New T-rex skeleton model

[jhudstone]

I say this guy

at Costco the other day.

About 36 inches long, looks to be made of a solid plastic or vinyl, displays really well; and at $36.00 dollars, much less expensive than comprable models I have seen. Anyone else see one of these?

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

I saw one, but not at costco.. I may have to get one.


*Wishes there was a spinosaurus*

[tetonbabydoll]

I saw one at Costco. But I have no where to put something that big. They had a sauropod, too. I want to say Brachiosaurus, but I am not sure.

[ikessauro]

On MERCADO LIVRE BRASIL (ebay from here) this skeleton coast 200 Reais, much expensive to me heheh, but that is incredible and huge skeleton of the King is an cool item for any collector!!!

[webdragon]

I have one of these! However I got it at Toys R' Us, where it's been on shelves for months and is actually on sale, I believe, for somewhere closer to $25. It should also be available from their website.

The model is pretty impressive, I know my T. rexes and although this certainly isn't research quality, it's not bad at all. Very sizeable, looks quite impressive up high on a shelf. BTW, the arms in the picture on the box are flipped upside down While the axial skeleton is held together by a sturdy aluminum rod which threads through almost all the vertebrae and skull, the appendicular portion is held in by much less stable pegs. The model also isn't held to the stand by anything more than a loose pair of footprints for the feet to rest in. As a plus, the model's easy to take off the stand and use in a diorama or somesuch, but the drawback is that if this thing is bumped, it will separate into half a dozen pieces. Unless, of course, you glue it together.

Worth the investment in my opinion, it's big and it's a T. rex

[Tyrannax]

Consider it bought, you know, when I get more money. ;D

Quit talking about Tyrannosaurs guys! You are making me frustrated.....now that I can't spend any money on Tyrannosaurs for a while. ;D

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

That one's been out awhile... TRU had em' for 20.00 bought one myself...and then they 14.99 for a bit.

[sbell]

Oct 29, 2008 5:54:47 GMT Tyrannax said:

Consider it bought, you know, when I get more money. ;D

Quit talking about Tyrannosaurs guys! You are making me frustrated.....now that I can't spend any money on Tyrannosaurs for a while. ;D

I know someone that has three or four--he repainted one to look more fossil-like (well, to look more like Scotty's fossils).
The next one will be repainted to represent what has actually been found of Scotty--the rest will be blackened (this is in preparation for how we expect to mount the skeleton cast in the museum).

And one is being donated for the silent auction at the conference we are holding in May.

[crazycrowman]

I too have one, toys-r-us was getting rid of them pretty cheap. I am thinking that a with a little glue and a paint job with some detailing it would make this a very nice display figure.

[webdragon]

Whoa, sbell that's a nice idea of repainting the skeleton to be representative of Scotty! Hmmmmm I might just have to do the same for the T. rex I worked on for my thesis, that's a great way to convey the completeness of a specimen that isn't entirely on display.

I may just have to go pick another one up now

OH forgot one big beef with this figure: there are no gastralia! I may just have to sculpt them in myself.

[sbell]

Oct 30, 2008 3:30:33 GMT webdragon said:

Whoa, sbell that's a nice idea of repainting the skeleton to be representative of Scotty! Hmmmmm I might just have to do the same for the T. rex I worked on for my thesis, that's a great way to convey the completeness of a specimen that isn't entirely on display.

I may just have to go pick another one up now

OH forgot one big beef with this figure: there are no gastralia! I may just have to sculpt them in myself.

Which rex did you work on? Do you still work on Cretaceous stuff? Want to hear about a conference on said stuff?

And gastralia are rarely put on display skeletons--don't know why.

[crazycrowman]

Here is one of my rex models after some glue, painting and a little bending of the rod in the middle. I tried to make the pose a little more dynamic, and still have the figure stand well on its own without needing the base.



General shots of it.



Close ups of the head (I used a rotary tool here and there to detail the whole thing a little)

www.dinostoreus.com/t-rex-skeleton.html
Sure beats paying that for one. I purchased the velociraptor from them years ago, and while a nice model, it is VERY fragile and did not work well for our "traveling" dino educational program.

[Tyrannax]

Nov 3, 2008 18:34:44 GMT crazycrowman said:

Here is one of my rex models after some glue, painting and a little bending of the rod in the middle. I tried to make the pose a little more dynamic, and still have the figure stand well on its own without needing the base.



General shots of it.



Close ups of the head (I used a rotary tool here and there to detail the whole thing a little)

www.dinostoreus.com/t-rex-skeleton.html
Sure beats paying that for one. I purchased the velociraptor from them years ago, and while a nice model, it is VERY fragile and did not work well for our "traveling" dino educational program.

I love it!

[sbell]

Interestingly, the lab tech here has both skeletons--the Dinostoreus one and the TRU one. In many ways he prefers the TRU one, I think because he can modify it without paying so much $$. And it's bigger!