Ancestors Models - new for 2023 (teaser)

[Halichoeres]

Edit January 2024: It seems to be unwise to order these; while some buyers have received these, others have reported that the Ancestors team has been unresponsive after collecting payment. I personally wouldn't risk it.


Maybe this should go in the Kits section because I think their products can be bought unpainted, but anyway Ancestors posted this teaser image recently.

I believe they are, clockwise from top left:
Tlatolophus
Carnotaurus?
Columbian mammoth?
Denversaurus?
and maybe Allosaurus at center

Tlatolophus pre-order:

[Fembrogon]

Thanks for sharing this; I fell off of updating the 2022 thread and was probably not going to continue much further. It's cool to see this little company trucking on, though.

[Renecito]

They mentioned long time ago something about a Denversaurus and a columbian mammoth.

[GojiraGuy1954]

center looks like Allo

[Halichoeres]

They mentioned long time ago something about a Denversaurus and a columbian mammoth.

center looks like Allo

I'm trying this new thing where I intentionally include an error in every post to ensure that someone replies.

Just kidding, Columbian mammoth, Denversaurus, and Allosaurus make sense. I'll correct the first post.

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

They mentioned long time ago something about a Denversaurus and a columbian mammoth.

center looks like Allo

I'm trying this new thing where I intentionally include an error in every post to ensure that someone replies.

Just kidding, Columbian mammoth, Denversaurus, and Allosaurus make sense. I'll correct the first post.

A Columbian Mammoth and Denversaurus would be amazing! What scale are these, typically?

[Halichoeres]

Their previous releases have been 1/18 and 1/35, supposedly. I don't actually own any, but to my eye they look to run a bit larger than claimed.

[Renecito]

Columbian Mammoth 1/35

[SidB]

Like this Columbian! I would hope that it comes in 1/35 ish.

[BlueKrono]

Where does one buy Ancestors models?

[SidB]

Where does one buy Ancestors models?

My question too ...

[shahinos]

I think you write them on their insta account, whenever a model is ready to be released.

[Renecito]

I'm sorry I forgot about the scale, it is 1/35 and you can buy their models contacting them directly through their social media acounts:

https://www.instagram.com/ancestors.models/
https://twitter.com/AncestorsModels
https://www.facebook.com/THEGUANLONGSTORE
https://www.etsy.com/mx/shop/AncestorsModels

[Dusty Wren]

I do like the look of the mammoth, but I'm still holding out hope that Eofauna does a Columbian mammoth at some point. I am looking forward to Ancestors releasing their Tlatolophus, though.

[shahinos]

Some news from a live show they did on their Facebook page yesterday.

By the end of this month, the idea is to release ten copies of Tlatolophus and four Columbian mammoths. The dinosaur will come in two different colorations, five copies of each. The upcoming months, ten copies of each. The sale will be direct (no pre-sale as previously) and only through their Etsy page. The price for the Tlato will be around 900 Mexican pesos, around 950 for the mammoth (plus shipping, I assume). The idea is to create special editions in the future with bases adorned by various local plants of their respective time.

Meraxes will follow (the silhouette with the keratene ridge). He didn't expect that PNSO would release a Meraxes of their own, a little bit of a bummer. Theirs will be in a different pose than the PNSO though.

Then Denversaurus. All of these until June. Further ahead, hopefully a terror bird when a certain show premiers on Netflix (didn't understand the name of the show).

The idea is to then turn into articulated models. Lots of potential and lots of species not covered by BotM. Probably kickstarter, Tlatolophus will be the first species to go. Five joints in the tail, three in each hind leg, two in each front leg, the torso, maybe a double-jointed in the neck allowing both neck and head to move. The second species one from their current catalogue and the third species up to the public to decide.

In the future, an articulated Hank as well. He also talked about difficulties creating an articulated sail, such as Dimetrodon or Spinosaurus, and that he won't be making species with a sail due to these difficulties.

[shahinos]

There's a model of their Tlatolophus on their insta account, by the way.

[Halichoeres]

Thanks for the info, S @shahinos. I knew these were small-batch, but I didn't realize quite how limited they are. Those are tiny numbers!

[shahinos]

The Tlatolophus is now available for preorder in two different colorings. Send a message to their Facebook page Guanlong store or insta account Ancestors models.

[Halichoeres]

Pre-orders appear to still be open. I'll add this image to the 1st post.

[Concavenator]

I actually pre-ordered the black version about 2 hours after the pre-orders were up! 

Expect to see it in my collection thread at some point this year. Very excited to get it, a species I've been wanting to have in my collection ever since the moment I learned of it back in 2021. Will also be my first ever figure from them!