Leyster's Collection (updated 13/09/24)

[Leyster]

@Bread I'm afraid I do not know enough of sea reptiles to give you an informed opinion, I'm quite sure @DinoToyForum answered this question in some other thread?



Binomial name: Huayangosaurus taibaii Dong, Tang, and Zhou, 1982
Classification:Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Thyreophora->Stegosauria->Huayangosauridae?*
Time: Bathonian-Callovian (middle Jurassic)
Formation: Xiashaximiao/Lower Shaximiao Formation (present-day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2006
Sculptor: Seishi Yamamoto
Scale: 1:41

*is this even a clade?

[DinoToyForum]

@Bread I'm afraid I do not know enough of sea reptiles to give you an informed opinion, I'm quite sure @DinoToyForum answered this question in some other thread?

Here's what I said of the Kronosaurus when it was first revealed.
https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=9130.msg292198#msg292198

I'd add, based on the photograph in this thread, that the nostrils look like they are positioned far too anteriorly, as in the mostly fabricated Harvard specimen of Kronosaurus/Eiectus...whatever you want to call it. In fact, Kronosaurus has a relatively unusually proportioned skull (image here) that's quite different from other pliosaurs, and different from historical and popular depictions of Kronosaurus.

I still don't have the PNSO Kronosaurus myself.

[Pliosaurking]

@Bread I'm afraid I do not know enough of sea reptiles to give you an informed opinion, I'm quite sure @DinoToyForum answered this question in some other thread?

Here's what I said of the Kronosaurus when it was first revealed.
https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=9130.msg292198#msg292198

I'd add, based on the photograph in this thread, that the nostrils look like they are positioned far too anteriorly, as in the mostly fabricated Harvard specimen of Kronosaurus/Eiectus...whatever you want to call it. In fact, Kronosaurus has a relatively unusually proportioned skull (image here) that's quite different from other pliosaurs, and different from historical and popular depictions of Kronosaurus.

I still don't have the PNSO Kronosaurus myself.

What kronosaurus do you think is the best on the market right now? The safari, collecta, or (I'm aussming not this figure) PNSO's?

[Halichoeres]

On the subject of theropod tongues, I wonder if people thinking about spinosaurs are just more likely to notice the hazards of a long tongue in a long, narrow snout where it could be easily punctured if misaligned.

That Huayangosaurus is delightful. Always glad to see Dinotales turning up in people's collections.

[Leyster]

@Halichoeres I agree, they even gave it the distintive Huayangosaurus triangular head!



Binomial name: Edmontonia rugosidens (Gilmore, 1930)
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Thyreophora->Ankylosauria->Nodosauridae->Panoplosaurini
Time: Campanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Dinosaur Park Formation (present-day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: Battat, 1996
Sculptor: Dan LoRusso
Scale: 1:25 for TMP 1998.98.1


Another Battat off the list, thanks to @brettnj

[triceratops83]

I think I still prefer the Battat Edmontonia over the new Haolonggood one.

[Takama]

I think I still prefer the Battat Edmontonia over the new Haolonggood one.

Arent they both based on two diffrent Species?

Battat = rugosidens

Haolonggood = longiceps?

[triceratops83]

Arent they both based on two diffrent Species?
Battat = rugosidens
Haolonggood = longiceps?

Beats me, I can't tell them apart. I just think the Battat has a lot of charm.

[Leyster]

@triceratops83 I agree with the Battat having a lot of charm. I only wish the legs weren't so stubby and more like the Euoplocephalus ones but oh well



Binomial name: Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn 1905
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Coelurosauria->Tyrannoraptora->Tyrannosauroidea->Tyrannosauridae->Tyrannosaurinae
Time: Maastrichtian (late Cretaceous)
Formation: Hell Creek Formation, Lance Formation, Frenchman Formation (present day USA and Canada)
Manifacturer and date of release: Qualia, 2023
Sculptor: ?
Scale: 1:70 for FMNH PR 2081

Not a genus that needs good representation, to be honest, but quite a nice Tyrannosaurus sculpture.

[triceratops83]

Yeah, that's quite a nice little Tyrannosaurus. I like the lizardy colouration around the mouth.

[Leyster]

@triceratops83 yes it's a charming little Tyrannosaurus 



Binomial name: Zuul crurivastator Arbour & Evans, 2017
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Thyreophora->Ankylosauria->Ankylosauridae->Ankylosaurinae
Time: Campanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Judith River Formation (present-day Canada)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2023
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:32

[SidB]

L @Leyster , apart from the matter of coloration, how would you assess the accuracy of this Zuul compared to the Safari model?

[Halichoeres]

Definitely one of PNSO's highlights from last year.

[Leyster]

S @SidB I do not own the Safari and afaik another person is gonna review the PNSO for Paleo-Nerd, so I don't want to spoil their work... afaik Zuul's body is currently undescribed so it's kind of hard to say. The PNSO looks it has a smaller head than the Safari which looks more accurate since Zuul is said to be expecially pinhead for an ankylosaur as far as I remember.

@Halichoeres It's nice!



Binomial name: Eusthenopteron foordi Whiteaves, 1881
Classification: Tetrapodomorpha->Tristichopteridae
Time: Frasnian (Late Devonian)
Formation: escuminac Formation (present-day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2006
Sculptor: Eiichiro Matsumoto
Scale: 1:13-1:20

[SidB]

Thanks, L @Leyster , that's good enough for now, then.

[Leyster]

Binomial name: "Mamenchisaurus"* hochuanensis Young & Zhao, 1972
Classification: Dinosauria->Sauropodomorpha->Bagualosauria->Massopoda->Sauropodiformes->Sauropoda->Eusauropoda->Mamenchisauridae
Time: Oxfordian (Late Jurassic)
Formation: Shangshaximiao/Upper Shaximiao Formation (present day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2021
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:42 for the holotype

*Mamenchisaurus is probably not a monophyletic genus and neither is the hochuanensis species.

One of the most beautiful PNSOs imho. Great work on the muscolature and it has a smooth elegance which reminds me of the Battats.

[Leyster]

Binomial name: FPDM-V coll Spinosaurid, Hattori & Azuma 2020
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Carnosauria->Spinosauridae
Time: Barremian? Aptian? (Early Cretaceous)
Formation: Kitadani Formation (present-day Japan)
Manifacturer and date of release: Qualia, 2023
Sculptor: ?
Scale: I do not scale tooth taxons!

[Concavenator]

Interesting how many club-tailed sauropod figures are nowadays the so-called Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis (CollectA, PNSO, Haolonggood) and how little attention the Shunosaurus genus tends to receive by comparison. I guess size matters, after all. 

Also, I recall you said you were hoping for another (in addition to CollectA's) version of the post-2020 Dilophosaurus. What do you think of Haolonggood's? Does the short torso bother you?

[Leyster]

@Concavenator sorry for the late answer, I didn't get the notification. I might end up getting the Haolonggood some day, but in the meantime I'll buy the BOTM once it comes out.

Speaking of BOTM...



Binomial name: Bistahieversor sealeyi Carr & Williamson, 2010
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Coelurosauria->Tyrannoraptora->Tyrannosauroidea
Time: Campanian (late Cretaceous)
Formation: Hunter Wash Member of the Kirtland Formation, Fossil Forest Member of the Fruitland Formation (present-day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: Creative Beast Studio, 2023
Sculptor: Jacob Baardse and David Silva
Scale: 1:23


And my review!

[Halichoeres]

It's a good-looking figure. Did you actually get it to stand up like that, or did you edit out a support?