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Post by dinowight on May 30, 2008 22:13:42 GMT
Noone else has posted on these, so here are the Character Options produced Primeval monsters, based on real stuff, I've managed to collect-  From left to right, we have Hesperornis, Three Anuragnathus (called Agnuragnathus on the box!) a Coelurosauravus, a Dodo and another HesperornisOh, and the figure isn't from Primeval, it;s from the Character Options Doctor Who range, which is to the same scale, but better quality  They also do a giant Solifuge, but no Gorgonopsid, no Scutosaurus, no Arthropleura and no Mosasaur! |
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Post by stoneage on May 30, 2008 23:25:50 GMT
Where did you find these, and where can I get more information about them? Is this something you can buy? Also can you give me an Idea of there size?
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Post by dinowight on May 30, 2008 23:54:23 GMT
I was given most of these, the Doctor Who figure is 5" tall, so they're about 1:13th scale.
You can get them in most shops in the UK, they come packaged with different human figures from the TV series. The Hesperornis might be tricky to get hold of, it;s either in the Electronic Anomaly playset or the Creature Incursion set from Woolworths.
Ebay is probably your best bet outside the UK...
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Post by thagomizer on May 31, 2008 0:30:02 GMT
Why did they have to give the Hesperornis feathers? There's no proof it had them. I don't like the idea of feathered non-avian (Aves sensu Gauthier) dinosaurs. Won't somebody make a scaly Hesperornis? I'm looking at you Safari!  |
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Post by Dinotoyforum on May 31, 2008 0:31:01 GMT
They are actually quite nice. The Hesperornis are especially fun. They should have done the mosasaur though  What an opportunity! |
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Post by piltdown on May 31, 2008 0:52:22 GMT
Why did they have to give the Hesperornis feathers? There's no proof it had them. I don't like the idea of feathered non-avian (Aves sensu Gauthier) dinosaurs. Won't somebody make a scaly Hesperornis? I'm looking at you Safari! No scales, because Hesperornis is a member of the Subclass Odontornithes, Class Aves (sensu OED and generally accepted definition of 'bird') ;D |
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Post by thagomizer on Jun 1, 2008 1:17:00 GMT
Why did they have to give the Hesperornis feathers? There's no proof it had them. I don't like the idea of feathered non-avian (Aves sensu Gauthier) dinosaurs. Won't somebody make a scaly Hesperornis? I'm looking at you Safari! No scales, because Hesperornis is a member of the Subclass Odontornithes, Class Aves (sensu OED and generally accepted definition of 'bird') ;D What does class have to do with having feathers? Greg Paul defined Deinonychus as part of Class Aves in 1988, and Bob Bakker defined Birds as part of Class Dinosauria before that |
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Post by crazycrowman on Jun 1, 2008 2:02:22 GMT
I LOVE those Hesperornis figures !!!
(I guess I will just have to keep an eye out for them on ebay)
A real bummer that they decided not to do a Gorgonopsid (I saw some of the show on you tube, and thought the gorgo looked quite good) and even those the mosasaur looked a little "crock-y" for my taste, I would still have loved to see it be a figure.
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Post by sbell on Jun 1, 2008 2:21:10 GMT
Yeah, I purchased one of those auctions too-had to have the Hesperornis!
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Post by dinowight on Jun 1, 2008 19:38:51 GMT
I LOVE those Hesperornis figures !!! (I guess I will just have to keep an eye out for them on ebay) <smug face>I've got three!</smug face> |
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Post by tomhet on Jun 1, 2008 20:57:43 GMT
Other than the Hesperornis, that line has been brutally disappointing  |
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Post by piltdown on Jun 1, 2008 21:29:49 GMT
I want the remote controlled coelurosauravus ;D
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Post by dinowight on Jun 2, 2008 22:49:47 GMT
I want the remote controlled coelurosauravus ;D They do an R/C Anuragnathus too. |
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Post by bokisaurus on Jul 20, 2008 22:56:30 GMT
Very cool looking figures! Wish you can find them in the USA.
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Post by dinoboy on Jul 23, 2008 11:37:07 GMT
I went to the program site from another thread but could not access the programs themselves.
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Post by webdragon on Jul 24, 2008 4:49:02 GMT
BBC America will be airing the show on their network, so hopefully the toys will make it to this side of the pond as well!
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Post by dinowight on Jul 29, 2008 15:39:43 GMT
More coming out, including an actual dinosaur! Picture from the latest Argos catalogue, better images when they appear!  |
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Jul 29, 2008 17:44:20 GMT
It looks funny. But it looks funny in the show as well  |
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Post by dinowight on Jul 29, 2008 19:22:36 GMT
It looks funny. But it looks funny in the show as well I think they've got the wrists wrong too. Still, if it was accurate, it wouldn't be the dromaeosar from Primeval, would it! If I see it, I might get it and post a picture. It doesn;t seem to have landed yet, but apparently Character Options are expecting a shipment of stuff to land this week, so maybe soon... |
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Post by sid on Jul 29, 2008 20:26:06 GMT
I really like "Primeval" and i'd like to get these action figures as soon as possible (along with the ones from the first series)  Oh,and you want to hear a funny story? A (stupid) friend o' mine went to London last week,and,before he left,i reccomended him to buy me some dinosaur "stuff" once there in England (Schleich Shonisaurus,Primeval AC,Safari models and so on)...He arrived today and he brought me NOTHING!! And you want to know why? Not because he hadn't find anything there...But because he was EMBARASSED to enter in a toy store of any sort!! He's a good friend and all...But,good lord,sometimes he's such a fool...  |
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What an opportunity!
