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Post by tomhet on Sept 9, 2008 2:30:33 GMT
I'm a huge Godzilla fan..but I don't see where this guy looks him personnally... Really? I mean, look at the bulging muscles; even the jaw resembles Godzilla's: and The more I look at it, the less I want it
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Post by stoneage on Sept 9, 2008 3:11:24 GMT
;D But Dinotoyforum really seemed to like it and he is a paleontologist!
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Sept 9, 2008 6:12:10 GMT
I'm a huge Godzilla fan..but I don't see where this guy looks him personnally... Really? I mean, look at the bulging muscles; even the jaw resembles Godzilla's: and The more I look at it, the less I want it I have a slew of the figures of the tristar 98' beast..and the lower jaw is too elongated for GINO...the eye should be more forward over the teeth if it looked like him/her..it. The arms are too short and in-human like, the back legs look similar..but they went for dinosaur there really. GINO's neck is thick and the Allo's is thin..the tail is too thick and tapering on the Allo to be GINO..and if looked at from the fron to f the face it just doesn't look like it at all. Really if the American Godzilla had looked like this it prob would have been more popular... As an Allo I see a couple minor problems..( one of which is the lower jaw is slightly too thick, close the mouth problem solved. ) but nothing really outstanding..so I'm perfectly happy calling it an Allosaur...and the detail is superb as with the other Papo models.
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Post by sid on Sept 9, 2008 8:07:57 GMT
Man,i don't see the problem with this Allo...It's a really cool figure and no,it doesn't resemble good ol' Zilla,at least not for me And the spikes are a great addition,they make him look more "saurian" and menacing
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Sept 9, 2008 10:15:54 GMT
I'm a huge Godzilla fan..but I don't see where this guy looks him personnally... Really? I mean, look at the bulging muscles; even the jaw resembles Godzilla's: and The more I look at it, the less I want it You are right, Godzilla does look a bit like an Allosaurus.
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Post by sbell on Sept 9, 2008 13:38:49 GMT
Really? I mean, look at the bulging muscles; even the jaw resembles Godzilla's: and The more I look at it, the less I want it You are right, Godzilla does look a bit like an Allosaurus. I think we've had enough Godzilla bashing here. The Papo looks like the American travesty that was 'godzilla'--referred to elsewhere as simply 'Zilla'. The Japanese monster Godzilla looks nothing like the Papo,
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Post by tomhet on Sept 9, 2008 17:32:50 GMT
^^^ Well, I did mean the 98 version, but it's the same franchise. That has nothing to do with the poor quality of the monster or the film. Man,i don't see the problem with this Allo... Really? The arms are too long. I would need to examine it personally but the head is not exactly accurate either.
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Post by sid on Sept 9, 2008 20:34:01 GMT
Man,i don't see the problem with this Allo... Really? The arms are too long. I would need to examine it personally but the head is not exactly accurate either. Mmh...Remember that Allo had much longer arms than,just say,a T.rex...And about the head,i should have the toy in my hands to judge it,but from the pics i've seen so far it doesn't seem incorrect to me,maybe a lil' much "buff" but a really good rendition overall
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Post by tomhet on Sept 10, 2008 1:59:11 GMT
I know his arms were longer than those of the T-Rex. Even so, they're too long.
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Sept 10, 2008 2:26:23 GMT
Zilla, GINO, Godzilla 98' , is what I was reffering to... When compared to the orig monster from Japan he doesn't come close..even to the Godzillasaurus. Tristar's beast was a combination of man, reptile and dinosaur.. hence the human-ish arms, legs, and the Jay Leno-ish chin. I don't see any Allosaur in there at all..even Papo's. The arms are slightly long, the lower jaw a bit too thick..but no company has really made one 100% accurate have they ? I think it has a jurassic Park feel to it..I mean that's what the artists had been doing before so it's to be expected...just another reason I call it an Allosaur and not an " Allosaurus " exactly...you have to leave some room for artistic interpretation as well.
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Post by tomhet on Sept 10, 2008 4:57:57 GMT
The arms are slightly long, the lower jaw a bit too thick..but no company has really made one 100% accurate have they? The Kaiyodo Allo (series 6) is practically perfect And I need to get my hands on the Papo to check it out.
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Sept 10, 2008 6:17:38 GMT
I lost that one at auction recently..but I do have the green striding one though from a later series and the Allo skull which I'm also using to compare...and I do have the 1/35 scale Kaiyodo Running Allosaurus..the head on it looks diff than their smaller models though.. ;D
The Papo's arms are positioned sweeping back so the area between the arm and leg looks shorter...and then it's striding with legs far forward and far behind which also makes it look odd...it's not really wrong..just a pose not used very often and I'm guessing it was done for stability....if posed as the Kaiyodo minis it would have needed a base.
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Post by Libraraptor on Sept 16, 2008 13:32:46 GMT
I just ordered me one Papo Allosaurus. Although I don´t really think it´s plausible scientifically I like the figure somehow.
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Post by bokisaurus on Sept 17, 2008 0:11:26 GMT
I have to admit at first I was not that excited about this guy, thats why I hold off buying him. Well I found him in a toy store in Portland on my most recent vacation and I fell in love with him! I'm not even a big fan of big Al! Really nice details on this guy, and the amazing layers of subtle colors makes him a truly awesome piece! Check him out as he stars in my dioramas harassing diplo and fighting with big Rex. ;D Tyrannax, I made the fight scene between Allo and Rex just for yah [img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/Bokichops/S7306551.jpg" ][/img]
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Post by therizinosaurus on Sept 17, 2008 0:39:40 GMT
That picture really shows how nice of a figure he is.
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Post by EmperorDinobot on Sept 17, 2008 1:27:23 GMT
I keep telling you.
And I thought MY jokes were bad.
Ok. Ok. Let me point out just how inaccurate this figure is. 1. The tail is too thick. Usually, when illustrating dinosaurs, the artists never overdo the tail muscles. The Papo Allosaurus is a fatass. 2. Leg Muscles are too thick. Again, dinosaur musculature is a lot more simple, and not so thick. This figure looks like it's on steroids. 3. The arms are a bit too long for Allosaurus and its subspecies. Alas, the first manual digit sports a bigger claw than the rest. 4. The head looks a bit too much like a tyrannosaur's head. Allosaurus' heads were...what's the right word...not as robust, and not as wide. This Allosaurus' head seems to be quite wide towards the base of the neck, which is also...a bit muscular. The lower jaw also seems quite robust.
This dinosaur almost looks like a fat tyrannosaur. I really see more similarities there than with Allosaurus itself.
Alas, I've been looking for places where to buy this figure, and I'm gonna have to die with Ebay. Like I usually do.
Otherwise, it's a nice mold. The details on its skin are very nice, and the color is also very nice.
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Sept 17, 2008 2:43:28 GMT
I see how this figure could be called fat at all...lol And it does have some inaccuracies...it's prob based on the JP designs...
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Post by EmperorDinobot on Sept 17, 2008 5:14:05 GMT
JP never had an allosaur in it.
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Post by tomhet on Sept 17, 2008 5:16:40 GMT
^^^ He means the overall feel.
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Post by EmperorDinobot on Sept 17, 2008 5:22:35 GMT
The JP allosaur is more recognizable as an Allosaurus. It needs the bigger manual claw, though. Otherwise, that's one of the best d**n Allosaurus figures I've ever seen. I'm not just fond of the figure, but the accuracy is astonishing. Hell, it's the best JP figure. Maybe the jaws could have opened wider, and the color scheme been a little bit more interesting....
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