like everything I have suggested, along with what other have suggested, those "blobby things" if well done could make for a set no one has ever done anything like before.
Getting it to sell outside of a very small group of serious collectors may be a potential issues though.
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Post by tomhet on Dec 10, 2008 17:38:19 GMT
^^^^ Well, nobody here wants the Vendian set (other than you, me and stoneage that is), but the Devonian/Carboniferous/Permian set has a lot of potential. Should we make a list of marine reptiles? A complete set like the Playvision one would be appreciated by collectors AND kids.  |
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Post by stoneage on Dec 10, 2008 18:26:52 GMT
^^^^ Well, nobody here wants the Vendian set (other than you, me and stoneage that is), but the Devonian/Carboniferous/Permian set has a lot of potential. Should we make a list of marine reptiles? A complete set like the Playvision one would be appreciated by collectors AND kids. That would be great but I'd like the amphibians to be represented like Labyrinthodonts Crassigyrinus, Platyhystrix, Cacops, Peltobatrachus, and Eogyrinus etc. Plus the Lepospondyls Triadobatracus etc. ;D |
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Post by Tyrannax on Dec 10, 2008 18:39:09 GMT
^ Now that is something I should get my hands on. |
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Dec 10, 2008 18:44:57 GMT
Marine dinosaurs - blegh!
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And educational 
