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[terrorchicken]

nope dont like JW apato face. Its like there's something really uncanny about its face... why are its eyes blue? the eyes looked too human and it creeped me out in LW when it was dying and making all those weird human expressions of agony. 

I'm a bit perplexed. I don't see anything really wrong with it from an anatomy standpoint. As I recall everyone was liking the Nanmu one which has the head of the Jurassic World version placed on the Sideshow Apatosaurus body... which also has a very similar head as well anyway.

see this is better, it looks like an animal (the small black eyes help) and not adult Baby from Secret of the Lost Legend(which was also creepy!)

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lol that flappy mouth, those teeth...

[Reuben03]

He's looking a little like he got the good tree stars man.

LOLLLLLLL

[Gwangi]

lol that flappy mouth, those teeth...

That's spot on, and hilarious.

Going back to my own problems with the Jurassic World Apatosaurus face it's not that it looks too human, but it does look too mammalian. The face overall is too wrinkly, the lips too fleshy. It actually reminds me of the Mystics from The Dark Crystal. And yeah, the Nanmu Apatosaurus is based on the JW one, but the face still looks better on it to me.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

If you close the mouth it looks more like the Sideshow and Nanmu ones.  I did admit the jaw is hinged midway which is a weird choice but I guess it eliminates the jaw tissue issue.

Blue eyes..idk some animals do have them. They can be repainted, I'm not seeing a good clear look at them from the side anyway as of yet. 

It's wrinkly to be sure, the Brachio also had them, but it's probably too much elephant influence, though it does have the teeth covered and it doesn't have a trunk   I thought this over today and I think we are too used to seeing small figures of sauropods where the heads an inch or in some cases very much smaller. Looking around the room here where I'm sitting most of these figures around me all have this docile blank expression like a cow for the most part, even like a camel or horse.

BTW, the Mystics always reminded me a bit of sauropods with the longer necks and face appearance.

[dinoMD]

Is it the legacy collection figure releasing on March 17th at Target? 

[Faelrin]

The Zuniceratops, baby Brachiosaurus, etc are up for preorder on Entertainment Earth now (as well as the Plesiosaurus and a few others). And Collect Jurassic also shared some new nice pics of them:







I'm thinking with all these April dates (which is when stuff started officially releasing back in 2018), it's probably safe to say most of this stuff was planned to release alongside Dominion (such as the Apatosaurus probably), before it got delayed another year. Considering most of this stuff probably isn't plot relevant or going to spoil the film there's no reason why it can't be released now.

[Carnoking]

I have sat on this for a bit now, and I honestly can't put my finger on why but this thing just does not look like a Jurassic World Apatosaurus to me. I don't dislike it, but it doesn't look like the movie critter in my eyes.

[dinoMD]

Is it the legacy collection figure releasing on March 17th at Target?

I'm basing this on Smyths website, which indicates availability between March 17-24.  That would be most grand.

[Reuben03]

I have sat on this for a bit now, and I honestly can't put my finger on why but this thing just does not look like a Jurassic World Apatosaurus to me. I don't dislike it, but it doesn't look like the movie critter in my eyes.

i just want a LW:JP mamenchisaurus lol

[Gwangi]

If you close the mouth it looks more like the Sideshow and Nanmu ones.  I did admit the jaw is hinged midway which is a weird choice but I guess it eliminates the jaw tissue issue.

Blue eyes..idk some animals do have them. They can be repainted, I'm not seeing a good clear look at them from the side anyway as of yet. 

It's wrinkly to be sure, the Brachio also had them, but it's probably too much elephant influence, though it does have the teeth covered and it doesn't have a trunk   I thought this over today and I think we are too used to seeing small figures of sauropods where the heads an inch or in some cases very much smaller. Looking around the room here where I'm sitting most of these figures around me all have this docile blank expression like a cow for the most part, even like a camel or horse.

BTW, the Mystics always reminded me a bit of sauropods with the longer necks and face appearance.

The Jurassic Park Brachiosaurus isn't nearly as wrinkled as the Apatosaurus, and the wrinkles aren't as deep in the flesh. They're far more believable.




The wrinkling on that Apatosaurus looks like an old UKRD toy. But it's whatever, I don't like it but I don't need to convince other people that they shouldn't too.

[Reuben03]

The wrinkling on that Apatosaurus looks like an old UKRD toy.

YES HAHA THATS SO TRUE

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

The Zuniceratops, baby Brachiosaurus, etc are up for preorder on Entertainment Earth now (as well as the Plesiosaurus and a few others). And Collect Jurassic also shared some new nice pics of them:







I'm thinking with all these April dates (which is when stuff started officially releasing back in 2018), it's probably safe to say most of this stuff was planned to release alongside Dominion (such as the Apatosaurus probably), before it got delayed another year. Considering most of this stuff probably isn't plot relevant or going to spoil the film there's no reason why it can't be released now.

Saw them at EE yesterday, my only complaint is EE is a bit overpriced plus taxes and shipping...and things can be in stores way before they get stock.

