Safari Ltd - New for 2024

[Roar]

Creature
Here is that creature in front of the crypt sketches. What is it?

https://www.safariltd.com/products/eugy-sasquatch-3d-puzzle

It's a EUGY Sasquatch 3D Puzzle.

EUGY is a brand based in New Zealand that Safari recently began distributing exclusively in North America.

They make cardboard 3D puzzles of different animals and mythical creatures with a unique "cute" style.

I have a few on my desk, they're pretty neat.

aaaah okay. That is why it wasnt on the pictures anymore thanks. Yes i have seen those thankyou. Didnt know this one was one.  I really hope Safari will make a grey alien one day for their myth and magic collection. They could do multiple tall greys small greys. A lot of creatures in ufo lore.

[Shane]

Sooooooooooooooooooo, when is Safari going to release official images of all these new items?

Full product pages with details will go live after Comic Con. Probably Monday.

[Fembrogon]

I think all three dinos will be sure-buys for me. I don't have a Nanuqsaurus yet, and a new Safari deinonychosaur is always a good thing, regardless of genus. I already have the Collecta and PNSO Megalosaurus (and the Invicta), but even from these small photos I suspect Safari's will end up being the best of the options. It's so nice to see the "original" dinosaur finally getting market-wide representation.

[Faelrin]

Really glad to see that one mystery theropod is a Megalosaurus. Looking forward to getting that one, if not the others.

[Sim]

It's good to have confimation of the identities of the figures!  I'm confident Doug sculpted the Austroraptor, it looks like his style.  I'm so happy an Austroraptor has been made, it's a must-have for me.  The Megalosaurus looks very good and of a new style for Safari's figures.  I wish it had been a Torvosaurus!  I already have the PNSO Megalosaurus but I'll decide whether to get Safari's after seeing better photos of it.  As I said, it looks very good, so I'm open to acquiring it even if I keep the PNSO version.  It's hard to know what to think of the Nanuqsaurus even with the close-up as I can see differences in photos of it so I'm not sure how exactly it looks.  I'm open to getting it too, especially after learning S @Shane created its colouration.  Shane, have you created the colouration of any other Safari prehistoric figures?

[GojiraGuy1954]

The Safari Megalo is gonna be bigger anyways so I can just pretend its a Torvosaurus

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

I don't think it's likely, but I wonder if the sculptor for the megalosaurus is Forest Rogers? The photo isn't great, but it kind of reminds me of her style.

[Saarlooswolfhound]

So it's Megalosaurus after all. I really like it so I will be getting it. I also love the Austroraptor. The Nanuqsaurus is the least good of the three but I will be getting it because it's Appa colored! Overall, Excellent lineup by Safari this year

It's interesting to see the Appa comparisons. I painted the reference guide for the Nanuqsaurus, and I wasn't thinking of Appa, at least not consciously, but I'm a big A:TLA fan. Mainly I was trying to create a color pattern that looked like it could live in a cold/extreme weather climate, while also not looking like any of the many many many pieces of Nanuqsaurus paleoart out there.

I actually love it, and think its a great pattern that suits this model. That was just where my mind went was for good old Appa. 

Also, thats a really neat opportunity that you had to help design the color and pattern. So big congratulations on that S @Shane!

[JimoAi]

there looks to be a saltasaurus

[Sim]

there looks to be a saltasaurus

Just seen it.  It looks impressive...  And I had been thinking Safari had finished with the Carnegie replacements...

[Pliosaurking]

That Saltasaurus does look quite nice...

[GojiraGuy1954]

Oh they're cooking

[SpartanSquat]

Salta was the other dino to be revealed at the end of the year?

[TheCambrianCrusader]

Some pics of the Saltasaurus and better looks at the other new guys:

[TheCambrianCrusader]

I've waited a LONG time for a new Saltasaurus and this guy looks pretty solid. And WOW that Austroraptor looks stellar, definitely Doug's style and honestly looking to be his best maniraptor.

[Dilopho]

I've been waiting for a Megalosaurus like this for SO long! CollectA's was LOVELY, but way too small!

[GojiraGuy1954]

Can somebody just take actual close ups good lord

[Gwangi]

Saltasaurus is a nice surprise but, believe it or not, I'm still content with my Carnegie one.  It's rather outdated of course but it's one of the first figures I ever got, I can't part with it. Maybe I'll just have to have two of them.

[Shane]

Shane, have you created the colouration of any other Safari prehistoric figures?

I worked on the Saltasaurus color palette, but it wasn't as hands-on as the Nanuqsaurus.

Usually when I do have a hand in paint references it's been for redecos of existing molds. I did the Dino Dana babies and also the Koi and Pyrois reintros.

Painting is not the main thing I do but I get to try my hand at it every so often and I'm grateful for the opportunities to flex my artistic muscles when they arise.

[Shane]

Salta was the other dino to be revealed at the end of the year?

Yes, I knew I'd sent a sample along with the comic con team but set up is often a stressful time and sometimes things get briefly misplaced. But the team was able to locate it and set it up for day 2.