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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Jul 23, 2009 18:25:42 GMT
Yeah, the JP piece really should have been much better...I was all set to get one..but man did they blow it..Sideshow claimed there wasn't good reference material for that scene and all the shots were blurry....well just get other shots and references and use them...there are tons of images out there...Sideshow just got lazy this time. I or someone else could modify a couple Papo Raptors and a Horizon Vinyl JP Rex and come out 10 times better...even the bones on the base could be done easily enough. If they sold it for like 80.00 or so then I might have considered it worth it..but not for what they want...look at Dan's sig and compare the two pieces there.. one has movement and catches the eye, the other is static and just " there ".
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Post by Dan on Jul 23, 2009 19:48:54 GMT
We'll see. I'm expecting the JP Diorama pieces to arrive next Monday, and I'll have photos and a review for the blog. I'm sure I'll find things to gripe about, but I'm still looking forward to seeing it in person.  |
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Post by tomhet on Jul 23, 2009 20:20:32 GMT
From what I can see, the Foulkes version is more impressive...
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Post by Tyrannax on Jul 23, 2009 20:36:35 GMT
If the pose is the only problem than I love it. It really takes a lot to set me off of any dinosaur toy, ugly or not. Now if the detail is horrid, I'll agree. But I won't judge until I see Dan's pictures.
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Post by Dan on Jul 23, 2009 23:02:51 GMT
New photos added. The cameraman decided to use the flash, which shows colors nicely, but sadly blinds the viewer to the intricate details.
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Post by webdragon on Jul 24, 2009 0:33:48 GMT
Mmmn, nice fat juicy Parasaurolophus Any ID on the other statues? I know that Carnotaurus is a Sideshow piece, I mean the other theropod and the Styracosaurus. |
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Post by john2xtheman on Jul 24, 2009 0:35:53 GMT
Mmmn, nice fat juicy Parasaurolophus Any ID on the other statues? I know that Carnotaurus is a Sideshow piece, I mean the other theropod and the Styracosaurus. They are Sideshow pieces too. |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Jul 24, 2009 0:38:38 GMT
Here's a link to more pics on figures.com : sdcc09.figures.com/showgallery.php?cat=814Maybe this piece is in scale with the others..that's friggin' huge croc..lol....but I can see where people are going to be put off by it as well..it's only a bust really...  |
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Post by mightyjptrex on Jul 24, 2009 0:55:09 GMT
Thanks for the pics blade I really like it the only thing they should of done is added some ground or sand underneath the para's feet to look like it was standing on a beach.
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Post by itstwentybelow on Jul 24, 2009 1:17:46 GMT
Very cool, although sad to see the Parasaur getting so destroyed because it's ALWAYS been my favorite dinosaur. It also looks to be a juvenile. I think the way they made the Deinosuchus more of a bust makes sense because after all, it is bursting out of the water, with most of its body submerged. Not only would it have been massively more expensive if they had sculpted the whole thing out of the water, the whole diorama also wouldn't have made as much sense. I think we can assume these animals were ambush predators like modern gators, and the Para would not have been caught by surprise if it saw a 50 foot gator lying out of the water on the riverbank.
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Post by Dan on Jul 24, 2009 1:20:38 GMT
Mmmn, nice fat juicy Parasaurolophus Any ID on the other statues? I know that Carnotaurus is a Sideshow piece, I mean the other theropod and the Styracosaurus. LoL. Don't tell me you've been missing out on all the commotion? I even held a poll for these statues over in Classifieds. But they're also on my site if you want to get a quick glimpse of them. |
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Post by mightyjptrex on Jul 24, 2009 1:24:22 GMT
Also here are some more pics of the dinosauria sculpts. I love the bright colors in this model! Awesome!   If this is the final product for the Carnotaurus the paint job is really bad.   Trex looks ok I still really like it.   |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Jul 24, 2009 3:14:31 GMT
Very cool, although sad to see the Parasaur getting so destroyed because it's ALWAYS been my favorite dinosaur. It also looks to be a juvenile. I think the way they made the Deinosuchus more of a bust makes sense because after all, it is bursting out of the water, with most of its body submerged. Not only would it have been massively more expensive if they had sculpted the whole thing out of the water, the whole diorama also wouldn't have made as much sense. I think we can assume these animals were ambush predators like modern gators, and the Para would not have been caught by surprise if it saw a 50 foot gator lying out of the water on the riverbank. True...but I've seen other models showing the whole thing before...just scale it back and have the upper body coming out of the water in attack and the back and tail thrashing about...then you have the whole beast... Those are the same pics Dan posted JPRex ..I really hope the flash is what killed the washes and details on the Carno..it's my first piece and I hate for it to be my last. |
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Post by Dan on Jul 24, 2009 3:16:52 GMT
Yes, the flash always ruins the details. Just look at the review pics I posted for the Rex v. Trike Diorama - the one using the flash makes the statue look like a completely different product. Trust me, when that Carnotaurus arrives, it is going to be mind-blowing. |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Jul 24, 2009 3:34:59 GMT
That pc did worry me a bit......though maybe you could take some pics outside of the dio ? I discovered that natural light works much better for pics... |
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Post by sid on Jul 24, 2009 12:20:00 GMT
Good sculpture... But i still think their best so far is the Styracosaurus.
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Jul 24, 2009 15:26:52 GMT
I like the carnotaurus Now, if they were to make an acro or a kronosaur, oh my, my bank account would be screaming.... ;D (I don't hold hope that they can make a good spinosaurus, I'd bet it comes out as a baryonyx with a sail.... ) |
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Post by Dan on Jul 24, 2009 19:46:32 GMT
The demand for marine reptiles has been surprisingly strong, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Sideshow offer something along those lines in the future.
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Post by Tyrannax on Jul 26, 2009 1:18:34 GMT
Gah, it isn't a whole body sculpture of the Deinosuchus? That ruins my chances of every getting it..
I'd like to see an Acrocanthosaurus bent down with its head lodged between the jaws of a massive marine reptile. Maybe it'd be too gory? And possibly too sad. ;D
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Jul 26, 2009 1:27:21 GMT
Gah, it isn't a whole body sculpture of the Deinosuchus? That ruins my chances of every getting it.. I'd like to see an Acrocanthosaurus bent down with its head lodged between the jaws of a massive marine reptile. Maybe it'd be too gory? And possibly too sad. ;D That would suck. Acrocanthosaurus is so awesome, why demeanish him like that?  |
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