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Post by ikessauro on Jan 29, 2011 23:53:17 GMT
 Let's play a game. What is the key difference between the Furuta Spinosaurus (on the right of the photo) and the other theropod toys? I'm surprised that such an accurate reconstruction of Spinosaurus was sold with cans of soft drink. It's like if chocolate bars came with Wild Safari toys. It is very accurate, has a base, and its mouth is closed... (am I right???) |
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Post by lio99 on Jan 31, 2011 6:48:18 GMT
Cool collection nice stickers.
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Post by brontozaurus on Jan 31, 2011 11:17:53 GMT
It is very accurate, has a base, and its mouth is closed... (am I right???) You're right on the 'mouth is closed' bit, that's the answer. I was looking through my other theropods and there's next to none that don't have their mouths sculpted open in a big toothy roar, or at least in a strange grin. Thw WWD Utahraptor and the WS baby Tyrannosaurus are the only two I can recall with closed mouths. I'd count the Yowie Caudipteryx, but it doesn't have the kind of mouth that makes you want to pose it open. |
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Post by sbell on Jan 31, 2011 13:40:14 GMT
It is very accurate, has a base, and its mouth is closed... (am I right???) You're right on the 'mouth is closed' bit, that's the answer. I was looking through my other theropods and there's next to none that don't have their mouths sculpted open in a big toothy roar, or at least in a strange grin. Thw WWD Utahraptor and the WS baby Tyrannosaurus are the only two I can recall with closed mouths. I'd count the Yowie Caudipteryx, but it doesn't have the kind of mouth that makes you want to pose it open. Invicta Baryonyx, for one. |
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Post by sbell on Jan 31, 2011 15:12:59 GMT
You're right on the 'mouth is closed' bit, that's the answer. I was looking through my other theropods and there's next to none that don't have their mouths sculpted open in a big toothy roar, or at least in a strange grin. Thw WWD Utahraptor and the WS baby Tyrannosaurus are the only two I can recall with closed mouths. I'd count the Yowie Caudipteryx, but it doesn't have the kind of mouth that makes you want to pose it open. Invicta Baryonyx, for one. Oh, and Bullyland Deinonychus. |
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Post by brontozaurus on Feb 1, 2011 23:11:39 GMT
I meant the ones I owned that didn't have open mouths, but that's interesting. The Invicta Tyrannosaurus might count too-it's sort of open, but it's not really wide open like nearly every other Tyrannosaurus toy ever made.
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Post by Horridus on Feb 1, 2011 23:15:34 GMT
The Invicta Megalosaurus has a closed mouth. In fact, all the Invicta figures do, theropod or no. (I presume you aren't including resin figures here.)
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Post by lio99 on Mar 2, 2011 1:59:42 GMT
Were did you get that kronosaurus
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Post by brontozaurus on Apr 12, 2011 23:55:00 GMT
Were did you get that kronosaurus From a Yowie, back when they were still being sold. It's my only one, so I'm not selling it.  Speaking of acquisitions, I got the Papo Allosaurus last night (along with CollectA's Rhoetosaurus and Muttaburrasaurus, to slot into the Australian display). I'd wanted to get it for ages, but everytime I'd been in a capacity to get it, I just didn't feel like getting it. Last night, at the Jurassic Lounge before my friends showed up, I decided 'screw it' and bought the thing. It is an amazing figure.  The new guys, in the display. Rhoetosaurus is easily the tallest of the Aussies, and it'll probably keep that crown even if I get something like the Carnegie Kronosaurus or the Invicta Muttaburrasaurus. I'm probably the only person whose most anticipated 2011 figure is CollectA's Australovenator. There's a small space in the Australian display just for it. |
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Post by brontozaurus on Aug 9, 2011 9:59:28 GMT
NEW STUFF  Carnegie Giganotosaurus. I love it. I love it so much.  Carnegie Microraptor. It's cool, too. I think I like their feathered dinosaurs more than their other dinosaurs-the sculpting feels better.  CollectA Herrerasaurus. I don't have many Triassic dinosaurs, so I figured why not?  Finally, this little plesiosaur skeleton. Dr A could probably pick a million holes in it, but I like it. The brown paint wash really makes the toy for me, since it'd be an unremarkable white otherwise.  The current display. The Giganotosaurus meant that I had to do some serious reshuffling of the theropods to get it in. This meant evicting some guys like the JP raptor. |
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Post by Libraraptor on Aug 9, 2011 14:08:47 GMT
"Reshuffling". Okay, at last I have a word for what I do with the figures in my cabinet when I get a new acquisition that´s suited for the cabinet... They always topple over, fall (especially the bipeds), sometimes I have to lean them at each other...It´s annoying. Collector´s fate, I guess...
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Post by brontozaurus on Aug 16, 2011 7:46:36 GMT
 My new Coelophysis, chilling on the computer desk. |
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Post by Libraraptor on Aug 16, 2011 7:54:18 GMT
The cool JP with the flexible neck!
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Post by brontozaurus on Aug 27, 2011 2:52:36 GMT
 My newest acquisition terrorises the Australians. Even though the popular opinion of this Australovenator is that it's the weak link in CollectA's 2011 range, I really like it. It's not just provincialism here. I love the detail on it, and how the eyes and claws are glossy-it makes them really stand out. |
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Post by bowheadwhale on Sept 6, 2011 18:22:59 GMT
Where in the world did you get that transforming Ammonite and Archeopteryx!!  What line do they actually belong to!!! |
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Post by brontozaurus on Mar 7, 2012 9:52:40 GMT
Where in the world did you get that transforming Ammonite and Archeopteryx!! What line do they actually belong to!!! I got them from a guy on a Transformers forum I used to frequent, along with some other dinosaur transformers. They're both originally from the Japanese Beast Wars Neo line, where they were named Dead End (Ammonite) and Archadis (Archaeopteryx). Dead End was never released outside of Asia, but Archadis was repainted as part of the US Beast Machines line and released under the name Airraptor. Anyway, today I got two new Yowies, the Ducabrook Rhizodont and the Australian Allosaurid. This completes two of the kingdoms of Series A. FYI, for the Lost Kingdoms line the earth's history was divided into six 'kingdoms' corresponding to the six yowies who were the franchise mascots. Of relevance here are Squish, who got the Precambrian to the Triassic, and Crag, who got the Jurassic and Cretaceous. With the arrival of the rhizodont and the allosaur, I've complete both of their kingdoms for series A, and I present them here. Squish's Lost Kingdom  L-R: Giant Disc-Jelly (Dickinsonia), Sea Scorpion, Devonian Trilobite (Kettneraspis clavatus), Ducabrook Rhizodont, Groenlandaspis, Tasmaniosaurus, Queensland Dicynodont Crag's Lost Kingdom  L-R: Dromaeosaur, Austrosaurus, Flat-Headed Amphibian (Siderops), Fleet-footed Dinosaur (Fulgurotherium), Muttaburrasaurus, Australian Ichthyosaur (Platypterygius), Kronosaurus, Australian Allosaurid, Long-necked Plesiosaur (Woolungasaurus), Queensland Pterosaur (Ornithocheirus), Steropodon, Dawn Bird (Nanantius) Also included, one of the six limited edition skulls. While I never originally got the allosaurid, I did get its skull. |
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Post by Libraraptor on Mar 7, 2012 13:07:56 GMT
Congrats! Nice new acquisitions!
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What line do they actually belong to!!!