TEDCO figures

[bokisaurus]

Well, after searching for a long time without success, I finally got some figures from the TEDCO Prehistoric Panorama set. I held off buying them in the hopes that I can find them ( not to mention spending my dinosaur jar money on 2008 release ) locally. Fearing that they may go extinct soon, I ordered two of the sets. TEDCO Prehistoric Panorama is a six piece, six part set starting with the Earliest Life, Early reptiles/amphibians,Flying reptile,Sea creatures, dinosaurs, and mammals. They are like the Kaiyodo figures but slightly bigger and not as highly detailed and lower quality. However, the range of species offered are cool. Many obscure species. If you are a big fan of early reptiles/amphibians, pterosaurs, and early marine creatures, then this set is worth acquiring. The price is very reasonable at $12 a set, which comes out to $2.00 a figure. They come packaged in a small plastic boxed (shaped like a book). I started with the sets that contained under-represented figures, so I choose to get the early reptiles/amphibian and pterosaur sets. Maybe if I save enough $$$ I can the rest of the line, well see about that
So here they are:
The Early reptile/amphibian and Pterosaurs combined ( I already misplaced the dimetrodon so he is not in the photo )
[img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/Bokichops/S7306800.jpg"

The Pterosaur set: Dimorphodon,Pteranodon,Tropeognathus,Quetzalcoatlus,Dsungaripterus,Pterodaustro
[img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/Bokichops/S7306802.jpg"

The early reptile/amphibian set: Dicynodon,Scutosaurus,Ichtyostega,Desmarosuchus,Diplocaulus,Dimetrodon (not pictured)
[img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/Bokichops/S7306805.jpg"
Well, hope you guys enjoyed the pix.
Happy Dinosaur hunting

[therizinosaurus]

Wow! Kinda creepy looking...

I may have to save up for some!

[sbell]

I;ve had all 6 sets since about when they came out. I have to say, my only complaint has been some of the consistency in the figures staying together.

In an ironic twist, if someone were to choose not to buy a set of these prehistoric creatures, it would have to be the dinosaurs. They are simply uninspiring (except the Tyrannosaurus, which is mixed up by name with their Giganotosaurus). The Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Styracosaurus and aforementioned Gignaotosaurus are just not that good. Next down, the mammals have a few hits (Arsinoitherium, Embolotherium, Indricotherium, Coelodontonta), one all right (mammoth) and one (the 'smilodon', with it's buck teeth and long tail).

After the early reptiles and pterosaurs, I highly recommend the marine life set--Groendlandaspis (might really be Bothriolepis), Dunkleosteus (looks more like Coccosteus), Liopleurodon, Ichthyosaurus (Temnodontosaurus?), Ammonite and Stethacanthus (this one figure makes the set worthwhile).

The Early life set features 6 great Burgess Shale-type critters, and in this set they have surpassed the corresponding Kaiyodo figures in many ways (Opabinia, Hallucigenia) while creating never done Ottoia and Aysheia, rarely done Pikaia and a trilobite (Olenellus? Olenoides?).

Overall, though, great sets. If you only buy 5, skip the dinos.

One interesting note--there appear to be colour variations. I have two Brachiosaurus, and one is more green, one is more brown. I have seen the ammonite as purple, while mine is brownish. And my two Scutosaurus are greenish-brown, while the one boki is showing appears yellowish/reddish.

Who knows, these variants could become truly collectible someday.

[EmperorDinobot]

I like the Pterodaustro. And the uh...desmatosuchus.

[tomhet]

The Burgess Shale trilobite is Olenoides serratus. As I mentioned in my review, not completely accurate, as the underside is completely off. But the top view is great.

As for the Opabinia and the Hallucigenia, I wouldn't say that these surpass the Kaiyodo versions. The COG Opabinia has 7 eyes instead of 5, and the number of lobes is off (10 instead 15). The Kaiyodo Opabinia has everything in its place.

The Kaiyodo Hallucigenia has eyes, following the new reconstruction of the Cheng Jiang fossils. The COG Hallucigenia still has a mid-90's look.

[sid]

Wow,really good figures,especially the Pterosaurs


But i guess they are VERY hard to find,mh?

[bokisaurus]

Oct 11, 2008 19:23:41 GMT sid said:

Wow,really good figures,especially the Pterosaurs


But i guess they are VERY hard to find,mh?

I agree, if you can't afford to buy all of them, skip the dinosaurs set and go for the others.
I got mine directly from TEDCO after searching (online and in stores) for them and not having any luck.
www.shopatron.com/product/part_number=30430/174.0.15831.15839.0.0.0

[sid]

Ehy,Boki,thanks for the link

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I'm missing three of the Pteros including the Tropeognathus...they only had the other three I bought while on vacation at the IMAX theater in Myrtle Beach.