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Post by sbell on Oct 17, 2008 21:40:31 GMT
Yes Boki, there is a second Synthetoceras:  I have a little herd of them--two lucky finds (at two different dollar stores in two different Canadian cities) made by Chick Yuet (one of the many Chinese companies to go under recently). Their other mammals are highly derivative of the AAA mammals (entelodon, hyaenodon, mammoth, smilodon, coelodonta). |
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Post by bokisaurus on Oct 17, 2008 23:08:56 GMT
Yes Boki, there is a second Synthetoceras: I have a little herd of them--two lucky finds (at two different dollar stores in two different Canadian cities) made by Chick Yuet (one of the many Chinese companies to go under recently). Their other mammals are highly derivative of the AAA mammals (entelodon, hyaenodon, mammoth, smilodon, coelodonta).  I heard about this guy a while back! I thought it was all 'rumors" since I could not find him anywhere when I researched it. He looks beautiful! It's one of my favorite prehistoric mammal. Any chance you could part with one  I really want one  Thanks for the pix. As for dinosaur, well, even if Procon already did one ( a nice one), I would like to see Safari do their version of Agustinia. It is just the most unusual sauropod ever! |
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Oct 18, 2008 0:39:09 GMT
One more to the list- Before the dinosaurs toob with: anomalocharis(sp?) Dunkleosteus acanthostega postosuchus wiwaxia some trilobite cephalaspis dragonfly xenacanthus I think it would be a great idea, as they get to do weird species, but they wouldn't be that expensive to make |
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Post by tomhet on Oct 18, 2008 1:42:58 GMT
I've considered that toothy issue--but I like to believe that not every figure can be one. In fact, ornithopods overall have been pretty much ignored by Safari for some time now; ornithomimids have been ignored by everyone. These are only meant to be suggestions, in the sense that there are animals that simply have not been seen as figures yet, and maybe Safari could have the chance to do it first. Just so you all know, I'll take suggestions until the end of the weekend, at which point I'll narow the list and send it off (and I'll tell you what I included, maybe I'll say why, and how I justified it). I still wouldn't suggest a Kentrosaurus, as blade already pointed out, there's the magnificent DinoRiders version, there's a FameMaster and Procon has just released a Lexovisaurus, I don't see the point. They don't have an amphibian or an arthropod yet. And I thought they weren't going to do more mammals?  |
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Post by sbell on Oct 18, 2008 2:00:41 GMT
I've considered that toothy issue--but I like to believe that not every figure can be one. In fact, ornithopods overall have been pretty much ignored by Safari for some time now; ornithomimids have been ignored by everyone. These are only meant to be suggestions, in the sense that there are animals that simply have not been seen as figures yet, and maybe Safari could have the chance to do it first. Just so you all know, I'll take suggestions until the end of the weekend, at which point I'll narow the list and send it off (and I'll tell you what I included, maybe I'll say why, and how I justified it). I still wouldn't suggest a Kentrosaurus, as blade already pointed out, there's the magnificent DinoRiders version, there's a FameMaster and Procon has just released a Lexovisaurus, I don't see the point. They don't have an amphibian or an arthropod yet. And I thought they weren't going to do more mammals? That's what I was told, but I'm sure they could still consider a mammal here and there. And really, using Dino-Riders as a reason not to get something is like using the JP Scutosaurus as a reason not to make the upcoming Scutosaurus. Fact is, those are action figure lines, and aren't even available anymore, so they don't really count. Although I had forgotten the Lexovisaurus. |
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Post by tomhet on Oct 18, 2008 2:09:52 GMT
Meh, there are a lot of stegosaurids already, doing another one is senseless to me ;D
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Post by Anapsids on Oct 18, 2008 2:32:34 GMT
Safari did release one Angler fish already in there deep sea set if interested.. I couldn't find it. Could you give me a link? Anyhow I switch my angler fish with another placoderm. Groenlandaspis  |
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Post by bokisaurus on Oct 18, 2008 4:15:37 GMT
Meh, there are a lot of stegosaurids already, doing another one is senseless to me ;D I totally agree. Why not be more daring and try making something totally new and obscure? With the great sculpting they are doing now, I'm sure no matter what the figure is as long as its within the high standards they have set, it would be successful. ;D |
