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Post by postsaurischian on Jul 19, 2011 15:10:04 GMT
Woah...I guess you mean in general because if Papo made a frilled Dilo I would be in shock at how awesome it would be... ;D ;D ;D P.S.: Check the DTF regularly and you can see most of the newly released figures on personal photos. Some member always has them long before they're available in the shops  . |
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Post by simon on Jul 19, 2011 15:32:29 GMT
Woah...I guess you mean in general because if Papo made a frilled Dilo I would be in shock at how awesome it would be... ;D ;D ;D P.S.: Check the DTF regularly and you can see most of the newly released figures on personal photos. Some member always has them long before they're available in the shops . I did, but I don't recall seeing any "overhead" shots that would have illustrated the narrow hips ... (OK, now be a wise guy and link me to just such a photo I must have missed, go ahead, I dare you ... ) |
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Post by Dan on Jul 19, 2011 18:13:41 GMT
Coming Winter 2011  This one is only being distributed by Sideshow. Someone else was responsible for creating it, hence the lack of "Dinosauria" logo. |
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Post by postsaurischian on Jul 19, 2011 18:22:10 GMT
They're doing the Gnu thing. No Deinosuchus around this time  . I'd like to see it from the other side. |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Jul 19, 2011 19:32:42 GMT
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Post by mmfrankford on Jul 19, 2011 20:11:03 GMT
What bugs me is the overall design/layout. It seems lopsided? Just awkward.  |
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Post by Horridus on Jul 19, 2011 20:17:55 GMT
Can't say I'm that big a fan either, although I always preferred the 'cheeks' rather than 'just lips' look.
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Jul 19, 2011 20:25:31 GMT
Same here. There is another one swimming in the back which doesn't looks as bad as the others. Still I know they were going for wildebeest or zebra mass crossing feel...it just seems very strained. I don't think hadrosaurs could even climb a rock face like that... :? From this angle it's almost ok :  I can't find any info on the artist or even the company really though. :/ |
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Post by mightyjptrex on Jul 20, 2011 0:38:17 GMT
P.O.S ;D
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Post by dyscrasia on Jul 20, 2011 2:51:13 GMT
It's too expensive regarding its quality.... :/
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Post by tanystropheus on Jul 20, 2011 4:11:11 GMT
Papo Embraces Accuracy?
It seems to me that forum members have become excessively harsh in their overall critique of all things Papo, despite Papo's recent move towards embracing accuracy. Papo's latest "resin-like" designs, the Styracosaurus (inspired by Sideshow) and Ankylosaurus (inspired by Shane Foulkes) have had, at most, one or two academic blunders per model, including, possibly the long neck and/or short tail of the Styracosaurus, and the not-so-wide hips of Euoplocephalus (these recent scientific inaccuracies do not appear as egregious as the "fossilized horns" of Triceratops, teeth on the Pterandon or Hadrosaur, and the bare-naked Oviraptor).
In fact, the number of inaccuracies found on the recent Papo models would put them on roughly equal footing with Safari Ltd. in terms of anatomic representation. Giganotosaurus had scrawny legs. Guanlong has oversized hands and feet, and Spinosaurus w/ blunted teeth.
...so what's your take...Is Papo incrementally moving towards the accuracy route. Anatomically impartial Papo models in 2012 or pop-culture inspired designs for their next shipment??
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Post by Seijun on Jul 20, 2011 4:39:22 GMT
Same here. There is another one swimming in the back which doesn't looks as bad as the others. Still I know they were going for wildebeest or zebra mass crossing feel...it just seems very strained. I don't think hadrosaurs could even climb a rock face like that... :? From this angle it's almost ok : I can't find any info on the artist or even the company really though. :/ The faces look emaciated. A cool touch would have been to paint the skin a dark shiny brown where they had been splashed with water. Would have really added realism I think. Maybe it looks better in person. |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Jul 20, 2011 5:38:31 GMT
I don't know..pieces usually look a little worse in person you know ?
If it had 100.00 or so then they would have had an excuse..but really ? 300 ? I think SS is just carrying this to make their own pieces look even better.. lol
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Post by bokisaurus on Jul 20, 2011 6:09:24 GMT
 I have to say, not liking this piece at all. It just looks weird ;D
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Post by bfler on Jul 20, 2011 6:37:05 GMT
Hm, the heads look very strange and in my opinion there are too many body folds
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Post by Himmapaan on Jul 20, 2011 14:10:42 GMT
I like the concept (such an overused/ abused word, but I may as well use it here) of that Parasaurolophus group, but like others, I'm not persuaded by its overall design.  Only Favorite and David Krentz have got the wide ankylosaur hips right so far. Nobody else has, not even beloved Carnegie, so I neither expected Papo to do so nor to penalise them for the fault. I have the Papo 'Ankylocephalus', by the way, and I like it. |
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Post by DinoLord on Jul 20, 2011 14:39:56 GMT
The Battat Euplocephalus has some pretty wide hips. ;D
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Post by Himmapaan on Jul 20, 2011 14:45:08 GMT
True, I'd forgotten Battat. Nobody else in recent production has them right, then. |
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Post by Horridus on Jul 20, 2011 15:39:59 GMT
I'll be buying the Papo "Ankylosaurus" too, even though it's rather...wrong. Sometimes aesthetic qualities do win the day for me. Believe it or not.
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Post by simon on Jul 20, 2011 15:54:22 GMT
The Battat Euplocephalus has some pretty wide hips. ;D Yep, its still the most accurate one out there. |
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I have to say, not liking this piece at all. It just looks weird ;D
