Everything Dinosaur: Evolution

[Torvosaurus]

I'm in the market for a nice t-rex with lips, in the ~1/35th range. When I found out this one was coming out I thought this may be the one. I was seriously considering it.

But not at those prices.

This figure will probably get more than a few buys, don't get me wrong, but for the average collector there are figures that are nearly as good for far less. At that price it is approximately $115.00 (or $140.00 for the special edition) without shipping. PNSO, Hailonggood and Eofauna are all as good as, IMO. It's not worth the extra price for me, especially not with PNSO still coming out with a lipped t-rex eventually. And when you add in shipping, well, it's not what I'm willing to pay for a t-rex.

I had hoped the new figures by ED would be competitively priced, but this doesn't seem to be the case.

Torvo

[Over9K]

I wonder when they will show us the second colorway. The poster for the Founder's Edition calls out that the edition is "strictly limited", which says to me that it will have a dedicated colorway. If the figure itself is identical between the two editions, then neither edition is "limited"... just sayin'.

[ceratopsian]

I thought the only limited thing about it was the extra artwork. Surely if the colour were different, Mike would have emphasised that rather than 'first off the production line'.

I must admit I'm not at all surprised at the price tag. I'd thought it might be around £100 and I was spot on. The longer we had to wait to hear the price, the more likely I thought it was to be expensive.

As for postage - we're spoilt by free postage from China. It makes us forget normal life. It's not uncommon for postage and insurance costs in another of my hobbies to be anything up to around £20 to £90!

[Over9K]

I thought the only limited thing about it was the extra artwork. Surely if the colour were different, Mike would have emphasised that rather than 'first off the production line'.

Perhaps they intend to imprint/cast in an edition numbering of some kind.

There has to be some way of differentiating the figures between the two editions, a physical attribute of the figure itself, so that without the packaging, or the artwork, you can determine which edition the figure is in, or the "limited" label doesn't apply.

EDIT: Also... if the artwork/packaging is really the only difference, then they've got to hit us with some stellar extras for $30. I mean, I paid less than $30 for Witton's "King Tyrant", so that's the value structure I'm lookin' at.

[Sim]

I too have the impression that there won't be a physical difference between the two "versions" of the model.  If there was I think we would have been told it by now.  The regular version is being advertised as limited too.

[Sim]

On Facebook Everything Dinosaur has shared a link to pre-order the EDE Tyrannosaurus.  Commenting on the Facebook post, Everything Dinosaur has said they have received a huge amount of pre-orders in just a few hours!  It looks like this line will be a success, which I'm happy about!  Hopefully we'll be able to get the species that need a good figure more!

[DinoToyForum]

On Facebook Everything Dinosaur has shared a link to pre-order the EDE Tyrannosaurus.  Commenting on the Facebook post, Everything Dinosaur has said they have received a huge amount of pre-orders in just a few hours!  It looks like this line will be a success, which I'm happy about!  Hopefully we'll be able to get the species that need a good figure more!

Anyone here preordered?

[Flaffy]

On Facebook Everything Dinosaur has shared a link to pre-order the EDE Tyrannosaurus.  Commenting on the Facebook post, Everything Dinosaur has said they have received a huge amount of pre-orders in just a few hours!  It looks like this line will be a success, which I'm happy about!  Hopefully we'll be able to get the species that need a good figure more!

Question: "Hi, Mike. Until when will your amazing figure be available for Pre-Order???"

Answer: "That's a good question, and being totally honest we don't know when the pre-order will end. We are not even sure how many models we can make. We really are pushing the technology to the limit. Production is nearly finished and we expect to get the models packed up and ready for shipping quite quickly as all is in place with logistics. However, as I write this I have just received an email from the testing company about packaging testing (yes, we test the packaging as well as the model), so we still have a little bit of testing work to do. Given the huge volume of pre-orders that we have received in just a few hours, Sue and I will have to keep monitoring the situation. However, we hope to have the pre-order option open for a few weeks at least. Hope this helps."

Very glad to hear this. Hopefully the sales are enough to get us the Anzu. Might be interested in the Trike too if it was bsed on T. prorsus.

[Flaffy]

On Facebook Everything Dinosaur has shared a link to pre-order the EDE Tyrannosaurus.  Commenting on the Facebook post, Everything Dinosaur has said they have received a huge amount of pre-orders in just a few hours!  It looks like this line will be a success, which I'm happy about!  Hopefully we'll be able to get the species that need a good figure more!

Anyone here preordered?

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't considering it... But in the end I don't think I can justify spending 100GBP on another T. rex when I have so much on my wishlist already of unique taxa; many of which are in my EverythingDinosaur cart of course!

[suspsy]

I am not the least bit surprised that it is in fact selling well. It's Tyrannosaurus rex, after all.

And no, I did not preorder one, as it is simply too expensive for my budget. But I am very happy for ED.

[Flaffy]

More info on the material, and insight into the production process:

"This is a PVC dinosaur model with the base made from ABS. The actual recipe for the mix is based on a British recipe used by Hornby, with a bit of modernisation from the factory engineer. There is a metal peg on the base that the foot of the T. rex inserts into. However, in all the models that we have tested this figure stands fine without the base - if you think about it, having built this figure based on the fossil evidence, it is balanced just as the actual animal would have been. Remarkably, thanks to the brilliant work by palaeontologist Dr Dean Lomax, palaeo-reconstruction artist Bob Nicholls and the digital designer Glen Southern even the first ever 3D printed figure stood upright and had perfect balance - seeing it was amazing. Hope this helps." - Mike on Instagram.

