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Post by Radman on Oct 28, 2009 22:23:24 GMT
Yeah, that one is much nicer - for one thing its mouth is closed (mine has its mouth open) - but then there is that !#@%$&! 'tripod' stance again.... Actually the stance is nicely upright - it just needs a base or some support, like most decent theropod sculpts that aren't tripod or have way oversize feet, yeah I'm talking to you Schleich Allosaurus!    This version has remarkable detail - the front claws are extremely sharp. This will probably be my Thanksgiving painting project.  |
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Post by bucketfoot on Oct 29, 2009 1:12:54 GMT
Dam* Tomhet - that is one sweet Dilophosaurus!! The resin master no doubt.
Tempting, very tempting!!
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Post by stormnl on Jan 12, 2010 16:21:24 GMT
I collect in the first place,,when i started to collect
every good looking dinosaur
when i had 1 from a serie,i wanted the hole serie,,
that was about 30-35 years ago
from time to time i bought a hole serie
now my son has them
i started collecting mammoth's about 20 years ago
but the most ones i bought the last 5 years
never nowed the missing link mammoth's ,,afther i saw a photo of them
now it's to late for them
our you have to pay big money,,(no deal)
the last years i only collect mammoth's
i stil need some,,and than it's waiting for new items
i started collecting mammals the last several month's,,
wel you need to do something
but main collection is the Mammoth collection
(only good looking wel made mammoth's)
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Post by pawnosuchus on Jan 13, 2010 8:04:22 GMT
I also was inspired by King Kong and had one of the original Marx sets when I was about 5 years old. Most of the Marx are long gone but I still pick up an occasional one in yard sales. Now, I have half my garage set up in a gigantic diorama which spans from the Permian(and a few b4 that) to the prehistoric mammals. I'm always looking out for new species (looking forward to the Procon Tsintasaurus). Often i will "upgrade" a species if I discover a better version. My step-daughter looked at my collection and said it was obvious that dinosaurs died out from over-population. I've decided on several occasions that I have enough, but then something new comes out and I can't resist it.
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Post by stoneage on Jan 13, 2010 22:35:56 GMT
I also was inspired by King Kong and had one of the original Marx sets when I was about 5 years old. Most of the Marx are long gone but I still pick up an occasional one in yard sales. Now, I have half my garage set up in a gigantic diorama which spans from the Permian(and a few b4 that) to the prehistoric mammals. I'm always looking out for new species (looking forward to the Procon Tsintasaurus). Often i will "upgrade" a species if I discover a better version. My step-daughter looked at my collection and said it was obvious that dinosaurs died out from over-population. I've decided on several occasions that I have enough, but then something new comes out and I can't resist it. How about some pictures of the Garage Diorama! |
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Jan 13, 2010 22:46:22 GMT
He already has some in the diorama board.
As for collecting, I go for everything that isn't a mammal, is well done, is a species I don't already have, and is accurate. I don't buy stuff just to have huge quantities of dinosaurs laying around.
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Post by stoneage on Jan 13, 2010 23:37:46 GMT
He already has some in the diorama board. As for collecting, I go for everything that isn't a mammal, is well done, is a species I don't already have, and is accurate. I don't buy stuff just to have huge quantities of dinosaurs laying around. You call all those Chinasaurs that you have accurate? |
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Jan 14, 2010 21:38:06 GMT
What chinasaurs? I haven't bought any chinasaurs in years! Any chinasaur you may see I own for the fact I like it's retro feel or they are toys from when I was younger. |
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Post by Griffin on Jan 14, 2010 21:59:55 GMT
You shudda just said "I buy what I like". Now people are gonna be looking for exceptions to your statement that make you contradict yourself just for the sake of being funny.
As for me...I buy what I like.
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Jan 14, 2010 22:06:37 GMT
Everybody buys what they like. I wanted to be a little more specific |
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Post by Griffin on Jan 15, 2010 19:46:32 GMT
not everyone. Some people buy everything of a certain set for the sake of completeness. I have a friend who was like that with certain action figure lines.
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Post by foxilized on Jan 15, 2010 21:59:57 GMT
Yeah, completist people.
I'm gonna play the bad-psychoanalitic-wannabe-guy a littlebit, but please consider I'm not an expert at all and my picture is extremely rough:
Completists are more idealistic than materialistic collectors, as the goal is not the object but the goal of owning it. But they also like "having everything". Maybe they don't like the figures themselves but they sure like the fact of having all.
