Mesozoic Life Project - Kickstarter 2022

[Sim]

I'm surprised Concavenator, which has some good figures of it, got more votes than Meraxes, which seems popular and has no figures.

Concavenator doesn't have good figures. I was waiting for a new good updated figure from one of the most complete medium sized theropods and in my opinion, Safari didn't get it.
So I'm happy it will receive finally the figure it deserves. Their 3D model is pretty good.

@Duna Not even the Favorite Co. one?

I think the Favorite Concavenator and the Carnegie Concavenator are good.

[Halichoeres]

The choices in that poll kinda bum me out. Is this going to be an all-theropod line?

[SidB]

I'm surprised Concavenator, which has some good figures of it, got more votes than Meraxes, which seems popular and has no figures.

Concavenator doesn't have good figures. I was waiting for a new good updated figure from one of the most complete medium sized theropods and in my opinion, Safari didn't get it.
So I'm happy it will receive finally the figure it deserves. Their 3D model is pretty good.

@Duna Not even the Favorite Co. one?

I think the Favorite Concavenator and the Carnegie Concavenator are good.

Agreed, @Sim  - I have both and they are fine figures. But they are very hard to get hold of in any case, and that seems to leave the door open for another high quality figure.

[Duna]

@Duna Not even the Favorite Co. one?

Yes, the Favorite one is very good, the best in my opinion. But it's difficult to get. The Carnegie is very good too, I have it and the sculpt is superb. But I don't like much the sprawled legs (don't mind tripods).

[Faelrin]

I'm disappointed the Herrerasaurus wasn't represented. Wasn't that one of the ones they mentioned they might do earlier on?

[Sturisoma]

Some photos and comparison pics of the Spinosaurus (courtesy of Paleo-Nerd):

Wow it's so beautiful, so beautiful that I can forgive the tail seam. I like this so much better than the Star Ace one.

[JohannesB]

Are those production models? If so, the paint-app is very nice indeed (even though the dynamic range on those mobile phone pics seems low, and as such, the colours and contrasts may be misrepresented).

[SidB]

Yes, the paint work IS sharp.

[SenSx]

Hello, I might have changed my mind and think of getting this figure...
But do you think it is too late now ?
Or can you still pledge and get a figure despite the kickstarter being over ?

Thanks

[Concavenator]

@SenSx

I asked Blayken what chances do people interested in the Spinosaurus but who didn't reserve it via Kickstarter have, and he said that the remaining units (if there are any) from the campaign will be sold through Amazon (and maybe some specialised stores as well), and also, that if he considers the demand and benefits to be enough, he would consider releasing another wave of figures.

[Maritimer]

Does anyone who is familiar with the therizinosaurus and Papo Spinosaurus 2019 offer some insight to how the latter might compare to the MLP Spinosaurus?

I've got the Therizinosaurus and the old Papo Jurasso-Spinosaurus, and for what it's worth, even with the Spino's long legs, the Therizinosaur's raised arm easily clears its head. The JP Spinosaur's also got a pretty short tail - Ramses is _significantly_ longer than the Papo model. (This refers to the JP-style Spino, not the apparently unlimited limited edition. I just felt a little sad that your question had gone unanswered.)

Are those production models? If so, the paint-app is very nice indeed (even though the dynamic range on those mobile phone pics seems low, and as such, the colours and contrasts may be misrepresented).

I think these are prototypes - one of the more recent updates to the Kickstarter included videos of mold-making in the production facility in China, so I would guess that actual molding and painting of the production models still lies in the future. Delivery is scheduled for December-ish, as I recall.

~B.

[Stegotyranno420]

Thank you very much for your consideration
@Maritimer

@Halichoeres while I love theropods, I too am a bit bummed out. They are all theropods, but if people buy them, they can afford to make a herbivore, or maybe something else entirely.

I wish we have gotten torvosaurus out of the poll results. I like their rendition of torvosaurus the most out of any other company.

What herbivores would you guys like to see?

[GojiraGuy1954]

Plateosaurus

[JohannesB]

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[JohannesB]

Are those production models? If so, the paint-app is very nice indeed (even though the dynamic range on those mobile phone pics seems low, and as such, the colours and contrasts may be misrepresented).

I think these are prototypes - one of the more recent updates to the Kickstarter included videos of mold-making in the production facility in China, so I would guess that actual molding and painting of the production models still lies in the future. Delivery is scheduled for December-ish, as I recall.

~B.

Yes, of course. That is logical. Stupid me.

[Concavenator]

What herbivores would you guys like to see?

Amargasaurus, Brachylophosaurus and Anchiceratops the most.

The problem with theropods is that the groups that are over-represented are always the same: the big carnivorous theropods. I would even argue that herbivorous/omnivorous theropods (ornithomimosaurs, therizinosaurs) receive less attention than the classic ornithischian groups (ceratopsians, ornithopods, thyreophorans) in the figure department nowadays. Some theropod groups are very overlooked. I would say the best represented out of the "overlooked" groups are dromaeosaurids, because at least there are nice figures of a few genera (Velociraptor, Deinonychus and Microraptor). But troodontids, scansoriopterygids, noasaurids... they are seriously neglected (aside from the already mentioned ornithomimosaurs and therizinosaurs).

[Flaffy]

I'd like to see some fish from the Kem Kem formation to display with the Spinosaurus.

[SenSx]

@SenSx

I asked Blayken what chances do people interested in the Spinosaurus but who didn't reserve it via Kickstarter have, and he said that the remaining units (if there are any) from the campaign will be sold through Amazon (and maybe some specialised stores as well), and also, that if he considers the demand and benefits to be enough, he would consider releasing another wave of figures.

Ok thank you, I hope I will be able to get one if the figure turns out to be great.

[Halichoeres]

I'd like to see some fish from the Kem Kem formation to display with the Spinosaurus.

Yes please!

[Concavenator]

To be honest, I'm not so sure I will be getting this figure after all...

It's a gorgeous figure, and I'm confident it's going to be the best version of the species available, but we know far less about Spinosaurus than we think we do. Check this post and also this one out to see what I'm talking about. And that's really what's holding me back.

How well-known a taxon is has never influenced my buying decisions, and so I have always been ok with getting figures of fragmentary taxa, but after reading the advice of other fellows here and thinking about it, I now think that I'm only interested in getting figures of taxa known from good fossil remains. Indeed, I have experienced obsolescence in some figures from my collection: the CollectA Deinocheirus which I bought in 2012 and became obsolete the following year and the CollectA Spinosaurus which I bought in 2015 and became obsolete in 2020. And both were fragmentary taxa. This isn't necessarily a problem, if I was a more active collector I could buy a figure of a fragmentary taxa and if, after some time, it became dated I could just sell it (or not, it's just that I would be tempted to do so because I'm an accuracy-oriented collector). So if I finally sold it, the purchase would have been in vain. That's the "problem". This obsolescence also happened to other taxa that are known from good fossil remains (feathering on Tyrannosaurus and Edmontosaurus' hooves), though the changes have the potential to be much greather in fragmentary taxa due to their image not being very clear.

For their next figure I would like it if ML chose a species known from decent fossil remains.