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Post by sbell on Oct 18, 2008 5:44:24 GMT
Meh, there are a lot of stegosaurids already, doing another one is senseless to me ;D I totally agree. Why not be more daring and try making something totally new and obscure? With the great sculpting they are doing now, I'm sure no matter what the figure is as long as its within the high standards they have set, it would be successful. ;D True, yes, except there's this global economic meltdown--I can imagine that taking enormous risks is not a high priority right now. Hence, while I will be putting Tiktaalik and Nothosaurus on the list, I would be hard pressed to suggest something like a conodont, despite the extreme awesomeness that would imply. |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Oct 18, 2008 8:03:44 GMT
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Oct 18, 2008 11:29:14 GMT
Quetzalcoatlus, stork-style:  I second that. It's a very dramatic interpretation.  So, I have decided. I third this pterosaur. My second suggestion is obviously a primitive pliosaur, big head, moderate neck length, which would be unique in all of dinosaurtoyland... and they have received recent scientific attention. And they have big teeth.   |
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Post by sbell on Oct 18, 2008 14:22:58 GMT
Here's the problem with suggesting Quetzalcoatlus:  There is already a Carnegie one. It's pretty lousy (compared to the Schleich ones, for example) but it already exists in the Safari Ltd. world. So I won't put it on the list. Perhaps there is another large azdharchid that could be suggested in a similar pose? |
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Post by therizinosaurus on Oct 18, 2008 15:05:33 GMT
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Post by tomhet on Oct 18, 2008 16:17:15 GMT
I second Rhomaelosaurus I had suggested the Liop because it's far more famous, but this one is quite good. |
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Oct 18, 2008 16:56:56 GMT
The Quet pose is sufficiently different from the current Quet that it justifies being put on the list.
Safari have already set the precedent - they produced two Dilophosaurus together, as part of the same deal. They could do the same for a big pterosaur such as Quet, showing a flying and standing pose respectively. Bullyland did this. In any case, the bottom line for Safari will be 'will it sell'? We all know it would. A bigger issue would be the production costs and inconveniences of such a lanky figure.
As an aside - Safari Ltd are now linking to our blog, which means they probably got an email I sent weeks ago, but they have not yet had the courtesy to reply to my questions...
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Post by tomhet on Oct 18, 2008 17:19:55 GMT
Hey, they linked my Dunkleosteus review |
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Oct 18, 2008 17:24:30 GMT
Hey, they linked my Dunkleosteus review indeed ;D |
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Post by sid on Oct 18, 2008 19:08:30 GMT
Yeah, that list kind of defeats the spirit of suggesting 1 or two things. In fact, I do believe I mentioned in the very first post, to only suggest one thing (I bumped it to two in a subsequent post). Sid, please consider which two you would REALLY want to see, and provide a good picture of each that I can present to Safari. D'OH! Sorry guys...Anyway,if i'd have to pick three from my list,i'd choose:  Good ol' Choelophysis...And:  A nice Tsintaosaurus would be cool...And:  A kickass Herrerasaurus to complete the trio |
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Post by tomhet on Oct 18, 2008 20:48:09 GMT
True, yes, except there's this global economic meltdown--I can imagine that taking enormous risks is not a high priority right now. Hence, while I will be putting Tiktaalik and Nothosaurus on the list, I would be hard pressed to suggest something like a conodont, despite the extreme awesomeness that would imply. A conodont? Even if that would be very cool for us, for kids it would be nothing more than a sperm ;D Osteostracans, heterostracans or placoderms would be hard to miss, not to mention that they are very endearing. They definitely need to expand on that department. I second the Herrerasaurus |
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Post by stoneage on Oct 18, 2008 23:02:39 GMT
 How about Cameroceras which was shown in Chased by Sea Monsters, Pterygotus shown in Before The Dinosaurs I believe, Barylamda, or Borealosuchus.
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I heard about this guy a while back! I thought it was all 'rumors" since I could not find him anywhere when I researched it. He looks beautiful! It's one of my favorite prehistoric mammal. Any chance you could part with one 
I really want one 
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How about Cameroceras which was shown in Chased by Sea Monsters, Pterygotus shown in Before The Dinosaurs I believe, Barylamda, or Borealosuchus.