prehistoric-themed Lego Ideas projects

[Halichoeres]

There's a user named RedPaws0206 on Lego Ideas who, among other things, has designed some really interesting projects featuring a variety of prehistoric creatures. I doubt any of them will ever be made, but perhaps they'll serve as inspiration for your own play:
https://ideas.lego.com/profile/RedPaws0206/entries?query=&sort=top

As an example, here's a set featuring Carboniferous arthropods Pulmonoscorpius, Arthropleura, and Meganeura:



If you spot other interesting prehistoric Ideas projects, feel free to highlight them here!

[Halichoeres]

Bricklink (owned by Lego) is running a program where sets that didn't make the cut for the Ideas range get a second chance to become quasi-official sets. You can vote for entries right now at Bricklink, and there's an interesting one where you can build a whole prehistoric menagerie:



Includes:
Allosaurus
Arsinoitherium
Chalicotherium
Deinotherium
dodo
Entelodon
glyptodont
Hyaenodon
Megatherium
Phorusrhacos
Smilodon
Stegosaurus
Styracosaurus
Tyrannosaurus
Ursus spelaeus
Varanus priscus
and some time travelers

You can vote here if interested: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-4/1406/A-Propah-Prehistoric-Beast-Collection-Bruv-%F0%9F%A4%97

[Halichoeres]

There's an interesting Torosaurus design on Lego Ideas right now, you can vote here if you want to see it as a set:

https://ideas.lego.com/s/p:5e0a69d5733b4bf6bc6299e754baee61

[Halichoeres]

A Stegosaurus with some shrubs to nibble on: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/f4683b0e-ce93-4212-8611-86164be55031

[Totoro]

Some of these are pretty awesome!   

[Halichoeres]

Somebody submitted an Arthropleura!



Link: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/002a06f7-e1a9-4e8c-a30f-9b1602a3e544

Personally I'd have varied the coloration a bit, but I think it's a solid design overall.

[Halichoeres]

An Opabinia mech. It's a really elegant design! With some color substitutions it would be a perfectly good 'organic' Opabinia.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/9ae39d71-20bb-47de-b409-0fd66ecf1eef

[Libraraptor]

Wow, that Opabinia is a great one!

[Halichoeres]

Series 8 of the Bricklink Designer Program is holding fan votes right now. There are two submissions with a prehistoric focus (that I noticed):

Small-scale vignettes from the Triassic (Batrachotomus, a temnospondyl, and a pterosaur), Jurassic (Ichthyosaurus, cephalopod, coral), and Cretaceous (Protoceratops, Velociraptor, and a mammal)
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-8/2827/Mesozoic-display-pieces

Smilodon skull
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-8/2710/Skull-of-a-Saber-toothed-tiger

[Halichoeres]

Ankylosaurus mech:



More photos: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/c2a734ac-e0f2-4b3e-8e89-dfad7b48b005

[Protopatch]

Ankylosaurus mech:



More photos: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/c2a734ac-e0f2-4b3e-8e89-dfad7b48b005

Geeky

[Halichoeres]

Definitely geeky! Here's another by the same designer, a Brachiosaurus mech:



If you want to see it become a set, you can vote for it here: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/0491e55c-9a4a-4f4e-a043-62f5067a8fc4

[Halichoeres]

A mammoth:


https://ideas.lego.com/projects/4ff842bc-56f1-40ab-b552-81c0961f0516

[Protopatch]

A mammoth:


https://ideas.lego.com/projects/4ff842bc-56f1-40ab-b552-81c0961f0516

Interesting, but it becomes more and more sophisticated and it doesn't really remind me the traditional Lego toy...

[Protopatch]

PS : a LEGO Technic car, built a few years ago that I found in my archives :



It would be great if dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals could be designed this way !

[crazy8wizard]

That mammoth is excellent riiiight up until we get to the legs. The loose tire pieces being used here are a bit distracting as just being tires.

[Halichoeres]

PS : a LEGO Technic car, built a few years ago that I found in my archives :



It would be great if dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals could be designed this way !

You mean in a Technic style? Like a dinosaur chassis?

That mammoth is excellent riiiight up until we get to the legs. The loose tire pieces being used here are a bit distracting as just being tires.

A stack of tires as legs is a weird choice, yeah.

[Protopatch]

You mean in a Technic style? Like a dinosaur chassis?

lol no chassis !
Speaking of the Mammoth : something closer to the Ankylosaur and the Brachiosaur above, that more obviously have the appearance of Lego toys in terms of geometry of the pieces, with more visible studs. I dunno how to explain it more accurately.
Also came across this old Lego Rex on the internet which would perfectly reflect my idea of the perfect Lego-style dinosaur/prehistoric animal^^

[Halichoeres]

Ah, I think I understand. When you go to a lot of trouble to disguise the studs, you sort of lose the spirit of building with bricks? I have some sympathy for that.

Maybe this Spinosaurus mech will be more your speed:


https://ideas.lego.com/projects/614570ac-c667-4d90-806f-7d605eeb2617

This one user, Mitsuru Nikaido, is making a lot of animal mechs.

[Protopatch]

When you go to a lot of trouble to disguise the studs, you sort of lose the spirit of building with bricks

That exactly summarizes my thoughts, thank you !

Yes, the Spinosaurus has something more Lego in its style, in comparison with the Mammoth.
It's a cool one despite its quadrupedal stance which, however, might be subject to modification later on according to the designer.

This one user, Mitsuru Nikaido, is making a lot of animal mechs.

Having had a look at his Flickr + Insta accounts, I do find his work super impressive. His arthropods mechs are particularly well achieved.
=> Would be keen on knowing if it is based on parametric modeling^^