Schleich - New for 2023

[Flaffy]

Prehistoric Life

Edmontosaurus



Gallimimus



Gastonia



Monolophosaurus



Tarbosaurus



Eldrador Creatures

Shadow Raptor




Vehicle Set

Dakotaraptor

[suspsy]

Prehistoric Life

Edmontosaurus



Gallimimus



Gastonia



Monolophosaurus



Tarbosaurus



Eldrador Creatures

Shadow Raptor

[Pliosaurking]

Hopefully there will be at least one or two good ones but I'm not getting my hopes up

[SidB]

Ditto on that; they sometimes pull off a good one, such as the recent Styracosaurus, for example, though there's never any guarantee in any given year that this will occur. Still, the possibility really does exist, based on their history, that this can and will happen. let's be hopeful for that much, anyways.

[SidB]

My fear for the Gallimimus is that it will have clown feet as big as all outdoors, maybe much worse than their Tawa, which otherwise was quite good.

[suspsy]

I'm more concerned about its plumage, or possible lack thereof. Although their previous Oviraptor gives me hope.

[Concavenator]

Normally I would be excited for a Gallimimus, but this is Schleich we are talking about, so I would be surprised if the final figure is decent, let alone good.

Why wouldn't Schleich just let Vlad Konstantinov sculpt all their prehistoric animal figures? Literally all of their best figures in recent years are his work (Spinosaurus, Psittacosaurus...).

[Jose S.M.]

It sounds like a great line up but as other have said, it's Schleich. Hopefully it's a mixed bag and some will turn out like Psittacosaurus.

[SidB]

Normally I would be excited for a Gallimimus, but this is Schleich we are talking about, so I would be surprised if the final figure is decent, let alone good.

Why wouldn't Schleich just let Vlad Konstantinov sculpt all their prehistoric animal figures? Literally all of their best figures in recent years are his work (Spinosaurus, Psittacosaurus...).

Maybe the products of their regular craftspeople sold better. I saw their worst output moving off the shelves in Toys R Us for year after year, while the superior Konstantinov dinos never even made an appearance. I dunno, maybe there's an appetite for distorted junk, maybe there's a taste for rotten eggs. What do I know?

[Eocarcharia]

Wow, someone's making an Ornithomimid figure other than Mattel? You don't see that very often.

[suspsy]

Also, it'll be kinda funny if the Tarbosaurus turns out to be a more accurate rendition than any of the T. rexes that Schleich has churned out over the years.

[Concavenator]

I dunno, maybe there's an appetite for distorted junk, maybe there's a taste for rotten eggs.

Seems to be the case.

[SidB]

I dunno, maybe there's an appetite for distorted junk, maybe there's a taste for rotten eggs.

Seems to be the case.

I hope that we're not cynical ... ,

[suspsy]

I'd say it's more like there's a widespread taste for McDonald's despite the fact that there are many other restaurants that serve objectively better burgers and fries. Schleich's greatest strength has always been their aggressive marketing.

[PrimevalRaptor]

Some very interesting choices, though given that it's Schleich it's gonna be Russian Roulette all over again. 
A shame that they are so hit-or-miss cause another widely available Tarbosaurus would be most welcome given that the only one I got is the CollectA one.

[Concavenator]

I dunno, maybe there's an appetite for distorted junk, maybe there's a taste for rotten eggs.

Seems to be the case.

I hope that we're not cynical ... ,

Sorry if I was misunderstood, I meant that I'm surprised the non-Konstantinov Schleich dinos are more popular than the Konstantinov ones.

[suspsy]

My prediction is that the Gallimimus will be in a tripod stance just like the Oviraptor, but it'll still have oversized feet regardless.

[Faelrin]

Wow, someone's making an Ornithomimid figure other than Mattel? You don't see that very often.

To be fair, Kaiyodo will be releasing one this year as well, but yeah it's true there's a shortage of them on the market. They also did a Struthiomimus in the past for their Dinotales line.


I think the Gastonia should turn out okay. Their Animantarx was pretty decent, minus the gilla monster tail. A shame it was retired so quickly though. Seems to be anything that turns out decent gets the chopping block pretty quickly, such as the Dracorex, Diabloceratops, Psittacosaurus, Dinogorgon, etc.

[Gwangi]

A potentially interesting selection but I'm not holding my breath for quality. This year's Nothosaurus was such a tremendous letdown.

[SidB]

I dunno, maybe there's an appetite for distorted junk, maybe there's a taste for rotten eggs.

Seems to be the case.

I hope that we're not cynical ... ,

Sorry if I was misunderstood, I meant that I'm surprised the non-Konstantinov Schleich dinos are more popular than the Konstantinov ones.

No, I've no problem with what you wrote, I agree. From the perspective of quality, the Konstantinov releases should have been more successful. It is dismaying that the reverse is true. So, seriously, it's hard for me not to be 'cynical' regarding the appetite for quality of the audience to which Schleich apparently caters with its dinosaur offerings. If they are successful, they must be meeting the wants of their customers with their usually mediocre to poor figures, so what does that say about the customer base?

Nevertheless, I do hope for and even anticipate the occasional 'gem'.