Guest review by forumite Fooman666 (edited by Horridus)
This 2006 offering from Safari’s Wild Safari range of dinosaurs is a lovely (if inaccurate) replica of every child’s favourite dinosaur, the famed villain of almost every dinosaur movie available, Tyrannosaurus rex.
The first things most dinosaur enthusiasts will notice are the pyramidal crests above the eyes, this is quite a common feature among tyrannosaur replicas and is something that most collectors can accept. However, it is plainly noticeable that on this guy the crests actually peak too far behind the eyes. After observing this it becomes noticeable that the entire skull is rather inaccurate, with the top jaw being the wrong shape and the tip of the lower jaw being too rounded.
The rest is the body is surprisingly accurate, its only downsides being that it is in a much hated tripod pose and the arms are much too long.
Detail is a feature this little one excels in, especially its feet which are presented in all their bird-like glory. The rest of the body is covered in various lines and criss crosses that, while adding a very reptilian pattern to the skin, also give a sense of the musculature of this animal. This, coupled with a nice paint job consisting of a range of greens and browns, results in a rather nice figure despite the inaccurate skull. Once again Safari have managed to hit the nail on the head in terms of providing a low priced toy for kids that doubles as a (for the most part) highly accurate replica for the serious collector. [I disagree – Contrarian Ed]
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When I first saw it, I thought it was a baby Rex model due to the proportions.
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e’ carino ma la mascella inferiore e’ troppo rotonda!per’ e’ carino.
This one always baffled me. The original Wild Safari Rex was sooo much better…and then we got this! Terrible figure.
A new WS Rex is coming next year? Where did you hear that? I sure hope so… Hate this one…
I heard it on the Dinosaur Toy Forum of course!
i have to say,yes it’s not perfect,but i happen too like it
I initially mistook it for a badly painted custom job, or a chinasaur.
This looks incredibly horrible.
A good Wild Safari Tyrannosaurus is coming…next year. As you might have gathered I’m not a fan of this one at all.
Sinceramente aunque las réplicas de dinosaurios de Safari son a mi honesto entender las más exactas paleontológicamente desde mi punto de vista, en el dinosaurios de juguete, todavía no han hecho una réplica sobresaliente de Tyranosaurus, siendo uno de los mejor conocidos, como así lo han hecho de otros dinosaurios.