CollectA/Procon 2010

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Aug 25, 2010 1:09:05 GMT Blade-of-the-Moon said:

I think I'll just wait until Safari gets around to making those..might be awhile but the size and detail should be better.

Then you had better not hold your breath--typically, Safari won't make a figure that is already somewhere out there (unless it is a really prominent animal like Spinosaurus or Tyrannosaurus). So you probably won't see them make a Rugops, Afrovenator, or any of the others anytime...ever.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

It's funny because that's exactly what they did with the Cryolophosaurus...Procon released one and I bought it..being the only replica in figure form of the animal then Safari makes one this year.

..and Safari will eventually get around to other species..they haven't just made just 10 top popular species and then continually re-released them...they've certainly done species other companies have made..and generally done them better. So I have to wait...I can do that..the figures this year just grabbing me after taking a long look at them...I bought a few last year..might get one or two this year..but I'm skipping most.

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Aug 25, 2010 3:54:14 GMT Blade-of-the-Moon said:

It's funny because that's exactly what they did with the Cryolophosaurus...Procon released one and I bought it..being the only replica in figure form of the animal then Safari makes one this year.

..and Safari will eventually get around to other species..they haven't just made just 10 top popular species and then continually re-released them...they've certainly done species other companies have made..and generally done them better. So I have to wait...I can do that..the figures this year just grabbing me after taking a long look at them...I bought a few last year..might get one or two this year..but I'm skipping most.

Safari didn't make a Cryolophosaurus, Carnegie did. Safari just produces/distributes them.

So perhaps Carnegie is a bit of a Wild Card--but I have a feeling that someone at the Carnegie Museum, where decisions like that get made, may have been closer to Cryo than most. Unlike most of the African dinos, which are generally coming out of the Field Museum via Paul Sereno.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Why differentiate ? Safari releases the Carnegie collection of figures ..though they are decided by the museum, Safari still has them made and is prob paying for them...so it's pretty much the realm of one as the other.

I say popularity makes it most of the time regardless of where the dinos are located...they've done species from every continent in the past... I can't see that being an obstacle to a species eventual appearence.

Most Procons just aren't quality pieces to me at least...some are better than others..but with spending being restricted more and more I'm cutting back and almost all the Procons are off the list unfortunatly.

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Aug 25, 2010 5:06:25 GMT Blade-of-the-Moon said:

Why differentiate ? Safari releases the Carnegie collection of figures ..though they are decided by the museum, Safari still has them made and is prob paying for them...so it's pretty much the realm of one as the other.

I say popularity makes it most of the time regardless of where the dinos are located...they've done species from every continent in the past... I can't see that being an obstacle to a species eventual appearence.

Most Procons just aren't quality pieces to me at least...some are better than others..but with spending being restricted more and more I'm cutting back and almost all the Procons are off the list unfortunatly.

There is a huge difference between Wild Safari Dinos and the Carnegie collection. The main one--Safari has no involvement with the design and development of the Carnegie figures (I am guessing that if there is a production issue, then it comes up); Carnegie has a dedicated sculptor that does the work, after scientists, etc make the decision on the two taxa to make for the upcoming year. Safari makes decisions for the Wild Safari line; they have their own sculptors and design team, and the Carnegie has nothing to do with that one.

So when the Carnegie made the Cryo, Safari had nothing to do with that decision--they just produce them and sell them.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

You take the statments too seriously I think...

My orig statment had nothing to do with who produces what..later I just " generally " said Safari..as in the company selling them...dealers aren't ordering figures out of a Carnegie catalog. If something from the Carnegie line doesn't sell I bet Safari has some " ideas " or " opinions " regarding it.

My comment was about Procon/Safari quality...somewhere we crossed into territory of who exactly to the letter decides, creates and produces what....who cares ? Why pick a fight over it ? I know what your saying..I just didn't care to be explicit about it you know ?

This no longer has anything to do with Procon/Collecta bud, I'm out.

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[Mauro "Raptor86"]

I think that the Afrovenator pose is really good for dioramas and photos, even if it isn't anatomically correct!

[Medusaceratops]

Procons new Triceratops is somewhat better than there last one I think but not by much

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I like how a company from the UK doesn't have suppliers who stock the Jobaria in the UK!