New Member Greetings - Pterosaur fanatic

[deanm]

Hi All;

Like all of us on the list, I love dinosaurs and all the other prehistoric animals.

Several years ago I decided that I needed a winter hobby here in Canada so I figured that collecting toy pterosaurs would be it.

Why pterosaurs and not some other prehistoric critters. I guess it boiled down to of all the animals I was fascinated by pterosaurs were the most unique and unusual (from my humble perspective). They were the ones that I would love to see the most back in Mesozoic if time travel were possible.

Having said that, I do collect other animals also (theropods, marine reptiles, arthropods, etc) but not with the same vigor as pterosaurs.

I am on the hunt for some of the British and European Walking with Dinosaurs pterosaur figures (they just never made it across the pond to North America). So if you have some and want to trade, sell etc, give me an e-mail.

Cheers,
Dean

[Dinotoyforum]

Sept 28, 2008 18:59:29 GMT deanm said:

Hi All;

Like all of us on the list, I love dinosaurs and all the other prehistoric animals.

Several years ago I decided that I needed a winter hobby here in Canada so I figured that collecting toy pterosaurs would be it.

Why pterosaurs and not some other prehistoric critters. I guess it boiled down to of all the animals I was fascinated by pterosaurs were the most unique and unusual (from my humble perspective). They were the ones that I would love to see the most back in Mesozoic if time travel were possible.

Having said that, I do collect other animals also (theropods, marine reptiles, arthropods, etc) but not with the same vigor as pterosaurs.

I am on the hunt for some of the British and European Walking with Dinosaurs pterosaur figures (they just never made it across the pond to North America). So if you have some and want to trade, sell etc, give me an e-mail.

Cheers,
Dean

Welcome! Good to meet someone with a specific collecting interest - I do the same with marine reptiles - it's a good way to stop collecting getting out of hand and also gives us a chance in hell of actually completing a collection
Good luck chasing the wwd pterosaur though - it is one of the rarest figures known to man!

[stoneage]

;D If you find an extra WWD Pterosaur on your journey. I'd be more then happy to help take it off your hands. ;D

[therizinosaurus]

Welcome, and good luck with that fig!

What pterosaur model is your favorite?

[sbell]

Greetings,

I myself am a more general collector, but I admit that dinos are at the bottom of my search lists, after paleo inverts, mammals, amphibians & reptiles, marine critters, and of course pterosaurs.

But good luck with the WwD pterosaurs. I managed to snag the Quick Rhamphorynchus several years back, but I have only heard of one Toyway Ornithocheirus ever being on Ebay--at the time it went for over $800 I believe (and that was before this collection hobby appeared to attract people with money, judging by how high some auctions seem to go).

But good luck. Someone out there has to have one, after all.

So where in Canada (province will do) are you?

[bokisaurus]

Welcome Dean!
Ah, someone who likes pterosaurs! I just started ( more seriously) collecting them about a year ago. Prehistoric mammals, Marine reptiles, and pterosaurs are the new group I am keeping a lookout for after successfully going after the sauropods and ceratopsians ;D
They are cool and, in my opinion, very underrated figures. I would be interested in seeing your collection, so maybe sometime you could post a picture. You may want to check out my pterosaur collection at www.collectorsquest.com/collection/614/the-pterosaurs-flying-reptiles.html
it would be interesting to compare what figure we have. Good luck hunting them WWD pterosaurs, they are one of the, if not, the most elusive figures from that line! And boy do they cost lots of $$$$$

[Tyrannax]

Welcome!!!!! Another person who takes pride in collecting one specific species or family. I collect Tyrannosaurs. Good luck with the WWD Pterosaur, they are up there with the battat acro, diplodocus, and wwd liopleurodon.

[sbell]

Sept 29, 2008 6:43:11 GMT Tyrannax said:

Welcome!!!!! Another person who takes pride in collecting one specific species or family. I collect Tyrannosaurs. Good luck with the WWD Pterosaur, they are up there with the battat acro, diplodocus, and wwd liopleurodon.

That's a bit of an exaggeration--the WwD Ornithocheirus was never sold in any stores, unlike any of the three you mentioned. And it was never produced for retail at all. So there are fewer of them, of an animal that hasn't been made elsewhere (other than the TS Toys one). Of a line that is considered highly collectible.

In other words, it is far more rare and desirable than the three you mention. And will cost far more when it appears. I think it would probably go for well over $1000 if one showed up again.

[Dinotoyforum]

Here is the fella' -

[giganotoigauana]

that wwd ornithocheirus belongs to a guy named vlad.

[tomhet]

Welcome! Glad to know that someone else is interested in other stuff other than dinos sensu stricto ;D

The owner's username on Ebay is bucketfoot-al, isn't it?

[[][][]cordylus[][][]]

bucketfoot-al is on jptoys...

[deanm]

Hi All;

One of my least favorite is the "road-kill Pterandon" in the Carnige Line. A figure in dire need of retirement and replacement.

My favorite would be the Marx Pteranodon that started it all. My parents gave me a Marx dinosaur set about 35 years ago as a Christmas gift and it was that figure that got me into collecting pterosaurs. I acknowledge that it is not the most accurate or compelling figure - but the sentimental value is there for me.

Of the recent figures I am somewhat partial to the Papo Pteranodon (I just wish there was no teeth in their figure) and some of the smaller Japanese candy pterosaurs (the non-Pteranodon figures in particular).

As for the WwD pterosaur figures. Ah heck we all need goals... And a spouse who will let us spend to them

Right now, I probably have close to 90 different pterosaur figures. Pteranodon being the best represented genus (by manufacturers choice), but I am always on the hunt for other pterosaur genera.

Cheers,
Dean

[richard]

welcome dean!! hope you have a good time here!! (you willl) I'm really looking forward to see your ptero collection