Being a completist and not having a great economy can be fatal I guess. Therefore, to be one, you time and a lot of money. That's why a complete collection of a completist is in some way something that defines the social value of that person. It's like having expensive paintings on your living-room that you don't even like or understand, but bought them for the solely purpose of let them speak for themselves: "my owner is an important person". It's a matter of social power. Since one can't expose his money, valuable objects are bought with it to symbolize the money I have.
I'm not trying to judge it, I don't believe there's nothing wrong with being that way.
Also, surely some completists collector can tell me he doen't look for having everything to obtain "social power" but more for something like calming down a "hunger" or a pulsation. That also would be true.
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Jan 15, 2010 22:32:31 GMT
Even so, as a completist- you like having complete sets, so therefore you buy figures you like!
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Post by stoneage on Jan 15, 2010 23:01:13 GMT
Even so, as a completist- you like having complete sets, so therefore you buy figures you like! Well Cordy you can't be a completist for every line. You have to pick certain ones that you hold in high regard for artistic or historical reasons. I don't think we collect complete sets for power. Only people who are interested in the hobby care. We are a small minority which I think most outsiders look at with amusement. ;D |
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Post by foxilized on Jan 16, 2010 2:08:42 GMT
That "power" is only achieved inside the certain community that person lives. That is, other completists like him. Because the value of the collection won't be seen by persons outside that community. Like, who would believe the d**n Battat diplo has that value?
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Post by stoneage on Jan 16, 2010 3:36:05 GMT
That "power" is only achieved inside the certain community that person lives. That is, other completists like him. Because the value of the collection won't be seen by persons outside that community. Like, who would believe the d**n Battat diplo has that value? So what your saying is that within the completist community, since I have many complete or near complete sets Larami, Invicta, Battat, ROM, Dino Horizon, Carnegie, Wild Safari,Schleich, Bullyland, Dinotails, Bandai, Fauna Casts, Marx, MPC, WWD, Kinto-Favorite, Dinosaurs Of China, TS Toys and others I am therefore all powerful? ;D |
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Jan 16, 2010 3:59:33 GMT
Here you are! |
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Post by sbell on Jan 16, 2010 5:49:14 GMT
That "power" is only achieved inside the certain community that person lives. That is, other completists like him. Because the value of the collection won't be seen by persons outside that community. Like, who would believe the d**n Battat diplo has that value? So what your saying is that within the completist community, since I have many complete or near complete sets Larami, Invicta, Battat, ROM, Dino Horizon, Carnegie, Wild Safari,Schleich, Bullyland, Dinotails, Bandai, Fauna Casts, Marx, MPC, WWD, Kinto-Favorite, Dinosaurs Of China, TS Toys and others I am therefore all powerful? ;D Or you have a crippling OCD. One or the other ;D |
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Post by bokisaurus on Jan 16, 2010 6:13:56 GMT
That "power" is only achieved inside the certain community that person lives. That is, other completists like him. Because the value of the collection won't be seen by persons outside that community. Like, who would believe the d**n Battat diplo has that value? So what your saying is that within the completist community, since I have many complete or near complete sets Larami, Invicta, Battat, ROM, Dino Horizon, Carnegie, Wild Safari,Schleich, Bullyland, Dinotails, Bandai, Fauna Casts, Marx, MPC, WWD, Kinto-Favorite, Dinosaurs Of China, TS Toys and others I am therefore all powerful? ;D LOL! ;D Yap, must be powerful! ;D ;D You really have that many complete or near complete sets?  |
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Post by foxilized on Jan 16, 2010 11:15:18 GMT
That "power" is only achieved inside the certain community that person lives. That is, other completists like him. Because the value of the collection won't be seen by persons outside that community. Like, who would believe the d**n Battat diplo has that value? So what your saying is that within the completist community, since I have many complete or near complete sets Larami, Invicta, Battat, ROM, Dino Horizon, Carnegie, Wild Safari,Schleich, Bullyland, Dinotails, Bandai, Fauna Casts, Marx, MPC, WWD, Kinto-Favorite, Dinosaurs Of China, TS Toys and others I am therefore all powerful? ;D I guess you are close to Zeus, or so. ;D |
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