Eofauna Scientific Research - New for 2023

[SidB]

That's a point, @Bread , every time any post goes up here, I keep hoping that it's some one making a firm announcement. It can get frustrating for sure.

[Concavenator]

There are plenty of us here who will post anything Eofauna says regarding the model(s). Till then, can this thread be refrain from posting?

Hopefully... every time I click on this topic I'm hoping to see some announcement...

[suspsy]

Once there is something new to report about the T. rex, it will be posted here. Guaranteed.

Until then, there is absolutely no point in anyone complaining.

[Paleo Flo]

It's a thrilling wait

[jc_4130]

The reason Eofauna has a great reputation is because they take their time. Expectations for this one are extraordinarily high so they can't afford not to nail it.  IMO the only mistake they made was teasing it so early...

[SRF]

I wonder how much resources Eofauna is even willing to spend on their Tyrannosaurus right now. They first announced it as a T. Imperator after the paper on three Tyrannosaurus species came out. When that paper received some heavy criticism Eofauna also had to rebrand their T. Imperator as Tyrannosaurus Sue, but they never called it a T. Rex. Maybe because they weren't willing to release a T. Rex in the first place?

[Samrukia]

Eofauna team is in process for Sue 

[Halichoeres]

"The Ornithischian book is much more complicated than the previous ones!"

No kidding! Easily the most morphologically diverse of the three dinosaur clades, and with unstable taxonomy due to being relatively understudied.

On the Sue model, since Greg Paul was a collaborator with Larramendi on the "Bruhathkaysaurus" paper, and also the lead author on the "T. imperator" paper, and given the skeptical reception of the latter among paleontologists, I wonder if EoFauna is having a hard time deciding what to do when it comes to naming the figure. Pure speculation on my part.

[Stegotyranno420]

Well I hope Paul is right this time. It would be awesome to have such titans

[Over9K]

"The Ornithischian book is much more complicated than the previous ones!"

No kidding! Easily the most morphologically diverse of the three dinosaur clades, and with unstable taxonomy due to being relatively understudied.

On the Sue model, since Greg Paul was a collaborator with Larramendi on the "Bruhathkaysaurus" paper, and also the lead author on the "T. imperator" paper, and given the skeptical reception of the latter among paleontologists, I wonder if EoFauna is having a hard time deciding what to do when it comes to naming the figure. Pure speculation on my part.

Didn't they release their Triceratops as an "unnamed species"?

They could do similar for the new figure, call it Tyrannosaurus sp.?

[Over9K]

Here's a ?

EoFauna offers "Skull Casts" on their website, with very scant information. Material is said to be "epoxy putty", and they offer any species.

They don't say whether these are 1:1 skulls, or scaled down.

Anyone know any more about these? Costs? Scale?

Anyone got one?

EDIT: Found more info. Thier T.rex skull is 1:2 scale and $2700 depending on the € to $ exchange rate.

[SRF]

"The Ornithischian book is much more complicated than the previous ones!"

No kidding! Easily the most morphologically diverse of the three dinosaur clades, and with unstable taxonomy due to being relatively understudied.

On the Sue model, since Greg Paul was a collaborator with Larramendi on the "Bruhathkaysaurus" paper, and also the lead author on the "T. imperator" paper, and given the skeptical reception of the latter among paleontologists, I wonder if EoFauna is having a hard time deciding what to do when it comes to naming the figure. Pure speculation on my part.

Didn't they release their Triceratops as an "unnamed species"?

They could do similar for the new figure, call it Tyrannosaurus sp.?

That's because their Triceratops is based on a specimen called Yoshi's Trike, which is a transitional form between T. Horridus and T. Prorsus. As it stands right now, Sue is a T. Rex and not a different unnamed species of Tyrannosaurus.

[Halichoeres]

"The Ornithischian book is much more complicated than the previous ones!"

No kidding! Easily the most morphologically diverse of the three dinosaur clades, and with unstable taxonomy due to being relatively understudied.

On the Sue model, since Greg Paul was a collaborator with Larramendi on the "Bruhathkaysaurus" paper, and also the lead author on the "T. imperator" paper, and given the skeptical reception of the latter among paleontologists, I wonder if EoFauna is having a hard time deciding what to do when it comes to naming the figure. Pure speculation on my part.

Didn't they release their Triceratops as an "unnamed species"?

They could do similar for the new figure, call it Tyrannosaurus sp.?

Maybe. I'm not sure that would solve the problem of trying not to offend a more-senior collaborator (which, again, I am merely speculating is actually a problem).

[JimoAi]

So the rex would be due at least next year if I'm not wrong?

[Over9K]

As much as I'm getting increasingly eager to see what Eofauna comes up with, rex-wise, I think that I'm every bit as curious as to what they plan to introduce in the way of their annual proboscidian. IMO, whatever they reveal will be welcome.

The anticipation for the '24 Trunky Buddy reveal is HIGH.

[Flaffy]

I've always found Eofauna's proboscideans to be stronger figures than their dinosaurs. So I'm very excited to see what they have lined up for us next year.

Moreover, they're the only company that still regularly produces anything other than ye ol' standard woolly mammoth. TNG's been MIA for a while now in terms of more mammals so idk.

[edu]

So the rex would be due at least next year if I'm not wrong?

As far as i know, we don't have a clue. It could come in 2025, who knows. I think we have to look at Eofauna in a different way than others. It seems to be a tiny business working from Spain, a far away place from the production center, China. Things have to be a lot more difficult to them! Besides, toys is just a part of their business.

[TheImmortalEye]

Man still no update...i dont get it im pretty sure they could def use the Money a rex would provide. Why they delaying it this much with no updates to keep the hype up.

[SRF]

Man still no update...i dont get it im pretty sure they could def use the Money a rex would provide. Why they delaying it this much with no updates to keep the hype up.

To Eofauna, producing figures isn't their core business like it is for PNSO, Safari and other brands. Since they are mainly a scientific research, selling figures isn't their main source of income, so they'll be less focussed on hyping up their Tyrannosaurus figure and the whole marketing surrounding it.

[Concavenator]

I think it would be best not to create "Eofauna - New for X year" threads, regardless of them posting advances, until they show a finished figure and explicitly mention it is due for release at a given time. Meanwhile, I think the discussions could take place at the Eofauna general thread instead.

Same goes for Wild Past too. There is also the "Wild Past - New for 2023" thread and we don't even know if they will end up releasing any figures this year.