Recent Acquisitions

[RobinGoodfellow]

....... the search for accuracy is a useful and necessary quest and has resulted in a history of real progress in the development of better figures over the years. Yet, at the same time, it can degenerate into mere pedantry, a dry, soulless exercise that sucks the delight out of collecting and can result ultimately in a loss of interest in the hobby. I'm convinced that more than a few people have left the community and hobby because of this perception. .......

I have been collecting for more than 50 years and I will probably never stop (and much less because of some grinchs that weren't even born when I started). But I abalienated from the forum because reading every day that people here do not care for or have zero interest in the stuff I love and collect is not what I have been coming here for throughout the last 15 years. And for the news I can go to Paleofiguras myself. It's sad but the newer DTF mentality does not overlap with mine anymore.

Same here.
110% agree.

[AcryAllo]

Just got the PNSO Tsintaosaurus, Alamosaurus and Corythosaurus

[Monkeysaurus]

Just got the PNSO Tsintaosaurus, Alamosaurus and Corythosaurus

Congrats! Did the Alamo take 400 million years to reach you? lol

[Libraraptor]

....... the search for accuracy is a useful and necessary quest and has resulted in a history of real progress in the development of better figures over the years. Yet, at the same time, it can degenerate into mere pedantry, a dry, soulless exercise that sucks the delight out of collecting and can result ultimately in a loss of interest in the hobby. I'm convinced that more than a few people have left the community and hobby because of this perception. .......

I have been collecting for more than 50 years and I will probably never stop (and much less because of some grinchs that weren't even born when I started). But I abalienated from the forum because reading every day that people here do not care for or have zero interest in the stuff I love and collect is not what I have been coming here for throughout the last 15 years. And for the news I can go to Paleofiguras myself. It's sad but the newer DTF mentality does not overlap with mine anymore.

Same here.
110% agree.

Times change, and sometimes it seems that the delight, joy and mutual interest we had when this forum started have disappeared. But they have not, they are just harder to find these days. Leaving a forum because one feels abalienated is  a sad thing, but for me staying, contributing actively and ignoring the grinches and nitpickers unless they break the rules is still the right thing to do.

[SidB]

Exactly, @Libraraptor .

[Spinokaprogorgon]

Why is the fish prey half one color and half another? Great sculpt but that's the only jarring thing to me.

That's a pteraspis. The front half is armored like a dunkleosteus, hence the color difference on each half. Although I'm not a paleontologist, I think that in real life the armor wouldn't have been externally visible and actually would have been under the skin, but that's just my opinion. 

[SBell]

....... the search for accuracy is a useful and necessary quest and has resulted in a history of real progress in the development of better figures over the years. Yet, at the same time, it can degenerate into mere pedantry, a dry, soulless exercise that sucks the delight out of collecting and can result ultimately in a loss of interest in the hobby. I'm convinced that more than a few people have left the community and hobby because of this perception. .......

I have been collecting for more than 50 years and I will probably never stop (and much less because of some grinchs that weren't even born when I started). But I abalienated from the forum because reading every day that people here do not care for or have zero interest in the stuff I love and collect is not what I have been coming here for throughout the last 15 years. And for the news I can go to Paleofiguras myself. It's sad but the newer DTF mentality does not overlap with mine anymore.

Same here.
110% agree.

Times change, and sometimes it seems that the delight, joy and mutual interest we had when this forum started have disappeared. But they have not, they are just harder to find these days. Leaving a forum because one feels abalienated is  a sad thing, but for me staying, contributing actively and ignoring the grinches and nitpickers unless they break the rules is still the right thing to do.

I'm just going to be nitpicky and mention that 'abalienate' means to transfer title of ownership...
Mostly because I just learned it's a real word and wasn't sure if I was missing something...

[Libraraptor]

Okay, thanks @SBell ! Abalienate seems to be a false friend in translation. I meant "entfremdet" which means alienated in English 

[SBell]

Okay, thanks @SBell ! Abalienate seems to be a false friend in translation. I meant "entfremdet" which means alienated in English 

That's what I thought was meant but now we've all learned a new word...not sure how useful it is!