If you close the mouth it looks more like the Sideshow and Nanmu ones.  I did admit the jaw is hinged midway which is a weird choice but I guess it eliminates the jaw tissue issue.

Blue eyes..idk some animals do have them. They can be repainted, I'm not seeing a good clear look at them from the side anyway as of yet. 

It's wrinkly to be sure, the Brachio also had them, but it's probably too much elephant influence, though it does have the teeth covered and it doesn't have a trunk   I thought this over today and I think we are too used to seeing small figures of sauropods where the heads an inch or in some cases very much smaller. Looking around the room here where I'm sitting most of these figures around me all have this docile blank expression like a cow for the most part, even like a camel or horse.

BTW, the Mystics always reminded me a bit of sauropods with the longer necks and face appearance.

The Jurassic Park Brachiosaurus isn't nearly as wrinkled as the Apatosaurus, and the wrinkles aren't as deep in the flesh. They're far more believable.




The wrinkling on that Apatosaurus looks like an old UKRD toy. But it's whatever, I don't like it but I don't need to convince other people that they shouldn't too.

I guess my issue was with trying to find out what wasn't accurate about the head that immediately started folks saying it looked like a human one as I didn't see it. Having sculpted an Apatosaurus head in 1:1 scale I never thought that so was really curious as to what others were seeing. Maybe I just didn't have that mental connection?  It's a toy after all so no real concerns there. This is probably the first thing I've hardcore discussed on here in months.. lol

[Gwangi]

@Blade-of-the-Moon, I'm not talking about the toy, I'm talking about the animal in the movie that we began discussing before the toy was revealed. It's been awhile since I've seen the movie but I remember some mammalian facial expressions during its death throws that I found off putting and unrealistic. I'm not sure of any glaring inaccuracies with it but I just don't like most of the aesthetic choices in its design, but I never brought up the accuracy of it in the first place. 

[terrorchicken]

 I have no problem with anyone liking the apato toy or the design of the one in the film. I was just trying to get across what I meant with it looking creepy and uncannily human to me. Since alot of you were confused about what I meant, and yeah Gwangi is right, too"mammalian" would have been a better word to use. I mean the toy is a toy so whatever, many of the JW toys aren't very realistic, but I felt they anthropomorphized(or Disneyfied) the apato in the film way too much, I guess  they felt they had to design it that way so the audience would emphasize with it, which I felt was unnecessary.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Apologies. I guess I was reading the comments as "inaccurate" and wrong in terms of look. That's why I posted the comparisons between the others. The skull and shape look good to me. Eye color, skin wrinkles, to me are just artistic license.  Possibly plausible.    "Too mammalian" is a better description, maybe anthropomorphized?  I probably would have still read it wrong and asked for clarification. Building new dinos now and my brain is in that mode.

[Dinoguy2]

I'm thinking with all these April dates (which is when stuff started officially releasing back in 2018), it's probably safe to say most of this stuff was planned to release alongside Dominion (such as the Apatosaurus probably), before it got delayed another year. Considering most of this stuff probably isn't plot relevant or going to spoil the film there's no reason why it can't be released now.

I wonder how long until we see leaks of the human characters' figures and more plot-specific stuff. If the toys were meant to be released around now, they must have at least started a full production run before the movie was delayed? At the very least the molds would be done and there should be some test run samples laying around those factories, if not finished, carded samples.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I'm thinking with all these April dates (which is when stuff started officially releasing back in 2018), it's probably safe to say most of this stuff was planned to release alongside Dominion (such as the Apatosaurus probably), before it got delayed another year. Considering most of this stuff probably isn't plot relevant or going to spoil the film there's no reason why it can't be released now.

I wonder how long until we see leaks of the human characters' figures and more plot-specific stuff. If the toys were meant to be released around now, they must have at least started a full production run before the movie was delayed? At the very least the molds would be done and there should be some test run samples laying around those factories, if not finished, carded samples.

I'd say they are doing their best to keep things under wraps. I'm honestly surprised we are getting so much merch this year that is not Dominion related. Godzilla VS Kong was the first film that I saw a ton of toys for last year with no movie to carry it. Minions Rise of Gru was another it's film was just delayed til next year ( my nephew is dying to see it ).  But they were able to keep the Mecha G design mostly secret ( blurry photos aside) til just last week. 

[Faelrin]

Some in box pics of the new Legacy Nedry Jeep set (Collect Jurassic does make a good point about the lack of red stripe on the Jeep compared to the promo pics. Also that box art looks awesome):

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMg0-SFlUmF/?igshid=18swgu5q0wefu

Also a look at the two new Savage Strike raptors in box. I am totally digging the Lost World look of the second.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMhE6WrFqsi/?igshid=1hoetdn55xos2

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

That Nedry set is pretty awesome, just preordered it from Target.com  Looks to be released on April 11th?

[Carnoking]

Oh God, that red jumping raptor is horrendous.