Some HD pics too finally:

[Sim]

I'm quite sure the Triceratops won't be T. prorsus, the little EDE illustration of it shows T. horridus.

Thanks for sharing the comment and those images @Flaffy!  I'm glad to hear it will be made of PVC and it looks better in those images.  However I have no interest in another figure of Tyrannosaurus, and I would prefer the arms not entirely attached to the torso.  Hopefully future theropods in this line with arms that aren't as reduced won't be like this Tyrannosaurus in that department.

[Joliezac]

I'm very happy to see it selling well. I hope they can have a successful line of dinosaur figures. I can't afford this Rex right now so I'm not sure if I'll be able to get later figures or not, but I'm more interested in the other formation Dinosaurs anyways.

[Bergues]

We could have formation as a puzzle ( not in puzzle shape) to setup as per our own liking.

4 models with bases. And random number of empty bases. Some with prehistoric plants and vegetation, some empty terrain. Customer can buy as much as they need.

Simply filling out whole shelf with different formations and having huge diorama. Bases without models could even come in different sizes. Then even models from other companies could be placed on such bases.

[Gwangi]

On Facebook Everything Dinosaur has shared a link to pre-order the EDE Tyrannosaurus.  Commenting on the Facebook post, Everything Dinosaur has said they have received a huge amount of pre-orders in just a few hours!  It looks like this line will be a success, which I'm happy about!  Hopefully we'll be able to get the species that need a good figure more!

Question: "Hi, Mike. Until when will your amazing figure be available for Pre-Order???"

Answer: "That's a good question, and being totally honest we don't know when the pre-order will end. We are not even sure how many models we can make. We really are pushing the technology to the limit. Production is nearly finished and we expect to get the models packed up and ready for shipping quite quickly as all is in place with logistics. However, as I write this I have just received an email from the testing company about packaging testing (yes, we test the packaging as well as the model), so we still have a little bit of testing work to do. Given the huge volume of pre-orders that we have received in just a few hours, Sue and I will have to keep monitoring the situation. However, we hope to have the pre-order option open for a few weeks at least. Hope this helps."

Very glad to hear this. Hopefully the sales are enough to get us the Anzu. Might be interested in the Trike too if it was bsed on T. prorsus.

This is interesting because I don't think I've encountered a single person that intends to purchase it, on here or social media. Good for them though!

[Paleomimi]

Eh, it selling well comforts them in their price choice though. This line definitely won't be for me.

[Flaffy]

I'm quite sure the Triceratops won't be T. prorsus, the little EDE illustration of it shows T. horridus.

I just checked Glen Southern's IG and found this teaser for the trike. It seems you are correct that it represents T. horridus. A shame for me but money saved is money saved. Another popular genus I imagine won't have trouble getting sales.

Thanks for sharing the comment and those images @Flaffy!  I'm glad to hear it will be made of PVC and it looks better in those images.  However I have no interest in another figure of Tyrannosaurus, and I would prefer the arms not entirely attached to the torso.  Hopefully future theropods in this line with arms that aren't as reduced won't be like this Tyrannosaurus in that department.

I agree. Though based on these new pics, my main criticisim would still be in the head. Spending a bit more time to really refine the facial details, along with sharpening the teeth would've done wonders for the figure. Perhaps pairing Bob Nicholls softer details with Glen Southern's subtle sculpting style resulted in the figure having less "edge" than other rexes on the market. Both work just fine in their own respective mediums (2D art and 3D modelling), but translating that to a small 1/33 scale figure where everything is shrunk down makes preserving such subtle detail work challenging.

If doing minute and fragile detailing like teeth are a challenge for the production process they're using, maybe it would've been better to sculpt the figure with a closed mouth? Not many static rex figures have properly done lips afterall, and would've been a good opportunity to showcase this.

[ceratopsian]

I'd better fess up. Yes I did.

Anyone here preordered?

[Over9K]

On Facebook Everything Dinosaur has shared a link to pre-order the EDE Tyrannosaurus.  Commenting on the Facebook post, Everything Dinosaur has said they have received a huge amount of pre-orders in just a few hours!  It looks like this line will be a success, which I'm happy about!  Hopefully we'll be able to get the species that need a good figure more!

Anyone here preordered?

I want to. I like the visage of the dinosaur, the overall tone of the piece, the colorway is nice as well. I want to support Everything Dinosaur, a revered name within the hobby. That their first figure is a T.rex makes it perfect for my collection, hitting the nexus between the dinosaurs themselves, and the people that make our hobby great. I like to track a company's progress through their various T.rex evolutions. Depending on the future of the product line, this could very well be an "important" figure in the larger scheme of things. REBOR's King Rex, or ToyWay's WWD T.rex figure come to mind.

But...

No options with pose, none. No articulated jaw. No alternate head, with closed mouth, something a lipped example needs to be able to do, to demonstrate the lipness, IMO. The teeth. I'm sorry, those pegs don't pass muster at $40/Schleich price point, let alone three times that price. This is Tyrannosaurus rex, the teeth are KEY. It's like making a Stegosaurus with pig tail squiggles for thagomizers.

It simply does not make my standards, which is frustrating. If I don't limit what I am willing to collect somehow, things get crazy fast. I have to feel the value, and this time I just don't.

I dislike this feeling, way, WAY more than FOMO.

[SidB]

@Over9K , once the latest PNSO "lipped" T-rex hits the market, at a considerably lower price point, you'll feel A-okay. Like you, for me the teeth are the breaker of the camel's back.